Gluten Free Dining at US/IOA

[EDuke98080]

Does anyone have any experience dining Gluten Free at these parks? We haven't been there in years and are planning to go this June and now have 2 family members with Celiac Disease. Do you have to make ADRs there? Any help appreciated!

 

[phamton]

If you know where and when you want to eat, most places will accomodate you. I'd suggest calling Guest Services at 407-224-4233 ahead of time and they can assist you with this.

 

[wellesleyprincess]

Any more details on how these accomodations work? Are they as good as Disney? We're looking at planning a spring 2010 trip and I have celiacs and a friend has a dairy allergy.

 

[phamton]

The counter services places are not great but they can give you a list of the foods that have diary or gluten. To get that list you will need to go to Guest Services and see if they can have a food manager come over for you. The restaurants that are not counter service are the easiest to get accomodations. You can let the chef know and they will be glad to give you recommendations or modify a recipe for you.

The counter services can't make those changes and even asking at the counter service wouldn't help much because few of the workers there know what is in the ingredients. Only the food manager can answer those questions for the counter service.

i would say the sit-down restaurants are as good as Disney with special requests. The counter services are not as good with special dietary requirements as Disney.

I'd call ahead to guest services and see if you can find out what can be done rather than waiting until you get there.

 

[JimmyJr'sMom]

Gluten Free Dining at Universal Studios
Thank you for contacting Universal Orlando®.

It was a pleasure speaking to you via telephone. As we discussed, we offer a variety of fresh, delicious food for our guests to enjoy. For the convenience of our guests with special dietary needs, we have chefs in residence at each of our full-service restaurants (Lombard’s Seafood Grille and Finnegan’s Bar & Grill in Universal Studios Florida®, and Mythos Restaurant® and Confisco Grille® in Universal’s Islands of Adventure®) who can create meals customized to suit individual tastes and needs
For the convenience of our guests with gluten allergies, Monsters Café in Universal Studios Florida®, and the Thunder Falls Terrace in Islands of Adventure®, offer the following gluten-free options: roasted chicken; smoked chicken; smoked ribs; smoked turkey legs; roasted potatoes with onions, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper; roasted corn; baked potatoes; french fries cooked in canola oil; and salads.

In addition, our full-service restaurants serve gluten-free pasta, and food carts throughout the parks serve apples, oranges, grapes, watermelon slices. The lemon slush drinks and turkey legs available throughout the parks are also gluten-free.

I hope this information is helpful. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to call us at (407) 224-4233, option nine (9).

**if you are going after Feb '09 Pizza Fusion is opening a new chain and their GF pizza is fabulous--my DS13 thought it was the best pizza he ever had in his life
**Mythos was great with gluten free. The flourless cake was to die for. Yummy.
**We ate twice at Margaritaville, the 1st chef who came to our table told us that his daughter needed to be GF, too, so that made me very happy.
**Whole Foods is only 5 minutes away from hotel. The address is 8003 Turkey Lake Road Phillips Crossing Orlando, FL 32819.

 

[EDuke98080]

Gluten Free Dining at Universal Studios
Thank you for contacting Universal Orlando®.

It was a pleasure speaking to you via telephone. As we discussed, we offer a variety of fresh, delicious food for our guests to enjoy. For the convenience of our guests with special dietary needs, we have chefs in residence at each of our full-service restaurants (Lombard’s Seafood Grille and Finnegan’s Bar & Grill in Universal Studios Florida®, and Mythos Restaurant® and Confisco Grille® in Universal’s Islands of Adventure®) who can create meals customized to suit individual tastes and needs
For the convenience of our guests with gluten allergies, Monsters Café in Universal Studios Florida®, and the Thunder Falls Terrace in Islands of Adventure®, offer the following gluten-free options: roasted chicken; smoked chicken; smoked ribs; smoked turkey legs; roasted potatoes with onions, fresh herbs, salt, and pepper; roasted corn; baked potatoes; french fries cooked in canola oil; and salads.

In addition, our full-service restaurants serve gluten-free pasta, and food carts throughout the parks serve apples, oranges, grapes, watermelon slices. The lemon slush drinks and turkey legs available throughout the parks are also gluten-free.

I hope this information is helpful. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to call us at (407) 224-4233, option nine (9).

**if you are going after Feb '09 Pizza Fusion is opening a new chain and their GF pizza is fabulous--my DS13 thought it was the best pizza he ever had in his life
**Mythos was great with gluten free. The flourless cake was to die for. Yummy.
**We ate twice at Margaritaville, the 1st chef who came to our table told us that his daughter needed to be GF, too, so that made me very happy.
**Whole Foods is only 5 minutes away from hotel. The address is 8003 Turkey Lake Road Phillips Crossing Orlando, FL 32819.

This is awesome! Thanks so much, we will check out all your favorites

 

[SnowWhiteIsDreaming]

I have Celiac and was there last month. We at Finnegan's at Universal and the NBA restaurant, and both were great. Your family shouldn't have trouble eating at Universal (Disney was great with Celiac too). I've also eaten at Emerils (need OpenTable ressie) and Mythos. Those were great too!

I had a bad experience at MargarittaVille 2 years ago. They told me that I could eat a particular dish (forget what) and when it came out to me, it had a sauce on it. Before I ate it, I double checked with them and it did have gluten in it. I had them take it back and just got a burger with no bun (but my family had long finished their dinner by then). So I really didn't have a great experience there.

I like to make a reservation at a restaurant, if they take them and if I'm going during a busy time (we made our ressies for NBA as we entered IoA at a dining booth). It doesn't hurt to have the reservation and it might save you time.

-Karen

 

[Grace&Carolinesmom]

I can also report that the restaurants at Portifino Bay Hotel have gluten free pasta. I needed egg free pasta for my DD and they used glutem free pasta that also had no eggs My kids LOVED that spaghetti--ate the whole bowl licked clean.

 

[EDuke98080]

Thanks Karen & Amanda!

 

[minniejack]

I'm going to bump an old thread from my experience.