Gluten-Free Zagreb, Croatia

Nishta

The first place we ate in Zagreb was a café called Nishta. Nishta is a speciality dietary restaurant and offers a huge range of clearly labelled gluten-free options at affordable prices (along with vegetarian and vegan options too). They also have an establishment in Dubrovnik.

Nishta had a really nice atmosphere and staff seemed knowledgeable about the various dishes on offer.


Nishta Salad Bar

You could select from an expansive menu of soups, curries, Nachos, gnocchi, salads, fishcakes, gluten free rice noodles and other creative dishes. On request desserts could also be adapted to be gluten free.



Gluten free nachos with salsa, cheese and sour cream along with homemade lemonade

 Agava

We ate here for an evening meal - it was in an excellent central location and we sat on a nice outdoor table overlooking the street below.

I shared a starter plate of local cheeses and smoked meats and then I had a roasted breast of duck with fresh vegetables (or 'ratatouille' at the Croatians seemed to call  it).



Starter Platter

 

Duck Breast

 

 



 All the food was fresh, simple, tasty and excellently prepared and the waiter basically introduced you to your food as he pointed and explained each ingredient and where it had come from.

My one criticism would be that there was a very limited menu here for those eating gluten free - basically all that was available was meat accompanied by vegetables (for some reason the waiter said I couldn't have rice, potatoes or any sauces so I assume they floured lots of their products) so I wouldn't recommend it for Coeliacs who are also vegetarian.

Amélie

Unfortunately I don't have a picture of my cake here as I ate it on the go but this quaint patisserie was centrally located and offered three gluten-free cake options. The man on the counter spoke absolutely perfect English and offered a wonderful explanation of the gluten free products and precisely what ingredients they had been made of. My chocolate cake was flavoursome and had a good moist texture - I would thoroughly recommend Amélie to anyone visiting Zagreb!

 

 

 

Fruit Markets

I found fruit in Zagreb really delicious as a quick snack or for a picnic lunch - the market offered an amazing selection of all sorts of things!

        Berries at the market, with thanks to Ben Powell

 

 



 

 

More reviews to follow shortly - next stop Ljubljana, Slovenia!