Rare Society - Solana Beach

We stopped by before the Donavon Frankenreiter show for dinner and was not disappointed! Grilled lobster and bone marrow apps were amazing. Fried chicken was enormous and perfectly crispy! I could have done without the dinner rolls, a little too buttery for me, but overall this place was amazing! Waitress was great too.

There aren 't many steakhouses around, so I was exceptionally excited for this. That being said, would say I was a bit underwhelmed. Atmosphere is great, service is excellent. Ordered the wedge salad, Parker rolls, and coconut shrimp. Wedge salad was over-dressed, under-lettuced, and there was too much blue cheese. Rolls were fluffy and excellent, shrimp was great. Got the Associate platter, and 30% of the meat was just too fatty to enjoy. Whole Lobster tail was good. ShellMac was fantastic, ricotta ravioli was good, whipped potatoes were a bit salty. Butter cake dessert was not good (go to Nick 's in One Paseo if you want butter cake). My suggestion for this place is to skip the meat board and order the cutyou want. 4 stars for the excellent service, prob 3 stars otherwise.

Still beyond myself as to how I had such an awful meal here. From the salad to the onion rings to tartare it was like someone was just pulling levers and doing guess work in the kitchen. These were some heavy over salted , over dressed dishes. Over dressed salad, a mountain of Parmesan that just came on it , over breaded and under fried onion rings. Rare steak ordered medium rare. These were just total rookie misses on part of the cooks that night. Cool ambience anddrinks. Will actually go back to the bar but will stay away from food.

Absolutely amazing, cannot wait to visit again! Gabby and Christina went above and beyond for us. Highly recommend. Truffled creamed spinach and steamed clams are a must! Very fond of my cocktail choice too, Solana Highlands

Shrimp, Caesar salad, truffle stuffed baked potato, steak sampler of tri-tip, filet, and tri-tip wagyu, and Bananas Foster cheesecake. I woke up still stuffed this morning! Oh, and, I'm apparently not getting out and about often enough, because it sure seemed like everybody in there was absolutely gorgeous. LOL.