South Silk Road Restaurant云之南列治文店

Great service, great food, great soy milk. Very authentic Yunnan food. Will be coming back to try more.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food here was genuinely really good — well prepared, flavorful, and enjoyable overall.

That said, I had an uncomfortable experience with tipping transparency. When booking a private room, I was only informed of a $300 minimum spend. There was no mention of a mandatory 15% tip at booking, upon arrival, on the menu, or on the restaurant’s website for a private room of 5 people.

The mandatory 15% tip only appeared at the time of payment. When I tried to enter a custom tip, the server stopped me, which felt awkward and uncomfortable. The POS system also calculates tip after tax instead of pre-tax, which was not clearly communicated.

No staff member mentioned the mandatory tipping policy when we arrived. While the food was excellent, the lack of upfront disclosure and the way this was handled negatively impacted the experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 1

Every dish is delicious! My friend from Yunnan said it’s very authentic. I loved it so much!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Discriminated, and very rude stuff

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

There was absolutely no service! The plates provided were dirty and I asked someone to replace but no one did. Once the tea finished, there was no more tea, even though I asked for it twice and it was rudely left on the table until we left. The most terrible service in Richmond!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

This place was totally unexpected! New flavors I had never tried before. Very authentic and everything was delicious. Service was extremely helpful. Be careful how much you order. Portions are big.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very delicious Southern Chinese cuisine from YunNan. The dishes are on the greasy side but that’s how dishes are prepared there. Atmosphere is good but service can be improved. If you are going, make sure to bring a Chinese friend to be your translator because most the things on the menu do not exist in western diet.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

A restaurant that specializes in Yunnan dishes as well as general Chinese dishes. Cooked really well, very authentic. The Yunnan chicken and wild mushroom soup was delicious - savoury and rich, a traditional Yunnan dish, as they're famous for all kinds of wild mushrooms. If you're a fan of spicy dishes then this is a great place for you!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Food is delicious

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I had heard a lot about this place, and finally got the chance to try their Yunnan cuisine. Because of the partitions, I couldn’t really tell how many seats there are inside, but from what I could see, it seemed like quite a few. There was a very enthusiastic lady—I'm not sure if she was a server or the owner—who recommended some great dishes. The service was decent overall, and every dish had its own unique character. Personally, I especially enjoyed the Yunnan Style Cold Noodle, Organic Baogu Baba, and Dai-style Coconut Milk Drink.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

I ordered red pepper eggplant, sizzling beef, iron pot mushrooms, Yunnan rice noodles, and fried fresh milk. The taste is very good, it can be seen that it is made very carefully, the service is very good, the price is a little expensive, but overall it is very good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Friendly for group. Food is pretty good and fast.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Overall the flavor is not bad. Portion is big and good for the price. It’s a normal Chinese restaurant.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Food is very authentic. Spicy!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steamed Chicken Soup in Clay Pot

A fantastic menu,lots of options for seafood and meat and good service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sweet & Sour Ribs with Sesame, Fried Rice