Thefine dining restaurant Nodoguro servesJapanese cuisine inPortland, Oregon.[5] According toEater Portland, "Nodoguro's ephemeral tasting menus have taken inspiration from Japanese record bars, pop culture, Spanish culinary traditions, and seasonal Oregon vegetables, with additional one-off events like sake dinners and handroll nights."[6]
The menu has includedabalone,katsuobushi-scented jellied broth overDungeness crab,sake,sushi, uni risotto,[6] and miso butter cookies.[6][7] The restaurant has also served somen noodles with a raw oyster in a ginger broth, Japanese eggplant poached in miso with duck, and wagyu steak.[8]
Nodoguro has operated from theGenoa Building (top, pictured in 2012) in southeast Portland's Sunnyside neighborhood and theMorgan Building (bottom, pictured in 2018) in downtown Portland
Nodoguro was named Restaurant of the Year byPortland Monthly in 2015.[20] In his 2018 review forThe Oregonian, Michael Russell said, "The through line here is outstanding food. If you can afford the $195 per person price -- Portland's most expensive recurring meal -- the SupaHardcore nights are among the most singular dining experiences in Portland, a modern take on kaiseki more likely to exist in a much larger city."[8] Nodoguro was named Portland's Best Restaurant in 2023 and 2024 in Russell's best restaurant list inThe Oregonian.[1] He ranked the business number 4 in the newspaper's 2025 list of Portland's 40 best restaurants.[21]
In 2018,Eater Portland's Mattie John Bamman wrote, "If you're looking for upscale, mindbogglingly imaginative sushi, this is the place... Its several-course dinners in a minimalist, almost intimidatingly serene space, juxtaposed with small plates like uni risotto as comforting as Kraft mac and cheese, make Nodoguro both playful and completely serious at the same time. IfBamboo is Portland's most famous sushi, Nodoguro is the most modern and refined."[6] The website's Seiji Nanbu and Janey Wong included Nodoguro in a 2024 list of the best sushi restaurants in thePortland metropolitan area.[6]
In 2015-2020, 2024, and 2025 Nodoguro earned Ryan Roadhouse a nomination in the Best Chefs: Northwest and Pacific category of theJames Beard Foundation Awards.[22][23] Ryan Roadhouse has also earned other chef accolades such as, Rising Star Chef in 2014[24] and a feature in Questlove's book about culinary creativity,Something to Food About.[25][26] Hannah Wallace included the business inCondé Nast Traveler's 2025 list of Portland's 23 best restaurants.[27] The business was included inPortland Monthly's 2025 list of 25 restaurants "that made Portland".[28]
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