Gluten-free food in Vorarlberg

BAHI Café

Kirchstraße 35, 6900 Bregenz · €€

A wood-panelled vegetarian café and co-working room in the old town of Bregenz, with a plant-based stew that changes daily, organic cakes in vegan and gluten-free versions, and a Saturday brunch worth booking.

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Gasthaus Goldener Hirschen

Kirchstraße 8, 6900 Bregenz · €€

Bregenz's most traditional inn, in the upper town, and the place coeliacs in the city go for a gluten-free Wiener Schnitzel. The kitchen is shared, and there is no gluten-free bread, so order with the staff.

Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0

Restaurant Babenwohl

Landstraße 9, 6900 Bregenz · €€

The à-la-carte restaurant of the Hotel Schwärzler, a salon-like room with a red coffered ceiling south of the centre, open to non-residents. The menu pairs Austrian inn classics with vegetarian and vegan dishes, and the kitchen prepares gluten-free options.

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Marktstraße 61, 6850 Dornbirn · €€

Vorarlberg's largest organic supermarket, on Dornbirn's Marktstraße: gluten-free breads and dry goods, a vegan range, lactose-free dairy down to cottage cheese, keto products and an unpackaged section, with a small café inside.

Lin's Asia Küche

Dr.-Anton-Schneider-Straße 2, 6850 Dornbirn · €

An Asian take-away in central Dornbirn with its own gluten-free menu of curries, wok dishes and soups, a vegan menu alongside, and a chef who understands cross-contamination. Still a shared kitchen, so say why you are asking.

Ristorante La Scarpetta

Hintere Achmühlerstraße 1a, 6850 Dornbirn · €€

A classic Italian pizzeria in Dornbirn where any pizza or pasta on the menu can be made with a gluten-free base or noodles. The kitchen also cooks wheat, so tell the staff it is for coeliac disease.

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Braugaststätte Löwen Tisis

Dorfstraße 28, 6800 Feldkirch · €€

Frastanzer brewery tavern in Feldkirch-Tisis, serving traditional dishes and rösti since 1883, that now bakes gluten-free and vegan pizza with free choice of topping. Diners also report gluten-free schnitzel, cordon bleu and spätzle.

Café April

Neustadt 39, 6800 Feldkirch · €€

An organic café on Feldkirch's Neustadt with a changing lunch that is vegan more days than not, chili sin carne, curry, walnut bolognese, and gluten-free and vegan cake. Small kitchen, shared, so ask.

Helldone's Burriteria

Feldkircher Straße 18, 6800 Feldkirch · €

A Mexican street-food counter in Feldkirch-Nofels where you build your own burrito, bowl or corn tacos and the staff steer you round the gluten. Evenings only, and a shared kitchen.

Antonio Restaurant – Bar & Pizzeria

Bahnhofstraße 7a, 6700 Bludenz · €€

The pizzeria by Bludenz station, Italian and Austrian in one card. Any pizza can be made gluten-free if you phone an hour ahead; nothing is marked on the menu, so ask the staff.

Taj Mahal Restaurant

Stadionstraße 4, 6700 Bludenz · €€

An Afghan-Indian restaurant near the Bludenz stadium with a long vegetarian and vegan section, and a stated selection of gluten-free and lactose-free dishes. Sister venue in Feldkirch; take-away at lunch and dinner.

Brandner Hof

Studa 57, 6708 Brand · €€€

A refined à-la-carte restaurant in Brand whose menu prints all 14 allergen codes, marks vegan dishes and offers a gluten-free version of the Wiener schnitzel. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and between the summer and winter seasons.

Hotel Sarotla Panorama-Restaurant

Mühledörfle 23, 6708 Brand · €€

A four-star hotel restaurant in Brand that explicitly welcomes à-la-carte diners and cooks fully vegan on request, with multi-course vegan evening menus. The house markets itself as a gluten-free hotel; gluten- or lactose-free cooking should be announced in advance.

BuntaLada

August-Reis-Straße 10, 6845 Hohenems · €€

A colourful shop-café in Hohenems that bakes its own gluten-free bread and serves a gluten-free breakfast from an owner who knows what cross-contamination means. Not a gluten-free kitchen, so ask.

Spuds – die Grumprarei

Harrachgasse 7, 6845 Hohenems · €

A potato kitchen in Hohenems' Jewish quarter, baked "Grumpra" with fillings, potato slices and British pies, with every dish marked vegan, vegetarian or gluten-free on the card. Shared kitchen.

Restaurant Sonne Bezau

Kriechere 66, 6870 Bezau · €€

Hotel restaurant in Bezau that welcomes outside guests for its breakfast buffet, weekday four-course lunch and evening Wirtshaus menu, cooked from regional and seasonal produce. Creative vegan dishes are on every day and a gluten-free range is prepared with separate methods.

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Biohotel Schwanen

Kirchdorf 77, 6874 Bizau · €€€

The organic hotel restaurant in the middle of Bizau, cooking a vegetable-led menu from certified organic produce, with vegan and gluten-free versions on request. Tell them when you book.

Unicorn Restaurant

Tschengla 3, 6707 Bürserberg · €€

A year-round restaurant on the Tschengla plateau above Bürs with a large vegan and vegetarian range next to pizza and Austrian classics. Nearly every dish can be made gluten-free or lactose-free on request.

Café-Konditorei Waltner

Landstraße 19, 6971 Hard · €

A family pâtisserie in Hard by the lake with a few gluten-free cakes in the counter. It is a wheat bakery first, so ask which ones and how they are kept apart.

Hotel Sonnenburg

Oberlech 55, 6764 Lech am Arlberg · €€€

A five-star family hotel in car-free Oberlech whose restaurants are open to outside guests and accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free diets, with the whole evening menu available in a fully vegan version. Open in the winter and summer seasons only.

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Badhus Café und Unverpacktladen

Hof 17, 6951 Lingenau · €€

Café, bakery and unpackaged organic shop on Lingenau's village square, with daily lunch menus from regional organic produce. Gluten-free cakes, breads and breakfasts are baked to order in a separate kitchen area, and lactose-free desserts and vegan dishes are always on.

Fritsch am Berg

Buchenberg 10, 6911 Lochau · €€€

The restaurant of the adults-only spa hotel on the Pfänder slope above Lochau, open to day visitors for set dinners with a view across the lake. The kitchen writes a vegan and vegetarian menu daily and handles gluten and lactose intolerances at every course.

Café Deli im Hotel Bären

Platz 66, 6881 Mellau · €€

Public café in the basement of the design Hotel Bären, a meeting point for locals and guests, serving a regional organic breakfast buffet, dhal and curry stews, quiche and house cakes. Everything is vegetarian except one organic ham option, and vegan or gluten-free versions are made on request.

Photo: böhringer friedrich, CC BY-SA 3.0

Flax Italy Rankweil

Bundesstraße 22, 6830 Rankweil · €€

Italian restaurant in the Brederis shopping passage on the Bundesstraße with pizza, pasta, meat and fish; gluten-free pizza is on the card and every pasta can be ordered gluten-free. Not a dedicated kitchen, and one reviewer was served regular pasta by mistake, so say clearly that it is for coeliac disease.

Pizzeria al fiume

Kronengasse 2, 6780 Schruns · €€

The Montafon's gluten-free pizza stop, by the river in Schruns. Reviewers say the kitchen keeps the gluten-free bases apart; it still bakes wheat pizza in the same room, so say it is for coeliac disease.