Gastronomy in Tarifa - Tarifa Restaurants

Eating out in Tarifa - Andalusia

Fish specialities, tapas, serrano ham, sherry and rioja, ...

Food in Andalusia is excellent and the famous specialities of this region are being offered in all the restaurants and tapa bars.

The Strait of Gibraltar is where the best tuna in the world is being caught. But also the Iberian pork and beef are ranking amongst the greatest delicacies of Andalusia.

You should neither miss to try the Manchego cheese combined best with a glas of Rioja or Sherry.

Apart from the traditional Andalusian kitchen, the offer of international kitchen in Tarifa is amazing. Some very nice morrocan, italian, french, mexican and a chinese restaurant extend the culinary offer in Tarifa.

GoTarifa.com has listed the best addresses for you to make sure your Tarifa holiday will be an unforgettable experience.

International restaurants in Tarifa

Restaurant Pachamama - Grill, Bar, Chill Out Garden

• Address: Nationa road N340, km 81
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 956 685 362

Pachamama is situated about 3km outside of Tarifa in direction Cadiz, right next to the national road N340. You can't miss it, just look out for the two huge stone heads placed infront of the entrance door.

This is the barbecue restaurant in Tarifa serving the hightest quality of meat (some of it imported from Argentina) in a very pleasant ambience.

The large, well-cared garden with pool, beach volley court and asiatic chill out huts might seduce you to stay here some extra hours after dinner and enjoy some of this early nightlife atmosphere.

On weekends there are great parties in Pachamama, mostly with a good live music act on saturday nights.

Ambience	very well decorated indoors and outdoors
Kitchen	Barbecue specialities
Service	multi-lingual and professional
Opening hours	Tue. - Sun., 19:00 until 01:00
Prices	Food: 5,00€ until 17,00€
Characteristics	Bar, Garden with pool and beach volley court, tables indoor and outdoor
We recommend	Solomillo de Tenera (beef filet), the best burgers in town
Evaluation	highly recommendable

Restaurant Souk - Restaurant, Bar, WiFi-Lounge

• Address: Calle Mar Tireno, 11
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 956 627 065

The Souk is the right address in Tarifa for those who look for excellent kitchen in an upscale ambience.

The furnishing and the food give you the impression to be in Morroco. On the menu you'll find dishes like Cous Cous, Tajine, Fallafel and Houmus.

But also curry dishes are listed, in case you prefer the indian/asian kitchen. All in all a very nice fusion of different food types.

In the ground level they have a lounge with wireless internet access and in the bottom level the comofrtable restaurant.

The Souk is situated in the residencial area by the beach of Los Lances and is mostly very well visited. We recommend to reserve a table for the evening.

Ambience	morrocan style and expensive furniture
Kitchen	morrocan, indian, thai
Service	friendly and quick
Opening hours	Mon. - Sun., 11:00 until 23:30
Prices	Food: 4,00€ until 19,00€
Characteristics	Bar, Wifi-Lounge, Restaurant
We recommend	the Tajines, Curries and as dessert the "Mango creme"
Evaluation	one of the best restaurants in Tarifa

Restaurant Santa Fe - Restaurant, Crepery, Terraze

• Address: Calle Santisima Trinidad, 23
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 956 685 362

Santa Fe has a reputation to be one of the best restaurants in the historical center of Tarifa.

The customer will experience perfect service and superb quality of the kitchen.

The home made crepes (either sweet or salty) should be recommended, but also meat and fish are offered in french cooking style.

The vine card is larger here than in most of the other restaurants, so if you are demanding with vines then this is your place.

The indoor space is small, but very comfortable. The terraze with another 8 tables is situated right on the "Alameda", the park above the port where the tourist office can be found.

Ambience	quiet music and candle light
Kitchen	french delicacies and crepes
Service	friendly and professional
Opening hours	Mon. - Sun., 19:00 until 24:00
Prices	Food: 4,00€ until 18,00€
Characteristics	indoor and outdoor tables
We recommend	beef filet, duck breast, slaty crepes with vegetables
Evaluation	for sure worth a visit

Traditional Spanish kitchen

Restaurant Morilla - Restaurant, Cafe, Bar

• Address: Calle Sancho IV El Bravo, 2
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 956 681 757
  

The Morilla is the oldest restaurant in Tarifa and is situated in front of the big church in the old center.

Their service is unbeaten in friendliness and good mood and their kitchen convinces with great quality and affordable prices.

The restaurant is split into an area with bar and tapas, an area for the restaurants and an outdoor terraze with 10 tables.

Not like many other restaurants in Tarifa, the Morilla opens all year around serving food all day long. You could even order food after midnight here.

Ambience	typical spanish and very clean
Kitchen	spanish food, fish and meat
Service	number one in friendliness!
Opening hours	Mon. - Sun., 10:00 until 01:00
Prices	Food: 1,50€ until 16,00€
Characteristics	Bar, terraze tables and indoor tables
We recommend	Calamar a la plancha, tuna filet, tapas
Evaluation	the Tarifa classic!

Restaurant Casa Amarilla - Restaurant, Bodega

• Address: Calle Sancho IV El Bravo, 9
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 956 681 993
  

The bodega Casa Amarilla can be found in the old center of Tarifa. It represents authentic Andalusian gastronomy.

Besides many great tapas at the bar, they also serve complee menus in the restaurant.

Make sure to have tried the superb Serrano ham, accompanied by some good vine. For dessert we recommend a glas of Moscatel or Sherry from the nearby vineyards of Jerez de la Frontera.

Ambience	Andalusia 100%!
Kitchen	spanish dishes, meat, fish, tapas
Service	great
Opening hours	Mon. - Sun., 11:00 until 23:00
Prices	Food: 3,00€ until 21,00€
Characteristics	Bodega with bar and restaurant room with 8 tables
We recommend	Jamon Serrano, Manchego cheese, Secreto Iberico (pork)
Evaluation	best quality of used ingredients

Tapas - small plates of Spanish delicacies

Los Melli - Tapa Bar

• Address: Calle Guzman El Bueno, 16
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  

Los Melli means in Spanish "the twins", which says everything about this great tapa bar. The two twin brothers running this place look absolutely identical and rank amongst the best chefs in town.

The bar is very small, but convinces with fantastic food, which is usually being consumed standing at the bar. In the summer they put some tables out on the street, but you have to be quite early to achieve one of them. After 21:00 it gets really crowded here.

You'll find Los Melli below the town hall in the historical center of Tarifa. If you can't speak any Spanish, then you'll have to point your finger on the tapa of your choice in the glas vitrine on top of the bar to order.

Ambience	very Spanish, simple and beautiful
Kitchen	Tapas, fish and meat of the region
Service	professional, but unfortunately only Spanish speaking
Opening hours	Mon. - Sun., 20:00 until 24:00
Prices	Food: 1,50€ until 13,00€
Characteristics	indoors just one table and the bar, outdoors 8 tables
We recommend	Brave potatoes, fried calamari, tuna filets
Evaluation	best tapas in town!

Anca Curro - Tapa Bar

• Address: Calle Moreno de Mora, 5
  
• 11380 Tarifa, Cadiz
  
• Tel. 658 854 012

Another little place with only a wooden bar instead of tables is called Anca Curro. This is an oasis of Andalusian sining pleasure!

The decoration is unique: entire hams are hanging from the roof, posters of bull fights are covering the walls together with hundreds of other little gadgets that would take too much time to list here.

The owner is from one of the famous Spanish families focusing on the breeding of the Iberian black pigs. We assume that this will be the best pork you'll have ever had in your life.

Make sure to order the Solomillo Iberico (pork filet), it's incredible!

This bar is located 100m from the Puerta de Jerez (the arch way into the old center) in a little side lane of the Calle de la Luz. Look out for the two metal horse's heads besides the entrance door.

Ambience	unique, delicious, amazing
Kitchen	the mother cooks here in old tradition
Service	a combination of professionalism and good humor
Opening hours	Tue. - Sun., 20:00 until 24:00
Prices	Food: 3,00€ until 13,00€
Characteristics	just a wooden bar with space for about 15 people
We recommend	Pork filet (solomillo), Secreto Iberico (pork), aubergines in honey sauce
Evaluation	the best pork meat of Spain!