Double Knot
Philadelphia, PA · Japanese
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $9 on the menu we read · up to $76
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
Michael Schulson's bi-level izakaya in Midtown Village, a cocktail lounge upstairs over an intimate candlelit sushi bar and robatayaki room below, open from 4pm daily with a walk-in happy hour until 7pm. One menu covers both floors. Four Wagyu dishes run across it: Grilled Japanese Wagyu at $76, a Wagyu Bavette at $29, a Wagyu soup dumpling at $13, and Wagyu on the robata. The kitchen states that the $76 dish is Japanese but names no prefecture, farm or grade for any of them. Two further items are sold as Kobe, a nigiri at $17 a piece and a $13 robata skewer, and the restaurant is not licensed by the official Kobe Beef association. Both Kobe items are priced far below the kitchen's own unbranded Japanese Wagyu, so read them as Wagyu of undisclosed origin.
Authenticity flags
- Two items here are sold as Kobe, an A-5 Kobe nigiri at $17 a piece and a kobe beef robata skewer at $13. This restaurant is not licensed by the official Kobe Beef association in Japan. The pricing argues against the claim from inside the menu itself: the kitchen charges $76 for a dish it simply calls Grilled Japanese Wagyu, and Kobe is a narrow and more expensive subset of Japanese Wagyu, not a cheaper one. The $13 skewer also sits in the ordinary robata list beside ribeye at $9 and short rib at $10.
- The Grilled Japanese Wagyu at $76 is stated to be Japanese but no prefecture, farm or grade is given for it, and the Wagyu bavette and Wagyu soup dumpling name no country at all. Ask where the beef comes from if provenance matters to you.
Wagyu on the menu
- Wagyu
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Japanese | 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
“$76 GRILLED JAPANESE WAGYU $76 rice cracker, sesame, wasabi”
doubleknotphilly.com “$29 WAGYU BAVETTE $29 japanese sweet potato, miso butter, bonito”
doubleknotphilly.com “$13 WAGYU SOUP DUMPLING* $13 ginger, soy, chili”
doubleknotphilly.com
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“$17 A-5 KOBE + SCALLION + SALT 1 piece $17”
doubleknotphilly.com “ribeye scallion* $09 | kobe beef $13 | short rib* $10 | lamb chop $13 | hanger steak scallion $06”
doubleknotphilly.com “[USA listing fetched at the prefecture=52 URL, 330,728 chars. Normalised NFKD search: 'double knot' and 'schulson' both return zero matches.]”
kobe-niku.jp “Double Knot showcases two floors of beautiful design, cocktail lounge upstairs, sushi bar and robatayaki underneath ... 120 South 13th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19107”
doubleknotphilly.com “Double Knot 120 S 13th St Philadelphia, PA 19107 ... Hours Sunday-Tuesday: 4pm-10pm Wednesday-Thursday: 4pm-11pm Friday-Saturday: 4pm-12am Happy Hour (walk-in only) Everyday: 4pm-7pm”
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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 Double Knot 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.
- What kind of Wagyu does Double Knot serve?
- Its menu discloses 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 Double Knot 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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