Tarifa is a pretty venue with a nice atmosphere. The drinks are overly expensive but fairly good. However, unfortunately they almost always play extremely loud background music, which makes it impossible to have a normal conversation there after about 6pm, especially if you are with a group of people and some of them are sat at the other side of the table. They tend not to turn it down noticeably even if there are few other customers and you ask nicely. This makes it a place that I tend to avoid, because I like to talk to my friends when I go out, not just sit in silence with an expensive cocktail.

In the summer, the garden is pleasant, and it's much quieter out there too.

Had a very pleasant evening at Cafe Tarifa recently. Very nice chilled atmos with a very well stocked bar (but no Pisco!). Cocktails were fine and priced just about acceptably (Jamiacan Mule particularly good). As far as beer goes there's none on tap so would recommend getting the large bottles of Mahou (1 litre) which work out better value and are good for sharing with a couple of glasses.

Live music was really good and added to the atmos and was not deafening which made a change. Toilets were very clean with a lovely giant copper washbasin (it's the small things in life!) and there's some nice outdoor seating at the rear. These sorts of places for all their casuality can veer towards being quite pretenious but that wasn't the case on the evidence I saw and I will definitely be returning.