Fieldfare Cafe in Stroud

In a lovely setting with some shade on a hot day. The gliders add interest and the Meze plate was very good. Limited choice on the menu but this was our second visit and we will definately be back if we are in the area.

Quite simply the best food I’ve eaten at a restaurant. A highly recommended hidden gem. Caper has moved since the photos above were taken. The new location is smaller and the ambience different, but the quality is not diminished. Excellent food. Worth every penny.

Very slow Booked so expected to not have to wait long Waited an hour , food that came was not gluten free , they agreed to bring the gluten free part that was missing Waited another 20 minutes for a portion of rice and gave up and left

Fabulous brunch, thoroughly enjoyed Korean pulled oyster mushroom roll and Turkish eggs. The cakes are amazing but a special mention must be made for the superb coffee, the absolute best for miles.

I just had the most delicious Thali , flavoursome and beautifully presented - highly recommend their outstanding food (the cakes and coffee are great too) and the service always second to none - efficient and friendly

This is a hidden gem on the site of the Bristol and Gloucester Gliding Club. It's an unlikely venue for an informal dining room with an open kitchen that produces high-quality lunches from Friday to Sunday. The menu consists of three or four mains. I had the miso roasted aubergine with deep fried oyster mushrooms, which came in a thali with rice and an excellent array of pickles, slaws, and salad. The gliders taking off and landing were strangely soothing, too.

The place to go if you want amazing, incredibly thoughtful and flavourful food, beautifully presented! The new venue at the gliding club is cosy and still close the spectacular views and walks but doesn't really do the quality of food justice, but this does add to the feeling of it being a hidden gem. We had the mezze and it really was one of the best meals I’ve ever had - the best of vegetarian food.

Limited menu with something for everyone. Fabulous mix of flavours, good quality coffee and gorgeous cakes. Dog friendly too. Only downside is not open all week. On the pricey side but worth it! Been a few times and will continue in the future.

In December I celebrated my 70th birthday with a friends and family late lunch at Caper, at the gliding club Nympsfield, twenty four people in all. The staff were friendly and helpful, the food was as delicious as I'd hoped, and vocally appreciated by my guests. A bacon sandwich was supplied to suit the request of one guest and a children's menu was available for the four infants. We were warned in advance that service might be slow for such a large group due to the limited serving space in the kitchen, so we had a few shared starters on hand to avoid tummy rumbles. ( We had preordered main course meals and submitted them two days before our booked event) The atmosphere was relaxed, there was plenty of opportunity to move between our three tables to chat with each other and compare dishes. The children were able to run off some energy in the walled seating area outside with family supervision. We were allocated 90 minutes but were able to stay on until the group naturally dispersed. Everyone left glowing, it was a perfect birthday meal.

Caper is at Bristol and Gloucester gliding club Nympsfield the chefs were at Thistledown. Tinkley Cafe is the former Thistledown.

Great staff very pleasant too early to eat as they had to fire up the wood stove .But we will be back as it is great for lovely walks and good coffee

Caper (previously Thistledown) is just the most amazing kitchen now housed at Bristol & Gloucester Gliding Club. The team serve up the most fabulous, colourful, fresh and creative plates of foods, always so incredibly delicious with such great variety and flavour. Despite the small menu it’s still difficult to choose between the dishes on offer. We had the aubergine mezze plate and the shawarma chicken skewers - all incredible. We just about had room to share the most deliciously moist orange, almond and chocolate cake which was divine. Also, we brought home a date and oat slice to enjoy over coffee the next day, this was again completely delicious. The wines by the glass are fabulous and the coffee excellent. Lovely friendly staff. Need we say more. It’s a very popular place and deservedly so, recommend booking for lunch to sit inside although walk ins may be accommodated on the outside tables. Cannot wait to return for another fantastic lunch.

We've been lucky enough to eat at some very good restaurants over the years - the meal we had at Caper was one of the best we've ever had. The veggie skewer (oyster mushrooms, courgettes, red onions with satay sauce plus amazing sweetcorn fritters with sweet chilli mayo and a green bean, coconut, cucumber salad with spicy sauce. It was like 3 meals in one with amazing flavours and textures, quite superb. and the service was excellent too - they were very busy (no surprise) but the staff were cheery and even brought some free pistachios and apologised for the wait. All very refreshing !

We love this kitchen. The food is fabulous - fresh, innovative and tasty as it gets. The small menu means everuthing is perfect. The team make magic wherever they are, and whilst Thistledown is much missed the new location has its own beauty. Go here after a walk around Coaley Peak for delicious meat and vegan plates of perfection, and to watch the gliders take off and land. Its wonderful.

Delicious food. Vegetarian options. Everything was so fresh. Good sized portions and lovely staff. Would advise booking ahead. Well worth the drive out to visit.

Vegan option looked lovely but tasted bland and was too greasy for my taste. Deep fried mushrooms were cut so thin that all I could taste was batter. There was a lack of protein so the meal didn't feel balanced or satisfying . Atmosphere and service was very good. My friends enjoyed their non vegan meals and I enjoyed the coffee

Delicious birthday lunch! Fresh, tasty and unique dishes made for a fabulous and filling lunch. The menu is small but perfect. The four of us all managed to find something to suit. If we weren't going home for birthday cake we would have all ordered puddings. However, coffees were ordered and were also perfect. What a gem!

We went to Caper for a family lunch on Easter Day. The food totally blew us away, it not only tasted incredible, it also looked so beautiful. Attention to detail is second to none, you know the Caper crew really care about the food they cook. Great service too, the staff were very happy for us to come in with our three dogs. Lovely friendly atmosphere in the dining area. Highly recommended - a jewel of a place. Thank you Caper!!

Now based at the Nympsfield Gliding Club, great to see them back up and running again. Delicious coffee and cake, will look forward to returning and trying full menu.

Thistledown is pretty unique. The campers mix with 'day' eaters at this hill top cafe. The food is different and delicious. On a cold day, sit indoors with your dog and on a sunny day sit outside and enjoy the view. To eat you really do have to book. Sadly closed just now but opening again soon with a new chef - but the old one will take some beating!

This is an unpretentious cafe tucked away down Tinkley Lane. The full car park is your first alert to something special. The food is outstanding and original. Not a baked potato in sight. The flavours and textures are excellent, the food is freshly cooked and healthy. Not frozen and microwaved. My daughter is vegetarian and an excellent cook, she thinks it is the best place she has eaten and can't wait to go back. Thanks for a delicious lunch.

Mouthwatering food and worth the wait for a table. It was very busy when we got here (book a table if you can) however the staff where happy for us to have the next free table and clear about any wait times for food straight up and in the end it was not as bad as they said it would be. All our meals where amazing and massive we all left happy and full.

Dropped by on a Saturday morning for takeaway croissants, bread and a coffee. Great baked goods (courtesy of Salt Bakehouse). Frustratingly slow wait (c.15 mins). Staff pleasant enough but there doesn’t seem to be any system in place or sense of urgency. I saw a couple leave a table without ordering, saying they couldn’t wait any longer. Nice ambience and great location - just needs one or two more staff and a bit of efficiency and focus on getting customers served.

Well, we drove out from Stroud, stood by the ‘wait here to be seated’ sign being ignored, then eventually went to sit at a wonky, not terrible clean picnic bench to be ignored again, then gave up and left. The vast majority of tables were unoccupied. There’s no excuse for staff to fail to even acknowledge customers.

What a lovely place. Peaceful, welcoming, different and nice food. Really interesting menu, wanted to try it all. Friendly people working there. Lots to keep little ones amused. Adjacent campsite looks lovely, pity we live so near. Can get busy inside so best to book....

The most delicious creative food. A beautiful space to eat in. Friendly staff including in the kitchen. The most magnificent, creative and flavourful food. You would be an idiot not to come here.

The food is always fantastic and we keep coming back for more. The staff are all lovely and really friendly, but the organisation leaves a lot to be desired. There doesn’t appear to be any kind of system in place. It seems to be totally...

Love this place, fantastic tasty food and service. My go to place for brunch with friends, the poached eggs on sourdough with mushrooms is just so tasty the best brunch I’ve had. I also have had lunch here several times too with my husband, the...

I visited Thistledown Cafe for lunch with my family, the location is beautiful. We all really enjoyed our meals, the flavours were fantastic. The real downside though was the service, it was so slow and the staff did everything to avoid the customers. Even when...

Visited very regularly throughout lockdown when they were offering takeaway breakfast rolls and it’s always been a brilliant service and the food great. And at times we were the only customers there!! I visited today at 10.30am to be told they were fully booked, no...

We've eaten in on a couple of occasions (although I'd have preferred more!), got takeaway as part of their lockdown specials and then got takeaway since which included their pizza today. The food has always been absolutely delicious hence one of the key challenges is...

Visited for pizza in the evening. They were tasty with fresh and interesting toppings. Dessert was amazing too-white chocolate and cardamom mousse. Great selection of beers and drinks. Along with friendly service-what’s not to like-we will be back.

This airy cafe with sweeping views serves wonderful food and the best pizzas ever! We loved our meal, kids and adults alike. It’s family friendly (kids can run about outside whilst adults relax), efficient and properly good. Can’t wait to come back.

The Friday night takeaways have been amazing. Indian, SE Asian, Meze. All Super fresh. Well organised with pick up slots. The staff are friendly and helpful. Have already booked friends in for pizza for when things open up. A great place to have close by,

I have had many pizzas in my time. Thistledown Cafe’s pizzas are up there with the best. Great selection of beers and desserts. Also got the takeaway Asian food, which was very good. Highly recommended!

Enjoyed a lockdown takeaway Mezze selection - great choice of vegan and meat recipes as always. The team nail their flavours - everything was amazingly tasty, with some great combinations. The flavours are layered, and they often contain some unusual elements which really elevate the...

Great selection of vegan choices, perfect management of social distancing Lovely area to walk and it looks like camp.

This is our family favourite, loved by us all, young & less young! We have been to Thistledown many times. The food is delicious, expertly cooked in full view of diners, and well presented. Vegetarians & vegans are catered for. Good coffee too. COVID procedures...

Been here three times now, the first visit was coffee and cakes. Great coffee and good selection of cakes. Second time was brunch and again great coffee and tea selection with a tasty bacon sandwich. The third time was for lunch we were a group...

Excelente té y pastel! Tuve una rodaja de pistacho, limón, almendras y pastel de rosas, que era una maravilla. Estaba un poco dudoso ya que parecía un poco seco pero estaba húmedo y delicioso. Estuvimos charlando dos horas y el personal era encantador. No me sentí apurado una vez. Muy ocupado un domingo por la tarde, así que vale la pena reservar para el almuerzo.

Me encanta este lugar, es la mejor comida, maravillosas y deliciosas delicias coloridas. Puede estar muy ocupado en verano debido a su cercanía y a los campistas (¡también es un lugar increíble para quedarse!), Pero vale la pena. Vale la pena esperar las mejores cosas de la vida. ¡Gracias por crear un lugar tan maravilloso para esconderse para almorzar en un día de invierno salvaje!

Nice place but difficult to get anything to eat unless you book. They only allow a limited amount of orders in the kitchen at one time. Even if there are tables free! Even if you want something basic like granola with yoghurt. Get more kitchen staff!

We went for wood fired pizzas on a Friday night, very tasty food and great service but it was the laid back vibe and amazing surrounding views that made this place exceptional for us. Nice to see so much local produce on the menu including beer and wine made just down the road. We'll be back!

I took my son with me to try out this cafe for lunch. There is a good range of food centred around wholesome local produce which is right up our street and we both enjoyed the peach and quinoa salad followed by a lovely slice of cake. We were spoilt for choice as all the cakes looked delicious but I eventually chose the carrot and walnut cake.The salad portion was a little small for the price but I would definitely go back.

La familia nos llevó aquí, ya que acababan de descubrir esta interesante cafetería en un campamento de granja con vistas a un valle pintoresco.Reservamos una mesa para el brunch y todos disfrutaron de su comida, que era saludable y sabrosa. Mis champiñones en pan amargo bajaron bien y el café era bueno.Más tarde nos trasladamos a una mesa exterior cuando salió el sol y, después de nuestra comida, dimos un paseo por el sitio, lo cual fue una ventaja. El estanque de vida silvestre era un imán para los niños y vimos tritones y libélulas.Una bonita experiencia y algo un poco diferente. Obviamente popular, así que es mejor hacer una reserva, especialmente si hay varios en tu grupo.

Apareció alrededor de las 12. 30 pm esperando poder comprar el almuerzo, y había un montón de mesas vacías. Solo el personal no pudo atendernos ya que no habíamos reservado y no estaban seguros de la demanda. Experiencia realmente extraña. . . La comida se veía genial, lástima que no pudiéramos comerla. Yo aconsejaría reservar una mesa con antelación.

El hermoso lugar para una vista del campo con vista al Parque Woodchester y tiene su propio sitio de campamento que es orgánico, por lo que debe reservar con anticipación y están limitados en cuanto a la cantidad de campistas que pueden tener para llamar con anticipación. Comida brillante, productos locales y siempre sabrosa: mezcla vegana de carnívoros xxx

Mi esposo y yo nos detuvimos aquí para desayunar antes de un largo paseo y nos preparó muy bien. Es un lugar hermoso en el medio de la nada con vistas impresionantes. El personal es amable y la comida deliciosa. Tuve las setas de ajo y col rizada en pan de masa fermentada, rematado con un huevo escalfado. Mi marido tenía un sándwich de tocino y huevo. Lo recomiendo altamente!

Enjoyable lunch in the sunshine with a small glass of wine. The 'Labneh' was really nice as a light lunch and homemade cake a real treat. Took a while to choose from the selection.

It's obviously all about really good food. It's also possible if you have really main stream taste you might not get it. I had the burger, based on a photo someone shared on Facebook. What I mean is, if you expect a regular white bun, ketchup and a lettuce leaf it's leagues above that sort of thing. Everything on the plate, each little side and garnish has had thought put into it. Everything, fresh crisp and lovingly prepared. We didn't book but they found a space for us at lunch time on a Sunday and took very good care of us. All the staff we encountered were friendly and helpful. I don't see how a place like this can fail. Especially recommended for those with an ever so slightly more adventurous palate.

lovely setting for this cafe on a campsite above Nailsworth. A very informal but comfortable cafe with a great choice of pizzas, salads and mezze plates. The service was good and we thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. Easy parking and lovely views across the Woodchester valley. To be recommended

We stopped for a coffee and to let the kids have a run around.

Great place, pizza delicious and spectacular setting. However it was a bit mean that they have a surcharge if you bring a birthday cake. Thought it was a bit much for a campsite restaurant with tons of kids around to actually charge for a plate to put a cake on! With respect it's a lovely place but not exactly Claridges! Also we got there a little late one day and they refused to take a lunch order for 2 extra people - we were already seated and our party was a group of 11 campers and they couldn't put just 2 sandwiches through?! I know they are a busy establishment with high demand but this was massively unaccommodating especially as I'm type 1 diabetic and it's not ideal to skip meals. Apart from that great food and atmosphere and waiters and waitresses lovely and efficient too.

Lovely fresh produce well presented, despite the cafe being very busy our order was taken and delivered to our table in excellent time. We thoroughly enjoyed our delicious lunch, coffee, cake and tea in the beautiful surroundings. We have eaten here on several occasions and always found the food and staff to be top notch.

Cooked breakfast doesn't really get better than this.

Previously reviewed under 'Thistledown Farm' for Feb 2018 visit - previous comments still stand - good choice of veggie food though menu seemed to be the same as previous visit except for the soup and the cakes - would have been nice to see something different on offer. Elderly mother found it difficult to find something to suit her on the menu as she really prefers something more traditional. She ended up choosing the Tikka paneer (which I had last time) but found it too dry with no sauce etc - the staff did happily provide a little dish of a yoghurty / oil / herb mix which helped. Coffee was good apparently! One child ate plenty - hummus and flatbread, veg and the patatas al pobre - but the other wasn't keen. Very busy, would definitely recommend booking although there did seem to be people arriving later on who hadn't booked. Drive carefully down the drive, the potholes are dreadful, even worse since our previous visit.

My first time eating at the Fieldfare Cafe and was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the food. Generous portions and mouthwatering flavours were accompanied by a friendly and efficient service.

Went up for Sunday lunch for a belated Christmas get together as well as my wife’s birthday. Service was absolutely perfect right from first booking.

Rustic decor, friendly staff, good for children. We met friends for afternoon drinks and cake. There were a good selection of scones, biscuits and cakes some of which were gluten free.

Feels bad to be writing a bad review, in fact I think its only my second or third negative review. But this is by far the worst place I have eaten in recent years.

We were staying at the campsite which is amazing, so booked in for pizzas on both Friday and Saturday night (they were full so book!). Delicious sourdough pizzas straight out of the wood-fired oven, lovely relaxed setting and tons of space for the kids to run around and let off steam. Couldn't fault it.

Enjoyable setting with outside & inside seating. The wood fire oven pizzas looked good although I did not visit for lunch

A group of us dined on pizza, home made and cooked in their pizza oven.

I had lunch here last week with two young children. One of them is a very fussy eater so is always a bit challenging to take anywhere! I ordered some pancakes with maple syrup for the children and the Lamb Koftas for me which I ended up sharing with the unfussy child. We then all shared some carrot cake for pudding. The food was fantastic, very fresh and full of flavour. Super surroundings with great views over the hills and a lovely family friendly feel. The children were fascinated by the wood fired oven and loved walking around the site and climbing on the vintage tractor. I can't wait to try the Pizza when they are available. Dog friendly although I left mine in the car as he had been running about on Coaley Peak for ages. Great to find somewhere to take children where they are welcome and not restricted to burgers and fish fingers!

We visited with friends, out of the camping season, for coffees & cake.

First visit lovely pancakes and bacon with maple syrup. Great coffee, staff and view. Would highly recommend.

We popped in for tea and cakes after walking a stage of the Cotswold Way. The atmosphere was pleasant, there's plenty of parking space and the choice of teas was good (I liked the tea pots with infusers and proper tea leaves). Cakes were ok, not spectacular and my portion was small for the price. They were firing up the pizza oven for the evening and it looked tempting! Toilets were clean and bright

Lovely friendly cafe, with a squishy sofa with one of the best views in the Cotswolds! Delicious coffee, including decaffeinated, and home made cakes - tray bakes and sponges.We had two cups of coffee each and they were happy for us to stay two hours chatting away. The cafe also has a shop selling eco friendly items, cards and bread. The cafe was busy with lots of children who were happy playing in the field next to the cafe. Unfortunately out of school holidays the cafe is only Friday - Sunday.

Everything we ate and drank at the cafe was amazing, and the views from the veranda topped it all off nicely! Thank you so much for making our weekend so great, we will definitely be back!

Due to some wet weather, myself and three friends found ourselves spending quite a bit of time in Fairfield Cafe during our stay at Thistledown.