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Cafés in Airport Residential & Airport City
Café Kwae at One Airport Square, Theia's garden on John Churcher Loop and D Cafe's pastry counter.
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Airport Residential is the first neighborhood most visitors see. meQasa splits it in two: Airport City, the high-rise strip along Liberation Road with the Marina Mall, hotels and banks, and the residential side across from the airport, with the Chinese Embassy, the Association International School and the Alliance Française d'Accra.1
The airport took back its original name in February 2026 and is again Accra International Airport; its code stays ACC.2 It had been Kotoka International since 1969.3 Airport Residential and Airport City have the widest choice of cafés in Accra, from Café Kwae at One Airport Square to Theia Coffee House on John Churcher Loop.
Local tip: At D Cafe a cappuccino with soy or almond milk costs GH₵50, five cedis more than one made with dairy.10
At a glance
11Cafés listed
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- Most common features: outdoor seating (18%), air-con (9%), card payment (9%).
Cuppa Cappuccino
Theia Coffee House
Zara Coffee Shop
honeycomp Cafe
Beans n cream
Cafe Barako
Café Barbera Ghana
D Cafe
- Outdoor seating
- Bakery café
Escapade Cafe/Bistro
Mercedes Cafe
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Coffee chains in Airport Residential & Airport City
From the terminal into town
Terminal 3 handles international and regional flights and Terminal 2 domestic ones; Terminal 1 is no longer in use.3 Vida e Caffè has a branch inside Terminal 3 and another nearby. Downtown Accra is about 9.7 km away.4
The site began as a Royal Air Force base in World War II, and a terminal built under Kwame Nkrumah opened in 1958. The airport handled a record 3.62 million passengers in 2025, and Airports Council International named it the best airport in Africa in its size class for 2019, 2020 and 2021.3
The Ministry of Transport said signs, documents and websites would be updated after the renaming, so expect to see both names for a while.2
One Airport Square and Café Kwae
One Airport Square, by the Italian architect Mario Cucinella, stacks nine floors of offices over 2,000 m² of shops around a public square, and its zigzagging precast columns take their diamond pattern from the trunks of Ghana's coastal palms.5
Café Kwae is on the ground floor;6 its founder, Yvette, opened it in 2015.7 It is air-conditioned and takes cards. Food is the draw: sugar bread French toast costs GH₵100, a full English breakfast GH₵190 and jerk prawns with plantain GH₵220, and a matcha latte is GH₵65.8
Garden tables and pastry counters
Theia Coffee House on John Churcher Loop is a garden café; Spark Magazine lists frappes, café lattes, panini, savory crêpes and wraps, and a regular crowd of students and artists.9
D Cafe pairs a bakery counter with outdoor seating. Croissants run from GH₵30 plain to GH₵40 for almond or cheese, an espresso costs GH₵35, a double GH₵40 and an iced mocha GH₵60.10
West of the airport
Smaller places fill the western streets: Cuppa Cappuccino on Volta Street, Zara Coffee Shop at 64 Patrice Lumumba Street and honeycomp Cafe at 97 Kwame Ofori Street, along with Escapade Cafe/Bistro, Mercedes Cafe, Café Barbera Ghana, Beans n cream and Cafe Barako. meQasa's 2014 guide already counted Josie's Cuppa Cappuccino Café among the area's dining spots, alongside Ci Gusta for Italian food and gelato.1
Airport City has other diversions between coffees: the Marina Mall, with Lebanese food at Yasmina and sushi at Soho, and Polo Court, which meQasa called Accra's only polo court, with an Italian restaurant and apartments attached.1
Sources
- Accra Neighborhood Watch: Airport Residential Area, meQasa (September 16, 2014), accessed October 2026
- Kotoka International Airport is now Accra International Airport, Daily Graphic (February 24, 2026), accessed October 2026
- Accra International Airport, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Accra, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Mario Cucinella's One Airport Square in Ghana, Azure (Rachel Pulfer, December 21, 2015), accessed October 2026
- Café Kwae, Café Kwae (official site), accessed October 2026
- About, Café Kwae (official site), accessed October 2026
- Menus, Café Kwae (online menu, October 2026), accessed October 2026
- Lets Explore these Popular Cafes in Accra, Spark Magazine (July 9, 2025), accessed October 2026
- D Café menu, D Cafe, Airport Residential (online menu, October 2026), accessed October 2026
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FAQ
Airport Residential & Airport City cafés: questions
Where can you get coffee at Accra International Airport?
Vida e Caffè has a branch in Terminal 3, which handles international and regional flights, and another nearby. The airport, called Kotoka International from 1969 until February 2026, keeps the code ACC and sits about 9.7 km from downtown Accra.
What is One Airport Square in Accra?
One Airport Square is an office building in Airport City designed by Mario Cucinella, with nine floors of offices over 2,000 m² of shops around a public square. Its diamond-patterned columns borrow from the trunks of Ghana's coastal palms. Café Kwae, opened in 2015, is on the ground floor.
How much is a cappuccino in Airport Residential, Accra?
As of October 2026, D Cafe in Airport Residential charged GH₵45 for a cappuccino and GH₵50 with soy or almond milk. An espresso cost GH₵35 and a double GH₵40. At Café Kwae in Airport City, a matcha latte cost GH₵65.
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