Gluten Free Restaurants in Crawley, West Sussex, UK

If you have never eaten English “gluten free” Fish & Chips and you happen to be around in Crawley, West Sussex  UK, on the first Saturday of each month, then The Master Fryer Fish & Chip Shop, at No.1 Pound Hill Parade, Worth Road, Crawley, is the place to be, from 11.30am till 4.30pm.

The management of The Master Fryer, make the whole shop gluten free, everything!, sausages cooked in gluten-free batter, rolls, lots of different types of fish, all cooked in gluten free batter, in their own new non-contaminated oil, it is a great treat! and the fries are free, for senior citizens. The prices are normal, nothing is inflated, if you are near then you have to try it!.       Lots of celiacs travel from miles around, just for this treat.

If you like a carvery meal and you have a very healthy appetite, then go to the Toby Carvery, it is just a short drive South of Gatwick Airport, at Vancouver Drive, Langley Green, Crawley, this is a great restaurant to eat gluten-free meats and vegetables, but you have to be hungry to really enjoy it.

The Toby Carvery is part of a large group of restaurants found dotted around the UK, they all basically follow the same menu, but if you can only eat gluten-free, then  it is just great for you and your family, you just go in and select from a daily choice of 3 or more meats, Ham, Turkey and Beef, sometimes Lamb and Pork.

You have to help yourself to the carvery, the chef carves straight onto your hot plate and you help yourself from a choice of  8 vegetables, all freshly cooked. The Broccoli is good, the Yello Swede is delicious, you can then add from cabbage, carrots, peas and roast potatoes, they also have boiled potatoes. On the way back to your table, you can add apple sauce, cranberry sauce, as much as you like and it is all for £5, per person, you will have to avoid the gravies, they all contain flour, but if you really like gravy, then buy a small tin from a supermarket, take it with you and they will make you up a jug of gravy.  If you have access to a printer, then you can download a voucher, which you can download, this voucher will also include ice cream topped, with your choice of sweet sauces. This is from morning till 7,30pm, after that time, in the evening, the price increases to £7.50.

In the winter Toby Carveries always have gas fires bring, with artificial logs, pleasant background music, excellent choice of wines, the Toby Carveries are restaurants to look out for.

ASK Italian Restaurants can be found in districts all around London, in Crawley the ASK Restaurant is in the High Street, Crawley, you can take your own gluten free pizza base, (these can be purchased from most UK Supermarkets) you go in and then you select your own topping and your pizza will be cooked and served.

The Cuzini Sri-Lankan Restaurant is at, 22 The Boulevard, in Central Crawley. They have a good selection of tasty, hot or not too hot, Sri-Lankan side dishes, which you eat on rice. If you have problems with the menu, then the chef will join you and explain what is available gluten free, they have a good selection of food and nice wines to go with the meal.

The Thai Restaurant, in Orchard Street, Central Crawley, it has a good selection of gluten free food, again if in doubt, then ask for the chef who will go through the menu with you. Be careful some Thai sauces can be very hot!.

The Harvesters Restaurant, near the Hawth Theater, Hawth Road, Crawley, this restaurant offers an Early Bird Meal, i.e. after 11.00am and before 6.30pm, the meal is £4.99pp, help your self to salads, many times as you like, avoid the sauces and the rolls, the menu has quite a good range of meals, Gammon Steak, Chicken and others, with a jacket potato, (avoid the fries as they are cooked in the same oil as the fish), fried tomato, apart from the salad, the hot meal is served to your table. The restaurant especially caters for children, its good value for money and has a nice warm atmosphere.

In the High Street in Crawley there is another reasonably priced restaurant the Wetherspoon Restaurant, part of a large Wetherspoon Group of restaurants. If you ask for their allergy menu, the gluten-free meals are marked, their wines are very reasonable and families are welcomed, with a garden and play area.

Just within the road that circles Crawley, there is a restaurant which is part of another UK large Group, the Brewers Fayre Group, adjacent to this restaurant is their Premier Travel Lodge Hotel, which is a part of the same group. This Brewers Fayre Restaurant, offers a meal for 2 at £9, with a choice of at least 3 items which are gluten-free. The ham, with 2 eggs, fries, fried tomato can be recommended.

However if you just want a coffee and some gluten free cake, then try the Coffee Republic, in The Queensway, Central Crawley or opposite in the same street is Marks & Spencers, their restaurant is upstairs and they often have very nice gluten free cakes.