Baobab House - Cape Coast

A must when in Cape Coast. Food tastes amazing and there are lots of vegan options. Updated from previous review on 2022-01-16

This guesthouse/restaurant is a stone’s throw from the Cape Coast dungeon and a wonderful respite after such a harrowing tour. I especially enjoyed the fried mushrooms and moringa-pineapple juice!

I stayed at Baobab Guest House for 3 nights and ate breakfast and lunch here most days. The menu is entirely vegetarian and offers a wide array of vegan options. Would highly recommend the vegan pancakes with brown sugar and cinnamon, so delicious! It has a lovely atmosphere, and both areas of the restaurant (one inside the hostel) have a view of the ocean.

The restaurant is one of the projects of a children foundation and offers vegetarian and vegan meals on a small patio. The fresh fruit juices (many with moringa) and the cakes (for example banana cake, coconut rolls) were delicious. The main dishes may vary in their quality and originality. You can combine side dishes like yam oder rice balls with vegetables, tofu etc. and also have classic Ghanaian food like red red or groundnut soup. The variety of vegetables was rather limited (mostly cabbage and carrots), some dishes were never available. The young staff is in training, sometimes shy. The affiliated shop sells fair trade clothes and bags, cosmetics, food and more.

Baobab Vegetarian Moringa Restaurant is the only place in Cape Coast that gives full satisfaction to Vegetarian and Vegan travelers and the people of Cape Coast, though some restaurants here may prepare a vegan dish for a travelers. Cape Coast was the Seat of the Government of Ghana before removed to Accra in 1877 and Baobab Restaurant is situated very close to the Castle, I may say part of the very grounds of Ancient City of Cape Coast. All that my predecessor reviewers have said concerning neatness and good delicious vegan dishes are all true.