Bread Street Kitchen & Bar - The City

Very hit and miss. I got glutened.

The serving staff are very unaware about what foods can contain gluten (for example, a waitress told me I couldn’t eat a dish as it contained rice and, upon me insisting that I could, asked me “are you sure??”…)

There is no allergens list or separate gluten free menu - I was really shocked by this, as you’d expect it from a restaurant of this standing. It appeared that the staff were guessing how to make dishes gluten free (e.g. by offering to remove the bread, poppadoms or crisps) and I wasn’t too sure whether they were checking each ingredient with the kitchen. As a result, I was served a supposedly “gluten free” starter (tuna tartare), which ended up containing soya sauce (and most soya sauce contains wheat). I only realised this after it was too late, and have been unwell as a result.

Dessert was slightly better - it looks like this restaurant has a gluten free variety of the cheesecake to offer, along with a couple other desserts. I appreciated being offered this.

In order to eat here safely, you’ll have to really walk the staff through what exactly gluten is, what foods it can be found in, and make sure to check exactly what is in your food, as the staff probably won’t know what the problematic ingredients are. Even after doing this, you’ll still be at risk.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Not at all

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— No gluten-free information on the menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good