Verified location guide
Wagyu restaurants in Arizona
7 restaurants are verified for disclosed Wagyu sourcing in Arizona. 24 more venues have a menu-confirmed offering without a full authenticity badge.
Verification status, not the total number of listings, determines this page's count and eligibility. Read the methodology.
Data verified throughCity guides in Arizona
Wagyu disclosed in Arizona
Origins: American · Australian · Japanese
Eating Wagyu in Arizona
Thirty-one Arizona restaurants publish here and seven clear the full sourcing standard, with twenty-four resting on a menu claim. Five of the seven are in Scottsdale, which makes this a Scottsdale page more than an Arizona one. Phoenix and Gilbert carry one apiece, and Tucson none.
Three Arizona rooms hold a Kobe registry licence and three were serving Kobe when we last looked. Full conversion is a good deal easier on three rooms than on twenty, so it is not a boast, but it does mean every Arizona licence in our records currently corresponds to Kobe actually being on the menu.
Every one of the seven documents Japanese beef and not one documents American, which is unusual in a state with this much steakhouse trade. The range of rooms is wider than the number suggests: three steakhouses, two Japanese dining rooms, a robata counter and a modern Mexican restaurant. It is the Mexican room that carries one of the Kobe badges, which is a fair warning against reading the cuisine label as a guide to the beef.
Three of the seven reach the top tier, a high proportion for a list this short. The by-the-ounce counter is the most common Wagyu format in the state and the ribeye is the cut named most often.
Verified restaurants
7 venues
Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse
Scottsdale, AZ
Roka Akor - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Toca Madera - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Dominick's Steakhouse
Scottsdale, AZ
Nobu Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Shimogamo Japanese Restaurant - Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
Steak 44
Phoenix, AZ
Menu claims only
These venues have a current published Wagyu offering but do not meet the full provenance standard. They carry no authenticity badge and do not count toward this page's verified total.
24 venues
Cleaverman
Phoenix, AZ
Durant's Steakhouse
Phoenix, AZ
Fogo de Chao - Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
Fogo de Chao - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
J&G Steakhouse
Scottsdale, AZ
Jin Shabu
Chandler, AZ
Kasai Scottsdale - Japanese Steakhouse
Scottsdale, AZ
Kauboi
Scottsdale, AZ
Kona Grill - Gilbert
Gilbert, AZ
Kona Grill - Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - Chandler
Chandler, AZ
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - Goodyear
Goodyear, AZ
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Mensho Ramen
Mesa, AZ
Ocean 44
Scottsdale, AZ
PY Steakhouse
Tucson, AZ
Shimogamo Japanese Restaurant - Chandler
Chandler, AZ
STK Steakhouse - Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
STK Steakhouse - Scottsdale
Scottsdale, AZ
Three Thirty Three
Tempe, AZ
Uppercut
Phoenix, AZ
Wren & Wolf
Phoenix, AZ
ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho
Scottsdale, AZ
Wagyu in Arizona, answered
- How many verified Wagyu restaurants are in Arizona?
- 7 restaurants are verified for disclosed Wagyu sourcing in Arizona, plus 24 more with a menu-confirmed offering. Verified and menu-confirmed are separate: the latter means a current first-party menu advertises Wagyu, but the available evidence does not establish full provenance.
- Can you get Kobe beef in Arizona?
- Yes. 3 verified Arizona venues carry a Certified Kobe badge, meaning they are on the official Kobe registry and Kobe is on the current menu.
- What kinds of Wagyu do Arizona restaurants serve?
- Listed Arizona venues disclose American, Australian and Japanese Wagyu, including named origins such as Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Kobe, Black Opal. Each listing states what the venue's own menu discloses, plus the grade or producer where one is named.
- Which cities in Arizona have verified Wagyu restaurants?
- Scottsdale has at least two verified venues, which is the threshold for a city page of its own. Verified rooms elsewhere in Arizona are listed on this page rather than under a city.
- How are Arizona Wagyu restaurants verified?
- Each venue is checked against current first-party evidence before it publishes. Documented provenance can qualify for verification; menu-only Wagyu claims appear as menu-confirmed without an authenticity badge. Kobe requires both the official registry and Kobe on the current menu.
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