Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Roppongi

An elegant open dining room, attentive service, and nice presentation. After reading a number of favorable food reviews, and having waited several weeks in advance for a lunch reservation, we had arrived hungry and expecting good food. Alas! The portions are generous, but the quality of the steak was truly disappointing. We ordered the rib-eye and the New York steaks, and all agreed that the rib-eye was okay at best, and the New York actually tasted gamey - enough that at any other steakhouse in America we'd have sent it back. We were there for our son's 10th birthday though, and didn't want to spoil the occasion for him by hassling over the food. He was content. We weren't, and were surprised that a restaurant bearing Wolfgang's name can do seemingly good business serving such low quality meat - and charging $70-90 per steak (sides are extra!). We left thinking the locals have been seduced by the name on the marquis, the presentation, or perhaps a simple case of "must've been good because I just dropped a small fortune". If you really like steak, go elsewhere. Wolfgang's advertises their beef is house-aged USDA Prime. I can't say with any certainty what it was we were actually served, but we did leave with the certain knowledge that we'd just been fleeced.