
Eating low FODMAP and gluten-free in London
I first wrote this blog in 2016, when I went to London for a long weekend with my best friend.
This year in June, I went to London again with her, and I have some very nice places to add to my list of low FODMAP and gluten-free London hotspots!
My friend and I are both foodies, so we are always trying to find the best places to eat and we find it a lot of fun to try new things. Let’s dive into the low FODMAP and gluten-free eats in London!
Important to know: I eat low FODMAP and I am sensitive to wheat. I don’t have Celiac disease. Which means I don’t have to pay attention to cross-contamination in restaurants.
If you have Celiac disease I would advise you to double-check at the places mentioned below how they prepare their food and if they have procedures in place to avoid cross-contamination.

Yo Sushi
The last time we were here, we had lunch at Yo Sushi at Westfield Shopping Mall. This sushi chain can be found in several places in the city.
The sushi comes by your table on a conveyor belt which we found very fun. You pick from the belt what you want and the sushi’s are priced by the color of the plates. I always find sushi a great option to eat.
On the menu, it says which dishes contain gluten and lactose and, if you keep an eye on the other ingredients yourself, you can eat low FODMAP quite easily. If you are in doubt you can always ask.
I usually choose the most ‘clean’ sushi. For example, the maki rolls with salmon or tuna.

Jamie’s Italian
In the evening, we had dinner at Jamie’s Italian because I knew they serve gluten-free pasta there.
I picked, very safe, pasta carbonara because this usually only contains egg, bacon, and parmesan. This version had some leek in it, but they left it out for me. I had a great meal!
The menu is different now than it was in 2016, but they still have gluten-free pasta. So if you eat low FODMAP, I would contact them beforehand if one of their pastas can be made low FODMAP.
For example, by leaving onion and garlic out.

Beany Green
The next day we started our day with breakfast at Beany Green. This breakfast and lunch restaurant is situated at several places in London and almost all their breakfasts (especially the ones with bread) have a gluten-free option.
They also serve sourdough bread, which is not a gluten-free option, but sourdough bread can be eaten on the low FODMAP diet.
I ate poached eggs with salmon on gluten-free bread. I didn’t eat the spread because it contained onion and I spread a little bit of avocado on my bread (1/8 avocado is low FODMAP). Very good!

Hummingbird Bakery
As two avid bakers, we had to visit Hummingbird Bakery. I saw on their website that they had gluten-free red velvet cupcakes, so that was an extra reason to go.
The cupcake was really amazing, one of the best cupcakes I ever had! Definitely worth a try!
Hummingbird Bakery mentions on their website that they have procedures in place to minimize the risk of cross-contamination, but that they do not have segregated production lines, so cross-contamination is unfortunately possible. So if you have Celiac disease it is good to be aware of this.
Good to know: when I pick restaurants I usually don’t check if they have lactose-free options. This is because I always take lactase pills with me on holiday (you can read my article about lactase pills here).
If I eat something that contains lactose, I take a lactase pill. This gives me a lot more opportunities to find places to eat and that is great.

Honest Burgers
Honest burgers is a burger chain that you can find in several places in London. We went there in 2016 already and this year we went again when we were visiting Camden Lock Market. Which is a lovely market with lots of little shops and food stalls.
At Honest Burgers, they have gluten-free buns available. I always ask to leave the onion out when I order a burger and then I have a great low FODMAP burger. With rosemary fries on the side, yum!
I also wanted to share this great experience with you that I had when buying nachos at a stand in Camden Market in 2016. Unfortunately, I don’t know the name anymore.
I ordered nachos from the guy at the stand. He wanted to give me some salsa to taste and when I told him I couldn’t eat garlic and onion, he felt very sorry for me.
He baked fresh gluten-free corncakes, especially for me and he made me nachos with only lettuce, pepper, parsley, melted cheese, and sour cream.
On top of that, he also gave me a discount because he felt so sorry that I couldn’t try everything. It was so sweet. When people make such an effort it really makes my day!

The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club is also a place where I have been twice now when visiting London and I love it.
At my first visit, I ate eggs benedict on roasted pumpkin instead of bread. Which seemed quite a weird combination, but was really nice.
They didn’t have gluten-free bread available at that time. But now in 2024, they did have gluten-free toast and pancakes.
Note that it is not a dedicated gluten-free facility, so if you have celiac disease it might be risky to eat here.


Fish and chips
Both in 2016 and 2024, we went to eat gluten-free fish and chips. In 2016 we went to Hobson’s fish and chips.
A chain that you can find in several places in London.
We had a delicious and huge battered fish with some sweet potato fries on the side (not low FODMAP, but I tolerate them). They also had normal fries.

In 2024, we went to the Old Shades, a pub very close to Trafalgar Square. Here we ate another delicious gluten-free fish and chips.

Franco Manca – Spitalfields
One evening we went to Franco Manca in Spitalfields. This is a sourdough pizza restaurant.
I actually went here for a sourdough (not gluten-free) pizza, because I tolerate sourdough quite well. It was a very delicious pizza.
You can also order your pizza with a gluten-free base here.

Humble Crumble
And finally, one of my favorite finds on our trip: Humble Crumble. We went to Humble Crumble at Spitalfields Market, but there are several shops around London.
Humble Crumble is what the name tells you: a shop where they sell crumbles to go!
They sell three gluten-free crumbles: apple & cinnamon, elderflower, apple, strawberry & raspberry and rhubarb, raspberry and orange.
I went for the rhubarb, raspberry & orange one because the other fruit combinations are not low FODMAP.
You get a warm crumble in a cup. And you can choose several toppings: hot custard, cold custard, frozen custard, whipped cream, blowtorched marshmallow, and dark chocolate drizzle.
Most of these are not lactose-free, but because I really wanted to try the frozen custard. I took that one and had a lactase pill.
It is a very delicious dessert!
Note: Humble Crumble is gluten-friendly, but they say on their website that they cannot cater for coeliacs.

And that was our trip to London! Luckily eating low FODMAP and gluten-free wasn’t impossible and I ate loads of good things.
Have you ever been to London? What are your tips?
6 Comments
The hardest thing for me is finding food (in shops or restaurants) without garlic or onion added. EVERYONE is using them for favouring, which I find so annoying…
Yes, I find that one of the hardest things too!
FYI Rosmery Chips at Honest burger contain Garlic and onion! See thier alergy menu https://www.honestburgers.co.uk/allergy-information/ . They have plane chips option so I would go for that if you are following the Fodmap diet (although probably fried in same oil).
The Gate restaurant in Angel is great; if you tell them in advance the can cook for you without using garlic , onions, or spring onions.They can even kindly email you the ingredients all the food they serve there.
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I was looking into the restaurants you visited whilst in England. I saw “Honest Burgers,” ;looked lovely, when i went on to their menu for Gluten Free, I found that the buns were made of some ” Cereals” which is not (GF). WHICH WOULD MAKE ME REALLY I’LL POSSIBLY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ON THE TOILET!! NOT a complaint just advice for other of your followers!
As far as I can see on their menu only the normal bun mentions “cereals”, but the gluten-free doesn’t.