A5
Verified
Rare Steakhouse
Madison, WI · Steakhouse
Sourcing Transparent
Tier 2 · Provenance-Transparent What the tiers mean
Wagyu from $127 on the menu we read · up to $142
Why it's listed
Rare Steakhouse, a downtown Madison fine-dining staple since 2014, is among the city's few purveyors of true Japanese A5 Wagyu, listing an A5 'Kusunoki' by the ounce. It also serves American Wagyu from Sakura Farms in both ribeye and Kansas City strip cuts. Named producers and a genuine A5 program make it a provenance-transparent Wagyu destination.
Wagyu on the menu
- American
- Brand / Prefecture
- Not listed
- Grade
- Not listed
- Producer
- Sakura Farms
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Kusunoki
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
| Origin | Brand / Prefecture | Grade | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | Not listed | Not listed | Sakura Farms |
| Japanese | Kusunoki | A5 | Not listed |
The experience
New to these? Ways to eat Wagyu
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
“JAPANESE A5 WAGYU - Kusunoki $45.00/per oz.; Sakura Farms American Wagyu Ribeye $127.00/18 oz.; Sakura Farms American Wagyu Kansas City Strip $142.00/20 oz.”
rare-madison.com
Quoted from the sources checked when this listing was verified.
Address
14 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI · Madison, WI 53703Get directions See Madison on the Wagyu map →
Phone
Price
Price tier 4 of 4
Last verified
August 18, 2026 · evidence on file
Something wrong with this restaurant? Tell us
Common questions
- Does Rare Steakhouse serve real Wagyu?
- Yes, and it says where the beef comes from. Rare Steakhouse in Madison, WI publishes enough detail on its own materials to identify the Wagyu it sells, which is the standard this directory calls verified, last checked on August 18, 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 Rare Steakhouse serve?
- Its menu discloses Sakura Farms and Kusunoki A5. 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 Rare Steakhouse 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 August 18, 2026.