A bowl of pho can turn an ordinary Metairie lunch into a reason to linger. 🍜
At family-owned and operated Nudo, the menu runs from beefy noodle soups to lemongrass-scented vermicelli, rice plates, and baguette sandwiches.
The appeal is easy to understand: a broth the restaurant says it simmers for 24 hours, plenty of choices beyond pho, and diners who return for their favorites.
How Nudo won Metairie’s hearts
The restaurant, established in 2023, built its menu around familiar Vietnamese favorites while giving diners plenty of room to follow a craving: a steaming bowl of pho, a rice plate piled with filet mignon, a baguette filled with grilled lemongrass pork, or vermicelli with pork and egg rolls.
Its pho menu describes a 24-hour bone broth served with wide rice noodles and a side of basil, bean sprouts, jalapeño, and lime.
That attention to the bowl’s finishing touches matters; diners can add herbs, heat, and citrus at the table until each spoonful tastes just right.
The enthusiasm extends beyond the dining room, though it is worth keeping the evidence in perspective: ratings and reviews show affection, not a documented secret to success.
Together, those accounts suggest why this family-owned restaurant in Metairie keeps entering the conversation: people can arrive with different appetites and still find something they want to tell someone else about.
The menu gives the pho devotee a substantial choice of proteins, while rice, noodles, sandwiches, and rolls offer another route through the same kitchen.
That range makes a return visit feel less like a repeat and more like the next chapter. ✨
Food Highlights
- Combination Pho//pho dac biet: Pho with round-eye steak, brisket, tendon, meatball, and wide rice noodles.
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Brisket Pho//pho chin: Six-hour-braised brisket, wide rice noodles, and pho broth, served with basil, bean sprouts, jalapeño, and lime.
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Bun Bo Hue/Spicy Beef Nudo Soup: Spicy soup with brisket, Vietnamese ham, tendon, and thick rice noodles.
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Grilled Lemongrass Pork And Egg Rolls: Vermicelli with lemongrass pork, egg rolls, lettuce, cucumber, pickled vegetables, mint, bean sprouts, scallion, and pork rind; served with fish sauce.
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Grilled Lemongrass Chicken Vermicelli: Thin rice noodles with grilled lemongrass chicken, lettuce, cucumber, mint, bean sprouts, pickled vegetables, scallion, and pork rind; served with fish sauce.
- Shaken Beef – Filet Mignon Plate: Filet mignon and white rice with romaine, cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon, scallion, pork rind, and fish sauce.
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Jumbo Shrimp Fried Rice: Fried rice with jumbo Gulf shrimp, Vietnamese sausage, corn, peas, carrots, white onions, and scallions.
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Grilled Lemongrass Pork Baguette: Baguette with grilled lemongrass pork, Vietnamese butter, cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon, cilantro, jalapeño, and Nudo’s meat sauce.
Atmosphere
Nudo’s small, cozy dining room keeps the mood casual, with painted Vietnamese dishes adding a playful touch to the walls.
The décor gives the space personality without making it feel formal, so a bowl of pho fits just as naturally here as a quick lunch with a friend.
It’s an easygoing place to settle in, look over the menu, and enjoy your meal without rushing. 🍜
Bottom Line
Visit for 24-hour pho broth, a choice of beef and chicken bowls, lemongrass-packed vermicelli, shrimp fried rice, and a casual neighborhood setting. Nudo makes it easy to bring someone whose lunch order looks nothing like yours.
Address:
3431 Houma Blvd, Suite B, Metairie, LA 70006
📞 (504) 581-8628
🕔 Open Mon–Sat, 10 AM–7:30 PM; Sun, 11 AM–5:30 PM