The Falafel Shack

The venue offers several clearly marked vegan options, including plant-based sauces, vegan mezza plates, and falafel wraps. The menu marks vegan items, and the garlic mayo is plant-based. However, the kitchen also serves meat and dairy (cheese arancini, whipped cream desserts), so cross-contact risk exists for strict vegans. Vegan options are reliably available and staff can identify them, but no dedicated vegan prep area is confirmed.

The menu prominently features vegetarian dishes such as falafel, arancini, tempura mushrooms, mezza plates, and salads. Multiple sources describe it as offering excellent vegetarian food. However, the venue also serves meat, including doner kebabs and meat skewers, so cross-contact is possible. Vegetarians will find ample choice, but strict vegetarians should confirm no meat cross-contact if that is a concern.

The Falafel Shack in Arorangi offers gluten-free options, including separate GF wraps and a GF menu, with some staff trained to ask about coeliac requirements. The kitchen is shared, fryers are not dedicated, and multiple reviews confirm shared fryers; there is no dedicated gluten-free kitchen. Reports on staff knowledge and whether dedicated fryers are used remain conflicting. Best-effort accommodation is likely, but cross-contamination risk is significant. Coeliac diners should call ahead and speak directly with the owner to confirm current practices.

Limited information is available regarding dairy-free options. One source mentions that the house-made pita breads are dairy-free and that sauces are plant-based, making dairy-free options likely available for some items. The same source also lists mushroom & risotto cheese arancini and whipped cream on desserts, indicating dairy is present in the kitchen. No dairy-free menu markings or dedicated practices are confirmed. Calling ahead is advisable for specific dairy-free needs.

One source lists the venue's menu items as marked 'Halal,' but no further detail is provided: no halal certification, no mention of halal practices in the kitchen, and no corroborating reports. The evidence is too thin to assess kitchen practice. Halal compliance can be confirmed by calling ahead.