Milan has so many good gluten free options! We only spent one day in Milan in April 2024, so this will be a short list. Unfortunately, we also ended up being here on Liberation Day! This meant that many of my top gluten free restaurant and bakery choices were closed on the only day we’d be in the city. I will include where we ended up eating and my reviews, but I suggest checking out my map at the end of this post, which has everywhere I had researched. I had heard great things about GluFree Bakery for example, but we couldn’t go because they were closed (I was so, so sad). We have many more gluten free Italy guides, too.
I did a lot of research into where I could safely eat while travelling to Italy. Consistently, bloggers and websites said it would be easy and safe to eat in Italy – and it was! Restaurants get certified by the AIC (Italian Celiac Association), which basically means they have passed certification and training as a safe place for people with celiac disease to eat. They do have a paid app you can download, but we weren’t in Italy for long, so I didn’t try it. Note: Be cautious when visiting gelato shops if you are celiac, as cross-contamination is likely. Of course, do your research, ask questions ahead of ordering, and reach out to restaurants ahead of time when needed.
Gluten Free Milan
Pizzeria Positano
This place is certified by the AIC for gluten free, and they have multiple locations. All pizzas can be made gluten free, but they also have gluten free fried foods and desserts. We tried a mushroom eggplant pizza and a tomato mozzarella basil pizza. The second one was fantastic! The tomatoes were so flavourful. Looking back, this is the best pizza we had during our 3-week trip to Italy.
Mama Eat
They can make anything on the menu gluten free. They have a separate kitchen for gluten free as well. We had a croquette, tuna tomato pasta, Cacio e Pepe pasta, and a green salad. The tuna tomato pasta was fantastic! The croquette wasn’t as good as we remembered from Rome, and the salad was a bowl of lettuce. Cacio e Pepe pasta wasn’t warm enough and was just okay. Overall, we felt we overpaid for what we got and were a bit disappointed compared to our experience in Rome.
Out-of-the-box
A 100% gluten free place for gelato, they also have a few baked treats. There are many locations. They had way too many flavours to choose from! I got a small cup with chocolate and salted caramel and couldn’t finish – it was very rich and sweet! Ahmed got a medium cup with a hazelnut chocolate and coffee. The coffee one had a weird, gritty texture. You got your money’s worth with how much gelato you got for the cost.
Pan Per Me
The only 100% gluten free bakery open on the day we visited! We made the trek out to Pan Per Me and picked out a strawberry Nutella tartlet, a profiterole, and a brownie. The the profiterole was my favourite! They had many other options, such as cookies, croutons, and cakes.
Milan Gluten Free Bakeries
Milan has so many 100% gluten free bakeries, but they were almost all closed during our day there. Here is a quick list for your reference:
- GluFree Bakery
- Officina Zero
- PanPerMe (as above)
- Via dalla Spiga Milano
- Pasticceria Navotti Senza Glutine Milano
- Zero Glutine Life Milano
- Officine del Dolce
- Bonta Senza Glutine
- Pansy Pasticceria
Map of Milan Gluten Free Options
If you want more options, here is the Wanderlog map I made of everywhere I could find that had good gluten free reviews, labelled menus, and/or indications that gluten free was safe at their restaurants. Please note that I did not personally eat at all these restaurants, so do your own due diligence and reach out or check their websites/menus ahead of your visit.
HOW TO USE THE MAP: Click on the Wanderlog logo in the bottom right corner to open the full-size map up in a new tab. There, you can choose to just look at one category at a time or see all the categories on the map at once (click the 3 squares in the top right to choose). You can also export the map to Google Maps, share the map with others, or save the map.
