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  • TAO is a well-oiled machine. It was reportedly the highest-grossing independent restaurant in America last year and there're some good reasons for that. Giant space (with a giant buddha sitting in the middle), giant menu, conveniently located inside the Venetian on the Strip, with a nightclub upstairs offering constant celeb sighting. I enjoyed seeing how impressive this is as a business case as much as, if not more than, I enjoyed the food itself. TAO is the epitome of vibe dining; the entrance is lined with stone tubs filled with water and rose petals, the interior dimly lit with black cobblestones, bamboo, Buddha statues, Sumo wrestler paintings. Front-of-house is extremely efficient - they literally walk super fast; thus don't expect overly warm chatty service, but our waitress managed to take our drink and food orders, check on us, get the check, all in proper times, and our water glasses were never empty. On hearing that we were staying at the Venetian for my birthday trip, she brought out a complementary dessert with bday festivities. It's hard to hit all the service marks in such a giant, fluid venue, but TAO managed to do so. Enough for my restaurant-working nitpicks, onto the food itself. The sand pot with lobster, shrimp and scallops is a satisfying blend of flavors, although there's too much black bean sauce for my liking. The pad thai is fairly average thus would not recommend spending $$$ on it here. Nigiri and rolls are generally fine but no standouts - which could be a good thing because you should save room for desserts! The giant fortune cookie is amazing; I like how they didn't just make a standard fortune cookie 10 times bigger, but also hid inside white and dark chocolate mousse. The mousse is silky creamy and not overpowering; the white and dark chocolate also provides a nice contrast. My bf usually prefers milk chocolate while I prefer dark and we both found a happy middle ground. I'd come back for this dessert alone. I do really think their New York location should have this dish though; wouldn't "black & white cookie" be a nicer pun in NYC?
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