Restaurant & Bar
The Gold Coast (TGC) Restaurant & Bar located in south London’s multi-cultural neighbourhood South Norwood offers you the ultimate gastropub experience with an Afro twist.
Our dishes and exuberant Ghanaian hospitality have been attracting visitors from all over the UK since we first opened our doors in 2004.
We are split over two floors. The main entrance leads you into our inviting main bar area with lounge seats to relax, along with table and chairs to have your meals. We have a giant screen where we show many of the major sporting fixtures and a 
DJ booth where, on weekends, the place comes alive with the vibrant party sounds of Africa. At the rear of the bar area is our beer garden which has tables and chairs surrounded by well-kept plants.
Upstairs is our second bar which plays host to our two-roomed restaurant able to take up to 80 people. It’s here where you can enjoy a professional table service by our attentive staff sampling a range of delightful West African dishes great to share with family and friends. We love kids too and offer a high-chair facility, kid’s menu and some simple children’s arts and crafts to do at the table whilst you wait for your food to arrive.
Whether you’re after a hearty West African meal, some appetising exotic snacks, drinks in a friendly atmosphere or out to enjoy our beer garden – The Gold Coast will be sure to warmly receive you with our traditional greeting ‘akwaaba’ or ‘welcome’.
The Gold Coast – A Brief History Lesson
The Gold Coast referred to a mass area of land along the Gulf of Guinea, in West Africa. As its name suggests, it was where substantial deposits of gold were found by European settlers. In fact, the first to arrive were the Portuguese in 1471 and in 1482 they built the castle of Elmina (literally, ‘the mine’ in Portuguese).
It was from here that trade began primarily in gold and other resources like knives, mirrors, rum and guns. But it would be the horrific trade of African slaves across the Atlantic which would soon become the principle form of business from this coastal European outpost.
Today, Elmina castle stands as a World Heritage Site having been occupied by the Portuguese (1482-1637), to be then taken over by the Dutch (1637-1872) and finally the British who were in power until Ghana gained independence in 1957.
Ghana’s history has had a pivotal place in Africa with notable political figures like Kwame Nkrumah and Yaa Asantewaa leaving lasting legacies; and more recently Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan who served as Secretary General of the United Nations for 10 years from 1997.
Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana (then known as The Gold Coast) to 
her independence in 1957 and was the country’s first elected president. Despite his later years being shrouded in a military coup and ousted to Guinea, he is still seen as one of the most respected leaders in African history. He died of a skin cancer condition in 1972 aged 62 and was buried in his village of Nkorful in Ghana.
The Gold Coast – Today’s Ghanaian People
The Gold Coast’s inhabitant is a West African, a Ghanaian; a wanderer who lives by the coast and 
calls the lush green spaces of Ghana home. Ghanaians are fiercely proud of their culture; they are peaceful yet loud, and as tough and determined as they are humble.
Officially, there are nine languages spoken in Ghana but some say they could be as many as 570 different dialects and languages.
The Gold Coast is also home to some of the most varied and interesting cuisine in the world. Wanderers from North to South all have their specialties, their secret recipes. These secrets swirl in the wind and pass from generation to generation. The Gold Coast Bar & Restaurant is one of those places where the spicy secrets of Ghana live.
