Danquah Circle Ahumaakye Waakye · Cantonments Rd, Osu

Waakye that keeps
Accra fed till dawn.

★★★★★4.9 (27 reviews) on Google Maps

Rice and beans dyed deep red-brown with dried millet leaves, ladled hot from 12:30am to 7am. This is where the city eats after the city closes.

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The chop bar

One pot, one street corner, no complaints.

Ahumaakye sits right on the Danquah Circle roundabout, a few steps from the Police Hospital — the kind of spot you find by following your nose, not a map.

There's no seating rush and no closing time worry: the coal pot stays lit from just after midnight until the sun's fully up, which makes it the reliable stop after a night shift, a night out, or a night that just won't end.

Expect a queue of taxi drivers, off-duty officers, and students from the hostels nearby — the great equalizer of Accra's night crowd.

What makes it waakye
  • Rice and beans boiled together with dried millet leaves (ahaebankye) for that signature brown-red colour
  • Served with a spoon of shito, never skimped
  • Built by the plate — you choose every layer that goes on top
  • Eaten standing, sitting on a bench, or straight from the car window


Only ever this window

Opening hours

Six nights a week, one long shift.


Skip the queue

Order & delivery

Orders and delivery are handled over WhatsApp — call, chat, or send a voice note with your plate.

+233 59 388 1474
+233 24 490 3303
Also reachable on WhatsApp for orders and delivery.
Delivery available through Bolt, Yango and Uber.
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On the roundabout

Find the pot

Danquah Circle, Cantonments Road
Osu, Accra — near the Police Hospital, plus code HR8C+R7W.
Reachable by the Danquah and Danquah Second bus stops, an 8-minute walk.
Restaurant · GH₵1–50 · 4.9★ (27 reviews)
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