Eddie Merlot's Columbus Ohio

Why Eddie Merlot’s Columbus made the SteakMap list

Two things earn this room its place, and the first is stated plainly at the top of the steak section: hand-cut in house, aged a minimum of 28 days.

Both halves of that sentence matter. Hand-cutting means the kitchen breaks down primals itself and controls thickness and grain. A stated minimum age means the aging is a policy rather than a claim attached to one showpiece cut — every Prime steak on the board has had four weeks before it reaches a grill.

Wagyu with the producer named

The second reason is the wagyu section, which is unusually honest about where the beef comes from. A Rangers Valley MS9+ filet mignon from Australia at 6oz and 8oz. A Rangers Valley MS7/8+ ribeye at 16oz. And an 18oz American wagyu bone-in strip from Snake River Farms in Idaho.

Offering two marble scores from the same producer is the interesting choice. MS9+ is intensely rich and best in small portions; MS7/8 gives you the marbling with enough restraint to eat a full steak. Most menus put up one wagyu and let you guess where it sits.

The Snake River Farms strip is the one to order if you want to understand American wagyu — bone-in, 18oz, and priced below the Australian filet.

The rest of the board

All USDA Prime: New York strip at 12oz and 16oz, a 16oz ribeye, a 22oz bone-in Cowboy Cut, filet mignon at 8oz and 12oz, and a Prime Bourbon Ribeye finished with bourbon, brown sugar and onion straws. A 6oz bison filet gives the table a leaner option, and there is a Thomas Farms rack of lamb from Australia.

Composed filets cover the smaller appetites: a Trio of Medallions Oscar-style with peppercorn sauce and bacon gorgonzola, a Filet Del Mar with crab and shrimp, and a New Orleans Mixed Grill with blackened shrimp and andouille.

Menu prices

As published on Eddie Merlot’s own menu, August 2026: Rangers Valley MS9+ wagyu filet 8oz $99 and 6oz $79, Rangers Valley MS7/8+ wagyu ribeye 16oz $99, Snake River Farms American wagyu bone-in strip 18oz $79, twin lobster tails $95, 22oz Prime bone-in Cowboy Cut $89, Prime Bourbon Ribeye $75, 12oz filet mignon $73, 16oz Prime ribeye $69, Trio of Medallions $65, 16oz Prime New York strip $64, rack of lamb $62, 8oz filet mignon $56, 12oz Prime strip $55, bison filet $53, Filet Del Mar $42 and the New Orleans Mixed Grill $39.

Eddie Merlot’s also runs a Cincinnati room. Compare the rest of the steakhouses in Columbus.