Max Downtown
Hartford, CT · Steakhouse
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $49 on the menu we read · up to $64
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
A long-running chophouse in City Place at 185 Asylum Street in downtown Hartford, part of the Max Hospitality group, serving lunch weekdays from 11:30am and dinner nightly. The dinner menu carries one Wagyu item, a Wagyu picanha steak with red chimichurri at $64, listed alongside a Michter's soy-marinated prime sirloin and a USDA Prime tomahawk. It is the only Wagyu dish across the restaurant's dinner, lunch, tavern, happy hour and private dining menus.
Authenticity flags
- The one Wagyu dish on the menu, a picanha steak at 64 dollars, names no country of origin, no grade and no producer. At that price it is unlikely to be Japanese. Ask your server where the beef comes from if that matters to you.
Wagyu on the menu
- Wagyu
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
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
“MICHTER'S SOY-MARINATED PRIME SIRLOIN hand-cut fries, kimchi ranch 49 WAGYU PICANHA STEAK red chimichurri 64 USDA PRIME TOMAHAWK”
maxdowntown.com “City Place, 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 ... Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am - 2:30pm ... Dinner Mon-Thu 5pm - 9pm ... Fri 5pm - 10pm ... Sat 4pm - 10pm ... Sun 4pm - 9pm”
maxdowntown.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 Max Downtown serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on July 22, 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.
- Why is Max Downtown 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.