Jolly Nice Farm Shop & Cafe in The Cotswolds

Jolly Nice is a farm shop in Frampton Mansell between Stroud and Cirencester on the A419. It is a former petrol station converted into a hotchpotch of wooden buildings that make up the farm shop and cafe.

They have a field out the back called the picnic meadow where you can eat outside admiring the Cotswold views and livestock in a neighbouring field.

Jolly Nice has a Farm Shop, Butchery & Cafe, where you can eat inside with seating in heated yurts or their pretty meadow, all of which are dog-friendly for dogs on leads.

Jolly Nice Cafe

The Jolly Nice Cafe serves a choice of food options, including sandwiches, Scotch eggs, sausage rolls and homemade cakes. They offer many breakfast options, including the full English, vegetarian breakfast, avocado on toast, and more.

For lunch, they serve a locally reared beef burger, KFP (Kentucky Fried Pheasant), pulled pork, beef brisket, and more.

For a plant-based lunch, they offer options like a locally grown field mushroom burger, veggie burgers, or beet burgers.

Drinks range from a diverse selection of coffees and teas to a delicious milkshake menu.

Jolly Nice Farm Shop

The farm shop sells a variety of produce from local farmers and artisan producers. This is what caught my eye on my visit to the shop.

• Free-range pies & rare breed charcuterie.
• Britain’s best farmhouse cheeses.
• They have a full butcher’s counter selling meats and sausages.
• Woefuldane Organic Dairy milk, yoghurt & butter.
• Prince Charles & Farmer Fred’s Close Farm organic vegetables from Tetbury.
• Ashley & Keith Dickenson’s vegetables & honey from Bisley.
• Salt Bakehouse, Hobbs & Bertinet Bread.
• British smoked fish.
• Seasonal fruit from surrounding counties.
• English preserves, condiments and sauces.
• Speciality chocolate.
• Locally produced alcoholic drinks, including beer, wine and gin.

My Visit

My visit was a flying visit on the way to a meeting in Cirencester. And I fancied a bite to eat on the way; a family member had mentioned Jolly Nice. I opted for one of their free-range roast chicken and tarragon sandwiches. It was a blue-sky day, so I ate in the picnic area rather than in one of their yurts.

Shopping wasn’t on the cards this visit, but I looked around. Their selection of local foods impressed me. If I were travelling home, I would have loaded up with some game, vegetables, and possibly too much from their larder. This is the sort of place a foodie like me describes as foodie heaven.

More info

For more information, visit their website. https://jollynicefarmshop.com/