Bobby’s Bistro is in the Matthew Flinders Tavern, a pub / pokies complex near Chadstone Shopping Centre (about 5 minutes drive away). It’s very much a bistro setting with big cafeteria style tables, where you order and pay at one counter then pick up at another counter. They have a good range of gluten free options on the menu including a few salads, risotto, meat & veg pub style dishes. They...

The Age recently published a list of gluten free eateries in Melbourne – click here to see the article…below I’ve listed their list but expanded on it a little for the places I’ve tried. Those I haven’t tried are on my list now! Have you tried any of the below places? What did you think? Leave a comment, and if you’re interested in submitting a guest review just email me at...

Spiga is in the “laneways” section of Melbourne Central – kind of indoors, kind of outdoors. Nice atmosphere, good service, food was ok. Yes, just ok. Not an amazingly extensive menu with pastas, pizzas, salads, risottos and meat dishes (gluten free available for all) but enough choice to suit most people. The meals sounded a lot more interesting on the menu than what they actually ended up...

There are only 3 Hungarian restaurants in Melbourne, now I have tried 2 of them – Budapest and The Little Hungarian Restaurant. The Little Hungarian is now my favourite – it’s a very small restaurant, only seats about 30 people at a maximum, and is very homely – feels like you’re in someone’s dining room. The last page of the menu book outlines gluten free options –...

Gluten Shmooten Guest Review by Jade Want to grab a quick gluten free dinner before catching a movie at Knox City Village Cinemas? Then why not try Red Salmon Restaurant. Red Salmon is open all day, including breakfast when they have a Spanish omlette on offer. And for lunch and dinner there is an array of different dishes to satisfy just about any tastebud! There are risottos, curries and different meat dishes,...

This is a little Mexican restaurant in Fairfield that has been around for many years. Very casual setting with “Mexican” decorations (hats hanging from the ceiling, pinata style animals hanging up) – this is not really a place you come to for the surroundings! The service was variable depending on who served you. One lady, who looked like she was the owner, was a bit scary when she told us...

Pizza Meine Liebe…German pizza? It’s just a German name that means “pizza my love”, the actual pizzas are very modern Italian. Located on High St in Northcote in a converted old house, this is a casual place to have a nice dinner with friends, they also do take away. Out the back there is a beautiful courtyard garden area with a few tables, if you’re going for dinner on a nice summer’s...

I used to go to Nudel Bar a lot when I worked in the area years ago. Last week, after finding out that Mamacitas, the new Mexican restaurant in the city doesn’t take bookings for under 8 people, I booked Nudel Bar for a girl’s catch up dinner. The atmosphere and menu was as I remember it years ago, but I suppose like a lot of places, prices seem to have gone up quite a bit! I ordered a potato curry...

Vicolo claims to be the first risotto bar in Melbourne, I don’t know if that’s true but it is certainly the first risotto bar I’ve ever been to in Melbourne, second in the world – if you’re ever in New York make sure you head to Risotteria, possibly the best gluten free restaurant I’ve ever been to. So, back to Vicolo…I was impressed with the range of ristottos on the...

My friends and I often joke that they way things are going with gluten free food now getting increasingly popular, maybe one day people will walk into a restaurant and have to ask “do you have any gluten?” Well Caffe Si is already one of those eateries – everything is gluten free, no gluten here. This is a small cafe in a local strip of shops in Caulfield North with coffee, cakes, sandwiches...