Traditionz Smokehouse Richmond

This was my first visit to this restaurant since they changed names and ownership. My book club and I came (party of 6) on a Thursday night (7pm) during Richmond Black Restaurant Experience week. There were multiple servers who assisted us through the night and they were pleasant and I throughly felt they appreciated our business. However, it did take a while for us to get menus and the entire party didn't receive flatware until after our food arrived. (One waitress did state she thought we'd like to wait to see menus once the entire party arrived.) The waitress who took our orders was the sweetest and answered all of our questions and gave us her personal feedback on the menu items. Loved that! My biggest complaint was that I ordered a cup of hot tea but it was more luke warm. My corn bread was the first thing out and I was so glad! For one I was starving. Secondly, it was large, warm, and moist. They even add real corn kernels to it which reminds me of my how my grandmother would make her corn bread. It was so good I took a picture after everyone sampled it The soul roll was different but I loved the crunch that the egg roll provided in contrast to the ingredients. However, my table definitely wished there was a soul roll that included yams and macaroni and cheese. The turkey wings I'd give a 7/10 they were very tasty and I loved the gravy but the under parts of the wing were a little dry compared to the wing tip and skin. Overall I was pleased with my side choices. My $19.99 special also came with dessert and I ordered the banana pudding and was not disappointed (cause you can't eat everyone's banana pudding)! I also ordered a catfish basket to go and reheated it in my toaster oven. The flavor on the fish...muah! I loved the amount of food I received for the price I paid. So value was a plus. And I always extend patience when I'm eating in large groups. There were only a few mix ups in ordering amongst our party (shrimp instead of Wingettes and banana pudding instead of bread pudding). Also one of my friends had to turn around because she wasn't given her piece of corn bread to go but hadn't gotten far and had no issues when she went back in. I'll definitely be back to try something else!

I'm sick I'm just now finding out about this GEM! Ordered something simple to see the quality of the food and they killed it! I'll definitely be back for the rest of their menu. She mentioned she was relocating to rt 10 in a month?