Chez Grace
Coralville, IA · French
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
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 24 seat nouveau French room in Coralville, in the Iowa City metro, serving dinner Wednesday through Sunday from 5:30pm with Monday and Tuesday by arrangement. Reservations are required and taken by phone, and the kitchen runs six tables a night. Dinner is prix fixe at $100 to $140 for four or five courses. The posted menu lists one Wagyu dish, a Wagyu Fillet Mignon A5 from Japan with pommes de terre and a truffle balsamic emulsion glaze, offered as a $110 supplement. It names the country and the grade but no prefecture, brand or farm.
Authenticity flags
- The dinner menu on its website is labelled a sample and the kitchen says the menu changes daily, so the A5 Wagyu may not be running on the night you book. It is sold as a supplement on top of the set-price dinner, not as a main course you can order on its own.
- The menu says the beef is A5 and from Japan but does not name a prefecture, a brand or a farm, so there is no way to tell from the menu which Japanese herd it came from. Ask when you reserve if that matters to you.
Wagyu on the menu
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Not listed | A5 | Not listed |
Menu rotates This kitchen changes its menu, so the cuts above may vary by night. Confirm with the venue before booking around a particular one.
Evidence on file
“Wagyu Fillet Mignon A5 from Japan Pommes De Terre, Truffle Balsamic Emulsion Glaze (sup $110)”
chezgrace.com “Wagyu Fillet Mignon A5 from Japan Pommes De Terre, Truffle Balsamic Emulsion Glaze (sup $110) -- present in the 2025-08-12 capture and absent from the 2024-07-10 capture of the same page.”
web.archive.org “Our Menu Changes Daily Limited Quantity on all the menu (SAMPLE MENU) PRIX FIXE Composer Votre Menu Selon Votre Appetit CREATE ACCORDING TO YOUR APPETITE Four Courses $130 (First Course, soup or salad, Choice of main course, Dessert).”
chezgrace.com
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“Dinner Wednesday-Saturday 5:30PM - 9:30 Sunday 5:30PM - 9PM Monday & Tuesday Open By reservation ... Chez Grace is a small restaurant. Our dining room seats 24 people at 6 tables at any one time.”
chezgrace.com “Chez Grace is a reservation driven restaurant and required, (no walk-ins). Reservations are accepted by phone and require credit card to hold a reservation by calling 319-338-1738.”
chezgrace.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 Chez Grace serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on August 18, 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 Chez Grace serve?
- Its menu discloses 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 Chez Grace 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.