Soul Taco - Shockoe Slip

"Did not greet my wife and I when we came in. Just stared or ignored us. Finally seated with no service. All the wait staff was seated eating or just talking to people. Soon as a white couple walks in everyone jumps into action. Welcoming them and showing what customer service is supposed to look like. NEVER SPENDING MONEY HERE AGAIN!"

"The food was good, but they don’t even have all the menu items. They were more worried about having a DJ present on a Wednesday night, than having all the items on the menu. During my visit, I also asked for a simple drink, tequila sunrise… just for them to say they dnt have the simple ingredients that they also used for other drink items on the menu. When asked about rice and beans, which are CLEARLY in the pictures associated with this location, they looked at me like I was crazy saying they never had any at this location….. hmmm. I just would not recommend, yes the food is cheap, but you might not get what you have your mouth set on."

"This place was worth the stop in Richmond. The decorations, music and experience was awesome. The food was really good! I would like to come back one day, the deep fried carne asada taco is where it’s at!"

"Came to Richmond, VA on vacation from Texas and came across this place Soul Taco. Me and my family where surprised how good these tacos where. Did not expect. Not your ordinary tacos they had their own spin on it. I really respect that. Coming from Houston Texas where Tacos are king. I would put these up against Texas tacos. I really enjoyed the food here definitely recommend this place to everyone. We had the Oxtail taco, jerk chicken taco, birria tacos, buttermilk batter fried chicken tacos, country fried carne asada tacos. All where great."

"I recently got a job in the area, and decided to check out Soul Taco since it was walkable. When you walk in you grab a menu and order at the bar. Enter Pat, the bar tender/server. She was so sweet. She checked on me without hovering and removed my dishes promptly, always calling me by my name (not something I care about, to be honest, but I found it made her seem even friendlier). I would come back just to be in Pat's presence. In fact, I'm considering coming back after work for a margarita. Now the food. Most of the menu items are battered and fried (I suppose that is the "Soul" part), so not exactly a light lunch, but still delicious. I got the Nashville Hot and the Shrimp Po' Boy. The tacos are about $5 each, but they do offer a lunch special of 3 for $12 for specific options, which is why I didn't go that route. They were ready very quickly and Pat brought them right over. Ambience wise, they were pumping somewhat loud pop music, which I enjoyed since I was solo. I could potentially see it being a little loud for a conversation. All in all, the meal might have been a little heavy for returning to work, but I will absolutely be back in the evening sometime."