Gluten-free pizza in Bologna: 6 places, 2 dedicated
Bologna · gluten-free pizza
In Bologna you can eat gluten-free pizza at 2 places we rate as dedicated gluten-free kitchens (★): a trattoria-pizzeria in the Bolognina and a gluten-free lab with pizza to take away. Another 4 pizzerias also work with wheat and describe their gluten-free pizza on their own websites (◐); one of them says it is baked in its own oven. A further 2 are listed by a directory or an online map listing, and we haven’t checked them yet.
How gluten-free pizza works in Bologna
Bologna has two kinds of place for gluten-free pizza. In a dedicated kitchen the whole menu is gluten-free: a trattoria-pizzeria with a single kitchen, and a lab that makes pizza, bread and fresh pasta to take away. In a mixed pizzeria the gluten-free dough sits next to the wheat dough, and what matters is how they keep the two apart: one has a dedicated oven, one a separate area to prepare it, and several are in the network of AIC, the Italian coeliac association.
Watch the special doughs. Kamut is a wheat, wholemeal dough is wheat too, and a “senza frumento” (wheat-free) dough is not the same as gluten-free: where a pizzeria makes several doughs, always ask for the gluten-free one and how it is baked.
When you book or order, ask three things. Does the gluten-free pizza have its own oven, or how is it baked? What is the dough made from? Do fried things go through a fryer used only for gluten-free? And say you have coeliac disease, not just that you avoid gluten.
★ Dedicated gluten-free kitchens
Dedicated gluten-free kitchens in our rating. Each card quotes what the place says itself.
Trattoria Vecchio Mercato
★ Dedicated Trattoria and pizzeria📍 Via Piero Gobetti 49/F, 40129 Bologna · Bolognina, north of the station · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Bolognese classics and pizza from one gluten-free kitchen.
How they handle it: Its own site calls it “il primo ristorante pizzeria esclusivamente senza glutine di Bologna e provincia” (the first restaurant-pizzeria in Bologna and its province that is exclusively gluten-free) and says “Il ristorante ha una sola cucina ed è esclusivamente senza glutine.” (one kitchen, exclusively gluten-free).
Watch out: North of the railway: from the centre take a city bus, and book before you go.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · trattoriavecchiomercato.it ↗
La Spiga Amica
★ Dedicated Gluten-free lab · pizza to take away📍 Via Francesco Petrarca 13/2, 40136 Bologna · San Mamolo, south of the centre · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Pizza, bread, piadine, tigelle, crescentine and focaccia from its own gluten-free lab, plus fresh pasta, to take away.
How they handle it: Its own website says it “vende esclusivamente prodotti artigianali freschi senza glutine di propria produzione” (sells only fresh, artisan gluten-free products it makes itself).
Watch out: A shop, not a pizzeria. If you live in Italy, its products can be paid for with the coeliac food vouchers (buoni celiachia) of the ASL of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · laspigaamica.it ↗
◐ Gluten-free pizza in mixed pizzerias
These pizzerias also cook with wheat. What we write comes from their own websites; confirm how they handle it when you order.
Casa Altabella
◐ GF-serving AIC network Restaurant · pizza📍 Via Altabella 12a, 40126 Bologna · Via Altabella, near the Two Towers · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Hand-made gluten-free pizza and Emilian dishes.
How they handle it: Its own site: “Da noi troverai la Pizza Gluten Free fatta a Mano e cotta in un forno dedicato” (hand-made gluten-free pizza baked in a dedicated oven), and “Facciamo parte del circuito AIC Alimentazione fuori casa” (it is part of AIC’s eating-out network).
Watch out: A kitchen that also uses wheat: ask which fryer any fried starter goes through.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · casaltabella.it ↗
Regina Sofia
◐ GF-serving Neapolitan pizzeria📍 Via Clavature 1/C, 40124 Bologna · Quadrilatero, by Piazza Maggiore · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Neapolitan pizza and Cilento cooking, with gluten-free pizzas and dishes.
How they handle it: Its own site: “Un’area dedicata al senza glutine per la preparazione delle pizze e dei nostri piatti.” (an area dedicated to gluten-free for preparing the pizzas and dishes). It doesn’t say whether the gluten-free pizza has its own oven.
Watch out: Ask whether the gluten-free pizza is baked in the same oven as the wheat pizzas, and on its own peel.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · reginasofia.it ↗
Pizzeria Caruso
◐ GF-serving AIC network Restaurant · pizzeria📍 Via del Parco 13/D, 40138 Bologna · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Neapolitan pizza, Bolognese dishes and fish; its own site says “ogni pizza inserita nel menù può essere replicata nella versione senza glutine” (every pizza on the menu can be made gluten-free). Open Tuesday to Sunday.
How they handle it: Its own site says it is “Inclusi nel ciruito AIC” (in AIC’s network, its spelling) and that its gluten-free ingredients are approved by AIC; it doesn’t describe the oven.
Watch out: Ask how the gluten-free pizza is baked and kept apart from the wheat dough.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · ristorantepizzeriacaruso.it ↗
Ristorante Pizzeria Due Lune
◐ GF-serving AIC network Restaurant · pizzeria📍 Via Nino Bertocchi 1/A, 40133 Bologna · Open in Google Maps ↗
Serves: Wood-fired pizza with traditional, wholemeal and Kamut doughs, and gluten-free pizza and dishes.
How they handle it: Its own site: “Pizzeria senza glutine certificata AIC” (a gluten-free pizzeria certified by AIC), and on the menu page “impasti tradizionale, integrale e Kamut Bio, proposte gluten free certificate AIC dal 2005” (gluten-free dishes certified by AIC since 2005, next to the wheat doughs).
Watch out: Kamut is a wheat and the wholemeal dough is wheat too: only the gluten-free dough is gluten-free. Ask how it is baked in the wood-fired oven.
✓ Read on the venue’s own site · Oct 2026 · duelunebologna.it ↗
Gluten-free options, listed by a directory or an online map listing, not yet checked by us
We haven’t read on their own sites how these places handle gluten-free yet, so they have no number and no pin. Call ahead and ask the three questions above.
- Il Veliero Ristorante Pizzeria, restaurant and pizzeria, Via Milazzo 11/A, 40121 Bologna · Listed, not yet checked
- Pizzeria Pantera Rosa, pizzeria, Via Cleto Tomba 14/A, 40127 Bologna · Listed, not yet checked
Map
The numbers on the map match the numbered places above (★ and ◐). The places we haven’t checked yet aren’t on the map.
Questions
Is gluten-free pizza in Bologna safe for coeliacs?
It depends on the kitchen, not the city. We rate the 2 ★ places as dedicated gluten-free kitchens, and each card quotes what the place says itself. In a mixed pizzeria what counts is the oven, the dough and the fryer: Casa Altabella says its gluten-free pizza is baked in a dedicated oven. Always say you have coeliac disease and ask how your pizza is baked.
Where can I eat pizza in Bologna from a fully gluten-free kitchen?
At Trattoria Vecchio Mercato on Via Gobetti in the Bolognina, which says it has one kitchen and it is exclusively gluten-free, and, to take away, at La Spiga Amica on Via Petrarca.
Is a kamut or wholemeal pizza gluten-free?
No. Kamut is a wheat and wholemeal dough is wheat. Ristorante Pizzeria Due Lune, for example, makes traditional, wholemeal and Kamut doughs next to its gluten-free options: ask for the gluten-free dough and how it is baked.
Can I pay for pizza with the Italian coeliac food vouchers?
At La Spiga Amica, if you live in Italy and hold the vouchers (buoni celiachia): it says its products can be bought with the vouchers of the ASL of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy. The pizzerias on this page don’t mention them on their sites, so ask.
More on Bologna and Italy
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Sources: the numbered venues’ own websites, read on 2 October 2026; our Atlas entries, each symbol set from the venue’s own published words; for the places not yet checked, a third-party listing. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image. Last verified 02.10.2026.
Reviewed against the HTGF methodology: every claim sourced, every listing tiered and dated. This article is practical guidance, not medical advice.
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