Tao Asian Bistro   

My husband and I were in Vegas celebrating our anniversary and decided on dinner Saturday night at TAO. We had show plans at 10pm so we made our reservation for 7:15pm (we were staying at the Venetian and the hotel concierge made our reservation for us). We arrived promptly at 7:15 and were given a pager and told that our table wasn't ready. After TWENTY FIVE minutes, we were finally seated. No one apologized for our wait or tried to do anything to accommodate us for it. The sushi, I would say, was just OK, we've definitely had better. Our waiter was OK....nothing to write home about. When the check came, my husband asked to speak with the manager. A girl that was about 25 came over and my husband explained our late seating and how we were now going to be late for our 10pm show (it was 9:15pm and we had to get to the other end of the strip!). The manager said she was sorry but their reservations run late sometimes and offered us free dessert....HELLO! We just said that we had to go or we would be late for our show. In the end they comped the $8 Edamame, woo hoo. Had this experience happend in our home city, the appetizer/dessert would have been taken care of before we even sat down. For what is supposedly a top rated restaurant, we were supremely disappointed!!!!

You can pretty much your whole day there starting with Tao Beach, Tao Asian Bistro and then the Nightclub. As others mentioned, it can get pretty crowded but that's expected when you go to one of Las Vegas' popular nightclubs. My friends and I had the best times at TAO by just planning ahead. Tip - do some research and see how you can get on the guest list. If you want to eat at TAO, making a reservation is highly recommended. Our waiter was very helpful and even explained the whole menu for us. I took up on his advice and ordered the chilean sea bass - it was incredible! I had the dinner there for my birthday and they brought out this amazing giant fortune cookie. Not your typical fortune cookie that you get at Panda Express because this was freshly baked and had chocolate mousse inside. To sum it all up, there is a reason why Tao always has long lines to go inside. They have good food, great atmosphere and awesome food.

very over rated venue. door guys were rude, club felt uncomfortable. there was a very 'ghetto' crowd.. i felt like i was in the projects. bartender made generous drinks but they were still way overpriced. it was so dark in there it hid every ugly girl... i couldnt find one attractive girl in the 2 hours i was there.