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Fun times! Loved the drinks, the music was great and the crowd was hot.
I love the deep red colors of the place it was very sexy and exciting. I also like that if you don't want to dance you can go to the downstairs bar where it is more loungey and have just as much fun.
If you are a group of girls and you are a pretty just skip the line with confidence and walk right in. One of my favorite clubs in Vegas.
I like the feel of this place. The layout and decor put out a good vibe. The bar on the top floor was ridiculous though. This was the 3rd club of the night and I was in the mood for scotch. Unfortunately, Grey Goose seems to be the standard bottle at most VIP tables so I had to maneuver my way to the bar.
I bought 5 drinks and the tab ran to $70 w/ tip--not bad. The bartender was cute and she kept apologizing for taking so long to get to me. It takes a lot more to ruffle these feathers.
The place was packed. I rolled in around 130a and I was expecting the crowd to slim down, but the party was definitely still going strong. I will definitely make it a point to come back here the next time I'm in LV. It's just got such a good vibe.
You're money, and you know it...
Nightclub review only:
Came here w/ one of my best friends for her bday, where we met up w/ my cousin and his friend. Luckily we knew one of the bouncers and got in faster than everyone else because that line was ridiculously long. I think we would've never made it in if it hadn't been for a connection. Tao already looked like a lot of fun based on how many people were waiting to get in.
We got inside before 11pm, so for girls sky vodka drinks/shots were free (w/ wristband) til then. It was really crowded on the dance floor, the bar, the bathroom, etc. but I'd say that's the sign of a popular night club. The drinks were good and the bartenders were really fast at getting our drinks. The music was good and the dance floors were pretty big.
You know in the bathroom they have all those little bottles of perfume, lotions, gum, etc for you to use? Usually when you use something (1 or 2 items) it is customary to tip the bathroom maids (who are basically staring you down as you use those products.) My only little complaint would be that they hover over you and when you take a tiny drop of lotion they demand a tip from you. It's a little rude to be demanding tip AS I'M PULLING MONEY OUT. Just wait a freakin minute and you'll get your tip, woman.
Besides that, and that's really only a small complaint on my end, Tao was a lot of fun and I've been back since and will continue to visit when I'm in town!
P.S. Didn't have to pay cover so I'm not sure how expensive this place is, but drinks are average price for the Vegas scene.
MEEEH. I really really really used to love Tao. I went last weekend and my eyes were opened to its overratedness. Don't get me wrong, its a great venue but it definitely has is flaws.
The Venue - Freakin awesome. When all is said and done, you have three levels. On the first level you have the lounge with a ton of couches and a big bar. Not many people dancing though - you also do not need to pay cover to get in here. The next level is the main club level with two separate rooms. One plays hip hop and the smaller plays "Dance". There are bars on every side. Last but not least, Tao Beach is upstairs. Seating, heat lamps, big bar, POOL - its all there. There is also so great decor - YES I DO MEAN BATH TUBS.
So that was the good, onto the bad:
The line. WOW. I get that this is a hot spot in Vegas but the line gets nuts. I have seen it wrap and twist around around the whole outside area. There is an easy fix to this - go have dinner in the amazing restaurant and get a "line pass" stamp at the end of your meal. It will fill you up, save you some time and cut the cost of cover!
The bars - can you say freakin expensive for not the greatest value. Yessir, my Henn was $16. I'm not even a Henn guy and it was still $16. LOL If your a dude, you also have to find a female bartender cause the guys will barely come talk to you if there is any type of crowd around. I almost had to flash a little areola to get a drink.
The space - yes this may be the biggest club I have ever been to but it is too effing packed. Like so packed you can't have fun. It amazes me that there aren't a ton of fights in here. I had no room to dance and less room to even walk. Tao Beach is cool upstairs but its COLD in November.
As nice as the club is, there are too many cons and spots where its easier to have more fun in Vegas.
I've been to TAO a couple of times. The inside of the club and decor is actually very nice. The bar on the main floor with that wall of mini monks is cool.
However, I don't like coming here. It's EXTREMELY crowded. Getting onto the main dance floor is like being stuck in traffic. You're literally stopped trying to make your way in.
Also, the layout is really weird. You need to climb two flights of stairs up to TAO beach then turn back around and go down one flight of stairs to get into the main level/Monk room.
Drink prices are typical strip prices. $13 for a Jack & Coke.
I think TAO is one of those things where you should check it out. But as a Vegas local, I head to boutique nightclubs instead of the larger club conglomerates.
I'll be blunt. This is a place you should avoid. Located in the beautiful Venetian Hotel on the Strip, TAO fails to uphold the class and elegance you would expect from a Vegas Lounge.
The drinks and food are EXPENSIVE!!!! We're talking like $14 a pop! The crowd is snooty and cliches. And the place is CROWED and LOOOOOOUD!
I don't mind hearing a DJ spin some tunes, but the technio-babble beat of TAO will quickly make you wonder what made you decide to enter in the first place.
The only saving grace of the place is that the lounge doesn't charge a cover and the staff are EXCELLENT and extremely nice.
A hint for the ladies. The owner and lounge manager often prowl the lounge floor looking for cute girls (mostly wearing nothing) to give them free drink coupons and other goodies. That might be the only good reason for you to come here if you're in Vegas. lol
So f-ing crowded that it's almost not even worth it. It is really pretty inside and the music is great but I don't like getting stepped on by girls' heels. My feet are still heeling from it to this day.
Not cool cuz I had to pay and I thought girls get in free. Sure our ratio of guys to girls was like 10:8. I guess I just don't like paying cover charges.
I'm not a huge fan of clubs, and this is no exception - I am a fan of hot broads in various states of undress, and this place has it in spades, but I hardly rank among the elite that could actually afford one here - read on and I'll show you what I mean.
Me and my buddies were in Vegas for a long weekend and a buddy from LA had a friend (keep up) who got a table here, complete with bottle service. My advice to any guy going to a club in Vegas, you NEED a table, otherwise you will be standing at the bar looking like a complete ZERO getting poked with side yabs and percodan hardons from various blowjobs and douchebags.
Arriving at the Venetian, standing atop the grand staircase outside the hallowed gateway into Tao, my buddy spent the first ten minutes on the phone w/our connection inside. The line was ridiculous (there were several lines, like trying to merge into the Lincoln Tunnel, lines for the haves and have nots), and we still had to grease our way in - again, we are dudes in Vegas, it is to be expected (and worth it to skip being swallowed up in the mass of would be clubgoers, waiting and waiting, babbling on their cell phones, baying like madmen in the DUCHESS OF MALFI).
Once inside, you are jostled through the entry tunnel, lined with bathtubs full of rose petals, through the bar area, and up another flight of stairs into the club proper. The dance floor is ebbing and flowing like a turbulant sea, lights flashing like heat lightening, and there are people EVERYWHERE. At this point you've just wrecked your perfactly sculptured hair and wrinkled your pressed shirt as you are squeezing through the sweaty throng of nobodies who were either too cheap or too stupid to get a table, as you step on feet looking for a way out of this and saying, "imagine if we didn't have a table, fuck this!"
When we finally got to our table, it was time to take a well deserved breath of relief and watch as the hot server, done up like a sex slave, pours out the vodka. Other people with tables included some strange eurotrash dude that resembled a more junked out version of Keith Richards wearing a crushed black velvet tux with red silk shirt underneath, engaged in a very involved conversation with a hot piece of ass that was no doubt a RENTAL. Again, dudes, be prepared to spend great boatloads of money to impress the broads here. It takes more than a good line, you will actually need to LAY OUT the line of coke on the American Express Black to even get one of these harpies to raise an eyebrow.
All in all, it was like a night spent in the Temple of Doom, minus the lady that was sleeping with the director singing ANYTHING GOES in Chinese.
Halloween VEGAS REVIEW - part 6
Back to Tao on Halloween of all nights!
Simple chaos! Just the way i like it. A parading menagerie of both costumed freaks and revealing lovelies from wall to wall, inside and outside of the circular hobbit like entrance. There are lines for everything. There are two lines for those with bottle service snaking in opposite directions from the entrance and then, if what I was told can be believed, that there was a massive line outside for everyone else.
After some waiting for people to pick up their phones, waiting for people to show up and a lot of soul searching our hostess finally stepped up and lead us upstairs to our table @ the corner by the bar right in front of a major fairway of club goers going to and fro. There were countless beauties rolling through spitting some mean game and hustling their 'wares' that you would not believe. Though they were at a disadvantage since they did not understand that we have been 'H' proofed by our very own SBC 'H' contingent and were not swayed by mere cleavage and eye lash batting. Though I admit I was not prepared for the groping and seduction.
I'm always been a sucker for seduction.
And since the bottles were not present I had to get away from all the pressures of bottle this or bottle that. So I hit up the easily accessible, yet crowded bar where I later got accosted by an ocean of Jon Gosselin groupies. After a lot of nay saying I finally allowed myself to be coerced into accepting the inevitable and down shot after offered shot. I later ended by a lot of pools and more debauchery at which point I became sick and threw up on someone.
Yes, I admit that I threw up on someone.
And sprinted my ass back to my table.
I've been thrown out of clubs before, and though I've never had the pleasure of being thrown out of this particular venue I felt that the night was much too young to end anytime soon due to no fault of my own. And at the table I drank the night away into blissful drunken hunger.
;D
~think I ran into Twilight cast folks.... like I cared. It's not like I got confused for one of them.
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Um.....
No.
I love the concept of this club, which has an upscale lounge and a separate main nightclub section. This allows you to decide whether you want to wait in line in your 5 inch stilettos to get in the nightclub, or if you just want to chill for free at the lounge. Your choice. We were able to nix the line, since one of our friends knew a door man and got into the main club for free with no wait. The style of this club is classy yet trendy and the place is fairly big. It gets packed like sardines after awhile, so if you hate crowds then this ain't the place for you. The music was spot on with a good mix of hip hop and dance. Drink prices are what you expect in LV ($10-15) for mixed drinks. Overall this place is good, but only if you don't have to wait in that horrendously long line.
4.5
Had a great time here.. drinks are a little on the weak and small side.
I was on the list so I got in free and the line wasnt too bad.
I like the smaller lounge area better then the main area which is too crouded for my taste. Since I am more of a lounge type I like to sit and get up and dance when ever I feel like.
Tao is one of the better clubs in Vegas. If only because they actually enforce a dress code of some kind. However, there really isn't too much about this place that is exciting? Oh they have girls in bikini's writhing on each other? Eh, so do lots of other clubs in this city, and those girls aren't even in bikini's.
Probably the most redeming quality of this club is first when you get in for free, and second that they make a decent White Russian. Other than that it's way too crowded, and way to one ethnicity dominate.
I went on a one nighter to Vegas with my GF this past weekend to meet up some friends after the Pacquiao fight...let me recap the night:
1. We were led up to Tao Beach at 11PM at night, I do not know why, it was about 40 degrees and I was wearing a hoochy mama dress.
2. By the time we got up to TAO beach, I was too tired to be excited. You try climbing up a million flights of stairs in 4 inch heels!
3. We decided to go back downstairs in which there was another line to get to the stairs that take you down.
4. Another million flights of stairs down. I guess I shouldn't complain - I probably burned off all the bread I had at Grand Luxe 2 hours prior.
5. We were walking through the crowded dance floor when all of a sudden I felt myself slipping on ice (aren't there supposed to be ppl that clean up this stuff??)...all I could think of was how embarrassing it would be if I fell..so I tried to catch myself a few times but in the end, it was inevitable, and I let myself fall...the slowest fall I have ever endured. I instantly knew my ankle was messed up and had to take my heels off. We walked to a less crowded area and it was there that I realized my knee was dripping blood and my ankle was swollen =(
6. A security saw and grabbed my hand and took me to the back where there was a paramedic to clean up my knee which had been sliced by something (I think glass)
7. Security made me put my heels back on so I hobbled back to the club to try to enjoy the night. Realizing that there was no way I'd be able to stand in those heels any longer, I took a cab back to the hotel by myself..
=( the end.
One of the "best clubs in Vegas." That's what word on the street was maybe 4 years ago, but I beg to differ.
Yes, the decor is lovely. The music is jammin'. The ladies (at least some) are beautiful. It's obvious that lots of planning went into putting this night club together. I mean... it's Vegas for heaven's sake. Having millions of dollars = top notch night clubs; one of the beauties of Vegas. They have promoters roaming the streets looking for people who appear to be the clubbing type. Great way of getting the name out there. You get there early enough and men should have no problem getting in. After reading all of this, you'd think I'd give it a 5... but Tao has one major problem...
... and that's OVERCROWDING! It's hard to even enjoy the beauty of this club when all you see are a bunch of people looking like sardines in a can. If they just regulated a bit more instead of letting practically everyone in Vegas into the club, then people would be able to enjoy it more w/o feeling trapped. Other than that, Tao would still be one of the "best clubs in Vegas," but it isn't.
Overall this place is nice, but not good for the claustrophobic.
3.5 of 5 stars.
For some reason I always here people raving about Tao. Maybe it just wasn't the right night when I went? Thank goodness I didn't pay to get in- my girl and I got hooked up by one of the promoters running around. We were ushered in right away which is great because I hate waiting in line.
The place was so croweded we could barely move through. The masses of people surrounding the bar spilled into the dancefloor area. Everyone was drunk and falling all over each other. The main dancefloor area is also sunken and I managed to slip on one of the two steps down (c'mon, ladies are in four inch heels! steps?!?!). The suuuper high ceilings may appeal to some people but it just felt like a warehouse to me. I don't know, I just didn't like it.
I love Tao nightclub. My girls and I put on our costumes on Halloween night and made our way to the club. We stayed at the Venetian so it was an easy, short trek past the bath tubs filled with floating petals and the occasional skeleton!
We had previously met a wonderful promoter who not only got us in for free and let us skip all the lines on such a crazy night, but also hooked us up with wristbands to drink for free until 11 PM! The place was packed, but since we got there early we were able to secure a huge, cushy bench up at Tao Beach right by the bar. The perfect location to watch the debauchery unfold...
Great energy, fantastic vibe, delicious drinks, and a good mix of people!
The only cons are that Tao beach is up on the roof and you have to climb a lot of stairs and also they regulate the flow of people going up and down the stairs so it can take some time to exit. The stairs are a great work-out, but just be careful. A drunk girl in 4 inch heels fell on me on our way out, but luckily she was right behind me and didn't pick up any momentum!
I'm a fan.
I got lost a few times. ended up in the restaurant. woops. It's hard to navigate. if I had been wasted i would never have made it.
Shit was packed. Tito was supposed to be hosting i didnt see him once, not that i cared but if i had i would have been disappointed.
The line was really long outside but if you have a promoter than your good. We waited max 5 minutes and we got free drinks.
Which i got an AMF and it was so skanky i had to ditch it somewhere.
Inside it is pretty. the go go dancers are actually good. YAY.
there were some random ass shit in there like girls taking baths and girls massaging themselves. Weird. That is there job to take a bath and get ogled at.
One thing though it was so crowded on one of the dance floors that you couldnt even move. I like crowds i like dancing in crowds but eff that.
I would come here again. The DJ was great which will make or break a club so kudos!
Had dinner here before and thought the food was pretty good! Can't remember exactly what I ate, but was definitely surprised by the food quality at a club! Aside from that, pretty cool club to party at in Vegas, but not as cool as XS!
Love tao. huge club, hot girls and great drinks.
I had a great, very memorable time during my first time at Tao but after that each experience hasn't been up to par since then. I typically like to make my way to the smaller rooms and avoid the main area due to crazy overcrowding. I love the decor of the club; it's very enticing. But overall, Tao has become an overhyped disappointment.
The overcrowding is comparable to PURE at Caesar's Palace. It's gotten to the point where it's practically unbearable. Couple the overcrowding with trying to navigate the multi-floor maze that is Tao and you're in for a headache. I do like that they have Tao Beach for those who need some air but trying to find it is a real pain. The music is ok and the crowd... meh. I can't believe they let anybody in, especially if you're wearing an Ed Hardy shirt (but I guess that goes for any guy in Vegas who doesn't have his own style but wants to fit in). So much for the upscale dress code.
Each time I've gone to Tao, I was a hotel guest at the Venetian (otherwise generally be prepared to WAIT a while). I've only had to pay cover once but the other times I've been to Tao, I've had complimentary passes. I can honestly say that I'll be avoiding Tao from now on, regardless of whether or not I stay at the Venetian again.
Bottom line: Try XS instead.
LAAAAME. Only cool thing is the girls bathing in the doorway.
Otherwise, it's cramped, douche bags with flashlights telling you to move left right, and all around.
Drinks are very expensive.
Music sucks.
Dance floor is impossible to dance on.
I had passes I got from the vegas nights web site but they wouldn't accept them so I had to pay full cover.
Never again.
I sometimes get annoyed with American establishments that try to use Asian cultures/ concepts as an "exotic" marketing gimmick so I secretly try to avoid Tao a few times when I was in Vegas. But when my friends and I stayed at the Venetian and kept getting little invitation cards, got put on the guest list, and eventually saw the "red carpet" outside the club, I gave in.
All in all, it was a wonderful night. Things started a little hectic at the beginning as we admired the "girls" and the dancers while we tried to stay on our feet. We were pushed around for a while in the crowded dancer floor and after we finally got some drinks, we decided to find a better space-we ended up in a much smaller room with much lower density. Despite some asshole spilling his whole drink down my friend and I, we were able to recover from the disaster, had good drinks, dance around in a decent amount of space, met a super cool couple and had a blast!
Solely this establishment deserves a 2 maybe even a 1 star! But the decor, ambiance, music, and crowd was wayyy too good to strip them of their prime. Like another read stated this place is wayyyyyy too crowded. However you should never complain when it's free.
The tub at the front door with the girls in a tub covered with rose petals is a great eye candy, the budha behind the restaurant dining area was HUGE with a Koi pond at the bottom, and it has multiple levels!
Now for the cons: dance floor too small, attendance capacity was wayy too high, people bumping into you almost every step, and just not worth the wait for me again.
Out of all the clubs i've been to in vegas....this was the biggest disappointment...maybe it's been overhyped? maybe it used to be good a year or two ago? i dont know but it's not all that great. I would've gave it 2 stars, had it not been the "free drinks for ladies till 11pm" promo they had going on for guestlist and had it not been for the free cover.
First of all, why the HELL would you have 3 levels in a club and no freaking elevator? maybe there is an elevator but if you're drunk, you won't be able to find it, and if you're drunk, there are gonna be accidents on these steep stairs! it was annoying to climb up and down these 3 floors in heels and a short skirt- just plain annoying. The crowd here was annoying too...maybe it was just the whole ladies free drink night or something that everyone was being a bitch....The layout of the club wasn't impressive, the music downstairs only played old hip hop music and the top floor played trance type of music....i dont remember the middle floor......i liked the girls in the tub though, very cute.
other than that, the lines at this club is bananas so expect to wait more than an hour and 45 mins if you don't come by 915. the first time i went to vegas we were in line for that long and lost patience and didn't end up going....kinda wished i checked out another club due to this club's short-comings but at least I got to see what all the so called hype was about in this club.....i think tao's days are over......better check out XS..i hope XS won't turn out as bad as Tao in a few years....
We were lucky with this place, as I didn't realise the hype around the nightclub. Some guy approached us in Rok the night before and said he could get us free entry into Tao and he came through for us. When we got there, there were four queues to get into the place and luckily, although we had to wait for like 15 mins (it was our fault, we should have turned up earlier as the guy could have walked us through the VIP queue), we got free entry, and the place itself, the decor and the music were really cool.
It is very crowded and obviously has a bit of a reputation for being a 'hot' club, therefore the people in there were really pushy, and really drunk (meaning if they spilled their drink on you, they weren't even aware that they did). As for the dancers, it seems to be a common thing in Vegas for clubs/bars to have women in their underwear dancing on the bar, but still it unsettles me. I just hope those girls are paid well, because the moves they were busting out were borderline on exotic dancing.
In the end we left early, there were just too many loud, obnoxious, drunk and idiotic people in the venue and it wasn't worth getting trampled over by grown men ogling girls barely out of college. The music and the place were very cool, but the crowd was not the type you wanna hang out with. Go to Rok. They have dance-offs and they don't invade your personal space.
This review is just for the food.
O.M.G.
As some people know, I love tuna tartare and sushi and Asian food in general. I was here with 3 other people and each person had a different type of Asian food [Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Americanized]. I only had raw tuna, but it was prepared in many different ways. Avoid the dish with jalapenos - it was was too many. I scooped them off and it was fine. The appetizer was the best thing EVER. I could LIVE off of it.
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UGHHHH! What a crappy night I had!! My classmates and I had some dinner here so we could meet up with the rest of our group and get our dance on. Our reservations were for 11pm and we were seated about 20 min later. The food is sooo over priced! Everyone else was still hungry after finishing their meals. Lucky my friend and I split the pad thai with chicken (19)-- it was a decent amount for the price, just a bit bland.
I've walked through Tao and explored it before, but I never got to actually dance. (My guy friends couldn't get in so they waited for us to check it out) This time, we got to dance, but I was having the worst experience ever!! First, the dance floor is wayyy too crowded. I could NOT move an inch! And then people started pushing me around. NOT FUN!! And when I had enough, I tried leaving but people were blocking every which way and I had to tell security I wanted to get out, and then he finally shined his little flashlight to make them move. THEN I look at my side sling purse and find it partly upzipped! Someone stole my friend's $60 I was holding for her!! WTH!! Good thing that's all they took. Still though, Tao has gotten so ghetto. I was so mad I got myself a drink, but of course it was so watered down. I will never come back here again!
Oh yeah, and the petal adorned girls in the tubs aren't even pretty. So butter faced.....Tao's standards have gotten so low. It's so sad.
I agree with Candace.
They let everyone in. People were wearing jeans, tank tops and flipflops on a Friday night.
In addition, it was so crowded that everywhere I tried to stand one of two things happened:
1. A bouncer told me to move
2. Ugly girls started fighting
The music was terrible, and was a mixture of old school rap and top 40 hits. BLAH.
Most of the girls in there were with bachelorette parties, as I saw at least 20 veils at one point on the main dance floor.
I no like.
Despite being on the hotel guest list, we had the misfortune of talking to the wrong security personnel who wasted 30 minutes of our time by sending us to the wrong line. When we noticed other people going into another line, we jumped over to that one and the security guard checked us in and we went right on in.
The decor, which was a predictably Asian theme, was different to say the least. I know the Buddha always looks like a happy guy, but I never envisioned him as a party animal. Same thought with the terracotta warriors that were lined up next to one of the bars.
It was only eleven o'clock so we thought we were a little early but apparently not judging by the over-crowded dance floors. It was like trying to dance in a busy NY or Tokyo subway during rush hour. Yet, you still have some people flailing and stomping around like they're alone in the center of the dance floor.
It was easy enough to order drinks at the bar because we found that the severely overpriced drinks kept the people away. So, instead of four or five rounds, we had three and went back out to the casino.
Despite the overcrowding on the dance floors, we had a good time but it didn't live up to the hype as one of Vegas' best clubs.
What the hell happened? Tao used to be so good... now it's completely overrated and unsophisticated. They allowed a group of women with shorts and flip-flops on yet they turned one guy with a group of female because he was not wearing a button shirt? Apparently it's not smart to wear your Hugo Boss t-shirt with a light vest and designer jeans to Tao. My friend's shirt cost more than their cheap Coach bag. I don't mean to sound egotistical or arrogant, but it's ridiculous how prejudice Tao Nightclub is against male.
Our group of girls went into Tao (free - obviously) with a wristband that allowed us to drink... yes FREE for one entire hour. While guys have to 'tip' the security guards to even get in, on top paying cover charge. Failed. After we got our drinks, we left to TRYST and got bottle service. There is no way in hell I'm spending money at a bigotry club.
Us girls had a great time at TAO. We were staying in the hotel that TAO was at, so it was super convenient to get here. Just downstairs from our room! We were also approached by a promoter and was able to get on the guest-list - vip style too! No waiting in line, escorted right to the door, no cover, and we had a wristband allowing free drinks from 10-11.
What we wanted to do was drink for an hour and head over to another club we wanted to check out at (XS). However by 10pm, TAO was packed already, and of course, we were def. taking advantage of the free drinks. Well leaving at 11 didn't happen, and we ended up staying at TAO and had a great time. They played great music, and there are so many different levels to go to. We walked up to Tao Beach and that was really nice too, they played music there, and it was outdoors right by the pool, so we chilled there for a bit to get fresh air.
Kinda cool that the girls bathroom is upstairs, and you get a whole bathroom to yourself. Doors look see-through, but they are not. Too bad the line gets long though. Overall its not a bad crowd, we all had a lot of fun!
I've been to Tao twice and always had a blast. I can't complain about the cover charge or the lines, because I always get in free and never wait in line. Yeah, that's how I roll.
Lucky for me, I have a friend who has hook ups in Vegas and we never pay for clubs. We hit up Tao with a group of about 11 and zipped right past the line and the girls all got hooked up with a bracelet for free drinks until 11pm. Free drinks for my girls = free drinks for me.
It gets pretty crowded so if you want to actually dance, I suggest going early before it gets shoulder to shoulder. Even when Tao Beach is open all the way upstairs, it still gets crowded. We usually end up finding a cool spot to chill between drinks. This time it was the outside patio behind the DJ. The music was on point and for the fellas, there's plenty of go-go dancers and even girls in tubs with rose petal pasties on.
We left around 1am to hit up Lavo at the Palazzo and there was still a line outside of Tao. Sucks to be those who have to wait in line at 1am. I'm just saying...
"Hey everybody!!! It's my friend's birthday!!!" This is what I drunkly yelled at every passerby while we were on our way up to this club.
Came here for on my friend's 21st birthday. A momentous and memorable occasion it was!!!
We had a lot of fun. Great venue, tons of room and even though it was incredibly crowded it was not too hard to maneuver around. Definitely one of the better clubs in Vegas!
Beautiful venue when you walk in....
The party scene is ok because the crowd is alright, it's way too packed, but the music is solid. Could just be the weekend I went there...I've heard from other people other nights have been awesome...
One of my favorite clubs in Vegas. Half naked women in tubs covered with rose petals await you as you arrive. The main downside to being one of the best clubs in Vegas is that it get's jam packed early, to the point it's hard to even walk through. Drinks are good but be prepared to shell out and don't count on standing in one place the whole night because apparently the bouncers think it necessary to create a constant flow throughout the club.
If you want to keep your faith in humanity, this might not be the best place to spend your night in Vegas. Sure, you'll hear some good music, see some gorgeous ladies in their best clubbing dresses, and, along with everyone else in the club, watch the ladies dance in the line upstairs next to the glass wall that overlooks the main dance floor, (are they dancing because they're showing off their milkshake for the crowd? Or do they just have to pee?) but you'll see some people at their worst. Rude douches, girls pushing past you and stepping on your GF's toe, aggressive security, (although sometimes, they kept the crowd moving, but was I really causing a scene by unbuttoning my shirt with a tank top underneath?) and the music wasn't that inspiring. I heard a better dance mix at Hash House A Go Go the next morning . . .
You might be able to find some interesting people to have a conversation with (Hi Nadine and Natasha, I apologize to all Germans and Spanish/Germans on behalf of all Americans for the scene) but the combination of belligerent drunk chicks, drunk dudes, bad house music, and overly aggressive security would lead me to recommend you look elsewhere. Or maybe don't go on a Friday (when we went) or a Saturday. And I'd only go if you get in free from dinner at Tao, which we did. It was definitely too packed.
Try it on ay day but Friday or Saturday when you get in free from your dinner at Tao, which is a fine dinner choice.
I am giving it 2 stars because I'm being nice. The decor was cool and if the music was good the night I went it would have been better.
now everything else SUCKED. I'm not just saying that but this was my first time going to vegas and my first club i went to in vegas. And really it was not up to par for what I expected. The venetian hotel overall has not very good service and now that I think about it, it seems that everything else related to this place just disappointing
I went with 5 guys and 2 girls and the extra guys had to pay. which wasn't a problem, but for extra $12ea I wish they all just bought drinks or something instead of going to this crap hole.
People vibe sucked, hella stuck up wannabes that thought they were so cool because they were at Tao. Super clicky, girls would not talk to guys etc. Just overall the vibe and the crowd really sucks.
My feet hurt so bad and there was no where to sit. It's seriously not fun to go here with a huge group of friends and no VIP table. Really, but for the amount of money they want me to pay for their pretentious club I'd rather go gamble it away and I would have had more fun.
Definitely would not come back here again. Should check out Lavo instead next time..people seem to have a better time there any way.
This is a review of the nightclub. Its def crowded but getting in is relatively straightforward and hassle fee and the crowd is above average. Its plenty huge but with enough different spaces to make it feel a little smaller than it really is.
The bottom line is that if you go with a group of friends you should have fun. The music is above average as well.
Is it too much to be asked to be treated like a human being? Apparently so for TAO Nightclub. Granted the night we wanted to go was its big October 2009 anniversary party and there were a lot of people attending, but do you really need to push people aside and treat them like cattle? We went with a group of 3 girls and 8 guys. The doormen refused us even entry to the line to pay because the ratio of guys to girls was too uneven. However, they happily let another group of 8 girls and 3 guys waltz in. Isn't that sexual discrimination? So then we tried to change it up and then the doormen refused us admission again this time because our attire wasn't up to code. However, our other friends already got in line ahead of time in the SAME ATTIRE! Difference? Friends ahead of us were white and we were Asian. Sexual and racial discrimination at TAO. Quite disgusting really how they take the name and spirit of the Chinese culture and discriminate against its own people. It's almost like when the British ruled over Hong Kong with park signs reading, "No dogs or Chinamen allowed."
Go to this place if you support blatant sexual and racial discrimination.
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Dance Clubs
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Dance Clubs
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Dance Clubs
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Dance Clubs
Las Vegas, NV
Category: Dance Clubs
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