This review is more for the local looking to hang out by a pool. This is not the place! Yes, we got in for free being on the guest list but if you do not have a cabana or lounge chair reserved, forget laying out by the pool. Something the VIP guy forgot to mention to us before we said yes to the guest list even when we confirmed we didn't need a reservation.
You can sit on benches up near the bar for free and that's about it. My friend I like to listen to music, have some beer, and chill out at the pool but with only 2 of us, we were not about to drop $500 (or more depending on where we would sit.) Plus the place is so small that I could not imagine it packed.
We left and went to the Flamingo where we know we can have a seat, enjoy the atmosphere and have room to actually stand up. I don't know if I would even come back to Tao when I do have 10 people with me and pay for this place.