Soul Taco

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.

The food was very good — I particularly enjoyed my shrimp, chicken and carne asada tacos! Kathryn was a great, attentive server and her services lifted the atmosphere for us…the interior could be brought to life a bit more. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is that they could use to improve the aesthetics, but comfort was definitely elevated by the phenomenal service

While traveling through, I saw Soul Taco in the Virginia travel guide so decided to try it out. It was lunchtime so service was not your typical restaurant. Maybe this is how it normally works. You pick up a menu at the entrance and place your order at the bar. Frankie was nice and told us about the “must try” for first timers. Did not disappoint. Food was fresh and tasty. Their hot sauce wasn’t really spicy but my heat level is not average. The lunch special was cool. Two tacos any style and a beer for $11. Can’t beat that. Would definitely recommend if your a taco lover.