Rare

I was in the Baker Street area in need of something substantial to eat when I saw Rare. It’s directly across Baker Street from the Tube station, so it caught my eye, and I was in the mood for steak…
I got the the impression the place had just opened. It was comfortable and clean, the staff were attentive enough, and the menu promised the freshest ingredients, skilfully prepared. I had a starter of chicken caesar salad, followed by a large steak with mashed potato and onion rings (the cost of the steak includes one side, any others are extra). The salad couldn’t be faulted, it was a tasty caesar salad I imagine a main course portion of it would be quite filling. The steak I ordered rare, and that’s what I got. It was a succulent bit of meat, exactly what I had been looking for. A touch of mustaerd went perfectly with it. The onion rings were tasty and crisp, not the greasy, soggy items you are sometimes faced with.
The problem was the potatoes, which appeared to have been microwaved. It could easily have been a supermarket pre-​packed mash quickly nuked and transferred into a bowl, because that’s exactly what it tasted like. Accompanying such a tasty steak, it was a real let down, hence the two stars. I am not saying I wouldn’t go back, but if I did I would avoid the mash.