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Thursday 10am - 4pm Friday 9:30am - 4pm Saturday 9:30am - 4pm Sunday 9:30am - 4pm

Caper

Café / restaurant serving food from scratch, barista coffee and homemade cakes.
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28/10/2026

UPDATE: despite being told by highways on the phone yesterday that access roads would be open, it turns out that Crawley Hill is shut 9:30-3:30 today, and perhaps some of Friday morning!

It looks as though we’re going to get some sunny weather from tomorrow, so why not park up at Selsley common and walk along the Cotswold way for brunch or lunch? It takes around 40mins, or half that time from the Coaley peak end. We’ve got Indian platters on the lunch menu.

Please ignore any road closed signs that you see when heading up to the café. Highways and Severn Trent have decided to put half a dozen out but have confirmed that they are literally meaningless. I suppose it’s been a couple of weeks since they put any signs on the B4066 so they were probably getting twitchy.

24/10/2026

Indian platters for lunch tomorrow, and we’ve got a ham hock hash special (with optional black pudding). The weather looks better so why not make the most of it with a walk on Selsley common and some food?

21/10/2026

Indian for lunch? From tomorrow we’ll have Indian lunch platters in the café, including lamb dopiaza, Keralan squash ishtu, potato & chickpea curry, bhajis with tamarind sauce, cauliflower pickle, Gujurati dal, kachumber salad, mango pickle, herb yoghurt, basmati rice, poppadoms and more. Photo is from a previous menu as I was too busy cooking curry today to take photos of curry.

We’ll also have a new brunch special - ham hock hash with root veg and a fried egg. Similar to the kids’ dinner this eve but with some added kale and without a giant pumpkin.

15/10/2026

This is our last weekend of Turkish food! I did mean to post earlier in the week but I was too busy helping Musette assemble flatpack kitchen equipment.

Our mains are roasted pepper chicken thighs or marinated aubergines, with ezme salad, herb & courgette fritters with yoghurt sauce, fermented veg, watercress & rocket salad, spicy veg stew topped with feta, and bulgur wheat. Sides include spicy lamb and beef mince on aubergine & yoghurt sauce with chilli butter, flatbreads, and halloumi, fig compote, roasted figs and pine nuts (pictured). We’ll also have our fig & black pudding brunch. Bookings online.

08/10/2026

Carrot cake. One of our best, according to most café visitors. If anyone can guess my top three Caper cakes then you’ll win coffee and a cake!

07/10/2026

We’re open from tomorrow morning for brunch and lunch, with vegan and gf options as ever. Here’s a picture of some summer rolls that we won’t be serving. The vivid pink bits are rose petals. Usually when I ask the kids what they want for dinner they say something like “chicken” or “pasta” or “wild mushroom tartlets with foraged gremolata” but on this occasion the brief was “bold colour scheme”. Nailed it.

03/10/2026

Brunch tomorrow?

02/10/2026

We’ve got Turkish platters for lunch this weekend, and we have our fig, whipped ricotta and black pudding brunch special on as well.

As per usual I’ve neglected to take any photos at work but here’s some courgette flowers I picked at Frederik Bonestroo and stuffed with homemade ricotta, lightly battered and deep fried. You can buy courgette flowers for a small fortune at swanky delis, or grow your own / visit a PYO like Fred’s. If you’re picking them then ask first and only pick the male flowers, which you can identify by the long thin stem without a proto-courgette behind the flower head. These don’t turn into courgettes and will drop off the plant if left.

30/09/2026

(Literally) one or two people might enjoy this. We’ll be open in the café from 9:30am tomorrow, and serving at from 6pm which will feature some of the best DJs in Stroud. If you have any musical recommendations for me please let me know!

Address

Nympsfield

Opening Hours

Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	9:30am - 4pm
Saturday	9:30am - 4pm
Sunday	9:30am - 4pm

Website

http://caper.org.uk/

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