Review of Rusty Scupper Restaurant & Bar

Glutened HARD! I even called in advance to make sure they could accommodate me and told the waitress I had Celiac disease. She ended up serving me a blended rice with barley, which I thought was something else until it was too late. The waitress was very apologetic but the manager got incredibly defensive, claiming the mix was labeled gluten free when it wasn't (I know; he showed me the packaging with barley as the second ingredient). I did my best to remain calm and tell him that they needed to stop serving this as a "gluten free" option, but he kept insisting they had done no wrong. I told him that we were leaving and he let us go without paying. I don't think this was an intentional mistake, but it betrays a gross level of ignorance and incompetence. Even if the manager was confused, his kitchen staff should have known better: Celiac 101, don't serve people with Celiac disease wheat, barley, or rye. I would never, ever come back here, both based on their incompetence and the manager's defensiveness as opposed to taking responsibility for his mistake.

Celiac friendly?

No