Gluten Free Restaurants and Cafes in Sydney

I've been tracking gluten free restaurants in Sydney for years and the list on my phone is now so long I thought I may as well publish it online. 

A Rainbow Lorikeet (by Sardaka)

Sydney, Inner City

Wholegreen Bakery Cafe (Australian)

257 Clarence Street, Sydney 
Mon-Sat: 8am-3pm; Sun: closed (totally GF)

The Rocks Cafe (Australian)

99 George St, The Rocks

Mon-Sat: 7.30am-9pm; Sun: 7.30am-5pm

Loftus Lane Cafe (Australian)

Shop 3, 38-42 Bridge St, Circular Quay

Mon-Fri: 6.30am-3pm; Sat-Sun: 8am-3pm

Eastbank Cafe (Australian)

61-69 Macquarie St, Circular Quay

Mon-Sun: 11am until late

Opera Bar (Australian)

Sydney Opera House, Lower Concourse, Sydney

Sun-Thurs: 11am-12am; Fri-Sat: 11am-12.30am

The Orient Hotel (Australian)

89 George St, The Rocks

Mon-Thurs: 11am-11pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-2am, Sun: 10am-10pm

Canvas Restaurant (Australian)

140 George St, The Rocks

Wednes-Sun: 11am-4pm (exy)

Kiln (Australian)

Lvl 18, 53 Wentworth Ave, Sydney

Tues-Wednes: 5.30pm until late; Thurs-Sat: 12pm until late (exy)

Theeca (Australian)

1 Burton St, Darlinghurst

Mon-Sun: 7.30am-2.30pm; Thurs-Sat: 5pm until late 

The Palace Tea Room (British, does Devonshire Tea)

Lvl 1, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

Mon-Sun: 9am-5pm 

Lotus The Galeries (Chinese)

The Galeries, Level 1, 500 George St, Sydney

Mon-Sun: 12pm-3pm; Tues-Sat: 5.30pm-9pm 

Luna Lu Restaurant (Chinese)

7-27 Circular Quay West, Campbells Cove, The Rocks
Mon-Thurs: 12pm-9pm; Fri-Sat: 12pm-10pm; Sun: 12pm-9pm

Uncle Mings Bar (Chinese)

Basement, 49 York St, Sydney

Mon: 4pm-11pm; Tues-Thurs:12pm-11pm; Fri:12pm-12am; Sat: 4pm-12am

Masala Kitchen (Indian)

World Square Shopping Centre, Pitt Street, Sydney
Tues-Sat: 11am-10pm; Sun-Mon: 11am-9pm

The Spice Room (Indian)
2 Phillip St, Sydney

Tues-Sun: 12pm-3pm; Mon-Sun: 5pm-10.15pm

Mark and Vinny's (Italian)

38-52 Waterloo St, Surry Hills

Mon-Sat: 5.30 pm until late; Tues-Sat: 12pm+ (lunch)

Uchi Lounge (Japanese)

80 Clarence Street, Sydney 

Tue-Fri: 11.30am-2.30pm; Tue-Sat: 5pm-9.30pm 

Saké The Rocks (Japanese)
12 Argyle St, The Rocks
Sun-Thurs: 12pm-9pm; Fri-Sat: 12pm-10pm

Izakaya Fujiyama (Japanese)
38-52 Waterloo St, Surry Hills

Mon-Thur: 6pm-10pm; Fri-Sat: 5pm until late; Sun: closed 

Toko Restaurant (Japanese)

275 George St, Sydney

Tues-Fri: 12pm-3pm; Tues-Sat: 5.30pm until late

Zushi (Japanese)
Shop 10/33 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo South

Mon-Sun: 12pm-3pm; Mon-Sun: 5.30pm-10pm

15cenchi (15cm) Cheesecake Shop (Japanese)

1 little pier St, Haymarket 
Mon-Sun: 12.30pm-8pm

Cartel (Latin American)

2 Kensington St, Chippendale

Mon-Thurs: 5pm-9pm; Fri-Sat: 12pm-3pm; Fri-Sat: 5pm until late

Esteban (Latin American)

1 Temperance Lane, Sydney (enter George St)
Mon: 5pm-11pm; Tues-Wednes: 12pm-11pm; Thurs-Sat: 12pm-12am; Sun: 12pm-11pm

Bar Patrón (Latin American)

2 Phillip St, Circular Quay

Sun-Mon: 12pm-9pm; Tues-Thurs: 12pm-10pm; Fri-Sat: 12pm-11pm

Mamak (Malaysian)

15 Goulburn Street, Haymarket

Mon-Sun: 11.30am-2:30pm & 5.30pm-10pm 

Yulli's Surry Hills (Vegan)

417 Crown St, Surry Hills

Mon: 5pm until late; Tues-Sun: 12pm until late

Madame Nhu (Vietnamese)

82 Campbell St, Surry Hills

Sun-Thu: 11am-2.30pm & 5pm-9.30pm; Fri-Sat: 11am-2.30pm & 5pm-10pm

Hello Auntie (Vietnamese)

16 Nicolle-Walk, Haymarket

Mon-Sun: 12pm-2.30pm & 5.30pm-9pm

Botanic House (Vietnamese)

Royal Botanic Garden, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney

Mon-Thurs: 11am-2.30pm; Fri-Sat: 11am-3.30pm; Sun: 9am-3:30pm (exy)

Glebe / Forest Lodge

The Harold Pub (Australian)

70A Ross Street, Forest Lodge

Mon-Sun: 11am-9pm

The Toxteth Hotel (Australian)

345 Glebe Pt Road Glebe

Mon-Thurs: 12pm-3pm & 5pm-9pm; Fri-Sun: 12pm-9pm

Chez Beckett’s (French)

134A Glebe Pt Road Glebe

Wed-Sun: 5pm until late (exy)

Ahgora (Greek)

172 St Johns rd, Glebe

Wed-Sun: 6pm-9pm & 12pm-3pm

No 92 (Latin American)

92 Glebe Pt Rd, Glebe

Wed-Sat:5.30pm until late & Fri-Sun 12pm-3.30pm

DiSh (Sri Lankan)

381 Glebe Pt Road, Glebe

Wed-Sun 5pm-9.30pm

Newtown / Enmore 

The Stinking Bishops Cafe and Restaurant  (Australian)

63-71 Enmore Rd, Newtown

Sun-Fri: 7am-2.30pm & Tues-Fri: 5pm until late; Sat: 12pm until late

Firepop (Australian)

137 Enmore Rd, Enmore

Tues-Sat: 5.30pm until late & Sat: 12pm-2.30pm 

Carlisle Castle Hotel (Australian)

17-19 Albermarle St, Newtown

Mon-Wednes: from 4pm until late; Thurs-Sun: from 1pm until late

The Warren View Hotel (Australian)

2 Stanmore Rd, Enmore (Teddy’s cocktail bar above)

Sun-Thurs: 12pm-9pm; Fri-Sat: 12pm-9.30pm

Webster Bar (Australian)

323 King St, Newtown

Mon-Thurs: 11.30am-9.30pm; Fri: 11.30am-4.30pm

Colombo Social (Sri Lankan)

159 Enmore Rd, Enmore

Tues-Sun: 5.30pm until late & Sat-Sun: 12pm-3pm

Thai Pothong (Thai)

Mon-Sun: 12pm-3.30pm & 5.30pm-10pm

Hungry Box Thai (Thai)

63-71 Enmore Rd, Enmore

Mon-Sun: 5pm-10pm & Wed-Sun: 11.30am-4pm

AtomThai (Thai)

130 King St, Newtown

Mon-Sun: 5.30pm-9pm

Buddha Bowl Cafe (Vegan)

60 Enmore Road, Newtown

Mon-Sun: 9am-3pm & Fri-Sat: 6pm-9.30pm

Marrickville / Dulwich Hill

Nutie Cafe (Australian)
496 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill
Mon-Fri: 8am-3pm; Sat-Sun: 8am-4pm (totally GF)

The D’s Bar & Dining – Jazz Bar & Dining (Chinese)

359 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville

Mon-Thurs: 5.30pm-10pm; Fri-Sat: 5pm-10.30pm; Sun: 5pm-9pm

Savaari (Indian)

550 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill

Thurs-Sat: 5pm-10pm

Semola (Italian)

212 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville

Mon-Sun: 5.30pm-8.30pm

Goldie’s Cafe (Latin American)

492-494 Marrickville Rd, Dulwich Hill

Tues-Sun: 7.30am-2.30pm

Pepito's (Latin American)

276 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville

Tues-Sat: 5pm until late

Hello Auntie (Vietnamese)

278 Illawarra Rd, Marrickville

Mon-Sun: 12pm-2.30pm & 5.30-9.30pm

Balmain / Rozelle

Kafeine Cafe (Australian)

260 Darling St, Balmain

Mon-Sun: 8am-3pm

Sackville Hotel (Australian)

599 Darling St, Rozelle

Mon-Thurs: 12pm-3pm & 5pm-9pm; Fri-Sun: 12pm-9pm

The Bald Rock Pub (Australian)

15 Mansfield St, Rozelle

Mon-Fri: 12pm-3pm & 5pm-8pm; Sat-Sun: 12pm-8pm (until 9pm on Fri-Sat)

The Fenwick (Australian)

2-8 Weston St, Balmain East

Sat-Sun: 8am-10am; Mon-Sun: 12pm-3pm & 6pm-8pm

Big Tree House Cafe (Korean)

266 Darling St, Balmain

Mon-Sun: 7am-3pm & Thurs-Sat: 5pm-9pm

Casa Esquina (Latin American)

79 Elliott St, Balmain

Wednes-Thurs: 5pm-12am; Fri-Sat: 12pm-12am; Sun: 12pm-10pm

Pepper Seeds (Thai)

418 Darling St, Balmain

Mon-Sun: 5.30pm-9.30pm

AtomThai (Thai)

331 Darling St, Balmain

Mon-Sun: 5pm-8.30pm

Cronulla

Northies Hotel (Australian)

Cnr Kingsway and Elouera Road, Cronulla

Mon-Sun: 6.30pm-7.30pm

Bonfield at Cronulla RSL (Australian)

38 Gerrale St, Cronulla

Mon-Thurs: 10am-3pm & 5pm-9pm; Fri-Sat: 10am-9pm

Bobby's (Australian)

6R Esplanade, Cronulla

Mon-Sun: 11am until late

Sealevel Restaurant (Australian)

2 Kingsway, Cronulla

Mon-Sun: 12pm-3pm & from 5.30pm 

500 Degrees Steakhouse (Australian)

10 Cronulla St, Cronulla

Mon-Sun: 11am-10pm

Next Door (Australian)

4-6 Kingsway, Cronulla

Mon-Thurs: 6.30am-2.30pm; Fri-Sun: 6.30am-3pm & Fri-Sat: 5.30pm-10pm

Alphabet  — Natale Group (Chinese / Thai)

5/8 Kingsway, Cronulla

Mon-Sun: from 5.30pm (dinner) & Fri-Sun: from 12pm (lunch)

Mias Beerhall (German)

45 Gerrale St, Cronulla

Tues-Fri: 5pm-11pm & Sat-Sun: 11am-11pm

Tips for Eating Gluten Free in Sydney (at Home)

Unlike in other parts of the world, it is illegal for products containing oats to claim to be gluten free in Australia, however, if you wish to eat oats look out for those that are "wheat free" (which I believe means the oats have not been stored in a location that also stores wheat). I have found that I can tolerate these perfectly (normally I will vomit uncontrollably if I am gluten poisoned). I recommend:

• "Red Tractor" Wheat Free Australian Rolled Oats can be bought in most supermarkets. They are Australian owned and grown (appears to be Victorian).
• "Gloriously Free Oats" (also called "GF Oats") can be bought in many health food shops and niche / upmarket supermarkets. Organic is available. They are Australian owned and grown (appears to be from Queensland).
• "Bob's Red Mill" gluten free oats from the USA can be bought it many health food shops and niche / upmarket supermarkets, but there will be a sticker covering up the "gluten free" text on the top of the packet.

Gluten free bread in most Australian supermarkets is hideous and should generally be avoided, both because it is super unhealthy and it tastes ghastly unless you smother it in decent toppings. However, I can recommend two brands that are available in certain upmarket supermarkets such as Harris Farm:

• "Naturis" organic buckwheat bread. 
• "Wholegreen Bakery" sourdoughs. 

I recommend only toasting the bread and freezing it unless you plan to eat it all within 3 days.

If you want to order (good) pizza for pick up or home delivery I recommend OOSHMAN. Whenever I go there it looks like cross-contamination could be a possibility, but I have eaten many, many pizzas from there over the last decade and never been gluten poisoned.

Disclaimer: I cannot guarantee that all of the details are correct (especially regarding precise opening times, as many restaurants have convoluted opening times which I have simplified for my own convenience). Some of the restaurants do not describe themselves as belonging to the food genre I have chosen to use, eg, some Chinese restaurants self-describe as Asian. 

Btw, I have no commercial interest in any of this.

Written by M' Sentia Figula (aka Freki), find me at neo polytheist and romanpagan.wordpress.com