Endurance
Accra, Ghana
And Strength
Open from 4pm
Tempura, wok and a sushi counter, cooked with kpakposhitɔr, smoked herring and kelewele. The menu reads in two languages at once and neither one is a guest of the other.
The FernAbove The Door
Aya is the Adinkra fern: endurance and strength. It is cut into the sign, pressed into the napkins, and embroidered on the staff.
Our Story
Asian Technique.Ghanaian Roots.
A rib-eye comes rubbed in chilli and finished with kpakposhitɔr and chimichuri butter. Jasmine rice arrives under octopus, beef and smoked herring. There is kelewele on the sides list and a matcha tiramisu at the end of it. The kitchen is not translating one cuisine into another so much as cooking in both at once.
The rooms
One Address.Three Rooms.
The Dining Room
Round tables under low pendants, a wall of wine lit from behind, and a painting holding the far end of the room.
The Cabana
Timber daybeds and low tables along the deck, the pool on one side and palms lit from below on the other.
The Bar
Backlit stone, woven shades, and a counter that runs the length of the room. Friday to Sunday it is open until 1am.
Later ThanYou Think
Friday to Sunday the room runs to 1am. Shisha and cigars have their own menu, and the bar keeps going after the kitchen has finished.
Friday to Sunday · 18:00 to 01:00
Rooted InMeaning
The brand book gives AYA three values: natural elegance, cultural depth, modern refinement. The fern that carries them is an Adinkra symbol for endurance and strength.
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The room, most nights. Photographed by the team that built this site.
