GLUTEN-FREE IN CANNES and NICE

CANNES

Cannes is a beautiful city in French Riviera, with plenty of fancy restaurants and french cuisine that is full of croissants and other pastries that aren’t very celiac friendly.

Before going to Cannes I did some research and this is what I found:

I found a website where you can search for restaurants based on allergens but there aren’t any gluten-free restaurants in Cannes currently on that map, but there are plenty of them in Nice and even one in Antibes.

On french coeliac association site, you can find lots of useful information and different translations of most useful phrases that you could use when visiting France.

On their site, you can find a good celiac explanation for your celiac translation card. I find them very useful, especially when communicating with someone that doesn’t speak the same language as I do. 

On french coeliac association site, you can find a list of AFDIAG certificated restaurants.

There isn’t any dedicated gluten-free restaurant, bar or bakery in Cannes. However, I did found an AFDIAG certificated restaurant, restaurant GIGI Tavola autentica in Nice a short drive from Cannes.

There are some restaurants that can prepare you a gluten-free meal, but cross-contamination can happen in those types of restaurants. I advise you to be careful if you chose to eat in one of the following restaurants.

In CANNES

Bella Storia – 51 rue Félix Faure

They have great reviews on Find me gluten-free app and Tripadvisor. All pizzas and pasta can be made gluten-free, but you have to pay 2 euros extra for a gluten-free pizza. The price ranges between 12 and 22 euros for a dish.

We went to Bella Storia on January 1st for a lunch, the restaurant was full but we still were able to get a table without any reservation. The waiters were very kind and the food was served relatively quickly. I double-checked if my food was, in fact, gluten-free with the waitress and it was. I ordered pasta Pomodoro and the food came beautifully decorated with tomato and chives. I didn’t realize at first but I later found out that every gluten-free dish cones in the dark(black) plates, and normal gluten-containing foods came out on white plates as seen on a picture below.

Ma Nolan’s – 6 Rue Buttura

Tripadvisor user commented that they have gluten-free food and beer

Marché Forville its a market, where you can find lots of fresh fruits and veggies, local wine and much more

SHOPS

there are plenty of shops in Cannes where you can buy gluten-free food. There is a Natural Diet Santé  shop, a small bio shop that has good reviews on finding me gluten-free, but there are also other shops like Eleclerc, Spar, Utile, Lidl

NICE

On our day trip to Nice, we stopped for lunch at Pôp-ô-thym small restaurant located next to the flower market. They offer all kinds of crepes and pancakes. Their restaurant is not 100% gluten-free but most of the items can be made gluten-free for 1eur charge. The menu was large enough that it was hard to choose from all the tasty options, they also have vegetarian and a few vegan options.  Both crepes were very tasty, and I would definitely visit them again if I would stay in Nice longer.

There are some other gluten-free options around the city but I didn’t find any other restaurant to be in the center of Nice and quite affordable.

You can find more information on how we spend our New year’s trip to Cannes and Nice here.

Be aware that information in this post can change with time.

I would advise to check the places mentioned in this post by yourself and make your own decision if the restaurants mentioned in the post are safe for you to eat in.

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