Late Lunch at Tin Roof Cafe, Karen

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kristynotes

4 min readFeb 18, 2018

Truth be told, I visited this place majorly because of FOMO. There have been such rave reviews about the Tin Roof Cafe Karen and I wanted a taste of it (pun intended). So on this Monday afternoon, we stopped by for a late lunch. A taxi from Westlands to the Souk would cost about Ksh.600. A matatu, on the other hand, goes for Kshs. 70 from the Nairobi CBD or Kshs.30 from Dagoretti Junction. Tin Roof Cafe Karen is located at the Souk which also houses the Polka Art Gallery and other merchandise shops. The Souk is located on the opposite side of the Hub so it hard to get lost. The Tin Roof Cafe at Karen is usually open from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm on a daily basis except on Sundays.

Food service at Tin Roof Cafe Karen

Most food selection range from Ksh.900 to Ksh.1200 in price terms. I chose to have chapati wraps while my date had lasagna. We both selected the caramel milkshakes. Have you ever eaten lentils for salad? That was a first for me. I loved the red cabbage that was in the salad but still found it odd eating cold lentils (kamande). My date loved the lasagna even though it was his first time eating such. They have cute paper straws for the drinks. If you don’t love nut, it best to stay off the caramel milkshake. I have tried as much as I can to love nuts but my body keeps refusing. There were a lot of caramel nuts that settled at the bottom of the drink and I didn’t enjoy that. However, note that is just a personal experience. My date didn’t mind the nuts at all.

Chapati wrap with lentils and red cabbage salad

Kachumbari and Avocado

lasagna with red cabbage and lentils salad.

Caramel Milkshake

Ambience and customer experience

When we got there, the waiter was quick to show us a place to sit. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. We chose the outdoor seating to soak in the sun and breath in the fresh air. The outdoor seating did not look as if they put much effort into it. The seats are cut and all but they looked unmaintained. I did not like the fact that the waiter placed the cutlery on the table before bringing our food orders. The menu is limited but what we had was good enough; I got full so fast.

The Tin Roof Cafe Karen is a place you can order healthy food while you watch the kids play at the playground area.

I used DisCoucher, the book of Big Discounts when paying for the meal. It was a ‘get one free main course when a main course is bought’ voucher.

Learn more about DisCoucher here. www.discoucher.com