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Wagyu restaurants in District of Columbia
3 restaurants are verified for disclosed Wagyu sourcing in District of Columbia. 16 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.
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Eating Wagyu in District of Columbia
Nineteen Washington restaurants publish here and three clear the full sourcing standard, which leaves sixteen resting on a menu claim. The District is a single city, so this page and the Washington city page cover exactly the same ground and every documented Wagyu room in the jurisdiction appears on both. That is worth stating rather than papering over: there is no second city here for a room to be in.
What the three lack in number they make up in reach. Bourbon Steak documents three separate origins on one list, Japanese, Australian and American, naming Chateau Uenae in Hokkaido, Senku in Australia and 7X Beef in Colorado. Mastro's names Westholme and WinterFrost. Between them, two of the three rooms name five producers across three continents, which is a great deal of disclosure for a pillar this small.
All three price in the top tier, which happens in thirteen states here and is no surprise in a city where the steakhouse is an expense line. Two of the three are steakhouses and the third is a Japanese room, and every one of them documents its Japanese beef at A5 rather than anything below it.
Zero Washington rooms hold a licence on the official Kobe register and zero carry the Certified Kobe badge, and none of the three reaches the top tier. Sixteen more rooms advertise Wagyu without documenting where it came from, better than five menu claims for every documented room, and in a market this compact that is the most workable backlog in the directory: it is one city, and the addresses are all within a few miles of each other.
Verified restaurants
3 venues
Bourbon Steak - Washington
Washington, DC
Mastro's Steakhouse Washington DC
Washington, DC
O-Ku Washington DC
Washington, DC
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.
16 venues
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse Washington DC
Washington, DC
Fogo de Chao - The Wharf
Washington, DC
Fogo de Chao Washington DC
Washington, DC
Imperfecto Washington DC
Washington, DC
Kappo DC
Washington, DC
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar - Washington
Washington, DC
Love, Makoto (Beloved BBQ)
Washington, DC
Morton's The Steakhouse Washington DC
Washington, DC
Nobu Washington DC
Washington, DC
Ox & Olive
Washington, DC
RARE Steakhouse & Tavern
Washington, DC
SHOTO
Washington, DC
STK Steakhouse Washington DC
Washington, DC
Sushi Taro
Washington, DC
The Capital Grille Washington DC
Washington, DC
The Palm Washington DC
Washington, DC
Wagyu in District of Columbia, answered
- How many verified Wagyu restaurants are in the District of Columbia?
- 3 restaurants are verified for disclosed Wagyu sourcing in the District of Columbia, plus 16 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 the District of Columbia?
- None of our verified District of Columbia venues currently show a Certified Kobe badge. That means WagyuSpot has not found both an official venue-directory match and a current Kobe menu claim locally; it is not a conclusion about evidence the directory has not reviewed. See the national Kobe list for current matches.
- What kinds of Wagyu do District of Columbia restaurants serve?
- Listed District of Columbia venues disclose American, Australian and Japanese Wagyu, including named origins such as Miyazaki, Carrara Stone Axe, Hokkaido, Kagoshima. Each listing states what the venue's own menu discloses, plus the grade or producer where one is named.
- Which cities in the District of Columbia have verified Wagyu restaurants?
- Washington has at least two verified venues, which is the threshold for a city page of its own. Verified rooms elsewhere in the District of Columbia are listed on this page rather than under a city.
- How are District of Columbia 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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