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Fàilte (Scottish Gaelic for “welcome”)

say it: FAHL-chuh  ·  Hoş geldin (Turkish)  ·  Fit like? (Doric, the Aberdeen dialect)

Granite outside. Warm inside.

Coffee, a proper Turkish breakfast, panini, salads and soup on High Street in Old Aberdeen, right next to King’s Museum.

Breakfast until 12:00, then panini, salads and soup

See the menu Get directions

Online ordering opens soon. Until then, just come in and tell us at the counter, and pay as you always have.

  • Open 7 days
  • Free range eggs
  • Here since 2018
  • Hygiene inspection: Pass
The front of Shelter Coffee: a granite building with a tall glass gable, a wooden hanging sign and tables and chairs outside 112 High Street
FÀILTE • HOŞ GELDİN • FIT LIKE? • AFİYET OLSUN •

Start here

Three ways to say yes.

If you cannot decide, these are our easy answers. The full menu is just below.

Try this first

Turkish Breakfast

Two fried free range eggs, halloumi, avocado, vine tomato, cucumber, olives and toasted bread. Served until 12:00.

£9.95
Lunch deal

Soup & any sandwich, panini or wrap

A 12oz cup of the soup of the day with bread, plus any sandwich, panini or wrap.

£9.95£12.45 separatelySave £2.50

Based on a £6.45 panini and a £6.00 soup.

Quick one

Breakfast Roll

A free range egg in a roll. Perfect with a coffee, and on its way in under a fiver.

£3.00

Our story

Two homelands, one cosy corner.

A granite building in the Granite City, run by a Turkish team. You will hear both in the greetings.

Aberdeen

“Fit like?”

  • The Granite City, and the front of the cafe is proof
  • Next door to the Old Town House clock tower, now King’s Museum
  • “Fit like?” is how Aberdonians say hello
  • “Fàilte” is welcome in Scottish Gaelic, one of Scotland’s oldest languages

Türkiye

“Hoş geldin.”

  • A Turkish breakfast with halloumi, olives and free range eggs
  • “Hoş geldin” means welcome
  • “Afiyet olsun” means enjoy your meal

Shelter Coffee opened at the end of 2018 in a granite building on High Street in Old Aberdeen, next to King’s Museum.

It is Turkish-run, which is why there is a Turkish breakfast on the menu next to the panini, the salads and the soup of the day. The eggs are free range.

Shelter your health with Shelter Food.

The cafe on High Street, Old Aberdeen, in the afternoon sun
The cafe on High Street

Ordering

Online ordering opens soon.

For now: come in and tell us at the counter. Nothing changes about how you pay.

Get directions

When it opens there will be three ways, all ending at the counter. Nothing is charged online. You pay on the card machine that has always been there, or in cash, exactly as before.

01Soon

At the counter

Scan the code on the till, build your order, send it. Pay while it is being made. Or just talk to us. Both work.

02Soon

At your table

Every table has a code. Order without giving up your seat, and tap ask for someone if you would rather have a word.

03Soon

Ahead of time

Order on your way in and tap I’m on my way. We start it when you set off, and you pay when you arrive.

Next door

Look for the clock tower.

Right beside us on High Street stands the Old Town House, a granite Georgian landmark with a square clock stage and an octagonal belfry. It is the easiest way to find us: look up, then look next door.

  • 1788–89built of granite
  • Category Alisted building
  • Since 2013home of King’s Museum

Meet you under the clock?

Get directions

Old Aberdeen timeOur drawing of the tower, with its clock set to now.

The Old Town House on High Street, Old Aberdeen: a granite Georgian building with a square clock stage and a domed octagonal belfry, seen from a cobbled street
The Old Town House on High Street. Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Find us

In the old heart of Old Aberdeen.

Look for the granite building with the tall glass gable and the wooden sign, right beside the Old Town House clock tower (King’s Museum).

Shelter Coffee 112 High Street
Old Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3HE
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Opening hours
Monday08:30 – 17:00
Tuesday08:30 – 17:00
Wednesday08:30 – 17:00
Thursday08:30 – 17:00
Friday08:30 – 17:00
Saturday09:00 – 17:00
Sunday09:00 – 17:00
Get directions

Opens in Google Maps. 112 High Street, Old Aberdeen.