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...