Gluten-Free Restaurant in Geelong: Why Indian Food Is a Safe Bet

5 Oct

Finding a gluten free restaurant in Geelong where you can order freely, not just pick around the menu, can be hard. Indian food is one of the easiest cuisines for gluten-free diners, because most curries are thickened with onion, tomato, nuts or lentils rather than flour.

Gluten-free dishes at Eastern Spice

Dishes marked GF on our menu include:

Punjabi Butter Chicken ($24) and Chicken Tikka Masala ($24)
Lamb Rogan Josh ($25) and Lamb or Beef Vindaloo ($25)
Scallop Coconut Curry ($26) and Malabari Fish or Prawn Curry ($26)
Palak Paneer, Khadai Paneer, Mattar Paneer and Anjeer Kofta ($22)
House Black Daal and Daal Tadka ($22)
Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Tikka, Paneer Tikka and Spicy Lamb Chops
Chicken or Veg Biryani, Coconut Pulao and basmati rice
Onion Bhaji ($14), crispy fritters made with chickpea flour

Gluten-free roti

Naan is made with wheat flour, so we make a gluten-free roti ($4) from rice and lentil flour with psyllium husk. It's the bread to order with your curry.

What to avoid

Naan, kulcha, paratha, samosa pastry and the Indo-Chinese dishes (noodles, Manchurian) contain gluten. Our kitchen handles wheat flour, so if you have coeliac disease please tell us when you book or order and we'll talk you through the safest choices.

Gluten-free and vegan

Aloo Baigan, Bhindi Do Pyaza, Daal Tadka and Onion Bhaji are both vegan and gluten-free. Read our vegan guide.

Book a gluten-free dinner by the bay

See the vegan and gluten-free page, order takeaway with 10% off pickup, or book a table at our waterfront restaurant.

Manpreet Sekhon

Manpreet Sekhon is the award-winning chef and founder of Masti Indian Restaurant in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Known as the Curry Queen, Manpreet trained in five-star hotels across Punjab, India, where her cooking was recognised by two of India's most celebrated culinary figures — Sanjeev Kapoor and the late Jiggs Kalra, widely regarded as the Czar of Indian Cuisine. She founded Eastern Spice in Geelong — one of regional Victoria's most acclaimed Indian restaurants — before bringing her cooking to Melbourne with Masti on Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 2020, and Elchi in Melbourne's CBD. Her menus honour her late mother's fearless, instinctive cooking — traditional, bold, and made entirely from scratch.