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Restaurants in Ghana

Akosombo Continental Hotel Restaurant · Photo: Simon Ontoyin · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Ghanaian food is one of the best reasons to travel here, and this page gathers twenty places where you can sit down and eat well. Many of them are in Ho, the Volta Region's busy capital, where chop bars and canteens serve Ewe cooking close to the streets people actually live on. Agbenohevi Food Joint is known for dishes such as fufu, akple and fetri detsi, while Agbenorxevi Chop Bar sits near Ahoe and the Volta Regional Police Headquarters, and Bush Canteen (Chop Bar) is out on Adidome Road. Elsewhere in the region you will find A1 Restaurant Breakfast & More in Hohoe, Agbaga Waakye in Sogakope, Hadjia Djemilla's Waakye in Kpando, Dee Love's Bistro at Tegbi Clinic Junction and Happy Corner Restaurant near the Cape Saint Paul Lighthouse junction at Woe.

What these places share is a straightforward welcome and food rooted in where they are. They differ in style: hotel dining rooms such as Chances Hotel Restaurant at the base of the Kabakaba Hills, Akosombo Continental Hotel Restaurant on the Volta River and Freedom Hotel Restaurant with its Lebene and Mawuli restaurants sit alongside self-service spots like älon Restaurant & Events, small waakye joints, and Baobab House in Cape Coast, which serves vegetarian food and Ghanaian crafts in support of a local training programme.

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Before you go

Plan around meals rather than squeezing them in, as many of these are small local eateries where dishes are cooked in batches and may finish. Several listings, including Amen Chop Bar, D-LYN'S EATERY and Batatas GH, are known mainly from directories or their own social media, so check current details before travelling. Ho is the easiest base for the Volta Region cluster, with Hohoe, Kpando, Sogakope, Anloga and Tegbi reachable as day trips; Akosombo and Cape Coast are separate journeys. Ask locally for directions, since some addresses are given by landmark, and carry cash.

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Restaurant · Akosombo

Akosombo Continental Hotel Restaurant

The riverside hotel restaurant of Akosombo Continental Hotel on the Volta River, serving local and international cuisine in Akosombo, Eastern Region.

Photo: Simon Ontoyin · Source

Restaurant · Ho

Prisons Canteen

Prisons Canteen is a canteen eatery in Ho, Volta Region, associated with the Ho Central Prison grounds at Ho Bankoe.

Photo: Wonder Genya · Source

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Restaurant · Hohoe

A1 Restaurant Breakfast & More

A1 Restaurant Breakfast & More is a restaurant and bar in Hohoe, Volta Region, listed on Hospital Road and described on its Facebook page as serving breakfast, lunch and supper.

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Restaurant · Sogakope

Agbaga Waakye

A waakye rice-and-beans food joint in Sogakope (Sogakofe), South Tongu District, Volta Region, known only from a community-compiled Facebook list of Volta food joints.

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Restaurant · Ho

Agbenohevi Food Joint

A Ghanaian restaurant and chop bar in central Ho, Volta Region, known in local listings for Ewe dishes such as fufu, akple and fetri detsi.

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Restaurant · Ho

Agbenorxevi Chop Bar

Agbenorxevi Chop Bar is a local eatery in Ho, Volta Region, near Ahoe and the Volta Regional Police Headquarters, about 1.5 km from the town centre.

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Restaurant · Ho

Alon Restaurant & Events

älon Restaurant & Events is a self-service Ghanaian restaurant and events venue in Ho, Volta Region, located in the SSNIT premises beside the High Court.

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Restaurant · Ho

Amen Chop Bar

Amen Chop Bar is listed as a Ghanaian chop bar in Ho, Volta Region, with only a landmark-relative address and limited verified detail.

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Restaurant · Cape Coast

Baobab House

Vegetarian food and Ghanaian crafts supporting a local training programme.

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Restaurant · Ho

Batatas GH

Batatas GH, also listed as Batatas(FLAT), is a fast food restaurant at SSNIT Flat in Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, with details published mainly through its own social media.

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Restaurant · Ho

Bush Canteen

Bush Canteen (Chop Bar) is a local eatery on Adidome Road in Ho, Volta Region, listed among the town's chop bars and serving local Ghanaian dishes.

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Restaurant · Hohoe

Carlito Restaurant and Club

Carlito Restaurant and Club is a restaurant and nightlife venue in Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana, known mainly through third-party directory listings.

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Restaurant · Ho

Chances Hotel Restaurant

The long-established restaurant of Chances Hotel in Ho, Volta Region, serving Ghanaian and continental dishes at the base of the Kabakaba Hills.

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Restaurant · Tegbi

Dee Love's Bistro

Dee Love's Bistro is a fast-food bistro at Tegbi Clinic Junction in Tegbi, Keta Municipal District, Volta Region, listed as offering fast food with a local twist.

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Restaurant · Ho

D-LYN'S EATERY

D-LYN'S EATERY is a restaurant in Ho, Volta Region, listed in third-party travel and food directories as serving Ghanaian cuisine, with limited verified detail.

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Restaurant · Ho

Freedom Hotel Restaurant

Freedom Hotel Restaurant is the dining operation of Freedom Hotel on the Ho–Nyive Road in Ho, Volta Region, with two restaurants, Lebene and Mawuli.

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Restaurant · Hohoe

Ghana @ 50 Down Below

Ghana @ 50 Down Below is a Ghanaian restaurant listed in Hohoe, in the Volta Region's Hohoe Municipal District, off Fodome Street.

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Restaurant · Kpando

Hadjia Djemilla's Waakye

A small waakye eatery in Kpando, Volta Region, known mainly through directory listings rather than independent reporting.

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Restaurant · Anloga

Happy Corner Restaurant

African restaurant listed at the Cape Saint Paul Lighthouse junction in Woe, Volta Region, serving breakfast, grilled tilapia and grilled or fried chicken.

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Restaurant · Ho

Hillview Chop Bar

Hillview Chop Bar is a local Ghanaian eatery in Ho, Volta Region, listed among the town's restaurants and known for serving local dishes with varied proteins.

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Restaurant · Hohoe

Jerries Café

Jerries Café is a restaurant and bar on the ground floor of Wonak Abie Plaza, opposite the GRA office in Hohoe, Volta Region, serving local and international dishes.

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Restaurant · Okadjakrom

Joliz Hotel Restaurant

Joliz Hotel Restaurant is the on-site dining room of Joliz Hotel, a countryside hotel at Okadjakrom near Jasikan in Ghana's Oti Region, serving continental and local dishes.

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Restaurant · Ho

Lord's Garden Restaurant

Lord's Garden Restaurant is a Ghanaian-cuisine restaurant on Housing Road in Ho, Volta Region, described in listings as a cool, airy garden spot for casual meals and takeaway.

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Restaurant · Hohoe

Lorlornyo Chop Bar

Lorlornyo Chop Bar is a long-established local eatery near Hohoe Post Office in the Volta Region, serving Voltarian dishes such as akple, banku, abobitadi, and fufu.