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RARE Brasserie & Bar
A City Walk brasserie that cooks over wood: big shared cuts, a short steak list and a bar in the middle of the room.
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By Silas Brand · Steakpedia editorial voice · Who writes
Why go
Wood fire. Brasserie plates. RARE cooks its steaks over a wood fire, and the house says so on every page: the menu, the business lunch, the Monday steak night. It opened in March 2024 in City Walk's licensed C2 district as a steakhouse of 130 seats, and now calls itself a modern French brasserie with live music. The steak list is short. Four single cuts. Three big ones to share. The large cuts are where the grill earns its keep: a porterhouse, a côte de boeuf aged 30 days, a whole Chateaubriand. Time Out Dubai put it in its 2026 steakhouse guide.
What to order
1.3 kg / 2.9 lb côte de boeuf, dry-aged 30 days
1.2 kg / 2.6 lb porterhouse
300 g / 11 oz flat iron
Not published: grade, price.
01What to order
- 1.3 kg / 2.9 lb côte de boeuf, dry-aged 30 daysAED 980 on the April 2026 menu, with garlic butter. Bone-in rib for the table.
- 1.2 kg / 2.6 lb porterhouseAED 740, with Café de Paris butter and jus. Fillet and striploin on one bone.
- 300 g / 11 oz flat ironAED 215, with salsa pebre and amarillo chile. The shoulder cut, the least expensive steak on the list.
- 400 g / 14 oz entrecôteAED 325 with béarnaise; add grilled bone marrow for AED 70.
- 300 g / 11 oz wagyu striploin, marble score 6+AED 295, with wasabi cream. The menu does not say where the wagyu is from.
- Denver steak frites, MondaysSteak, house fries, anchovy butter and leaf salad: AED 399 for two, all day.
02The beef
The menu gives weights, not origins. Flat iron 300 g / 11 oz, entrecôte 400 g / 14 oz, filet au poivre 200 g / 7 oz (AED 268), wagyu striploin 300 g / 11 oz at marble score 6+. The côte de boeuf is the only cut with an aging figure: 30 days dry. Breed, country and feeding are not on the card. Beyond steak: wagyu tartare (AED 118), bone marrow on toast, braised ox cheek and a 400 g / 14 oz short rib (AED 315). The number: 30 days.
03The fire
The house describes wood-fire cooking. At the 2024 opening, FACT wrote that the steaks were cooked on charcoal. The 2026 menu also lists a charcoal cabbage. Both fuels may be in the kitchen; no source describes the grill itself.
04The story
RARE opened on March 15, 2024, in the C2 district of City Walk. Its founder, Sahil Anand, had opened CMP Bar & Grill at The Pointe first; FACT named Jesse Blake and Ryan Bernardo as the opening chefs, and the house website now lists Ryan Benardo as head chef. Time Out's April 2026 guide still listed a 1 kg / 2.2 lb porterhouse and an oyster blade; the April 2026 menu has a 1.2 kg / 2.6 lb porterhouse and a flat iron instead.
05The practical
C2 Licensed District, City Walk, Dubai. Sunday to Thursday, noon to midnight; Friday and Saturday, noon to 2 a.m. +971 4 287 4604, reservations@therare.ae. Business lunch Monday to Friday, 12 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: two courses AED 105, three AED 135. Live piano on weekends from 9 p.m. The menu includes pork in some dishes (pancetta in the Caesar, bacon crumbs on the scallops). Order the côte de boeuf.
- Address
- C2, City Walk, Al Wasl, Dubai
- Phone
- +971 4 287 4604
- Website
- therare.ae
- Directions
- Google Maps ↗
How much are the large cuts at RARE Dubai?
On the April 2026 menu: 1.2 kg / 2.6 lb porterhouse AED 740, 1.3 kg / 2.9 lb 30-day dry-aged côte de boeuf AED 980, 600 g / 21 oz Chateaubriand AED 830.
Does RARE City Walk cook over wood?
The restaurant describes wood-fire cooking; in 2024 FACT wrote that the steaks were cooked on charcoal.
What are RARE's opening hours?
Sunday to Thursday 12 p.m.–12 a.m., Friday and Saturday 12 p.m.–2 a.m.
Is there a steak night at RARE?
Steak Frites Mondays: a Denver steak with fries, anchovy butter and salad, AED 399 for two.
06In Dubai’s selections
07Sources
timeoutdubai.com · factmagazines.com · therare.ae · therare.ae · therare.ae · therare.ae · therare.ae
Last verified Oct. 29, 2026.
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