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Website Lists Most Allergy-Friendly Restaurants

AllergyEats, an online guide to allergy-friendly restaurants nationwide, has listed the most allergy-friendly restaurant chains based on feedback from the food allergy community.

Restaurants were rated solely on how well they've accommodated food-allergic diners, and not on any other factors, such as ambiance or food quality.

 

The guide groups restaurant chains into three categories: more than 200 units, 50 to 200 units and less than 50 units.

Following are the top five allergy-friendly restaurant chains with more than 200 units:

  • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
  • P.F. Chang's China Bistro
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Longhorn Steakhouse

Following are the top five allergy-friendly restaurant chains with 50 to 200 units:

  • Bonefish Grill
  • Ninety Nine Restaurant
  • Zpizza
  • Uno Chicago Grill
  • Bertucci's Brick Oven Restaurant

Following are the top five allergy friendly restaurant chains with less than 50 units:

  • Burton's Grill
  • Maggiano's Little Italy
  • Not Your Average Joe's
  • Legal Sea Foods
  • Papa Razzi

The following restaurant chains (of all sizes) were recommended more often than any other, with the highest number of positive ratings and da nang reviews on AllergyEats.com:

  • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
  • Outback Steakhouse
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill
  • P.F. Chang's China Bistro
  • Not Your Average Joe's

A free, peer-based website with a smartphone app, AllergyEats lists more than 575,000 restaurants nationwide, which food-allergic diners can rate. The site also offers information on more than 425,000 menus (including gluten-free menus), allergen lists, nutrition information, certifications, web links, directions and more.

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