21 Best Restaurants in Portland, OR | Condé Nast Traveler

"At Nodoguro, a Japanese restaurant that offers several levels of blowout omakase options, each dish, nigiri included, is like a miniature work of art made from top-notch ingredients—especially the fish, which is typically wild-caught and flown in from the Fukuoka and Tsukiji fish markets in Japan. You'll feast on Wagyu that's been shipped in from Kagoshima that very day, albacore from Astoria, sea urchin from Santa Barbara, sea bream from Fukuoka, saba from Oita, barracuda from Kanagawa, and scallops from Hokkaido. The atmosphere is hushed and subdued; there are only 16 seats in a horseshoe-shaped design, an effort to keep the focus on chef Ryan Roadhouse, who composes many of his dishes as if he were on a stage. Still, with a soundtrack of '80s pop, the vibe here still manages to be fun and not super formal." - Hannah Wallace