Avatara Pizza

Avatara NW was so good I made a point to come back before my visit to Calgary was done. I had the Aristotle with the addition of Chicken and the Champagne Cheesecake. It was excellent! My husband who is not celiac but does have a nut allergy had the Trex and Tiramisu. They took his allergy seriously and made sure there was no cross contact. He thoroughly enjoyed his food and couldn't remember the last time he had pizza that good. All of the food in the restaurant is gluten free so it is nice to have unlimiited options! Because I am asymptomatic celiac I cannot say whether I was glutened or not but I feel very comfortable and confident with the food preparation and meal I was served. The service was above and beyond. I will be back next time I'm in Calgary :)

most ass crap I have put in a mouth I hate this I would eat dog poop instead but this is just so bad tastes like cardboard I would never eat this again

Love this place. Great gluten-free pizza (many choices), friendly engaging people. Great service. Found these folks last year when visiting Calgary - first place I visited this trip (July 02 lunch), and will see them again before I leave town. My favourite - "T-Rex".

My standard for great pizza? Pizza that I would love even if I didn't need to be gluten-free (and I have many years of eating pizza before becoming celiac).

I've driven past Avatara many times but this evening I decided to stop in for the first time. Karam was the only staff present. I ordered a Guru pizza with butter chicken sauce for dine-in. It was ready in 15 minutes, and it was delicious: the crust was crunchy but not chewy, and the toppings were fresh. Can't wait to try other pizzas on their menu!

Decent cheese and sauce but the pre shaped frozen dough is a big NO and make the overall experience pretty bad

I have been a fan of Avatara since they first launched in Calgary. Now I have even MORE reason to love them - the entire restaurant and menu are 100% gluten free! No cross contamination. I asked the gentleman behind the counter when that changed, and he said ever since he had been hired. 70% of the menu is vegetarian, they offer dairy free and vegan cheese.

Tucked into a small strip mall where Memorial Drive NW turns into 3rd Avenue before the parking lot for Edworthy park. There is a small parking lot just next to the mall where other boutique businesses ring the parking area.

Next to an iconic Calgary landmark, LICS - Leavitt's Ice Cream Shop, there are maybe 15 seats and a few stools at the counter. Walking in, you are greeted by the order counter 2 steps in the door straight ahead. Beverage coolers to the right. Paper menus to look over are in the mailbox outside and inside on the counter.

If you eat in, you'll notice quite a few people order ahead for take-out.

Pizza names like Picasso, Aristotle, Crusty Cowboy, Shiekh, Buddha, Guru, Italian Stallion, Maui, New Yorker and T-Rex. Every pizza is a delicious combination of ingredients. The walls are adorned with art depicting the ingredients on the pizzas... the T-Rex art is definitely as amusing as it is tasty! You *can* order 1/2 pizza, but I find the pizza heats up perfectly in the oven/toaster oven and is crispy and delicious again the next day. Although I have been known to order 1/2 a pizza to avoid the temptation to devour the whole thing in one sitting.

There are dipping sauces, create your own pizza on Multigrain Gluten Free Flatbread - this dough is a perfect taste, crunch and softness that no one else serves.

Sides! All gluten free! The Chicken Fingers/Tenders are fabulous bites - crunchy, fire roasted and definitely moist and delicious dipped in a sweet plum sauce. Smoked Turkey Legs! Pork Back Ribs - hormone free pork as well.

Dessert... they serve Gluten Free strawberry cheesecake - and there are special flavours too! Just ask.

Oh, and if you're at an outdoor event in Calgary - they have a truck out and about at festivals and street stops.

Good place for gluten-free items. We're celebrating an event and wasn't aware it was gluten free until I took the first bite of the pizza.

The service was relatively good - there were certain dietary restrictions of certain people in our group and they were handled well.

Food itself was great. We ordered 3 pizzas and plenty of salad - 2 "Italian Stallions" and 1 "Aristotle". The one with olives was my favourite. The base of the pizza was nice and crunchy on the bottom. Consistency was very similar to rice cake but slightly softer than that.

Good place to know

My other half is Celiac so she insisted we must stop her on one of our trips to Calgary. She has always raved about how good their gluten-free pizza is. So on a trip we stopped into their brick and mortar location (they have a food truck too!). I ordered some food for us and when I got to the table she reminded to make sure I asked for the gluten-free option. I told her the menu only had gluten-free options so I didn't have to. She was excited and nervous all at the same time. Did I mess up the order? Is it really all gluten free? YES IT WAS ALL GLUTEN FREE! This is a big deal because yes you can get gluten-free options or gluten-friendly options at many pizza places. The bad thing is for people with actual Celiac disease this doesn't really cut it. Flour in air can cross-contaminate food and when you are talking parts per million of gluten can cause an issue you can understand how unsafe most pizza joints are.

This place is 100% gluten free so I am hoping everyone with genuine Celiac disease knows about this place because not only is it safe but the food is amazing! Their crust is excellent and the assortment of pizzas is great. The fire-roasted chicken fingers though are superb! If you fed these pizzas and chicken fingers to anyone and didn't tell them it was gluten free I doubt it would even cross their mind.

Not too bad for Calgary. I mean really trying to find Vegan food is hard in this city..the pizza were decent. Kids didnt complain..The Aristotle was the best vegan pizza. The crust was thin and the prices not so bad.
Would i order again. Probably not ..when it comes to vegan i think you should probably give me veggie toppings.

Good food, above and beyond service. The guys that work here are very kind and nice to talk to. Would recommend everyone come check it out.