Gato Blanco is a restaurant for celiacs in La Zaidía, with a 100% gluten free, certified kitchen. There is no separate menu here: every dish is safe, and you never have to ask what is in it.
We open Wednesday to Sunday: Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 to 21:00, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 23:00, and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. Calle Lérida 14, a 7-minute walk from the Serranos Towers.
Short answer: Gato Blanco is a restaurant for celiacs in La Zaidía, Valencia. The whole kitchen is 100% gluten free, certified by ACECOVA, and holds the FACE Restauración Sin Gluten seal for 2025 and 2026. Every dish on the menu is safe, and there is no toaster or fryer shared with wheat.
At most restaurants with a mixed menu, the risk sits in the fryer, the toaster and the hands that touch the bread. Here that risk does not exist: the kitchen is 100% gluten free, with no toaster or fryer shared with anything that contains wheat, and certified by ACECOVA, the Celiac Association of the Valencian Community.
At the restaurant we display the FACE Restauración Gluten-Free seal for 2025 and 2026, and you can order any dish on the menu with peace of mind. The Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition recommends going to restaurants certified by FACE, because the project verifies how gluten free dishes are prepared. It is the kind of place celiacs look for after years of asking waiter after waiter.
These are the four things that change when the whole kitchen is gluten free. At a restaurant with a mixed menu, FACE asks for extra caution in bars and restaurants, with examples such as oil shared between products with and without gluten. Here those doubts disappear.
Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition: when a celiac person eats gluten, the protein in wheat, barley and rye, their immune system damages the small intestine. The only treatment is a strict, lifelong gluten free diet, with no room for “just a little”. If you want the basics, see what is celiac disease and what is gluten.
Cross-contact: gluten passing to a gluten free food through shared surfaces, utensils, oil or appliances.
At a restaurant, the risk usually comes from it: bread toasted in the same toaster, oil from a shared fryer, the board where wheat bread was cut earlier. That is why a “gluten free” dish on a mixed menu is not always safe, and why an entirely gluten free kitchen changes the picture. To know what to eat at home and out, see what can celiacs eat and the gluten free diet guide.
On a label, “gluten free” means less than 20 ppm, and “very low gluten”, between 20 and 100 ppm, is not suitable for a celiac, according to FACE. A menu has no label, so certification carries the weight. ACECOVA, the Celiac Association of the Valencian Community, is part of FACE and works with venues under the Moments Sense Gluten programme. Gato Blanco has that backing and the FACE Restauración seal.
Anyone with non-celiac gluten sensitivity or a wheat allergy should also tell the team, and for other allergies we have written allergen information for every dish. The differences between the three conditions are explained in gluten intolerance, allergy or sensitivity.
It is an international menu, with dishes from Chile, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina, Ukraine, Venezuela and Spain, and all of them come out of the same certified kitchen. This is a selection from the menu; everything is gluten free.
Many celiacs end up choosing a restaurant based on what a single person at the table can eat. At Gato Blanco that does not happen: everyone orders from the same menu, and nobody watches from the outside how the others eat.
It works for a dinner for two, friends, a group or a celebration. The menu is international, with dishes from Chile, Turkey, Mexico, Argentina, Ukraine, Venezuela and Spain, so everyone at the table finds something different to order. For groups, and on Fridays and Saturdays, we recommend booking a table.
We open early and the kitchen does not close between services. There is gluten free breakfast, gluten free brunch, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner, always with the same guarantee.
If you come with kids, we have a gluten free kids’ menu, with chicken tenders, pasta, mac and cheese and an “everything separate” plate, plus a kids’ area, free for the restaurant’s customers and designed for children aged 3 to 10, and a terrace when the weather is good.
Gato Blanco is a restaurant for celiacs in Valencia for anyone looking for a safe place nearby, without checking the menu dish by dish.
We are at Calle Lérida 14, Bajo derecha, 46009 Valencia, in the La Zaidía neighborhood. It is a 7-minute walk from the Serranos Towers, with easy connections to El Carmen, Trinitat and Benicalap. You can call 650 758 817 or see directions on the contact page.
If you are looking for where to eat gluten free in Valencia, besides this page you have the gluten free restaurant in Valencia, with the general information about the venue, and the full gluten free menu. For the morning, the gluten free breakfast in Valencia, and for a longer weekend plan, the gluten free brunch in Valencia.
And an honest note: gluten free covers gluten. The kitchen also works with dairy, egg and nuts, so if you have another allergy, tell us when you sit down.
Yes. The whole kitchen is 100% gluten free and certified by ACECOVA, and at the restaurant we display the FACE Restauración Gluten-Free seal for 2025 and 2026. There is no separate celiac menu, because the whole menu is safe.
We do not work with gluten in the kitchen, so there is no toaster, fryer or surface shared with wheat. Cross-contact is the usual risk point in restaurants with a mixed menu, according to FACE, and here it is removed at the source.
Yes. Every dish is gluten free, from starters and mains to crepes, salads and desserts. You do not need to ask about sauces or sides either, because none contain wheat.
Yes. The drinks menu lists Mahou 5 estrellas gluten free and Mahou 0,0 gluten free. There is also wine, cava, cocktails with and without alcohol, and soft drinks.
Yes, the kids’ menu is also gluten free: chicken tenders, pasta, mac and cheese, potato omelet and the “everything separate” plate, where the child picks the ingredients. There is a kids’ area inside the restaurant.
It is not essential, but if you are coming in a group, or it is a Friday or Saturday, we recommend booking a table so you do not have to wait. You can do it online or by calling 650 758 817.
We open Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 to 21:00, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 23:00, and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. We are closed on Monday and Tuesday. The kitchen is open all day.
No. The food we serve is safe for gluten, but our kitchen works with dairy, egg and nuts. We have written allergen information for every dish: ask the team and we will show it to you.
It is when a gluten free food touches surfaces, oil or utensils that have touched gluten. FACE flags it as a common risk point when eating out. On a mixed menu it is the main danger; in a 100% gluten free kitchen, like Gato Blanco’s, it does not exist.
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that damages the small intestine. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity causes similar symptoms without that damage or antibodies, according to NIDDK and Harvard. In both cases it is worth telling the restaurant and choosing a gluten free kitchen.
In the European Union, gluten free requires less than 20 ppm of gluten. A menu has no label, so the restaurant’s certification is what counts. At Gato Blanco the whole kitchen is gluten free, certified by ACECOVA, with the FACE Restauración seal for 2025 and 2026.
A restaurant for celiacs where the whole kitchen, from the bread to the coffee, is gluten free.
