text: Tao Restaurant is a pretty nice place Really cool environment good vibe beautiful layout etc etc It is also not a bad thing that they do not seat you right away even if you have reservationsthey have a nice lounge areannIf restaurants were all about the environment then Tao would get stars But alas this is a review of a restaurant so the actual food is important too Typical asian fusion stuffa mix of a wide variety of asian dishes If you do not know what asian fusion is think about it this wayyou can order sashimi Japanese pad thai thai satay chicken for appetizers thai and then throw down some shrimp sea bass spicey tuna rolls kung pao etc Oh yeah avoid the sashimiwe are talking small leaflets worth for The food is decent but nothing special The environment goes along way great place to take your special someone or a bunch of friendsbut the food is nothing to rave about Remember it is definitely on the pricey end If you are considering a few appetizers some drinks maybe a bottle of sake an entree for you and your sweatie and then some dessert to close the deal we are talking each easilynnAnd please please do not go here just to get a free line pass for Tao the club It is not worth it Why pay per person for a mediocre dinner just to get into the club And besides if you are part of a sausage fest you will still have to pay cover and still wait a bit in line And if you cheap out on the dinner where your main motivation was to get into the club and it is obvious the server does not have to hook you upnnAnd once you are in you are screwed because Tao is geared towards table serviceunless you enjoy being packed like sardines well I suppose if there were two girls and you Anyways think about it for dinner for cover and then a whole bunch of for drinks and standing the whole time and being very uncomfortable Or spending each person for bottletable service depending on how many are in your group It is a no brainernnSo back to the Tao restaurantgreat environment good vibe cool place to eataverage food