La Morena — Restaurant in Tarifa

An up and down dining experience marred by an equally up and down service. Overpriced for what it is when so much amazing food is available literally around the corner. We ordered bao buns and patatas bravas to start, the bao buns were fantastic and the patatas were average, the Peruvian sauce added nothing special to the dish. Our mains were pez mantequilla (butter fish) with couscous and tacos made with the local retinta beef. The fish was flavoursome however arrived luke warm whereas my tacos arrived piping hot (cooking timing?). The tacos were good but nothing spectacular as suggested by other reviews. We had the chocolate dessert which was named "chocolate like you had as a child" or something along these lines. I now understand why they named it as such when it turned out to be a mason jar filled with whipped cream and a tiny amount of chocolate mousse underneath. The food experience over all was a 4 star experience however what brought it down was the differing attitudes of the waiters. We were initially served by a very abrupt and rude waiter who seemed to be disgusted that we didn't reserve a table (at 8pm) even though most of the tables that were reserved remained empty until 10pm. The main part of our meal was served by a much friendlier waiter and most of the other waiting staff seemed friendly. However, the first waiter still seemed keen to get rid of us as soon as possible. I would not come back here as tarifa has many other options with better food...

One of the best restaurants in Tarifa. Great fusión of Spanish and Asian dishes. Everything we had was delicious. Menu was super interesting and oyu can't really go wrong with any of the dishes. The waiters were great and always ready to help with recommendation. The only dish I was a little bit confused about was Veal cheeks and that was because of the chocolate sauce. Apart from that, I would get any of the dishes again, no hesitation. Also you do pay for a great meal and it...

Este rinconcito gastronómico con una fusión de sabores asiáticos y latinoamericanos es siempre un acierto. Cuando estoy en Tarifa (mi segunda casa), siempre procuro ir y degustar sus maravillosos platos. El equipo de la Taberna La Morena es muy profesional, trato agradable y cercano y ofrecen productos de calidad (relación calidad/precio me parecen muy correctos).

Los clásicos de este establecimiento son el jugoso pan bao de pringá jerezana, el saam de cazón con airbag de cerdo, ese increíble tartar de atún o el exótico tiradito de pez mantequilla...en esta visita hemos probado mi pareja y yo platos nuevos de la carta. Empezamos por una refrescante ensalada de sarda en semisalazón, tomates y salmorejo (con un toque picante que le daba un punch a todos los ingredientes, muy buen entrante); seguidamente, los puerros con salsa de yogur y cacahuete y hierbabuena (fue una grata sorpresa, fue un plato muy ligero y cítrico y nos encantó esa combinación de sabores y texturas). El tercer plato fue, sin duda, la joya de la corona: un tonkatsu de rabo de toro con una mahonesa picante de berenjenas y risketos picantes (mamma mía, qué jugosidad, un 10 redondo). Para terminar, nadie puede irse sin probar el flan, es una delicia con esas nueces pecanas confitadas.

En resumen, cada experiencia es una maravilla en este restaurante y es...