"If there’s a checklist for what makes a bar or cafe "cool," Ritual ticks every box—plus, it offers a solid food menu as a bonus. It’s a cafe, cocktail lounge, and listening bar in one, with beautiful, sleek dark wood furniture and a selection of vinyl records on the wall (if you want to impress your friends with your impeccable music taste, this is where to do it). The menu starts with breakfast and coffee in the morning and elegantly morphs into a more internationally led menu at night—the tangy grouper ceviche served with cassava chips is a refreshing hit. But the food is here to support the star of the show: their highly innovative, Ghana-focused cocktails. The Milo Martini, a play on an espresso martini featuring the continent’s childhood chocolate milk staple, is worth the visit alone." - Eileen Twum