Cologne has 3 verified addresses in our database, and all 3 are fully dedicated kitchens: no wheat flour on site, so nothing to ask when ordering. Two cafés and a patisserie, no classic restaurant table — this covers breakfast, brunch and afternoon snacks, not dinner. The list is short, and we’d rather say so.

The city in numbers

Cologne's 3 verified addresses, by type
Cafés2
Bakery1

The two cafés

Café Bauchgefühl, Berrenrather Straße 160, is a 100% vegan and gluten-free café, specializing in brunch served all day and made in part from unsold fruits and vegetables. The vibe is closer to a living room than a café, and the terrace suits families. Five sources agree on the menu’s fully vegan and gluten-free status: Falstaff, Koeln.de, Find Me Gluten Free — which classifies it as a “Dedicated Gluten-Free Cafe” — Spinach.guide and Mit Vergnügen.

gesund & süß, Benesisstraße 48, is a small downtown café, fully gluten-free, also free of refined sugar and lactose. Pastries and paninis come from the house workshop in Bonn, and the coffee is roasted locally at van Dyck. Verified by the business’s official site, the Mit Vergnügen Köln guide, Find Me Gluten Free and GluteoStop.

The patisserie

Isabella Glutenfreie Pâtisserie, Kettengasse 2 in the Apostelviertel, is the Cologne location of a 100% gluten-free chain. Across more than 90 square meters, a fine, French-inspired patisserie: cakes, tarts, breads and breakfasts, often also vegan or lactose-free. This is where you get bread without reading a label. The chain’s official site dedicates a page to this address; OpenTable, Tripadvisor and Find Me Gluten Free confirm the address and the fully gluten-free status.

Our on-site tips

  • Say “Ich habe Zöliakie,” rather than “glutenfrei.” The word for the disease is the one taken seriously in the kitchen.
  • Three dedicated addresses, no documented caveat: this is exactly what a “dedicated kitchen” means, and what sets it apart from a simple gluten-free menu.
  • Two addresses downtown, one apart. gesund & süß and Isabella share the 50672 postal code; Café Bauchgefühl, Berrenrather Straße, is elsewhere (50937). Plan a dedicated trip.
  • Germany’s national celiac association is the DZG (Deutsche Zöliakie-Gesellschaft), the national reference on the subject. For the rest of the country, our guide to gluten-free travel in Germany.

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. Three addresses for Cologne is few: if you know a dedicated kitchen or a serious menu we don’t have, suggest it. The full list is on our page gluten-free restaurants in Cologne.

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