Somebody making drinks is not the same as drinks being available.
Put spirits and mixers on a table and you have a table with bottles on it. Guests pour their own, badly, and the drinks stop being part of the evening.
A bartender working a prepared list changes the shape of the night. Things get made properly, in order, and somebody is watching whether your glass is empty.
02 — With dinner
It runs alongside the kitchen, not against it.
Booked with a villa dinner or an event, the drinks are built to sit with the food rather than compete with it — which is easier when the person making them and the person cooking have agreed the running order.
It also works on its own, for an evening that is not about a sit-down meal.
What it covers
What you get, and what you do not.
Included
A cocktail list agreed in advance
A bartender working the evening
Preparation — syrups, garnishes, ice, the things that take time
Pairs with a villa dinner or an event
Not included
The alcohol itself, unless you ask him to arrange it
Chef Life Restaurant sits on the boulevard at Paseo Herencia, opposite the Holiday
Inn. An open terrace, no roof, dinner nightly from five until eleven.