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Rare Steakhouse - Steakhouse in Boston, Massachusetts

Rare Steakhouse

4.7 (1995 reviews)

1 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149

Steak house
Fine dining restaurant

About Rare Steakhouse - steak house in Boston, Massachusetts

Polished white-tablecloth operation dishing up traditional & Japanese-style cuts, plus cocktails.

Customer Review Summary

Overall, Rare Steakhouse has received a mix of positive and negative reviews. Many diners praised the excellent service, particularly highlighting the attentive and accommodating staff, with specific mentions of servers like Will and Cara. Guests appreciated the food quality, particularly the cocktails and dishes like the lamb shank and cheesesteak bites. The restaurant's ambiance and atmosphere were frequently noted as enjoyable, enhancing the overall dining experience. However, there were complaints regarding the freshness of certain seafood dishes and issues with the service from a manager, which left one group feeling humiliated during their celebration. Despite this, several reviewers expressed intent to return, indicating a willingness to overlook some negatives due to positive prior experiences.

Key Features

Service options

  • Outdoor seating
  • Takeout
  • Dine-in

Highlights

  • Great beer selection
  • Great cocktails
  • Great dessert
  • Great wine list

Popular for

  • Dinner
  • Solo dining

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Wheelchair accessible restroom
  • Wheelchair accessible seating

Offerings

  • Alcohol
  • Beer
  • Cocktails
  • Coffee
  • Halal food
  • Hard liquor
  • Late-night food
  • Wine

Dining options

  • Brunch
  • Dinner
  • Catering
  • Dessert
  • Seating

Amenities

  • Bar onsite
  • Restroom
  • Wi-Fi

Atmosphere

  • Cozy
  • Romantic
  • Trendy
  • Upscale

Crowd

  • Groups

Planning

  • Dinner reservations recommended
  • Accepts reservations

Payments

  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards

Parking

  • Free parking lot
  • Valet parking

Customer Reviews

Rating Distribution

4.7 out of 5
5
1703
4
119
3
75
2
31
1
67
Based on 1995 reviews

Hannah O'Toole

1 month ago

A perfect birthday celebration! The service was excellent and the food was phenomenal. It’s such a treat to go somewhere where every single person you met from beginning to end was a delight. Our waiter Will, along with every employee that we encountered was lovely and treated us to a wonderful evening!

Linda Cherenfant

1 month ago

I had an incredible dining experience at Rare steakhouse lounge. Cara was our amazing server and made our experience 10X better. This is our second time here and she remembered us from the moment we walked in! The food was absolutely amazing! The ambiance was also perfect. We will be back to see Cara!

Ngoc Sy

3 weeks ago

Dear Rare Steakhouse Management, I am writing to express my disappointment with my dining experience at your establishment last night. I was part of a group of 10 celebrating a birthday at the Encore Casino location on March 2nd. While the evening started off well, with a friendly and accommodating server, we encountered several issues that marred our celebration. Firstly, we noticed that some of the seafood in the two towers we ordered did not taste fresh, and the mushroom sides were overly salty. Despite these minor setbacks, we were enjoying our time until an incident with the restaurant manager, Cameron, occurred. Towards the end of our meal, as we were finishing our entrees and waiting for dessert, Cameron approached us in a manner we found quite rude. He asked us to lower our volume, claiming we were disturbing other diners, despite our table being located at the entrance, far from other occupied tables. His approach made us feel uncomfortable, as he continued to watch our group throughout the evening as if we were being babysat. Cameron returned a second time, this time with an attitude, threatening to call security if we didn’t quiet down. This left us feeling humiliated and embarrassed, as we were simply trying to enjoy a celebratory dinner. We have dined at many restaurants in the Boston area, including others at the casino, and have never felt discriminated against or treated like children in need of supervision. We were not disruptive or rude, and there were no signs indicating that we needed to whisper while dining. We believe it is reasonable to expect that a celebration includes talking, laughing, and cheering. The manager’s behavior was uncalled for and made us feel unwelcome, to the point where we felt compelled to leave.

Legna Primera

5 months ago

We celebrated my husband birthday here and service was very good. They had a nice handwritten birthday card for my husband once we sat down. The steak was average. We tried the ribeye. The seafood risotto was also average, nothing too special. The best thing we had to eat was the cheesesteak bites appetizer and the cocktails. The Zephyr cocktails was so good! The views and atmosphere are very enjoyable.

Kim Kelliher

3 weeks ago

Everything was phenomenal. Highly recommend the lamb shank. Our server was very attentive and catered to our diatary needs. Was not a huge fan of how rude our server was to his busser. It made dinner a bit awkward at times.

Tayla Smith

Brought my mom for her birthday and was blown away by the design of the restaurant itself. Service amazing, staff trained very well!! They made her feel very special on her day! Food was amazing! Thank you to our servers who made our night one to remember!

HT

Rare did such a good job hosting my birthday party this year, we had a larger party (10+ guests) and the whole team was spectacular in delivering attentive, intentional service. They brought out purse chairs for all the ladies and made us feel very welcomed. Khalid was a great, friendly server with an awesome sense of humor. Manager came and introduced himself who was also very kind. Big on “vibes” and rare exceeded our expectations. Will definitely come back!

Mike Killian

Rare! Yes it is to get that great of steaks and prime rib in the same restaurant. Often times a place specializes in steaks as most major chains do but can’t even think about good prime rib. Well Thursday night is a must at this restaurant. Absolutely the finest 16 oz of prime rib I’ve ever had anywhere. And I been searching out prime for 75 years. And my wife Linda had the sirloin which she said was exquisite. All the rest of the dishes were done with care and flavor and our waiter Will was a delight. I have to mark my Thursdays if and when we come back to RARE!

Location

Contact Information

Hours of Operation

Friday 5–10 PM
Monday Closed
Saturday 5–10 PM
Sunday 5–10 PM
Thursday 5–10 PM
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday Closed

Price Range

$100+