Nguyen Pho & Grill

Nguyen Pho & Grill is a small, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Kansas City’s River Market, serving made-to-order pho, banh mi, rice dishes, and bubble tea from a storefront on Grand Boulevard along the streetcar line.

Description

Nguyen Pho & Grill is a family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in the River Market / City Market district of Kansas City, Missouri, located at 500 Grand Blvd along the KC Streetcar line.¹ The kitchen serves made-to-order Vietnamese pho soup and banh mi, alongside authentic rice dishes, fresh spring rolls, and bubble tea, with vegetarian options available.² Reviewers consistently note generous portion sizes, friendly service, and a flavorful broth — The Pitch singled out its chicken pho and egg rolls.³ The restaurant was named runner-up for Best Pho in the 2024 Pitch Best of KC reader poll.⁴

Ownership and history

The restaurant operates as Nguyen Pho & Grill LLC and is described across multiple sources as a small, family-owned spot.¹³ It was publicly recognized as early as a 2021 Pitch feature, in which James Beard Award semifinalist baker Helen Jo Leach named it “a small, nice, family-owned spot that serves tasty solid pho with a smile.”⁴ The specific name(s) of the owning family member(s) and the exact founding year are not documented in publicly available sources.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-23 · Source: Nguyen Pho & Grill official site (cuisine categories) + MenuCollectors item/price listing, structurally corroborated by the DoorDash store categories · URL(s): https://www.nguyenphokc.com/order · https://menucollectors.com/nguyen-pho-grill-64106-menu/ · Confidence: Medium (item names and prices sourced from a third-party menu aggregator; official online-order menu loads dynamically and could not be scraped directly) · Price tier: Low / budget

The kitchen serves made-to-order Vietnamese pho, banh mi, vermicelli (bun) plates, rice dishes, appetizers, and bubble tea, with vegetarian options throughout.⁵ DoorDash lists the menu under categories Noodle Soup, Banh Mi, Rice, Vermicelli, Dried Egg Noodle, Vegetarian Dishes, Beverages & Desserts, and Boba Tea — consistent with the aggregator listing below.⁵

Pho (noodle soup) — small / large

• Pho w/ Eye Round Beef ($10.75 / $11.75); Pho w/ Brisket ($10.75 / $11.75); Pho w/ Meatballs ($10.75 / $11.75); Pho w/ Eye Round Beef & Meatballs ($10.75 / $11.75); Combination Beef Pho ($10.75 / $11.75).⁶
• Pho w/ Chicken & Broccoli ($10.75 / $11.75); Pho w/ Tofu & Broccoli (vegetarian, $10.75 / $11.75); Pho w/ Shrimp & Broccoli ($11.00 / $12.00); Pho w/ Seafood & Broccoli ($11.25 / $12.25).⁶

Banh mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) — $5.50 each

• Grilled Steak, Grilled Pork, Grilled Chicken, Chicken Patty, Tofu, Beef Stew w/ Bread, Banh Mi Dac Biet (house special), Banh Mi Cha Lua (pork roll), Banh Mi Cha Ca (fish cake), and Banh Mi Op La (fried egg).⁶

Vermicelli (bun) & noodle/rice plates

• Grilled Chicken / Pork / Steak w/ Eggroll ($10.25 each), each available with grilled shrimp added ($11.00).⁶
• Pad Viet ($10.75); Nam Vang–style stir-fried noodles (egg or rice) ($10.75); Rice Noodle Bundle w/ Grilled Pork ($13.75); Banh Uot Cha Lua (steamed rice rolls w/ pork roll, $10.75).⁶

Appetizers, spring & egg rolls

• Crab Rangoon ($3.50); Tacos ($4.95); Wontons ($4.25); Sweet Potato w/ Shrimp ($5.50); Chicken Wings ($7.45); Calamari ($8.00); Roasted Quail (2) ($8.50); Large Crepe (banh xeo) ($9.75).⁶
• Fresh spring rolls / eggrolls ($3.50); shredded pork-skin rolls ($3.50); grilled pork / steak / pork-patty rolls ($3.75); crepe rolls ($5.25); fried shrimp rolls ($4.95).⁶

Bubble tea

• Boba tea — small ($4.50) / large ($5.00).⁶

Price tier is Low / budget: pho runs roughly $10.75–$12.25 and banh mi $5.50. Items and prices are drawn from a third-party menu aggregator (the official online-order menu renders dynamically and was not directly scrapable) and are subject to change — treat individual prices as indicative rather than authoritative.

Links

• Website: https://www.nguyenphokc.com/
• KC River Market member page: https://kcrivermarket.com/member/nguyen-pho-grill/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vietnamesefood.kc/

Sources

Disputes

None on record.

Footnotes

1. KC River Market — Member page, “Nguyen Pho & Grill.” https://kcrivermarket.com/member/nguyen-pho-grill/ — asserts: address (500 Grand, Suite 101, KCMO 64106), phone, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in River Market along the streetcar line, active merchant membership. ↩ ↩²

2. Nguyen Pho & Grill LLC — Official website. https://www.nguyenphokc.com/ — asserts: business name (Nguyen Pho & Grill LLC), cuisine (made-to-order pho soup, banh mi, fresh bubble tea, authentic rice dishes, vegetarian options), location in City Market area. ↩

3. The Pitch — “Eat This Now: Chicken Pho and Egg Rolls at Nguyen Pho & Grill.” https://www.thepitchkc.com/eat-this-now-chicken-pho-and-egg-rolls-at-nguyen-pho-grill/ — asserts: family-owned Vietnamese restaurant at 500 Grand Blvd, signature chicken pho and egg rolls, 2024 Pitch Best of KC Best Pho runner-up. ↩ ↩²

4. The Pitch — Helen Jo Leach Questionnaire feature (2021). https://www.thepitchkc.com/helen-jo-leach-talks-baking-community-work-and-the-food-scene-inthe-pitch-questionnaire/ — asserts: operating/recognized by 2021; described as “a small, nice, family-owned spot that serves tasty solid pho with a smile.” ↩ ↩²

5. Nguyen Pho & Grill LLC — Official online-ordering page. https://www.nguyenphokc.com/order — asserts: made-to-order pho, banh mi, rice dishes, vermicelli, vegetarian options, and bubble tea; DoorDash menu categories (Noodle Soup, Banh Mi, Rice, Vermicelli, Dried Egg Noodle, Vegetarian Dishes, Beverages & Desserts, Boba Tea). (Menu renders dynamically; item-level prices not directly scrapable from this page.) ↩ ↩²

6. MenuCollectors — “Nguyen Pho & Grill Menu Prices, 500 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106.” https://menucollectors.com/nguyen-pho-grill-64106-menu/ — asserts: item-level menu and prices: pho varieties P1–P9 ($10.75–$12.25 small/large), banh mi BM1–BM10 ($5.50), vermicelli/bun V1–V10 ($10.25–$13.75), appetizers A1–A8 ($3.50–$9.75), spring/egg rolls RO1–RO8 ($3.50–$5.25), boba tea ($4.50/$5.00). Third-party aggregator listing; prices indicative, subject to change. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸