Voted Best Comfort Food Restaurant — Portland, OR • Willamette Week Restaurant of the Year

Established Portland · Downtown

Comfort food that
takes you home again.

Scratch-made breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner from Chef Lisa Schroeder, in a 200-seat downtown room just off the Embassy Suites lobby.

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4.6 · 5,454 Google reviews

Open today · Brunch & Dinner

As recognized by Willamette Week ✦ Food & Wine ✦ Portland Business Journal ✦ IACP ✦ Today Show

25+ Years on
3rd Ave

Our philosophy

The best meals of a country aren't in its restaurants. They're found in its homes.

Mother's serves comfort food classics made from scratch, perfected in the hands of four-star restaurant-trained Chef Lisa Schroeder. We make everything from scratch, using the best possible ingredients — Pacific Northwest wild salmon, Carlton Farms pork, Cascade Natural beef, and the finest European-style butter in everything we cook and bake.

Home cooking, elevated to high art — for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

200

Seat dining room

5,454

Google reviews

4 ★

CIA-trained chef

What we serve

Four services. One very full table.

Tuesday through Sunday we keep the kitchen running for the meals that bring people together — buttermilk pancakes at sunrise, five-hour braised pot roast after dark.

No. 01

Breakfast

Buttermilk pancakes, Crunchy Challah French Toast, Migas with chipotle sour cream. The morning meal, served the way Mom would.

Tues — Sat · 9 AM

No. 02

Brunch

Belgian waffles, Stuffed Frittatas, the Lox Platter, Steph's Bloody Mary and a Momosa. The weekend menu we're best known for.

Wed — Sun · until 2 PM

No. 03

Lunch

Mom's Meatloaf Sandwich, Grilled Wild Salmon Bistro Bowl, Matzo Ball Soup and House Salad combo. Downtown lunch with character.

Wed — Sun · until 2 PM

No. 04

Dinner

Five-Hour Braised Pot Roast, Chicken Fried Chicken, Chicken & Dumplings, and the famous $15,000-recipe Dungeness Crab Cakes.

Tues — Sat · from 5 PM

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A Mother's Bistro tradition

Mother of the Month

Each month we feature a different "M.O.M." — a real mother whose family recipes take over a section of the menu. Her dishes, prepared in our kitchen, served the way she'd serve them at her own table.

It is, as Steve put it after his last visit, "a lovely feature on the menu with recipes by real mothers. They would know best."

This month's M.O.M.

Behind the kitchen

Chef Lisa Schroeder

Trained at The Culinary Institute of America. Worked the line at Lespinasse and Le Cirque in New York, then apprenticed under Roger Vergé at Moulin de Mougins in Provence and Marc Veyrat at L'Auberge de L'Eridan in Haute Savoie.

She came home to Portland to cook what she actually grew up loving: meatloaf, pot roast, mac and cheese — done with the precision of a four-star kitchen.

Read Chef Lisa's story

Restaurant of the Year

Willamette Week

America's Top Restaurant Bargains

Food & Wine

Chef/Restaurateur Award of Excellence

IACP

Businesswoman of the Year

Portland Business Journal

From our guests

5,454 reviews. 4.6 stars.

A few of the most recent words from Google.

"Solid brunch spot. Food was prepped with care and attention to detail. The chef takes her craft seriously, even had homemade jam to spread on your toast. The ambience was really stylish, yet with a classic, comfort food vibe. Wild salmon hash was a highlight for me."

Steve

4 months ago · Google review

"Fantastic experience at Mother's Bistro! Everything we ordered was spot-on, from the crispy fried zucchini to the fluffy pancakes and perfectly seasoned hash. Our server was attentive and made some excellent recommendations that did not disappoint. Great food, great service, and a warm, welcoming vibe!"

ASH

7 months ago · Google review

"Took our parents out for a casual dinner last night. Our group consisted of ages ranging from 5 to 75 y.o. Everyone found something they wanted to eat and enjoyed it. Food was fresh, well seasoned, and expertly prepared. The staff were very attentive and contagiously positive."

Natalya Wollenberg

7 months ago · Google review

Plan your visit

Downtown, on 3rd Avenue.

Between Pine and Ash, on the ground floor of the Embassy Suites by Hilton. Walk in, ride the elevator down, or reserve ahead on Resy.

Address

121 SW 3rd Ave

Portland, OR 97204

Reservations

503.464.1122

via Resy & phone

This week

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 5 – 9 PM
Wed – Thu: 9 AM – 2 PM, 5 – 9 PM
Fri – Sat: 9 AM – 2 PM, 5 – 10 PM
Sunday: 9 AM – 2 PM

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Private dining

A 14-foot African rosewood family room — seats 20.

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Comfort food that takes you home again.