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Gluten-Free Edinburgh
This guide to gluten-free Edinburgh lists 12 places: 2 marked “★ Dedicated” and 10 marked “GF-serving”. Every card gives the street address, what to order and how we know it: 11 checked on their own website and 1 listed by a directory (not yet checked by us); the guide was last updated in October 2026. Say you have coeliac disease every time you order, at a ★ place too.
Edinburgh’s classics are hard going with coeliac disease: shortbread is made with wheat flour, fish suppers come in batter, and haggis is made with oatmeal. The good news: two bakeries where everything is gluten-free, a brewery founded by two coeliac friends, and a handful of mixed kitchens that explain in their own words how they handle gluten-free food.
This is a short list on purpose: 12 places whose own website or menu we read on 29 September 2026, each quoted in its own words. Two are entirely gluten-free; the rest are mixed kitchens with gluten-free options. Everything else we track in Edinburgh is on the live map, one link down.
EDITION 2 October 2026PLACES 12ATLAS DATA READ 2 October 2026LANGUAGE EN
How to read this guide
We publish evidence, not vibes. Every card carries the venue’s own words about how it handles gluten, a street address, and the date we last checked it. The ★ is set by How to Gluten Free from the venue’s own published words, and a community report never earns it. Our four promises are public at howtoglutenfree.com/what-we-promise.
★ DedicatedA bakery, kitchen or shop with no gluten in it, in its own published words.
GF-serving · written protocolA kitchen that also cooks with wheat and describes its gluten-free handling in writing.
Visited / Own website / ListedEach place says how we know it. “Visited by us”: someone from HTGF was there in the month shown (a visit, not a lab test). “Checked on its own website”: we read the venue’s own gluten-free wording in the month shown. “Listed by” and the name of a coeliac association (AIC, Coeliac UK and others): that association lists the place. “Listed by a directory”: a gluten-free directory lists it and we have not read it at the source yet.
Before you go
Edinburgh on foot, gluten-free
Edinburgh is a small city for its fame. VisitScotland puts it plainly: «Edinburgh is easily explored on foot with most key attractions within walking distance of each other.» The places on this page gather in three areas: the south side around Marchmont and Bruntsfield, the New Town streets north of Princes Street, and Leith down by the water.
A day that works: breakfast or a cake box at Confelicity or Sugar Daddy’s, then a walk across the Meadows to the National Museum and up to the Royal Mile, about 15 to 20 minutes. After the Castle and the gardens, Frederick Street is five minutes away for an early dinner at Côte or Greenwoods. On another evening, take the tram or a bus down Leith Walk to Nobles by Bellfield, where Bellfield’s own beers, gluten-free in the brewery’s own words, are on tap (the guest beers are not).
In August, when the Festival Fringe fills the city, and around Christmas, when the market takes over East Princes Street Gardens, tables go fast. Book ahead, and say “coeliac” when you do: it is the word staff here know.
Sources: VisitScotland, visitscotland.com/places-to-go/edinburgh, read 29 September 2026 · the venues on this page, in their own words · walking times: our estimate from the map.
01 · ENTIRELY GLUTEN-FREE
Entirely gluten-free
Two bakeries where everything is gluten-free, in their own words: a takeaway cake bakery in Marchmont and a bakery café in Bruntsfield run by a coeliac chef. Every Edinburgh bakery whose own site we have read, on one page: gluten-free bakery in Edinburgh: 5 places, 2 dedicated. Start here.
01
Sugar Daddy’s Bakery
★ DedicatedBakery
A takeaway bakery where everything is baked gluten-free on the premises: cupcakes, pastries, cookies and cakes, for coeliacs and everyone else.
The gluten-free angle
Its own site: «everything we bake is completely gluten free, including cupcakes, pastries, cookies, celebration cakes and wedding cakes», and «We cater for coeliacs and gluten eaters alike».
Order
Cupcakes, pastries or cookies to take away.
Watch out
Takeaway only, and daytime only: its site gives Wednesday to Sunday, 10 am to 3 pm. It bakes with other allergens, nuts included, so mention any other allergy.
A gluten-free bakery and café founded by a chef with coeliac disease: sourdough, celebration cakes, breakfast, lunch and seasonal bakes.
The gluten-free angle
Its own site: «A dedicated gluten-free bakery and café.» The founder’s story: «After a Coeliac diagnosis, James missed eating so many gluten-containing foods».
Order
Breakfast or lunch at a table, and a loaf of the sourdough to take away.
Watch out
Daytime only: its site gives Wednesday to Sunday, 8 am to 3 pm, closed Monday and Tuesday.
A breakfast café with gluten-free toast, and two bakeries that bake with wheat but keep a few gluten-free things on the counter. All mixed: say the sentence every time.
03
Greenwoods Edinburgh
GF-servingBreakfast & brunch
A breakfast and brunch café with gluten-free toast among the bread choices, dishes marked where a gluten-free version is available, and a gluten-free lager from Leith.
The gluten-free angle
Its own menu: «Toast choices: white, brown, gluten free, homemade soda bread or homemade vegan soda bread.»
Order
Breakfast on gluten-free toast, or a dish marked «gluten free available».
Watch out
Gluten-free toast sits next to the wheat breads: ask whether it goes through its own toaster or a toaster bag. The menu itself only says to tell your server about allergies. Hours on its site: Monday to Friday 8 am to 2.30 pm, weekends 8 am to 3.30 pm.
A bakery of Greek-inspired cakes and traybakes, with some of them gluten-free.
The gluten-free angle
Its own site describes a range of cakes and traybakes «including vegan and gluten-free options».
Order
Whichever traybake is gluten-free that day. Ask at the counter.
Watch out
This is a wheat bakery first (buns and layered doughs), so flour is part of the room. Ask how the gluten-free bakes are made, kept and boxed. Its site gives no hours or street number: check before you go.
Checked on its own website · September 2026·Open on our last check · kremabakehouse.co.uk ↗
05
Patina
GF-servingBakery café
A bakery café that bakes everything on site by hand, with a few gluten-free things marked on its menu: a brownie, the soup of the day and two salads.
The gluten-free angle
Its own menu: «Chocolate Brownie (gluten free)» and «Soup of the Day (gluten free)».
Order
The soup or a salad for lunch, and the brownie.
Watch out
Croissants, sourdough and pastries are baked here, so flour is in the air. Ask how the brownie is kept apart. Its site gives no opening hours. It used to call itself a bar and restaurant; the site now shows the bakery café only.
3 Airborne Place, 1 New Park Square, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9GROpen in Google Maps ↗
Bakery café (mixed)·Edinburgh Park · New Park Square
A brewery founded by two coeliac friends, whose own beers are all gluten-free, and its second bar in Leith with a kitchen. Guest beers on tap are not always gluten-free: check each one.
06
Bellfield Brewery
GF-servingTaproom
The brewery’s own taproom. Every Bellfield beer is gluten-free in its own words, and it publishes gluten test results for them on its site.
The gluten-free angle
Its own site: «Bellfield was founded by two friends who are both Coeliac.»
Order
Any Bellfield beer on tap; its tap list marks them gluten-free.
Watch out
The taproom also pours guest beers that are not gluten-free, so check each one on the tap list. Food comes from guest pop-ups or takeaways, not its own kitchen: ask each one separately. Hours on its site: Wednesday to Sunday, from 2:30 pm on weekdays and noon at weekends.
Bellfield’s second venue, a bar with its own kitchen, where most of the menu is gluten-free or can be adapted, and Bellfield’s gluten-free beers are on tap.
The gluten-free angle
Its own menu: «Most dishes on the menu are gluten free or can be easily adapted, and the team are always happy to help with dietary requirements.»
Order
Dishes marked (GF) on the menu, with a Bellfield beer.
Watch out
The menu has fried snacks: ask whether the fryer is shared with anything breaded. Guest beers on the list are not all gluten-free. Food hours on its site: Wednesday and Thursday 5 to 9 pm, Friday to Sunday noon to 9 pm.
A French brasserie chain that names its Coeliac UK accreditation, a family Italian with gluten-free pasta and pizza bases, two chains with gluten-free menus on request, and a restaurant with a gluten-free burger bun. All mixed kitchens: the sentence matters every time.
08
Côte Edinburgh
GF-servingFrench brasserie
A French brasserie with plenty of gluten-free dishes, from a chain that describes its gluten-free kitchen practice in detail.
The gluten-free angle
Its own gluten-free page: «We are very proud to be a long-standing partner of Coeliac UK and have been accredited» since 2016, and «In the kitchen, we have dedicated gluten free counter spaces, equipment and utensils.»
Order
Dishes marked GF on the menu. They come to the table with a gluten-free flag.
Watch out
The accreditation is written for the whole chain, not for this branch alone. Say the sentence anyway, and check for the gluten-free flag when your plate arrives. Hours on its site: from 8 am every day.
A family-run Italian with a traditional pizza oven, open since 1972, that makes most dishes with gluten-free pasta or pizza bases on request.
The gluten-free angle
Its own menu: «GLUTEN-FREE: Ask and we will happily prepare most dishes with gluten-free pasta / pizza bases.»
Order
A pizza on a gluten-free base, or pasta made gluten-free.
Watch out
Its site says nothing about the oven or the pasta water. Ask whether the gluten-free pizza bakes on the same oven floor as the wheat pizzas, and whether the pasta gets its own water. Breadcrumbed mozzarella is on the starters: skip anything fried unless the fryer is kept for gluten-free food.
Two branches of the Italian chain, both with gluten-free options in their own words. There is no separate gluten-free menu: gluten-free pasta and pizza are made on request.
The gluten-free angle
Its own gluten-free page: «We will prepare your food in a separate area of the kitchen to avoid cross-contamination and serve it with a gluten-free flag», and «We do not offer a specific gluten-free menu.»
Order
Gluten-free pasta or pizza, asked for at the start.
Watch out
Tell your server when you arrive, and ask whether the gluten-free pizza shares the oven. The North Bridge branch takes walk-ins only; the second branch is on Hanover Street.
In season: Edinburgh’s Christmas runs from 14 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, with the Christmas market in East Princes Street Gardens (free entry). The next Festival Fringe runs from 6 to 30 August 2027. Plan tables well ahead in both.
Sources: each sight’s official site (linked), read 29 September 2026 · coordinates from Wikipedia · walking times: straight-line distance × 1.3 at 4.8 km/h, an estimate · seasonal dates: edinburgh.org and edfringe.com, read 29 September 2026.
06 · Getting around
Getting around
From the airport, around the centre, and where the trains arrive. Fares change, so each line carries the date we read it.
From the airport
Airlink 100 bus to Waverley Bridge, every day around the clock: up to every 10 minutes by day and every 20 at night, about 30 minutes. Single £6.00, open return £8.50. City day tickets are not valid on it.Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Airport, read 29 September 2026
Tram from next to the terminal to the city centre: every 7 minutes from 06:30 to 22:52, about 30 to 35 minutes. Single £7.90, open return £9.50. Buy or tap on before you board.Edinburgh Trams and Edinburgh Airport, read 29 September 2026
Taxi: fares are set by the City of Edinburgh Council, and no fixed airport fare is published. The rank is at the East Terminus.Edinburgh Airport, read 29 September 2026
Tickets in the city
Bus single £2.40. City day ticket £6.00, or £5.70 by contactless, for buses and trams in the city zone (not the airport).Lothian Buses, read 29 September 2026
Tap and go: pay by card or phone and the fare caps at £5.70 a day or £26.50 a week, if you use the same card or phone all day. On the tram, tap on and off.Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams, read 29 September 2026
Network day ticket £14.00, including the airport. The Bus & Tram app sells mobile tickets.Lothian Buses, read 29 September 2026
Arriving by train, and walking
Edinburgh Waverley is on Princes Street, between the Old Town and the New Town. Buses leave from the Princes Street exit, the tram stop is just outside, and taxis wait on Waverley Bridge.Network Rail, read 29 September 2026
The centre is walkable; most sights on this page are within about 20 minutes of each other on foot. The Old Town has steep closes and steps.VisitScotland, read 29 September 2026; walking times: our estimate
07 · Gluten-free shopping
Gluten-free shopping
For a picnic in the gardens or a stocked hotel fridge.
In the centre
Marks & Spencer, 54 Princes Street: a department store with a food hall. M&S sells its gluten-free products as «Made Without Wheat», part of its «Made Without» range, which also covers dairy-free and lactose-free food, so check the pack says gluten free. Ranges and products for each chain: gluten-free supermarkets in the UK.Marks & Spencer, read 29 September 2026
Sainsbury’s Local in the Waverley Mall above the station, and at 18-19 Princes Street. These are small stores, so look for the free-from shelf.Sainsbury’s store locator, read 29 September 2026
What to look for
“Gluten-free” on a UK label means no more than 20 mg/kg. “Very low gluten” is not the same thing.Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 as kept in UK law
For bread and cake, the two gluten-free bakeries on this page (cards 1 and 2) beat any supermarket shelf.This page
Stock varies from store to store. Check the label of every product, every time.
08 · Plan your trip
Plan your trip
Where to base yourself
Marchmont and Bruntsfield: the two entirely gluten-free bakeries, Sugar Daddy’s on Roseneath Street and Confelicity on Bruntsfield Place (chapter 1).
Frederick Street, Hanover Street and North Bridge: Greenwoods and Côte on Frederick Street, and the two Bella Italia branches (chapters 2 and 4).
Leith Walk and Leith: Krema Bakehouse on Leith Walk, Jolly on Elm Row and Nobles by Bellfield on Constitution Street (chapters 2, 3 and 4).
Elsewhere in the city: the Bellfield Brewery taproom on Stanley Place, Herringbone on Whitehouse Road, Patina at Edinburgh Park and Frankie & Benny’s at Fort Kinnaird. Check the map before you set off (chapters 2, 3 and 4).
We haven’t checked an Edinburgh hotel breakfast ourselves. When you book, ask about a gluten-free breakfast and how the toast is made, and pick a room with a fridge: Sugar Daddy’s and Confelicity (chapter 1) are good for stocking up on cakes and a loaf.
The one sentence to say
Say it before ordering, every time, dedicated kitchen or not. In the UK, “coeliac” is the word staff know.
I have coeliac disease. I can’t eat gluten: no wheat, barley, rye, malt or ordinary oats, and nothing cooked in shared fryer oil or on a surface with flour or crumbs.
Two follow-ups that help. For anything fried: “Is the fryer used only for gluten-free food?” For sauces and batters: “Is there any malt, beer or soy sauce in this?”
Good to know
“Gluten-free” on a label means no more than 20 mg/kg (20 ppm), the rule in UK law (Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 as kept in UK law).
“Very low gluten” is not gluten-free. It allows up to 100 mg/kg, and applies to specially processed wheat, rye, barley or oat ingredients.
Oats in a gluten-free food must be specially produced to keep them under 20 mg/kg. Ordinary oats are not; if oats don’t suit you, ask about porridge, granola and baking.
Chips are the classic trap. Many kitchens and chip shops fry them in the same oil as battered fish or breaded food. Ask about the fryer every time.
Haggis is made with oatmeal, and most black pudding contains oatmeal or wheat. Ordinary oats are not gluten-free, so at a full Scottish breakfast, ask which items are gluten-free before you order.
Sources: HTGF Atlas data (read 2 October 2026) · the venues’ own websites and pages, read 29 September 2026 · legislation.gov.uk, Regulation (EU) No 828/2014 as retained in UK law.
09 · Questions
Eating gluten-free in Edinburgh: common questions
Where can I eat gluten-free in Edinburgh?
The cards are grouped in 4 chapters, from “Entirely gluten-free” to “Dinner”. Each card gives the address, what to order and how we know it. Before you go, check the opening hours, and say you have coeliac disease when you order.
Are there fully gluten-free places in Edinburgh?
In this Edinburgh guide, 2 places are marked “★ Dedicated”: Sugar Daddy’s Bakery and Confelicity Bakery. Each ★ card says how we know it and when; still say you have coeliac disease when you order.
Is shortbread gluten-free in Edinburgh?
The classic is not: shortbread is made with wheat flour, fish suppers come in batter, and haggis is made with oatmeal. In this Edinburgh guide, 4 cards name gluten-free baking under “Order”: Sugar Daddy’s Bakery (“★ Dedicated”), Confelicity Bakery (“★ Dedicated”), Krema Bakehouse (“GF-serving”) and Patina (“GF-serving”). At a café that also bakes with wheat, ask how the gluten-free bakes are kept apart; if you avoid oats, ask about those too.
What should I say when I order gluten-free in Edinburgh?
In Edinburgh, say this sentence before you order: “I have coeliac disease. I can’t eat gluten: no wheat, barley, rye, malt or ordinary oats, and nothing cooked in shared fryer oil or on a surface with flour or crumbs.” Say it every time, at a place marked “★ Dedicated” too, and then ask how your food is kept apart.
Is Edinburgh safe for coeliacs?
It depends on the kitchen, not the city. Each card says how we know it and when. Say you have coeliac disease at every order, ★ places included, and ask how your food is kept apart from flour, crumbs and shared fryer oil.
Every place on our map for Edinburgh, from gluten-free bakeries to mixed kitchens, on a live map that updates as our checks do. Free, no account needed.
Closures and lost dedicated status are logged as dated facts on the live page, never as judgements. A closed door, a changed menu, a new dedicated place: hello@howtoglutenfree.com or the report button in the app. Readers keep this page alive.
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