The best restaurants Greater Accra

Starbites is a humble little outdoor bar-restaurant popular with locals. It offers snack dishes such as sandwiches, burger fries, salads, grills, chicken and rice, as well as cocktails and milkshakes. Ideal for a lunch break, or for a hearty English-style breakfast (available from 7am) with eggs, beans and bacon. Initially a small neighborhood bar, it's a real success story for this establishment, which subsequently opened in the Airport and Dzwuorlu districts. We recommend it!

If a ranking of the best restaurants in Accra were to be established, Le Tandem would certainly not be far from the first place. In addition to the very intimate decor of the place, the menu offers dishes that are rare in Ghana, such as lamb with mustard or pork shank. The dessert proposals, such as the iced nougat or the chocolate fondue, are equally tempting. Reservations are strongly recommended! The bar's cocktail proposals should delight the amateurs. The house is also a guest house. A beautiful address.

A small room and tables in the street simply sum up the setting of Zion Thaï. As far as the cuisine is concerned, you are sure to enjoy yourself: all the specialties of the Kingdom of Siam are on the menu: pad thai, various curries, soups, seafood salads, chicken satay with a delicious peanut sauce and spring rolls in mind! It is likely that even the most demanding palates will find something to their liking here. A central address with a beautiful wooden terrace generously ventilated and overlooking the rooftops of the neighborhood. We love it!

Nestled amid a charming mix of colonial buildings and modern Ghanaian architecture, Buka restaurant offers a variety of West African flavors. For over 20 years, this restaurant has been attracting guests with a cosmopolitan culinary experience: Buka's cuisine works its magic, with a delicious variety of typical dishes: mythical jollof, banku with tilapia, peppered snails, spicy kelewele, barbecued chicken wings, leaving diners delighted. At Buka, natural light, lush plants: a little oasis in the heart of the Osu district.

Open for over 20 years now - a fact sufficiently rare in Ghana to merit mention - this French restaurant, very much in vogue among Accra's bourgeoisie, is located on the second floor of a two-storey house. The dining room, aided by the small bar on the left as you enter, is an ideal place for culinary delectation. You'll find good fish, seafood and meat dishes, as well as a correct and diversified wine list. The service is top-notch, and the owner, Ahmed, is as welcoming as his team.

It is the biggest fast-food restaurant in Tema. But, beware, the cashiers are seated, and the place works a bit like a traditional restaurant. Ideally located on the traffic circle of the highway leading to Accra, it offers dishes from all over the world: Indian, Italian, Lebanese, Ghanaian... It is possible to have lunch before driving in the morning. The place is very popular. It is by tro-tro whole that is poured there the customers. The television screens contribute to its success, especially on Champions League nights.

Open for lunch and dinner, the Ghanaian Village, which is actually the restaurant of the Palm Beach Hotel, is undoubtedly one of the best in local cuisine. Located in front of the sea, it offers an ideal setting to taste the best of Ghanaian cuisine. All the typical recipes are available and despite the high standing of the hotel in which it is located, the prices remain very honest and the atmosphere is absolutely not stuffy, quite the contrary! We recommend you to book for the weekend meals!

It is one of the best Indian restaurants in the city, if not the country! Not only is the food excellent, but the prices are also kept at a reasonable level, as many of the products used to prepare the dishes are imported. All the great classics of Indian cuisine are on the menu: curry, biryani and paneer are prepared in the greatest respect of tradition! An establishment not to be missed, just a step away from the Osu district.

A few meters from the French Embassy, this center has several restaurants and cafes. The atmosphere and the variety of the shops will not fail to make everyone agree. Go to Tamtam for continental cuisine and music, Thai Islands for an exotic experience, or Toro Tapas bar for Spanish dishes. The Afrikiko is all of this at the same time. The place allows for a garden or indoor setting. With various attractions and evenings sometimes jazz and sometimes salsa. A must for the nights of Accra.

Mamma-mia, an open-air Italian restaurant with a pleasant terrace, serves very good handmade pizzas cooked over a wood fire. All the traditional recipes are on the menu! The house also offers other Italian specialties and tries to keep a varied pasta menu. The service is also very friendly, the general atmosphere rather relaxed and the decoration could almost create the illusion that you are in an authentic trattoria of Milan or Rome. A sure value in Accra!

A fixture in Osu for over two decades, Frankie's Foods and Rooms is an institution in Accra. Ideal for a downtown stay, with a wide range of bars, restaurants, shops and casinos. The restaurant, with its varied menu, offers pizzas, Lebanese cuisine, burgers... It is very popular in the Osu area. For your sweet tooth, the pastry shop is among the most famous in Accra, you will find a wide range of pastries. As for the staff, they are professional and welcoming. An address that will satisfy all appetites.

A small restaurant where the waiters prepare fresh sandwiches and a huge variety of mixed salads, to eat in or take away. Also of note is the wide variety of absolutely delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes, such as the range of hummus (five in all), guacamole, baba ganousch, and many more. The Sunshine Salad Bar is also a great place for an early breakfast (ten hearty offerings), as well as for meat lovers (10 chicken-based recipes in particular).

The originality of the place makes it a distraction in itself. Indeed, it is in a refurbished plane that you will take your meal. You will be able to taste Ghanaian dishes comfortably installed: banku, tilapia, palava sauce and other grills, all the essentials are on the menu. Also some vegetarian dishes, a nice collection of sandwiches. A culinary journey in complete safety. Events are regularly organized in this unusual and original place.

An energetic welcome, in this friendly café, ideal for a little break. Teas, coffees and juices of all kinds, muffins and other cakes for those with a sweet tooth. The house also offers fresh sandwiches, with the bread of your choice. Like most modern bars and restaurants in Accra, this place has wifi available for customers. This is a good base if you want to work from your computer for example. Being a chain, you will find this café in all the main areas of Accra.

Set back a little from the noisy Oxford Street, Piazza, an Italian restaurant with a large terrace, is a little corner of Italy in Ghana. The entrance in typical Italian style will seduce those nostalgic for the country of la dolce vita, as well as the sober and elegant interior. On the menu, wood-fired pizzas, risottos, pastas as well as grilled meats and seafood, all of which are very successful! For those with a sweet tooth, the Pinocchio ice cream shop is right next door, offering a wide range of flavors and delicious pastries.

Particularly frequented by the business clientele working in the nearby offices, Josie's Cuppa Cappuccino is a pretty little address flanked by a charming terrace serving, as its name suggests, excellent Italian coffees, but not only. It also offers freshly squeezed fruit juices, a variety of sandwiches and wraps, as well as hearty but still healthy dishes! A perfect stop to get your strength back, in a quiet place, during a day of visit of Accra.

A nice little café where you can drink a smoothie or a coffee, eat a sandwich, or something more substantial. The salads are for example rather hearty (the beef-bacon-avocado or the Waldorf Chicken Salad in particular) as well as the few breakfasts, like the English breakfast, the veggie breakfast, or the more solid dishes like chicken curry or seafood pasta. The desserts are also perfect: banana chocolate chip cake, brownie or lemon cake... A real gourmet break at any time of the day!

A bistro atmosphere, simple but neat, a facade that is both refined and warm and a nice outdoor setting. This restaurant remains year after year one of the sure values of Accra, as well for the service as for the quality of the dishes proposed. French and Italian influenced cuisine (from the 300g entrecote, to pasta dishes and lobster), but also some dishes with more local influences like the delicious crunchy chicken. Elected in 2016 as the best restaurant of the year by the Ghana Tourism Authority.

This imposing Turkish villa in the middle of Accra has a lot going for it, with its large central glass roof, vast outdoor space and pleasant family atmosphere. Initially known for its Turkish specialties, Bosphorus has gradually evolved to offer more internationally inspired dishes. If the restaurant has two floors, we recommend the pretty green terrace or the rooftop. As for service, you'll need to be patient at times. Regular cocktail and chicha evenings.

A cheap address very appreciated by the locals. Everyone knows Bush Kanteen. For a few cedis, you can taste an excellent fufu with a sauce and a meat of your choice. Here, it is strongly advised to eat by hand, because with a fork it does not taste the same. Without any fuss, in this canteen which looks like a shed, the plastic tables and chairs are lined up to serve as many people as possible. In addition to your dish and your drink, you will have the right to wash your hands.