Yakiniku Shodai
San Francisco, CA · Japanese (Yakiniku)
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $150 on the menu we read · up to $225
This listing's current published materials advertise Wagyu, but the offering does not meet our full verification standard for provenance. It carries no authenticity badge; undisclosed details remain explicitly unverified.
Why it's listed
Yakiniku Shodai is a Wagyu-focused yakiniku counter near San Francisco's Civic Center where chefs grill a parade of cuts tableside. Its heart is a Wagyu tasting, a $150 set and a $225 Shodai set, spanning Japanese A5 (oyster blade, tenderloin, and yakishabu striploin), plus US and Australian Wagyu, with an a la carte menu on weekdays. The venue states it serves 'Australian, USA, and Japanese Wagyu selected by the highest standards.' Wagyu is genuinely central, but no prefecture, brand, producer, or Australian score is published, so provenance detail still needs confirmation.
Wagyu on the menu
- Australian
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Japanese | Not listed | A5 | Not listed |
The experience
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Cuts named on the Wagyu menu
Read from this venue’s quoted evidence, so a listed cut may not be on tonight. What these cuts are
Evidence on file
“The oyster blade (Japanese A5 wagyu) ... The tenderloin (Japanese A5 wagyu) ... The yakishabu striploin (Japanese A5 wagyu) ... either the $150 or $225 tasting menu, both of which are a parade of wagyu cuts”
theinfatuation.com “proud to serve Australian, USA, and Japanese Wagyu selected by the highest standards”
shodaisf.com
Quoted from the venue's own menu or site. A Wagyu claim on a menu is not the same as documented provenance.
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Common questions
- Does Yakiniku Shodai serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on July 17, 2026. What the menu does not do is say which Wagyu: no prefecture, grade, breed status or producer is published, so the sourcing cannot be checked from outside. That is a gap in what is written down rather than a suggestion that anything is wrong with the beef, and plenty of kitchens buy carefully without printing the details.
- What kind of Wagyu does Yakiniku Shodai serve?
- Its menu discloses Australian, American and A5 Japanese. Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- Why is Yakiniku Shodai listed without a Wagyu badge?
- Because a badge here means the sourcing was checked, not that the food is good. This listing is published because the venue genuinely advertises Wagyu on its own current material, and it carries no badge because that material does not say which Wagyu. If the venue publishes the prefecture, grade, breed status or producer, the listing can move.
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