// The menu //

Everything off the grill and the rice pot

Three services a day, one kitchen, and a board that only moves when the market does. Prices include VAT; service is added for parties of eight and over.

// The board //

Everything we are cooking this week

The six things people would riot over never move. Everything else follows the market, so the board is reprinted on a Wednesday morning.

Breakfast

7am – 11am
Pancakes with banana and bacon

Golden stack

Buttermilk pancakes layered with butter and honey

₵48

Pancakes served with crisp bacon

The full griddle

Pancakes, streaky bacon, two eggs however you like them

₵62

Pancakes and coffee on a kitchen table

Morning set

Pancakes, fruit, and a pot of coffee grown at Aburi

₵55

A stack of pancakes topped with banana

Banana & maple

Sliced banana, dark maple, a little sea salt

₵52

A dish of rice with vegetables and egg

Waakye bowl

Rice and beans, shito, boiled egg, fried plantain

₵58

A wooden tray of breakfast plates

The Osu tray

For two — eggs, plantain, bread, fruit, coffee, juice

₵120

Lunch

12pm – 4pm
Ghanaian jollof rice plated with a fork

House jollof

Long-grain rice cooked down in pepper, with grilled chicken

₵85

Jollof rice with chicken and salad

Jollof & suya chicken

The jollof, with thigh rubbed in suya spice off the grill

₵95

Seafood plated with citrus and herbs

Tema day boat

Whatever came in that morning, grilled whole, kenkey on the side

₵140

Grilled steak with mashed potato and rice

Charcoal sirloin

250g over the coals, hand-cut chips, peppercorn sauce

₵180

A prawn starter plated with herb oil

Grilled prawns

Four large prawns, garlic butter, lime and coriander

₵110

A wooden board of small plates

Board for the table

Kelewele, chicken wings, plantain crisps, two dips

₵90

Dinner

6pm – 11pm
Grilled fish over spiced rice with a herb dressing

Whole grilled tilapia

Split, salted, over coals — the plate we are known for

₵165

A bowl of fish in a warm broth

Palm nut broth

Slow-cooked with smoked fish, served with rice balls

₵120

Grilled beef with roasted tomatoes

Grilled short rib

Six hours in the oven, ten minutes on the grill

₵195

Sirloin and hand-cut chips on a dark plate

Chop and chips

Pork chop, hand-cut chips, apple and scotch bonnet

₵150

Rice with grilled fish and peppers

Red red

Black-eyed beans in palm oil, fried plantain, egg

₵78

Jollof rice with fried plantain

Kelewele & rice

Spiced fried plantain, coconut rice, groundnut sauce

₵72

// The bar //

Signature drinks

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A martini with olives

Smoked old fashioned

₵75

A spiced cocktail garnished with cucumber

Cape Coast spice

₵68

A spritz with a slice of orange

Oxford Street spritz

₵72

Two coupes of a pink cocktail

Hibiscus coupe

₵65

A pineapple cocktail with a garnish

Pineapple & scotch bonnet

₵78

A mojito with mint and lime

Volta mint mojito

₵70

Two guests raising cocktail glasses

The house negroni

₵80

A frothy sour in a bowl glass

Baobab sour

₵74

// To finish //

Three ways to stay another half hour

A chocolate dessert plated with berries

Dark chocolate & chilli

₵55

Warm from the oven, with sour cream ice

Panna cotta plated with orange segments

Coconut panna cotta

₵48

Set overnight, with orange and toasted coconut

Pastries carried out on white plates

The pastry plate

₵62

Three small things the kitchen made that morning

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The dining room at Basil under its slatted wooden ceiling, laid for dinner

// Reservations //

Secure your table for a memorable meal

Two sittings a night, Tuesday to Sunday. Tables of eight and over are best booked a week ahead — we hold the long table by the window for them.

Tue–Sun · 12pm–11pm Parties of 1 to 20 +233 30 291 8840
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