Boathouse Restaurant
Traverse City, MI · American
Dedicated Wagyu house
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $22 on the menu we read · up to $24
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 waterfront fine dining room on Bowers Harbor at the foot of Old Mission Peninsula, open seven days a week from 3pm, with an OpenTable Diners' Choice award and a broad Wagyu program. The dinner card carries a heading reading American Wagyu, Snake River Farms, Idaho over a 6oz filet at 68 and an 8oz manhattan strip at 75, and adds a 14oz wagyu ribeye at 89, an 8oz wagyu hanger Oscar at 65, a wagyu carpaccio at 21 and a chateaubriand built on a 20oz center cut wagyu tenderloin at 199 for two. The bar menu adds a house ground wagyu blend burger at 22 and wagyu meatballs at 16. No breed generation or grade is published.
Authenticity flags
- The menu names Snake River Farms of Idaho above the filet and the manhattan strip, which is a real and checkable supplier. It does not say what generation of Wagyu those cattle are, and Snake River Farms itself describes its American Wagyu as a cross without publishing the percentage, so treat it as crossbred beef of undisclosed lineage rather than full-blood Wagyu.
- Only the filet and the manhattan strip sit under the Snake River Farms heading. The wagyu ribeye, the hanger, the carpaccio and the chateaubriand tenderloin are listed separately with no supplier attached, so the Idaho sourcing is not stated for those cuts.
- The restaurant's Farm to Table page still says it goes further afield for its amazing Kobe beef. That sentence has been on the site unchanged since 2013, and there is no Kobe on any current menu. The beef the kitchen actually names today is American Wagyu from Idaho. Do not come expecting Kobe.
- The bar burger is a house ground wagyu blend and the children's menu lists a burger spelled Waygu, both of which are ground beef rather than a graded cut. The steaks are the real Wagyu program here.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Snake River Farms
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Snake River Farms |
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
Sourced from
Evidence on file
“AMERICAN WAGYU, SNAKE RIVER FARMS, IDAHO / 6 oz filet...68 | 8 oz manhattan strip...75”
boathouseonwestbay.com “WAGYU RIBEYE / 14oz grilled, smoked tomato aioi, chimichurri, parsnip, balsamic cippolini, brussels sprouts / ...89 gf”
boathouseonwestbay.com “WAGYU HANGER OSCAR / 8oz grilled, snow crab, duck fat potato, grilled asparagus, bearnaise / ...65 gf ... WAGYU CARPACCIO / black garlic, field greens, 24mo parmesan, long pepper, olive oil, pickled shishito / ... 21 gf”
boathouseonwestbay.com
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“CHATEAUBRIAND / 20oz center cut wagyu tenderloin, twice baked potato, asparagus, creamed spinach, morel mushroom cream, black truffle demi glace, includes two greek or wedge salads / ...199 gf”
boathouseonwestbay.com “Boathouse Burger : : house ground wagyu blend, english cheddar, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, french fries - $22 ... Wagyu Meatballs : : heirloom tomato sauce, parmesan, arugula, pickled fennel - $16”
boathouseonwestbay.com “when we must go further afield (for our amazing Kobe beef or seafood, for example), we look for sources that practice sustainable agriculture and fishing.”
boathouseonwestbay.com “when we must go further afield (for our amazing Kobe beef or seafood, for example), we look for sources that practice sustainable agriculture and fishing.”
web.archive.org “Open 7 days a week starting at 3pm ... 14039 Peninsula Drive Traverse City, Michigan, 49686”
boathouseonwestbay.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 Boathouse Restaurant serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on August 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 Boathouse Restaurant serve?
- Its menu discloses American and Snake River Farms. 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 Boathouse Restaurant 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.