Mellow Mushroom

(Review from a local) Best celiac experience we’ve had at a restaurant ever! They are as good as some Disney restaurants when it comes to allergies!! They have a separate prep space and allergy oven. They use corn masa to roll their regular pizzas instead of flour so airborne gluten isnt too much of an issue. We were able to speak directly with the manager and he made the pizzas himself to ensure no cross contamination and myself and my celiac son felt great after. Also, they carry glutenberg beers for those that like to enjoy a certified gluten free beer with their pizza.

Expensive GF pizza but good & safe

Very safe for celiac. Their gluten free pizza was not the best. I would recommend ordering something else.

Absolutely fantastic! The manager, Micah, walked us through everything and both of my kids (celiac) had no reactions whatsoever. Excellent gf pizza. Highly recommend. Our waiter Arthur totally understood cc as well.

Ate here twice - both times were great. Waitstaff was very aware of cross contamination issues and the GF crust was some of the best we’ve had.

The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. The crust was a little hard and thin but they make up for it in toppings.

Staff was very knowledgeable about celiac and the gf offerings. The server explained that not all of the typically gf items (like pineapples) are on their separate gf line but the ones indicated in the menu are (pineapples don’t belong on pizza anyway). My daughter was very pleased with both the flavor and the portion size of her small pizza. Thanks! We will return!

Mellow mushroom was delicious. We live nearby and whenever we need a quick dinner we order on the phone then go and pick it up. They use a separate oven and I have never gotten sick. We are so happy to have it right near our house.

We always look for a mellow mushroom when we are out of town. They did a great job and are very knowledgeable about cross contamination. Staff was great and the good was delicious!

I got the house pizza and it was delicious. They were very knowledgeable and accommodating. Awesome place!

Server was awesome, food was great, and no issues after dinner (I have Celiac). Great place to eat!

Everything cooked separately!

I enjoyed the pizza

Amazing GF pizza, they're sauce is unbelievable. Very good price at 11.99 a pizza plus cost of toppings but ya don't even need 'em. Pizza is that good.

We had a great time, great food, awesome service, and recommend sitting outside

Came here after another restaurant wasn't celiac friendly. I am so glad that one wasn't. Simply excellent. My son with celiac said best pizza ever!

I am severely allergic to wheat, lactose intolerant, and a vegetarian. Had an amazing pizza!!! only the 2nd place I've found so far with vegan cheese on a gluten free pizza

I was here last week and had a pizza out for the first time in over two years and it was FANTASTIC. They use smart flour crust and I had green pepper and bacon on mine. Not only that but it was a good sized pizza (12") and I was able to take some home.

The best gluten free pizza I've ever had, hands down! Dedicated kitchen space and trained staff, so no worries about cross contamination! Mellow Mushroom is one of my go to places in St. Augustine every time I'm there, wish there was one closer to me!

This is the best gluten free pizza that I have ever had. Everything is prepared separately and is free of cross contamination. I am very sensitive and had no problems at all. The staff is very well trained and my waiter was wonderful. The waiter reported to us that many people with out allergies come in for the gluten free pizza because it is their favorite. I highly recommend Mellow Mushroom.

They just get it. They handle the GF pizzas in a separate area. You can have hummus with veggies too. Great atmosphere and someplace my son who has Celiac can go and eat with friends and he's safe.

Excellent GF White Pizza and also GF Chesse Pizza! Great Manager Amber and Bartender Tim! We'll be back!!

Gluten free pizza with pesto sauce, talk about yum!!

Very good pizza! Despite the other reviews I loved the crust. Will come back.

I'm super sensitive to cross contamination and did not get sick. They go to great lengths to keep their pies safe (dedicated space, change apron and gloves, etc). Great pizza, great staff. A definite must go!

Service was great. Pizza was good but not great. I was hoping for better crust on it. The crust was really thin and soggy in the middle (although I like and am used to the thin gluten free crust). It was one of the better gluten free pizzas I've had, that's for sure, just was hoping for a bit better crust from a place that was rated 5 stars.

Excellent gluten free pizza!

smart flour pizza crust...the kids approved! and I enjoyed the specialty pizza with the GF crust! would go back :-)

GF pizza was great. Kitchen staff has been trained on how to handle food for celiacs. Server was also well informed.

Awesome service. My wife is G-F and we're both dairy free. This pizza place has Daiya Cheese and GF crust. It is great. It is served by someone with gloves and the pizza is cooked on a special tray to keep it clear of other crusts.

Love their pizza!!

The gf pizzas are tasty and there are several options. They have Angry Orchard Ale on tap.

Very good pizza crust!!! Have a selection of gf pizza which I ordered from. Staff was very good at answering all my question. separate area for gf food prep all utensil and pans gf specific.

4 stars pending 5, once we come back (pretty sure it is inevitable, the mushroom pizza had my husband licking his fingers, sadly the toppings aren't guaranteed GF ) I had the GF Kosmic Karma. The crust had good chew and flavor, and the toppings were tasty despite my congestion and inability to properly smell. I definitely recommend this place.

Pizza was a definite 5stars. I'm not GF, but my husband, who is, and I shared a pizza. We both thought it was great! I did, however, have to take away a star for the difficulty in getting there and poor parking options. It took us so long to travel from I-95 (8mi: 105 min round trip) we called in the pizza to go and just ate it in the car. Good thing, too , bc they were packed with a long waiting line and we couldn't 'to find a place to park even just to grab our to-go order!

incredible experience and my first GFDF pizza in 3 yrs

Had no problem ordering a gluten free pizza and had zero reactions

Good gluten free pizza, menu marked out what toppings were gluten free.

One of my favorite restaurants! It’s a little pricey, but they always take our allergies extremely seriously (Dairy and gluten) The pizza itself is phenomenal!! The dairy free cheese is to die for, and you don’t have to worry about getting contaminated.

Ate here twice this week. Pizza and baked wings. Very sensitive but no issues. Also delivery by door dash a plus

Not the best GF pizza I’ve ever had but I’m still glad they have it available! I also don’t eat cheese and the Veg Out GF pizza with no cheese was decent. Our server was knowledgeable about ingredients.

Great place to get a safe quick meal. Wings and pizza gluten free and staff is very knowledgable about celiac.

have dedicated area for GF! and even DF cheese, follow your heart is the good kind. Staff super knowledge and so happy to have pizza!!

I had a delicious dairy free and gluten free pizza and did not get sick. Also had New planet Gluten Free beer. Not gluten removed. Brewed gluten free. I was impressed. Edit to add: they had excellent allergy protocols listed on the back of their menu. Only certain toppings are handled under allergy protocols so read the menu carefully.

Fantastic gluten free crust! Best I've tasted. Menu is well-marked on which toppings are safe. Fun restaurant!

Delicious food and superb service! They were very accommodating when we wanted to watch a baseball game that wasn’t on any of the dozens of tvs in the establishment. Great place to watch the game!

I’ve had the gf pizza twice, once in the restaurant everything was great and then once delivered, within 30 minutes of eating it I was terribly ill. Not sure what happened it...was the same pizza with same toppings as last time. Thinking there was some cross contamination this time. Super disappointed.

Best gluten free pizza in town. Better than Brixx for sure.

Good tasty pizza. Hard to find a good pizza place with a separate cooking process for GF. They do charge extra for GF crust and my toppings were a bit sparce for the price I paid. But overall good, and was safe!

Excellent gf pizza! I love all the locations of Mellow Mushroom that I’ve visited, always good and I never have issues with them at all!

I have ordered the gluten free pizza from here and the salads. I felt fine and was so happy to have pizza! It was pretty good

We didn't plan on eating here, but the day got rearranged so we decided to get pizza knowing it was a safe option and there are very little on the parkway. Wish I would have read the reviews. It's me and my kids and they seat us in the bar. There are tons of seats open everywhere else in the restaurant and the bar is empty. Kinda odd. First thing we notice is that every item (reg.pizza, GF pizza and salads) are all $5 more than where we live in Knoxville. But we're there and we're hungry. My daughter and I split a Greek salad and a GF pizza. Salad was good but dressing is very thick. GF crust was undercooked and didn't hold toppings on. Toppings were tasty and better quality than crust. My son ate a traditional crust and said the same, that toppings were good but crust not very flavorful. Interesting since it's not GF but same issue. All in all, it was a decent lunch but awfully expensive.

Excellent gluten free pizza. Love that they offer vegan cheese.

Separate prep space and separate oven! Nima tested GF! Service wise, you may have to wait though :)

Delicious GF free pizza. Super fast service.

They have GF options on a regular menu and showed me the certified GF options. They have a separate work station for GF pizzas. The crust was good.

This was a great experience. We ordered the GF pizza for my 6yo twins with Celiac and they liked it. They have a separate prep area and oven for GF. We watched the cook switch aprons and gloves before fixing their pizza.

I have celiac disease and get sick at the smallest amount of gluten. With that being said, the pizza here is really good! I'll be coming back in the future. :)

Limited GF selections, but staff was informed. My pizza was undercooked and the crust was a bit gummy. A bit pricey.

They have a separate station for preparing GF pizzas. Pizzas are tasty!

We enjoyed this place so much we went twice. Both times I had the House Special gluten free pizza. It was SO good! I wish we had one near us!

Waiter was very good about letting us know which food was "no gluten ingredients" and which were properly gluten free. Annoyingly GF on menu is not the marking for "free of any gluten". GF pizza was very good and would happily go back.

The pizza was sooo good and the staff was extremely knowledgeable on allergens. I ordered the gluten free pizza with pesto and follow your heart vegan cheese since I have a milk allergy as well. The waitress came out a few minutes later and told me that the pesto had cheese in it so I was able to order something else. I had a great experience plus they have a Rubik’s cube sign on the wall so that is definitely worth checking out!

They clearly take gluten allergies very seriously because they shut down the line and clean it to cook the pizzas separately. They even keep certain ingredients in a separate fridge which is why certain GF ingredients are not labeled as such - because they’re in a fridge with non GF items. I thought that was pretty cool. The one drawback is the time you have to wait for your order, but not getting sick is worth it. Just be prepared to wait and if you’re eating with non GF people just go ahead and let them eat first.

Wait and kitchen staff knowledgeable- cider and GF Mighty Meaty pizza

menu is confusing, no GF appetizers, first thing they try to do is give you booze, been there twice with no GF dough available. Could not get order right, after waitress explained menu and we made choices we still got wrong pizzas.

We were told the toppings couldn’t be guaranteed to be gluten free when we requested pineapple. They didn’t offer to pull from the bottom or anything that we’ve been offered at other places.

Great gluten free pizza. So good.

Its expensive for a gluten free pizza...I have Celiac and react strongly when glutened. I never get a reaction, but be careful cause they use paper straws in their drinks and I don't know if they have gluten in them or not as the paste or body of the straw. They are kinda rude whenever asked questions. I just don't use the straws.

Love the gluten free crust at Mellow Mushroom. It’s always consistent and never disappoints. Had the House Special today with no reaction. (Anaphylactic to wheat )

We ordered for pick up. They did gluten free really well, and the pizza was pretty good. We had the mighty meat - toppings were delicious. The crust was a little soft, but that is unfortunately common with gluten free. Regardless, it was good and safe, and we'd eat there again.

We had the mighty meat and enjoyed it! Staff were quick to answer all of our questions about gf safety and we felt very comfortable eating here. Our only complaint was the middle of the pizza had crust that was a bit soft but otherwise, for us, the taste was great. Would recommend to others for sure!

Yummy gluten free pizza. Great care to avoid cross-contamination. Will definitely go back!

gluten free crust! I always seek out mellow mushroom

Not only do they have gluten-free pizza, their toppings are listed as gluten-free or not in the normal menu. Also, they gave me the best pizza ever!

Sensitive Celiac here and I eat at this Mellow Mushroom probably once a month. I’ve not had issues here. I find that they take their procedures seriously and have had good luck here! We usually get the Cosmic Karma or Veggie Lovers GF pizzas 👍

The GF pizza used to be a decent size but, unfortunately, they changed it so now the only option is a very small kid-sized pizza. Not at all worth the price, considering it would take two to actually fill me up and I’m a small person!

We love Mellow Mushroom. They have great GF pizza and it was delicious.

Amazing pizza. Not even a little bit sick! Try this place!

DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS LOCATION!!! Ordered a plain gluten free cheese pizza through doordash and it looked very much like a regular gluten full pizza but I double and triple checked my receipt and it said the order was gluten free. After eating a piece and having another person taste a regular pizza and mine from this place I called the restaurant and checked to see. They said it was supposed to be a thin crust typical of other restaurants (which it was definitely not). After five minutes on hold to speak with the manager the same lady came back on the phone saying that he was “too busy” and that they could remake it but I would have to go to the store to pick it up and that they couldn’t give me a refund and would have to call doordash to be refunded for their mistake. Definitely will not be ordering again! How can you mess up a clearly labeled gluten free order!!!

Designated prep and cooking area. Great pizza. Very knowledgeable! Wish there were more of these restaurants!!

Celiac friendly! Pizza prepared and made in a separate location. Servers very knowledgeable and helpful. Gluten pizza tastes great too. Such a relief to eat at a restaurant and not be worried about cross contamination.

Always a safe choice with celiac if you stick to the marked items.

Mellow mushroom is always a good, safe chain to go to because they prepare their gluten free pizzas in a separate area (away from all the horrible gluten). The staff always brings the gluten free pizza out separate from the gluten ones to insure no contamination, which I appreciate. Never gotten sick!

The back of their menu has about 2 paragraphs on how the staff is trained in cross contamination and how they prevent that in the cooking process. They were so awesome and great to talk with. They even mark each pizza topping on whether it’s GF or not! They also if your lactose intolerant has AMAZING vegan cheese. It was awesome. Idk if some of the reviews here are older calling it not celiac friendly but I can tell you right now it is.

Got glutened. Yes, pizza places are always risky for celiacs, but given how many other Mellow Mushrooms we’ve eaten at, with no problem, the chain clearly has a system to keep GF pizzas as segregated as possible, and this location is not following it.