We stayed at the Venetian this past weekend and hung out at Tao Beach on Friday for a few hours.
We booked a daybed and had an awesome time. I fell asleep for a few minutes, I was that relaxed (even with the DJ pumpin' music in the background). The daybed rental was supposed to be $500 but a friend got us a hookup and we paid less than half of that. The $500 credit was used towards our food and drinks, plus we got a bracelet for an hour's worth of open bar service.
The pool is small, and was packed. The drinks were strong and tasty and the food we ordered were primarily tasty. We pretty much ordered everything off the food menu since we got free drinks from open bar. I only tried a few bites, so can only attest to the flavors of the chicken satay (cold and overcooked), grilled tuna sashimi (very fresh and good), Thai crab cake sliders with mango salsa (tasty, albeit a bit dry), and shrimp cocktail (fresh and tasty).
I liked hanging out here more than at Marquee Dayclub, which we were at on Saturday (April 28th). That's a crazy atmosphere and much less relaxing.