I am have the exact same issue. I added the Html attribute seen below and it has hod no impact.
Please advise. This is MVC version 5.
@(Html.Kendo().Grid(Model.CustomerList)
.Name("grdCustomers")
.HtmlAttributes(new { style = "height: 100px; max-height: 100px" })
.Scrollable()
.Columns(columns =>
{
columns.Bound("Number").Width(120);
columns.Bound("FullName");
columns.Bound("Address.StreetAddress1");
})
);