Spice N Rice

Spice N Rice is a fully halal, alcohol-free Indian restaurant in The Fountains shopping center at 119th and Glenwood in Overland Park — “behind the Cheesecake Factory,” as its own directions put it — serving since 2015. The owner, Robin, works the line himself; the kitchen butchers its meat on premises, hand-rolls every naan to order, keeps separate fryers and a divided buffet for vegetarian and meat cooking, and says 80 percent of the menu is dairy-free. A 50-seat private room and a separate catering operation round it out. KCUR’s November 2025 South Asian roundup photographed its butter chicken, samosas and naan as “some of the most popular offerings.”

Description

Spice N Rice sits in an inline space in The Fountains, the retail cluster on the north side of 119th Street between Metcalf and Nall, on the strip behind The Cheesecake Factory.¹ Its own copy describes “the perfect combination of fast convenient service and a relaxed dining atmosphere,” open every day without a mid-afternoon close, with dine-in, pickup and local delivery through its Square storefront and a catering site built for office lunches.¹² The restaurant also lets groups reserve a private room seating up to 50, with a flat-screen for presentations.¹³

What sets it apart in Johnson County’s crowded Indian market is the halal-and-dietary regime. The restaurant is fully halal with no alcohol served; Zabihah records a halal certificate on file.⁴ The kitchen “butchers meats on premises to ensure freshness,” and “every naan bread is hand rolled and baked upon order.”⁴ For vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diners it runs two separate sets of fryers, splits the buffet into vegetarian and omnivore sides, cooks its rice dairy-free in vegetable oil, and marks vegan and gluten-free items on the menu; most appetizers are chickpea-flour based.¹³

The menu itself runs the subcontinent: Indo-Chinese small plates (gobi Manchurian, chili paneer, chicken 65); samosas, pakoras and a Pakistani-leaning Peshawari chapli kabab; four chaats; a tandoori section of chicken tikka, achari and seekh kababs and a mixed grill; eight biryanis from vegetable to goat; long chicken, lamb and shrimp curry lists including the South Indian chettinad and Keralan malabari preparations; a dozen vegetarian curries; vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis; fish and chips; and a children’s menu.⁵ KCUR’s 2025 listener roundup used a photo of the restaurant’s butter chicken, samosas and naan as its illustration of the metro’s popular South Asian dishes.⁶

Ownership and history

The restaurant has been “serving you since 2015” and is “locally owned and operated,” by its own account.¹ Its catering site introduces the owner only by first name: “Our owner, Robin, takes pride in getting to know his customers and is ready to prepare your meals fresh … You’ll see him hard at work right alongside his dedicated staff.”³ Dun & Bradstreet’s record for the operating company, Spice N Rice, Inc. of Overland Park, lists a key principal named Robin Rary; the surname has not been confirmed against any other source.⁷ The same page describes a dining-room expansion “a few months ago” and the launch of a buffet mixing northern and southern dishes, undated.³

Nothing further — the owner’s background, prior ventures, or how the concept was financed — has surfaced in local press; the restaurant’s coverage is limited to directory listings and the KCUR listener list.

Links

• Website: https://www.spicenriceks.com/
• Menu (official, Square): https://www.spicenriceks.com/menu
• Online ordering: https://www.spicenriceks.com/s/splash
• Catering: https://www.spicenricecatering.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spicenriceks/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spicenriceks/
• Visit Overland Park listing: https://www.visitoverlandpark.com/directory/spice-n-rice/

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-28 · Source: the restaurant’s own Square storefront menu at spicenriceks.com/menu · Confidence: High. Names transcribed in the restaurant’s own capitalization style (given here in title case). Breads, desserts and drinks exist on the storefront but were not captured.⁵

Small plates (Indo-Chinese)

• Gobi Manchurian ($11.99) · Chili Paneer ($11.99) · Chicken 65 ($11.99) · Chili Chicken ($11.99) · Shrimp 65 ($13.99)

Appetizers

• Vegetable Samosa ($5.99) · Chicken Samosa ($6.99) · Aloo Tikkiyas ($6.99) · Mirchi Pakora ($6.99) · Vegetable Pakora ($7.99) · Hara Bhara Kabab ($7.99) · Hummus Masala ($8.99) · Chicken Seekh Kabab ($12.99)

Chaats

• Samosa Chaat · Tikki Chaat · Papdy Chaat · Eggplant Chaat ($9.99 each)

Tandoori grilled (gluten free)

• Tandoori Chicken ($15.99) · Chicken Tikka Kabab ($15.99) · Achari Chicken Kabab ($15.99) · Peshawari Chapli Kabab ($15.99) · Lamb Seekh Kabab ($16.99) · Mixed Grill ($19.99)

Biryani (gluten free)

• Vegetable ($13.99) · Chicken ($14.99) · Egg ($14.99) · Boneless Chicken ($15.99) · Shrimp ($16.99) · Lamb ($17.99) · Goat ($17.99) · Special Biryani Combo ($17.99)

Chicken ($15.99 each)

• Vindaloo · Jalfrezi · Curry · Achari · Malabari · Mango · Saag · Korma · Chettinad · Butter Chicken · Tikka Masala · Lababdar

Lamb ($18.99 each)

• Achari · Jalfrezi · Vindaloo · Curry · Malabari · Butter Lamb · Mango · Chettinad · Korma · Saag · Tikka Masala

Shrimp ($18.99 each)

• Curry · Jalfrezi · Achari · Vindaloo · Malabari · Chettinad

Vegetarian (gluten free)

• Tadka Daal, Chana Masala, Aloo Gobi, Pan Fried Okra, Baingan Bharta, Vegetable Korma, Saag Aloo, Daal Makhani, Mixed Veg Curry, Cholay Bhatura ($14.99 each) · Matar Paneer, Paneer Masala, Saag Paneer, Paneer Lababdar ($15.99 each)

Thalis, seafood, soup and salad, children

• Vegetarian Platter (Thali) ($18.99) · Non-Vegetarian Platter (Thali) ($19.99) · Halwa Poori Cholay ($16.99)
• Fish and Chips ($11.99) · Sauteed Fish ($15.99) · Salmon Tikka Masala ($15.99) · Tilapia ($15.99)
• Lentil Soup ($5.99) · Indian Garden Salad ($6.99) · Chicken Tikka Salad ($11.99) · Salmon Tikka Salad ($13.99)
• Chicken Nuggets with Fries ($9.99) · Chicken Tenders with Fries

Sources

Footnotes

1. Spice N Rice — official website, home page. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: “vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and halal friendly restaurant in Overland Park. Serving you since 2015”; “locally owned and operated, open daily and do not close during the day”; Square ordering; private room seats up to 50; separate fryers, divided buffet, dairy-free rice, “80% of our total menu is dairy free”; location “119th and Glenwood – The Fountains (Behind the Cheese Cake Factory), 6537 W 119th St., Overland Park, KS 66209, Phone 913-291-0436”; popular items Butter Chicken $15.99, Chicken Tikka Masala $15.99, Garlic Naan $3.99. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Spice N Rice Catering — home page. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: catering trays (large serves 20–30, medium 12–20, small 7–10); vegan/vegetarian/gluten-free/halal badges; online catering orders. ↩

3. Spice N Rice Catering — “About Spice N Rice.” Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: “Our owner, Robin … hard at work right alongside his dedicated staff”; new dining room and buffet; meeting room seats 50; separate fryers and buffet sides; 80% dairy-free; Facebook link facebook.com/spicenriceks; “across the street from the Sprint campus.” ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Zabihah — “Spice n Rice, 6537 West 119th Street, Overland Park, KS.” Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: “All food at this restaurant is certified halal”; “Fully halal / No alcohol allowed”; HalalRank 78 “reflects a halal certificate on file”; meats butchered on premises; naan hand rolled to order; user photos dated 2025-03-13 and 2025-06-16. ↩ ↩²

5. Spice N Rice — official website, “Menu” (Square storefront). Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: every item and price in the Menu section; “All items are gluten free” notes on Tandoori, Biryani and Vegetarian sections. ↩ ↩²

6. Brian Ellison and Halle Jackson, “Food recs: Kansas City’s best Indian and South Asian restaurants,” KCUR Up To Date, 2025-11-15 — Confirms: Spice N Rice in the listener list; photo caption “At Spice N Rice in Overland Park, butter chicken, samosas and naan are some of the most popular offerings.” ↩

7. Dun & Bradstreet — “Spice N Rice, Inc.” company profile. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: private independent company, Overland Park KS, doing business as Spice N Rice; “Key Principal: Robin Rary.” Provisional (aggregator record). ↩