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| - My experience here was different than the norm. We were dining as part of the comped meal program that Tania mentions in her review. Since it seems this comped meal thing is a normal fixture at Rare 120, figure I'd spell out how it works and whatnot so others don't feel they got "scammed" because they didn't understand the rules.
Regarding the decor - agree with Genevieve M. that the decor is "heinous". The music was way too loud - kinda like being in a club. Do NOT make the mistake of doing a business dinner here - you can barely hear yourself think!
If you have a promoter offer you a comped dinner.. this will take place in the lounge. The lounge is "cute" and pretty comfy, so no problems here. Our group of 20 girls showed up around 8:45 PM and didn't have to wait on a Friday night. Dinner started out on a great note. A delicious salad and yummy pretzel rolls. THEN the steak comes. There were 15 of us at my table and they served us about 24 oz of meat.. split amongst 3 plates. Each plate had 1 cup of rice on it. So yeah... 24 oz of meat + 3 cups of rice for 15 people. Maybe models can get full on these portions, but normal people cannot! I was glad that being the fatty that I am, I had planned ahead and eaten some tapas earlier in the evening fully expecting the food at Rare 120 to suck. The steak was actually *good* for a free steak. Good flavor, well prepared.. but my 1.5 oz portion was kind of ridiculous. Really loved that 1/8 cup of rice too.. HA
Things got annoying at the end, too. We had all tipped $10/head before dinner to take care of the staff. We got the drink bill and it had another 20% tacked on there. Apparently the $200 tip we had already left wasn't enough.. ugh. so had to shell out more money for our crappy drinks. On a side note, I asked for "vodka soda with lime" and was brought vodka soda with lemon. I realize I'm being nit-picky but for $10, I expected my miniature drink to be made correctly.
Thanks Rare 120 for the free "dinner", but I'd call it more of a snack honestly! I feel like it was fair value for $25 (what I ended up paying for my vodka soda + tips), but I'd NEVER pay full price to dine her. It's ugly, service wasn't great, and the food was nothing to write home about. I just hope they don't skimp on the portions that badly for people paying to eat here!
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