Caprice Café

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A Downtown Redlands Table Worth Knowing

Caprice Café sits on East State Street, directly across from Ed Hales Park in the heart of historic downtown Redlands. The setting is an indoor atrium — open, relaxed, and easy — with an outdoor covered patio for those who prefer to dine under the California sky. It is the kind of place that feels genuinely rooted in its neighborhood rather than transplanted into it.

Californian-Mediterranean Cooking, Done with Range

The menu is deliberately eclectic. Pasta dishes, fresh salads, handmade pizzas, fresh grilled fish, and organic steaks form the backbone of a Californian-Mediterranean kitchen that resists being pinned to a single register. On Friday and Saturday evenings, the kitchen goes further with off-menu specials — dishes that don't appear in print and change with what's available and interesting. It is a quiet signal that the cooking here is alive rather than static.

Lunch runs weekdays and Saturdays through midday, with dinner service picking up in the afternoon. The rhythm suits both a proper sit-down and a leisurely midweek meal.

A Wine Program That Earned Its Recognition

The wine list at Caprice is the kind that takes years to build. Over 230 bottles appear on the current list, with the cellar holding more than 6,000 bottles across 425-plus varietals — a depth that earned the restaurant Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence. The range runs from approachable everyday bottles to rare and collectible selections, with particular attention paid to West Coast Pinot Noir. To make the collection more accessible, Caprice developed its own wine app for iPhone and Android, allowing guests to browse scores, tasting notes, and weekly specials from home and pre-order ahead of their visit.

The Red Room

For private occasions, Caprice offers The Red Room — a dedicated private dining space available for events and celebrations. It is a well-used feature of a restaurant that has clearly become part of the fabric of Redlands life, the kind of place locals return to for graduations, milestones, and ordinary Tuesdays alike.