Hestia
Austin, TX · Contemporary American (live-fire)
High quality cooking, worth a stop. Awarded by the MICHELIN Guide, not by WagyuSpot. Our verification covers this venue's Wagyu sourcing only.
Tier 2 · Provenance-Transparent What the tiers mean
Why it's listed
Hestia, Chef Kevin Fink's Michelin-starred live-fire restaurant in downtown Austin, cooks everything over a 20-foot hearth with an emphasis on Texas sourcing. Its beef program features a 42-day dry-aged Wagyu NY strip and a wagyu-lardo toast, and the Emmer Hospitality Group draws Wagyu from named Texas purveyors including Wagyu X, Iron Table Wagyu, and Peeler Farms. Provenance is producer-transparent, though Wagyu is one of several rotating live-fire proteins rather than the sole focus of the seasonal menu.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Texas Wagyu (42-day dry-aged NY strip)
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Texas Wagyu purveyors (per Emmer Hospitality Group)
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Texas Wagyu (42-day dry-aged NY strip) | Not listed | Texas Wagyu purveyors (per Emmer Hospitality Group) |
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.
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
- Wagyu Xfarm ↗
- Legacy Custom Meats
- Startz Cattlefarm ↗
- Iron Table Wagyu
- Peeler Farmsfarm ↗
Evidence on file
“42-day dry-aged wagyu NY strip steak with smoked potato, wood ash butter, and wild onion... wagyu lardo toast with beef belly lardo (fat) on sourdough.”
feastio.com “The restaurant uses a variety of Texas Wagyu purveyors like Wagyu X, Legacy Custom Meats, Startz Cattle, Iron Table Wagyu, and Peeler Farms (Emmer Hospitality Group).”
hestiaaustin.com
Quoted from the sources checked when this listing was verified.
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Common questions
- Does Hestia serve real Wagyu?
- Yes, and it says where the beef comes from. Hestia in Austin, TX publishes enough detail on its own materials to identify the Wagyu it sells, which is the standard this directory calls verified, last checked on July 16, 2026. That means a named Japanese brand or prefecture with its grade, an American breed status with a named producer, or an Australian producer with a marbling score.
- What kind of Wagyu does Hestia serve?
- Its menu discloses Texas Wagyu (42-day dry-aged NY strip). 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.
- How was Hestia verified?
- By reading the venue's own current material, its menu, its site or its ordering system, and quoting the line that names the beef. Reviews, aggregator copies and press mentions are not accepted as the source, because they go stale silently. Verification is assisted by AI and every claim is stored with the page it came from, last confirmed on July 16, 2026.