Gluten-free but you wouldn't know it!
Celebrating a decade of Niche!
Over the years so many of you have asked for a Niche cookbook, so we are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of a culinary treasure close to our hearts - the 10-Year Anniversary Niche Cookbook!
This beautifully curated collection celebrates a decade of Niche, London’s first 100% gluten-free restaurant. Cherished favourites and dishes we would loved to have had on the menu, but for one reason or another couldn’t.
Welcome to Niche!
Niche is an independent casual dining restaurant serving seasonally-inspired crowd pleasers with a modern twist. Based in Islington, London.
Our 'niche' is a 100% gluten, nut and sesame-free menu where everything is prepared and cooked on site, making use of local suppliers and seasonal ingredients.
We are open every day with our own take on British and European classics, tempting desserts and loads of dairy-free, vegetarian and vegan dishes!
What would you like to do?
About us
Back in the summer of 2013, Marc Warde and his friend and business partner Adrian Morgan set out to serve British food with a modern twist, with everything made in our kitchen onsite and a focus on bakery products. Baking our own fresh bread, cakes and pastry-based treats, Niche was born.
Early on however, Marc was diagnosed as Coeliac and it became clear that he had to make some big changes to his life. As part of that, we decided to be bold and turn Niche into London's first completely (and at the time only) 100% gluten-free restaurant. It would work on exactly the same principles as before – great food in a great atmosphere, all made on site. Over the years, this also evolved into removing nuts and sesame from our menus and creating dishes without dairy and other dietary options to satisfy a growing demand in the emerging free-from market that we were attracting. Our strap line is 'gluten-free but you wouldn't know it' because we decided early on, that we wanted to be a gluten-free restaurant that is also just a good restaurant with good food!
Changing and adapting our menu was not as straight-forward as you might first think however, as it is not as easy as taking out wheat and replacing with gluten-free flour. Anyone who has tried much of the gluten-free food on the market will tell you that most of it just isn’t nice. It really is a different method of cooking and it took some study, some science, lots of trial and it’s fair to say quite a few errors before we came to a menu we are delighted with. And for us, the best thing is that people visit us are often completely oblivious that we are gluten-free at all.
Niche is proud to be London's first Coeliac UK accredited 100% gluten free restaurant. Awarded a Grade A certificate for the fifth year a row by this prestigious organisation, you can be confident our kitchen practices are up to scratch and free from the risk of gluten cross-contamination.
All our food is gluten, nut and sesame-free, fresh, seasonal and made here with an attention to detail you perhaps wouldn't expect. We also have many dairy-free and vegan dishes so there really is something for everyone!
We are also proud to showcase the photographic work of London photographer, Matthew Burlem on our walls around the restaurant and on our website.
Find us
Located in Angel, Islington - a stone's throw from Sadler's Wells Theatre...
Get in touch
Address
Niche | Gluten-free Dining
197-199 Rosebery Avenue
London, EC1R 4 TJ
England
Tel: 020 7837 5048
(please note we do not take bookings over the phone - please use the booking interface here)
Opening hours
Monday to Friday: 17:00 - 21:30
Saturday: 12:00 - 14:30
17:00 - 21:30
Sunday: 12:00 - 16:00
(last orders)