So here's the story on Rare. I was on the phone in the parking lot finishing with a call for about five minutes before going in the restaurant. So we walked in and were immediately escorted to our table. The server greeted us a few minutes later. Normal, right? We were sat at a table where the light from the parking lot was shining right in my face. We asked to move and the server asked the bus person to clear a table. Yet it was then we realized there were four dirty tables that had not been cleared from prior guests. While waiting to be moved to our table we ended up overhearing a conversation at another table where the lady stated that her steak had to be sent back three times. A quick glance at each other an we were up and out.
But didn't get to the door until were approached by the manager offering us free drinks and appetizer. Which would have been just fine until the server came up and expressed his opinion in a sarcastic tone. "Why are you leaving? You just got here. Nothing could possibly be wrong." We expressed our concern about the dirty tables and he stated that the parties had just left a minute before we got there. Since we were sitting in the parking lot we knew that was not the case.
Bad server. Bad experience.