Madrid has a claim few capitals can make: you can do an entire tapas crawl that’s fully gluten-free. Our database lists 28 verified addresses, 25 of them fully dedicated — with a depth that’s rare even in what Spain does best: unpretentious, generous bar food.

What the city has to offer

Madrid's 28 verified addresses, by type
Restaurants16
Bakeries6
Pastry shops2
Bar1
Café1
Fast food1
Grocery store1

Gluten-free tapas, a local specialty

Start with the institution: Solo de Croquetas (4.6★, nearly 6,000 reviews), a bar entirely devoted to the croquette — over 30 varieties, all gluten-free. Continue at LaLina Bravas y Tapas, on Plaza de la Cebada, which bills itself as “el Paraíso de los Celíacos” — patatas bravas, tortilla, calamari and more — with a second location near Chueca. It’s the classic Madrid bar crawl, minus every last trace of wheat.

Pioneers and chefs

Madrid is home to As De Bastos, the city’s very first 100% gluten-free restaurant, open for more than twenty years — a dedicated kitchen and safe frying long before the subject was trendy. In a different register, WARAKU (4.8★) offers entirely gluten-free Japanese cuisine under chef Masaki Takimura, and Bastardi (4.8★), a trattoria in Malasaña, proves dedicated Italian food has won Madrid over too. Fresh pasta lovers should head to Pasta Balboa (4.7★) in Chamberí; vegetarians to Artemisa, a pioneer of gluten-free plant-based dining in Madrid. And for Neapolitan pizza, Grosso Napoletano Senza Glutine devotes an entire location to its gluten-free dough.

Bread, brioches and churros

The Salamanca district is home to Sana Locura, a 100% gluten-free bakery with more than twenty different breads. In Argüelles, Pastelería La Oriental is fully dedicated, with its certification displayed in the window; and La Celiacoteca (4.6★) has combined workshop, bakery and café since 2014. For grocery shopping, Naked & Sated goes beyond gluten-free to also skip refined flours and sugars.

Tips for when you’re there

  • The phrase to know: “Soy celíaco/celíaca, ¿es apto para celíacos?” — the word “celíaco” opens every door; Spain is very well informed on the subject.
  • FACE (Federación de Asociaciones de Celíacos de España) certifies both products and establishments: its logo in the window is a genuine mark of seriousness.
  • Watch out for mixed kitchens: a few well-known Madrid addresses billed as “gluten friendly”, such as La Tape, operate a mixed kitchen — highly rated, but best reserved for non-coeliacs, or approached with the usual precautions (our listings always spell this out).

Explore all 28 addresses

Every address listed here has been verified at the source: does it exist, how genuinely gluten-free is it, what are the risks. Find them all on the Nutrixe map — and if your favourite Madrid spot is missing, suggest it. They’re listed together, one by one, on our gluten-free restaurants in Madrid page.

Figures accurate as of publication. The database grows every week: the exact count for today is always on the map.