Benalmádena is a pleasant surprise for a seaside town: of the 3 verified addresses, all 3 are fully dedicated kitchens. Not one “adapted” menu, not one mixed table. A sushi restaurant, a brunch café and an ice cream shop: the meal, breakfast and dessert are covered, with no particular precaution to take.

What the town counts

Benalmádena's 3 verified addresses, by type
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The meal: sushi without wheat-based soy sauce

Gogo Sushi, next to the Toy Planet, is a 100% gluten-free sushi restaurant, designed for takeaway and home delivery around Benalmádena. The place is presented as certified by the Asociación de Celíacos de Málaga, and its dedicated status is cross-checked against several specialist listings — Celicidad, Málaga Sin Gluten — as well as press articles. The point that matters: in an ordinary Japanese restaurant, soy sauce is made with wheat and tempura circulates everywhere. Here, the question does not arise.

Brunch and ice cream

Yummy Brunch, avenida Federico García Lorca, is a 100% gluten-free and vegan brunch café near the beach in Benalmádena Costa: speciality breads, pancakes and house patisserie. The Asociación de Celiacos y Sensibles al Gluten is explicit — the whole menu is gluten-free, 100% — and both Málaga sin gluten and Celinews confirm it. This is the morning address, the one where you take more bread without wondering where it came from.

YUMMY. Heladería Gluten Free & Vegan, calle San Silvestre, is a 100% gluten-free and vegan ice cream shop and patisserie: artisan ice creams, cakes and cones, all gluten-free. The cone too, then — which is precisely what is missing everywhere else, and what lets a celiac child order like everyone else. Verified through Atly, HappyCow and the official Instagram.

Our tips on site

  • Say “Soy celíaco” or “Soy celíaca”, rather than “sin gluten”: that is the word that triggers real precautions, including once you step outside these three addresses.
  • Look out for the FACE logo, the Spanish celiac federation, and for provincial associations such as the Málaga one, which endorsed Gogo Sushi. They are the most solid markers on the Costa del Sol.
  • Gogo Sushi is primarily a takeaway and delivery address: plan for that if you were after a sit-down dinner.
  • Travelling on in Spain? Our guide to gluten-free travel in Spain covers the rest of the country, and dedicated kitchen or gluten-free options, the difference explains what these three addresses spare you.

Explore the 3 addresses

Every address cited has been verified at the source: existence, actual gluten-free level, risks. All 3 are on the Nutrixe map — and if a Benalmádena address is missing, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Benalmádena.

Figures at the time of publication. The database grows every week: today's exact count is always on the map.