Menu claim
Tenzan
New York, NY
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Menu claim only
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 neighbourhood Japanese restaurant on Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side. Its only Wagyu-family item is a Kobe Pocket at $12.50, lightly fried stuffed tofu skin with Kobe beef and a chef's stuffing, served with a creamy sauce. The word wagyu does not appear on the menu at all.
Authenticity flags
- This restaurant's menu sells a Kobe Pocket at $12.50, described as stuffed tofu skin with Kobe beef. Kobe is a protected Japanese brand from Hyogo Prefecture that only licensed restaurants may sell, and this restaurant appears nowhere on the official Kobe Beef Marketing and Distribution Promotion Association registry, which holds seventeen New York entries. The price is a further signal: genuine Kobe is not sold as a $12.50 appetiser. Treat it as beef of undisclosed origin rather than certified Kobe.
Wagyu on the menu
- unknown
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
Evidence on file
“Kitchen Appetizers - Kobe Pocket $12.50: Lightly fried stuffed tofu skin with Kobe Beef & Chef's special stuffing. Served with Creamy Sauce.”
tenzannewyork.net
Quoted from the venue's own menu or site. A Wagyu claim on a menu is not the same as documented provenance.
Address
285 Columbus Ave · New York, NY 10023Get directions See New York on the Wagyu map →
Last checked
August 22, 2026 · evidence on file
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Common questions
- Does Tenzan serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on August 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.
- What kind of Wagyu does Tenzan serve?
- Its menu discloses unknown. 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 Tenzan 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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