Pei Wei Gluten Free Menu Items and Options in 2024

Pei Wei, also known as Pei Wei Asian Kitchen, is an Asian-inspired restaurant chain offering various dishes such as rice and noodle entrees, protein plates, and soups/salads, along with a multitude of sides. They have quickly grown to popularity and expanded across the United States. Here’s a bit more about them from their website:

“The concept was born from a dream to create a fast-service restaurant that would serve bold, flavorful dishes made with fresh, whole ingredients. The first Pei Wei opened its doors in 2000 in Scottsdale, AZ, and since then, the chain has been dedicated to providing customers with handcrafted dishes that use only the freshest, house-chopped vegetables and whole cuts of white-meat chicken and flank steak.”

Let’s find out if this Asian-inspired chain has gluten free options…

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What is gluten free at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen?

In this article and guide, we’ll highlight all the gluten free menu items, sides, and other gf options available at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen. You can learn more about Pei Wei’s nutritional values on this page and allergen information here.

Pei Wei Gluten Free Menu

These are all the gluten free options we could find at Pei Wei. Note all items listed below do not contain wheat or gluten, based on information we found from their Allergen Information page.

Notice anything missing or incorrect? Leave a comment below. This article was last updated: December 5, 2023

Shareables

These are all of the shareable options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Mongolian Green Beans
Edamame

Entrees

These are all of the entree options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Grilled Bourbon Chicken
Thai Coconut Tofu
Thai Coconut Curry Chicken
Pei Wei Original Shrimp
Mongolian Steak
Kung Pao Shrimp
Mongolian Chicken
Kung Pao Chicken
Beef & Broccoli
Chicken & Broccoli

Rice & Noodle Entrees

These are all of the rice and noodle entree options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Chicken Fried Rice

Wings

Unfortunately, all of the wings options at Pei Wei contain wheat. There are currently no gluten free wings available at Pei Wei.

Soups and Salad

These are all of the soup and salad options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Asian Chopped Chicken Salad (W/O Dressing) *Gluten Free removes Wheat (Crispy Wontons)

Kids Wei

Unfortunately, all of the kids wei options at Pei Wei contain wheat. There are currently no gluten free kids wei options available at Pei Wei.

Desserts

Unfortunately, all of the dessert options at Pei Wei contain wheat. There are currently no gluten free dessert options available at Pei Wei.

Grains

These are all of the grain options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Brown Rice – Regular
Fried Rice – Regular
White Rice – Regular

Greens

These are all of the green options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Lettuce Cups
Mixes Salad Greens

Noodles

Unfortunately, all of the noodle options at Pei Wei contain wheat. There are currently no gluten free noodle options available at Pei Wei.

Beverages

These are all of the beverage options at Pei Wei that are free from wheat/gluten ingredients and marked as gluten free.

Dasani Water
Honest Kid’s Apple Juice
Mandarin Orange Tea
Coca Cola
Diet Coke
Coke Zero
Dr Pepper
Minute Maid Lemonade
Sprite

Photo: Pei Wei Facebook page

Items to Avoid at Pei Wei

All wings contain wheat/gluten.
All noodles contain wheat/gluten.
All desserts contain wheat/gluten, including the fortune cookies.
We could not find information about the sauce packets at Pei Wei, such as the chili packets, hot mustard packets, soy sauce packets, and sweet chili packets. These likely contain gluten, so we recommend asking staff if you plan to order them.

Summary of Gluten Free Menu Options at Pei Wei

Pro tips and a quick summary of everything gluten free at Pei Wei Asian Kitchen.

When you order at the restaurant or online/in the app for delivery/pickup, tell them you have an allergy or Celiac Disease so they take precautions with your food.
Pei Wei has a decent number of gluten free options for customers with Celiac Disease or a gluten intolerance/wheat allergy. They have steak, shrimp, chicken, and rice entrees!
Pei Wei has a large number of ratings on Find Me Gluten Free coming in at an average of 3.5 stars overall. This is a promising rating and many customers mentioned the safety precautions and delicious gf options. Some reviews mentioned that gluten free items are marked with a GF sticker to help keep you safe.
Personal experiences here are unknown. I definitely want to try Pei Wei after finding out how many gluten free options they offer, and I’ll update this post once I get the chance to test it out for myself.