Menu
Menu
We are proud to have the Healthy Living Award for our café. This means we only use low fat spread, we don’t cook with fats or high levels of salt and we always have healthy (and gluten free) options available.
We have fresh homemade soup available each day plus a hot special. We also do sandwiches, toasties, and jacket potatoes with a variety of fillings and we can't forget those all important breakfast rolls either!
We have two meal deals on offer. The first provides a bowl of warming soup and a filled roll of your choice for just £4.50 or a breakfast roll and a hot drink for £2.50. Why not enjoy a cup in our Sensory Garden?
You can download a copy of our menu in PDF format here. We also have braille and large print menus available in the café. A simplified, text-only version of the menu can be downloaded here .
Café Tiki offers freshly prepared sandwiches and toasties as well as home cooked food, cakes and pastries. We have a regular set menu of snacks as well as daily specials all made in-house by our resident cook (and part-time sculptor) David.
Typical dishes include lasagne, cottage pie, stovies and macaroni cheese. Our café doesn’t do chips though! We are very proud of our Healthy Living Award which means: “Only places that are committed to preparing and serving food according the the award conditions can display the Healthy Living award logo and certificate. This means that healthier ingredients and cooking methods are used to keep salt, sugar and fat to a minimum and options such as water, low fat diary products and fruit and vegetables are always available.”
Find out more about the healthy Living Award here.
Home baking
We like to make sure that there is always something different. It could be an amazing tray bake, a traditional sponge or one of Tom's incredibly popular lemon drizzle cakes. No matter what you fancy, we are sure you'll find something delicious to nibble! We always try to have a gluten-free option available too.
Why not come along and see what is on offer?
Allergies
All our staff can advise on allergies and ingredients. We also offer gluten-free cakes which change on a weekly basis so it is always worth popping in to see what is on offer.
Café Tiki
Café Tiki is our welcoming café providing healthy food, including daily specials and a regular menu of freshly prepared sandwiches, toasties and our delicious homemade soup.
We are fully accessible and our staff will be more than happy to help make your visit as pleasant as possible.
Our suppliers include local award winning butcher, Patrick’s of Camelon and we are proud to serve organic fair-trade coffee from Italian Aroma Coffee.
We also have a selection of large print and audio books displayed within our café. These are for customers to browse through and borrow.
Opening Times
Café Tiki is open from 9am for breakfast rolls and coffee until 3:30pm Monday-Thursday and 3pm Friday.
Dog Friendly
The café is dog friendly for well behaved pooches on a lead. We have a lot of Centre users who have Guide Dogs so there are often animals around! Please remember never to distract a working dog and not to give them treats or leftovers!
Seasonal Menus and Kitchen Garden
With the opening of our Kitchen Garden by HRH The Princess Royal, we now have a fresh supply of herbs and vegetables right on our doorstep! The distance from garden to fork is just a few meters!
We will use the Kitchen Garden to provide seasonal produce throughout the year and our menu is always adapting. The café also covers special occasions, for example, “Devil’s Eyeball Curry” as a Halloween special.
Other occasions include traditional Haggis, Neeps and Tatties for Burns Supper and festive food through December.
If you have a favourite dish, ask! We are always looking for new ideas and we endeavour to make sure we make regular changes to what is on offer, to make sure we are fresh and in season, plus, there is always a reason to visit.
So, do make a suggestion, we might just add it to the menu!
Pricing
Sandwiches start at just £3.50 while toasties and paninis, each created to your liking, are just £4.50.
Our coffees and hot chocolate are £2.60 and we have a selection of teas for £1.50. Cans and bottles of water are available for £1.20.
Our Coffee
Our coffee is supplied by Italian Coffee Aroma and is triple certified as; organic, fair trade and rainforest friendly so you can sit back and relax with a guilt-free latte, cappuccino or for those who want a bit of get up and go, a straight espresso.
We also provide a range of fruit and herbal teas as well as hot chocolate.
Corporate Hospitality
As well as being able to hire our halls and meeting rooms, we are able to cater your event too. Our café team can provide freshly made soup, sandwiches, cut fruit and finger food as well as refreshments for your guests. All prepared on-site, that day.
The team are also great at home baking so we can provide that personal touch for your event with our homemade scones, shortbread or cakes.
We have a range of offers and budgets to suit. Our aim is to make sure we provide the event you want at an affordable price. Get in touch if you’d like more information.
Staff
Meet the Team
Our café is led by Supervisor Carol who was a baker by trade and prides herself on making sure we have a great selection available at keen prices. Carol is always happy to discuss catering for events here at the Centre too and is well known for her amazing afternoon teas!
Carol is helped by Tom who has been learning a lot during his time here and makes many of our cake and sweet selections. His lemon drizzle is particularly well regarded!
All our soup and specials are prepared on site by our deafblind chef David, who lost his sight early due to a degenerative eye condition. David commented; “Over the past fifteen years, working at the Sensory Centre has really boosted my confidence. I am walking taller than ever before.”
David’s signature dishes include mince and tatties, lasagne, and a range of filling soups which are available to eat in or take away. David says “A real Scottish favourite are my stovies, just like my gran used to make!”.
If you're interested in learning more, please click here to read a wonderful BBC article about David and our café.
Meal Deals
Soup and a filled roll just £4.50
Breakfast Roll and Hot Drink £2.50
Hot Meals
Daily Specials from £4 cooked fresh, here, each day!
David’s homemade soup; eat in £2 or £2.50 with roll
Jacket Potatoes £3.75 (choice of fillings)
Roll on Bacon, Square Sausage, Poached or Scrambled Egg £2
All Day Breakfast £4.50
Lite Bites
Sandwiches, Wraps and Rolls; all £3 with optional side salad
Choose from:
· Cheese
· Chicken Mayo
· Sweet Chilli Chicken
· BBQ Chicken
· Ham
· Tuna Mayo
· Add peppers, pickles, salad and onions
Paninis and Toasties £3.75 (fillings as above)