1639 at Newport Harbor Island Resort
Newport, RI · New American
Tier 3 · Menu claim only What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $250 on the menu we read
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
1639 is the waterfront dining room at Newport Harbor Island Resort on Goat Island, serving breakfast every morning and dinner nightly beneath floor to ceiling views of Newport Harbor. The kitchen leans coastal New England with a raw bar, caviar service and house made pasta. Its steak section runs to a smoked filet mignon, a 35 day dry aged New York strip, and a Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye at $250 served with a choice of two sauces. The menu does not say where that Wagyu comes from, so ask when booking if origin matters to you.
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 |
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
“Entrees, complete for beef: "Smoked Filet Mignon $70.00 Whipped Peruvian purple potato, baby carrot, Nebbiolo jus" / "Dry-Aged NY Strip | 35 Days $85.00 Nebbiolo reduction jus" / "Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye $250.00 Choice of two sauces".”
newportharborisland.com “Independent second read of the same page confirms "Wagyu Tomahawk Ribeye" at $250.00 with "Choice of two sauces", and that the document contains no producer names, farm locations, grades or geographic sourcing for the beef.”
newportharborisland.com “Absence check on the 124,677-byte raw source: "westholme" 0 matches, "aus-meat" 0, "marble score" 0, no MB or MS score anywhere. The only three 'a5' substrings sit inside hex hashes.”
newportharborisland.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 1639 at Newport Harbor Island Resort serve real Wagyu?
- Its own current menu advertises Wagyu, and that claim was read directly on August 9, 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 1639 at Newport Harbor Island Resort 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 1639 at Newport Harbor Island Resort 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.