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Tin Roof Cafe
Fresh food in fresh air, in a Karen garden
- Café
- Brunch
- Garden seating
- Healthy
- Coffee
Signature
Known for
- Four or five vegan salads daily
- Spiced chickpea burger
- Locally roasted coffee in a garden setting
- Set inside The Souk's artisan shops
The place
About Tin Roof Cafe
Tin Roof Café sits in a garden on Dagoretti Road, opposite Karen Hub and surrounded by The Souk's artisan shops. It is a deliberately mall-free, outdoor café: superfood salads, wraps and sandwiches, burgers, smoothies and locally roasted coffee, with breakfast until 11am and lunch from 11.30am. Strong vegan and gluten-free options; a sister branch sits at Langata Link with a kids' playground.
Destinilo's take
Tin Roof's pitch is stated plainly on its own front page — life outside the mall — and in Karen that is a real position rather than a slogan. You climb a few concrete steps into a garden ringed by craft stalls, sit under trees, and eat food that is unfashionably straightforward: salads that are actually composed, chickpea burgers that hold together, chapati wraps with kachumbari, coffee roasted down the road. It is the most reliable weekday-morning table in Karen, and one of the few places in Nairobi where a vegan, a coeliac and a child can order without negotiation.
On the menu
What to order
Breakfast (until 11am)
Smashed avocado on rye
SignatureA café staple, done plainly and well.
Muesli with nut milk
Dairy-free by default.
Tomato on toast
Simple vegan breakfast plate.
Lunch (from 11.30am)
Spiced chickpea burger
SignatureThe house vegetarian main.
Mixed vegetable chapati wrap
With kachumbari and guacamole.
Roast vegetable toasted sandwich
Warm, generous, garden-side.
Daily salad bar
Four to five salads a day, most of them vegan.
Pizza
Can be made vegan on request.
Drinks & sweets
Locally roasted coffee
Soya milk available.
Smoothies
Including a coconut-milk based dairy-free option.
Banana chai loaf
Vegan and sugar-free.
Reviews
What people rate it
4.6
4.61,105 reviews
- Mentioned often: Coffee
- Mentioned often: Garden
- Mentioned often: Pastries
Practical
Opening hours
- Sunday8am – 5:30pm
- Monday8am – 5:30pm
- Tuesday8am – 5:30pm
- Wednesday8am – 5:30pm
- Thursday8am – 5:30pm
- Friday8am – 5:30pm
- SaturdayToday8am – 5:30pm
When to go
Weekday mornings before 10am — the garden is quiet and the coffee queue is short.
Amenities
- Outdoor seating
- Wi-Fi
- Family friendly
- Vegan options
- Gluten-free options
- Parking
- Card payments
- Takeaway
Before you go
Good to know
- Hours
- Open daily 8am – 5.30pm; no dinner service
- Breakfast cut-off
- Breakfast until 11am, lunch from 11.30am
- Setting
- Fully outdoor garden — bring sun cover, and a layer for cool mornings
- Dietaries
- Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options across the menu
- Second branch
- Tin Roof Langata at Langata Link, with a kids' playground
FAQ
Tin Roof Cafe, answered
What are Tin Roof Café's opening hours?
Daily from 8am to 5.30pm. Breakfast is served until 11am and lunch starts at 11.30am — there is no dinner service.
Where is Tin Roof Café in Karen?
On Dagoretti Road just off Ngong Road, almost opposite Karen Hub, set in a garden surrounded by The Souk's artisan shops.
Is Tin Roof Café vegan friendly?
Yes — four or five vegan salads daily, vegan breakfast plates, a spiced chickpea burger, nut and soya milks, and pizzas that can be made vegan on request.
Is Tin Roof Café good for children?
Yes. The Karen garden is open and easy with kids, and the Langata Link branch has a dedicated playground.
Does Tin Roof Café have indoor seating?
It is designed as an outdoor café — seating is in the garden under cover of trees and canopies.
Is there parking at Tin Roof Café Karen?
Yes, there is parking on the Dagoretti Road site shared with the surrounding craft shops.
Hours, location and menu verified against Tin Roof Café's own site and independent reviews. Source. Last verified 2026-08-06.
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