Tropical Gardens

We went here on a weekday evening and there were no other patrons in the place besides myself and my group. However, it still took them 15 minutes to get our drink order. That should have been a clue for us to run away. I think we waited about an hour and a half before we got our meals (literally!). Did I mention that there was NO ONE in the place? The service was awful. Not only did our meals take forever to arrive, we couldn’t even get someone to get us more drinks because there was no one around. I’m pretty sure we could have walked out and no one would have noticed. The food was mediocre at best. I ordered some sort of fish dish with rice and beans. The fish had so many bones in it, I gave up trying to eat it. I was not impressed by the rest of the dish– weird, unidentifiable spices and some breadcrumb-​looking thing on top of it all. I would not recommend this place unless you have tons of time to wait and want mediocre food. Ugh. Never again. Oh, and, our appetizer? That came after we were done with our meal. Two hours later. We shouldn’t have asked to get it wrapped. That alone took them another 15 minutes. Total time there: 3.5 hrs. What a waste of time.

Great Ghanaian food. I believe that there’s only one person who works/​cooks etc so the service is a little slow, but nevertheless, the ambience is great, the décor is elegant, and the food is unbeatable. And the portions are pretty crazy… if you order the «Waa Kye» (pronounced waa chei) for $ 10, you get a heaping file of food on a large plate. Enough to feed two hungry people. I recommend getting a small piece of fried fish and the beef stew on that dish. There are some random non-​Ghanaian appetizers on the menu… I don’t recommend them. And while you are there, try one of two Ghanaian beers that they have at the bar.