Following a long weekend in sunny Seville, this post offers a summary of my gluten-free dining experiences.
I’ve always managed to eat safely in the Balearics and Canary Islands, but my visits to Barcelona and Madrid (many years ago) hadn’t been so easy. So it was like coeliac heaven to discover a few restaurants that were completely gluten free in Seville.
As usual, there’s a Resources section at the end of this post with links and lists.
The Research
I didn’t want to take any chances of having my weekend spoilt by a contamination incident. Nor did I want to spend our limited time in the city just traipsing around from one restaurant to the next. So I did some research and prepared a list of restaurants that were in easy travelling distance to the old town where we were staying. Some of my choices of restaurants came from Google searches and Trip Advisor recommendations.
Travelling
We were on an early flight out of Birmingham Airport so I packed some homemade gluten free sandwiches to eat which meant I had flexibility of eating whenever I felt hungry. There is Giraffe restaurant after security in the main departures lounge of the airport which has a great selection of gluten free breakfasts.
Restaurants
Mano De Santo
This simple looking restaurant was an absolute dream as I love Mexican food and it was 100% gluten free. It’s located on the Alameda de Hércules and I visited on two evenings because the food and service were so good. Well…also to be able to try more of the menu. Pictured below are a selection of tacos and enchiladas. Of course, they also had some gluten free beer.
Postigo 10
Another amazing restaurant where the menu was gluten free. Postigo 10 was a tapas restaurant with friendly, efficient service. We could see why it was so popular.
I received a proper gluten free roll which was a immediately a high mark! As it was lunchtime, we ordered two tapas dishes to share and a gluten free beer to enjoy alongside the culinary delights.
grosso napoletano
The words ‘Senza Glutine’ plastered on the menu were very welcome! I had a gluten free pizza topped with prosciutto and funghi. This is a busy restaurant located at one end of the Alameda de Hércules. I was thankful that I had popped in at lunchtime to book a table for the evening. The pizza was very good and I would have visited again if I’d been staying for longer.
Nachos y Papas
This was a takeaway that I noticed next door to Grosso Napoletano on Alameda de Hércules and had gluten free nachos with various toppings. I didn’t eat here but thought it was worth highlighting it.
Leon The Baker
Leon is not a restaurant but actually a concession inside the El Corte Ingles department store. I purchased a small crusty loaf of bread, a tiramisu and some biscuits. There were many varieties of bread and I picked one based on appearance…it turned out to be rather dense. The biscuits looked like viennese biscuits but were not very sweet.
Resource List
Website to research restaurants: https://www.findmeglutenfree.com
Spanish Coeliac Restaurant card: http://www.celiactravel.com/cards/spanish/
Gluten Free Holiday Checklist:
restaurant links
My essential packing
- Schar Fibre Seeded loaf (as it’s got air in the packaging to stop it getting squashed).
- Nakd raw fruit and nut bars in Peanut Delight
- Schar rich tea biscuits
- Nairn’s fruit oat biscuit breaks
- Granovito pate and M&S chicken pate for making sandwiches