It's super dark in the lounge / bar and waiting area but I've been here for the lunch special in the main dining area as well which has high ceilings and is nicely decorated. I was here today at about 5:30PM for the happy hour (5-7PM) as a party of 3 - the bar was full and the lounge area was maybe half full. We seated ourselves at a comfy bench with a low table in between. It's not really meant for dining - truly meant to have a chat and a drink. We opted for the $1 dumplings and potstickers which were really tasty and meaty! There was a $1 veggie dumpling and $5 hot edamame to choose from as well. We all opted for the $5 house white wine, which was very decent all things considered. The waitress can provide a full drink menu, and during happy hour any wine bottle under $100 is half off! They have martini flights which looked cute. The waitress takes a card to start a tab - our waitress Sarah was very sweet and efficient. Will definitely be back! read more

Tao - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

Came here for a quick night cap. This place is beyond beautiful. Very swanky and upscale. The food was so yummy! read more

Tao - Egg rolls - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

The service was good the food came out really fast. The only thing I would say was good was the crab wontons and the chocolate cake dessert was really good too. But fried rice and the pad Thai was nothing special didn't really taste good at all waste of money. But the place was really pretty. The music was louder than the waiter talking . read more

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Tao uptown is a popular scene for both celebrities, locals & tourists. I took my sister here for her birthday lunch and set me back $267 for 3 people. We only ordered 3 items and, well, 3 glasses of red; they were all delicious. Peking duck was absolutely delicious, pricey for $82 half duck though it was abundantly shareable worth if you have at least 4 in your group. Beef with broccoli $54 was very tasty made of NY strip cut with well-seasoned sauce over cut up broccoli stems and stramed florets. Although it was very delicious it was a very small plate to share. Our third shareable was a typical $20 shrimp fried rice was okay. Overall, food was delicious but our waiter was just okay and did minimum service. I had to waive him to bring more water...I don't remember him checking on us but could hear him when he took somewhat a long time to go through the menu with the table behind us. I would have liked the same courtesy but perhaps because I spoke about getting the peking duck at the outset... NY has lots to offer so even if I want to taste other fares on the menu for a next visit, for now i'm content on having checked this off my go to list. read more

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Their food is really good and also do not miss out on their drinks. They have one of the best drinks. Their pad thai with shrimp was insane and also their crispy rice was really really good. read more

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We went to dinner many years away, and this spot is still jumping. Our 10:00pm reservation was pointless, we didn't get sat till 11:15pm so we end up eating dinner close to midnight. The music was great and the GM didn't catch his name but we waited so long that he came over as took our order. He was the saving grace. Gave us complimentary apps, sushi roll, and also comped the birthday fortune cookie that was delicious! So-so experience probably wouldn't come back with so many other great options in NYC. read more

Tao - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

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Tao is a great place to have good food and enjoy a beautifully designed restaurant. Fair warning though, if this is a first date it might be kind of hard to hear each other. It is also kind of pricy but I've yet to try something on the menu that I don't like. The tune on pringles was very thin and only three pieces so thats like veryyyy overpriced. The tuna avocado roll was delicious. If you like dumplings the pork one is the best I've tried. Of course that's only if you like port. I'd pass on the rock shrimp lettuce dish. That one is very basic and not worth it. They have great variety of drinks so it's also a good place to go have a couple drinks and mingle. read more

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Came in for restaurant week but I couldn't help it and deviated from the menu for the pork lo mein. My wife stuck to the restaurant menu though. She got the crispy veg rolls, pad thai, and the chocolate zen parfit. The lo mein was deeelish. 10/10 would recommend it. It's plentiful and the flavors are on point. However, the pad thai was a little too sweet for our liking but plentiful as well. The veg rolls and dessert were great. They were both enough to share which was nice. Overall, the experience was nice. The waiter was attentive and we enjoyed the decor. I would give it a second chance. read more

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One star because the building is beautiful. Zero stars for all the food. The fried rice was burnt and they served it anyway. She offered to change it but I passed. The orange chicken was terrible and so was the white rice. Not edible.. This is at noon. They just opened. How could you serve old white rice?! read more

So I'll start with this...Tao does live up to its name. The food is good, decor beautiful, and music jammin. To be quite honest, I went back to back weekends because my friends (6 total) all wanted to go again. That being said, if you're not on time for your reservation you should expect to wait 30 minutes to an hour, though the lounge has great drinks to ease you up a bit. I would mainly recommend this for large groups since a 1:1 dinner could get noisy. read more

Tao - Drinks - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

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Service was awful. Waited 25-30 minutes. And it was not that busy. No one came to us until we got upset, then they were all apologies. Not the usual staff we would see there before the Covid closure. Used to be really great. read more

I'm not crazy about the food at this location and have never eaten anything that I thought was the worth the price, the only exception being the banana pudding. It has the perfect sweetness and the crumbled wafers give it the perfect texture contrast which makes banana pudding -- done right -- so delightful. Despite not being crazy about the food at Tao, I do love Tao for a birthday celebration. It's sexy, fun and has the right ambiance for bdays, not to mention their lavish birthday dessert presentations! (My default in this case is the fried prawns and a side a rice.) read more

Food choices are amazing, presentation is amazing....!!!! Service is outstanding and exceptional...!!!! You will not regret the experience...!!! read more

This is one of our favorite restaurants to get together. We were a party of seven. Food and drinks were great. Service by the waiter was acceptable. Good ambiance. What soured our experience was the interaction we had as we were leaving with someone ( young asian woman with blond hair and a walkie talkie in her hands) who was manning the second floor. She talked to us very rudely and in an insulting manner instead of politely asking us to move to one side to avoid blocking the narrow walk way. No patron should be treated like this. Will think twice about going back. read more

We celebrated one of our girlfriends birthday at TAO. The ambience and the atmosphere was nice. We order drinks, and main course. The drink were the best. The meals and were tasty. Our server was very helpful, and nice, in helping us with selecting choices from the menu, since it was our first time. We were very happy with the service and the food. We'll be back! read more

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Absolutely loved the ambience,food and service. This place is impressive with its huge Buddha statue, beautiful bar area and a two story sitting area. Dress up and make a special evening out. There is a special table right by the Buddha statue which has rose petals and candles under the glass top of the table-perfect for bachelorette parties. The sushi selection is impressive. The star of the evening was Kung pao chicken and vegetarian Fred rice. Save room for dessert as there is a good selection. The most interesting one is the giant fortune cookie which is filled with chocolate mousse on one side and vanilla Mousse on the other....Yum! read more

Tao - Fortune cookie Tao style! - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

The scene is Beautiful, the 5 greens fried rice is good, the sushi is just ok. The rolls are small and they aren't very tasty. If I go back, it would be for the beautiful scenery, the drinks and the music. Mostly dissatisfied read more

Tao - Delicious drink - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

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Really delicious, but waited over an hr after having made a res; really great very sporadic service (contradiction?!) - I'd suggest having your entire order ready upon seating! read more

Tao - Hong Kong Noodles; sushi; skewers - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

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Nice ambiance with beautiful decor. Miso Glazed sea bass was delicious however the vegetables below it were drenched in oil and miso glazed sauce. This overwhelmed the plate thus not allowing me to enjoy the veggies. The lobster kimchi fried rice was as expected. I wasn't overly impressed. I enjoyed the lychee drink however the taotini drink was much too sweet for my taste. This location is much more low key then the meatpacking location. It's more intimate and not nearly as loud. Great for a first date, family dinner or a business dinner. read more

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I've been to Tao twice. I went again because a friend wanted to go. We got drinks, appetizers and a main dish. We spend over $200 for 2 people. The service was good and the drinks were as well. BUT the food is disgusting (except the sushi). If your looking for good food don't go here. If you are looking for an ambiance with $20 cocktails this is the place to go. I will not be back again.. not worth my money. read more

We just had guests from Italy and took them for dinner to Tao. It was so nice experience with either food, drink, atmosphere and waitress who was sweet lady and very helpful with the menu. We ordered dim sum, crab spring rolls and Pecking Duck Dinner. Delicious and soft meat with very skinny crispy skin was one of the Best duck that we ever tried. Enjoyed a lot and highly recommend this place for fun and tasty food. read more

My friends and I went to this club while on our trip to NYC looking for a good time. We were quite disappointed at Tao. The music was good but it was hot and crowded and the staff was rude. One of the girls in our party was having a 21st birthday and when we asked the bartender if he was having any specials for that he gave us 4 tequila shots and charged us full price. Also, we heard from another group a bouncer took their credit card and told them they had to spend $150 minimum, we weren't told this but when it was questioned we were told it is at the bouncer's discretion. The drinks were outrageously expensive even for New York, and the rude staff left a bad taste in my mouth. Would not go again, there are more clubs in NYC, would NOT recommend this one. read more

He made the reservation, so I appreciate that. Guided us both past the doorman through the "secret" door in the wall. He had the steak. I had the lo mein. The steak came sliced and was cooked to perfection, which I appreciated. The lo mein didn't kill me, which i also appreciated. Phenomenal service - our waiter was a twenty year veteran who didn't look a day over 21. He instantly won me over with his patience and care - took excellent care of me and my pesky allergies. If you're in the mood for celebrity sightings, circa 2006, this is the place to go. Wearing your best sparkly mini-skirt? This also the place to go. If you're looking for a fun, lively, club-like and trendy atmosphere, this your place, for sure. I didn't happen to be any of the above, but in spite of all of that, had a fantastic time. Recommend! read more

This place sucks! Came here for a birthday dinner and will never come back. The food was just mediocre and very salty and solidly 3-4x what you would pay at an excellent Chinese/Pan Asian restaurant elsewhere. Soooooooo overpriced! I don't mind paying extra for outstanding food...this is not that. If you are on a business trip and you can expense your meals and you don't want to leave Midtown go for it! If you're a tourist and you've been told this is a good place, do some research here on Yelp and find a better place...any place in Chinatown would be better and more interesting! If you live in New York (like I do) well there is no excuse to eat here and I have learned my lesson and will never come back. read more

My friends and I stood outside the rope to get in holding out our vaccination cards but it took us forever to get acknowledged. A whole group of 18 year olds almost got in before we did. After finally getting acknowledged the rope guy told us we had to talk to the doorman and told the door man but he didn't even look our way. Super rude and worst experience I've had ever getting into a club. We eventually just left because no one wanted to even give us the time of day. read more

When I lived in NY, my roommate and I were regulars for the molten chocolate cake, crispy spicy tuna, and miso glaze sea bass skewers. SO DELISH!! read more

We have been coming here for years. Mainly because the drinks are awesome. How ever we went back two weeks ago. We all had two-three cocktail drinks each. They were all watered down. $20 each drink! We even ordered an Uber to and from New Jersey because we thought we couldn't drive. It was a waste of money. Anyone of us could have driven. The drinks were disappointing. The food, however was Outstanding! read more

Tao - Celebrating with family at Tao Downtown! - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

I have been going to Tao midtown and downtown since I moved to New York. But I am very annoyed at Tao Midtown (they never do that in downtown) that they made you wait at least 30 min even you had a reservation (it happened to me EVERY time except I went there for lunch). They blamed it on the customers not paying or leaving fast enough. But the management is to be blamed. If the average duration of a meal in their restaurant is 2 hours instead of 1, then don't f---ing schedule so many people in the reservation window. And I am really tired of people who believes they are either very important or that they are SOMEBODY in Tao, both the people who work there and the customers. I was 8-month pregnant when I went there last, waiters and the customers do not give a shit about the possibility of knocking me over with their high-heels-fast pace walking and that I am supposed to give way to them. The food has been pretty solid except the last time I went there. I tried the rock shrimp the first time. It just doesn't go with the lettuce. It will be much better served by itself. My husband had the short rib as appetizer. They gave you 4 tiny pieces of meat. The rest of the food still deserve a 4-star. read more

A friend was visiting and suggested Tao. I'd never been so was game. This place is enormous and VERY DARK. I could barely see the hostess down the foyer because it was so dimly lit. I could see how it's a good place for a big group because tables have lazy Susan's which make sharing easy. We shared a few things like shishito peppers which were tasty but everyone ordered their own mains. I chose the spider roll which was an enormous portion and very good. Friends ordered pad Thai and dumplings. It's an expensive place so not sure I'd go out of my way to visit again but it's probably good for business and big groups but bring a flashlight! read more

Definitely one of the worst experiences I ever had ! is a joke, they charge you to do a reservation and make you wait for an hour, rude people, terrible service and very cheesy classless atmosphere. Food is bad, take forever to come and service horrible . so, never ever going back there again. read more

If you are going just for the vibe and have drinks with friends, that's a fun place to be, great decoration and a big Buddha takes u back to Paris's Buddha bar. If you are here for the food, turn around and go anywhere you want but here. NY has plenty of choices. I swear I order 2 completely different dishes in the menu: 1 chicken and 1 steak. They both came with the same thick sweet orange sauce. (that we all know) read more

I thought this place was hyped up but it proved me wrong. The decoration was beautiful and the food was mind blowing Asian food that I never had before. I had the Mongolian beef and it was like butter and the sauce omg. It was delicious. We went there for restaurant week and the appetizers crispy spicy tuna and boa buns. They were sooo good and filling I didn't think they can top that. The Mongolian beef and olive fried rice were soo flavorful Tao really surpassed expectations. The molten chocolate cake was the best chocolate cake I've ever had in my life!!! Love this place. read more

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I believe this location is a resultant only. So don't go expecting a night club. The food is pretty good the drinks are great I love the warm sake. The atmosphere is awesome. Good place to go for lunch or dinner. read more

Came to this place on a date. The place looks amazing. Great vibe. A great place to go if you really want to dress up and go out for a nice meal. My thoughts on - - Coconut Shrimp - Amazing! Best I've ever had. - Shrimp Mei Fun - Really good, but not mind-blowing - Vegetable dumplings - Very good. - Drinks - Expensive and average. - Service - They were very quick to take our order and to get the food out. I gave it 4/5 stars because of how loud it was inside. The noise of other patrons and the music made it hard to talk to my date and to hear. Overall, I like this place and would come back...just not for a first date. Love the music selection too. lol. Great restaurant that I think everyone visiting or living in NYC should try at least once. read more

I decided to eat here for my birthday. So happy I did. The food was soo good. We wanted to order everything in menu. Amazing atmosphere, we took so many pictures. Whoever's design the restaurant did a really good job. read more

Came here a few days ago, the server was extremely nice. The food, not so much... ordered orange chicken, egg roll and ribs. Really not good quality, tasted worse than frozen PF Chang's you can buy at the grocery store, except this cost over $300 for food and three drinks... rather eaten at Panda Express read more

I would only recommend this place for a business meal that is compensated by ur company ... but I would not recommend this place if ur paying with your own money The venue is amazing.. but that's not enough. Service was on par, but less than I would expect for a restaurant would a $40-$90 entree My biggest gripe with this place is the food. Yes the food is very good, but the prices are outrageous. The core of the issue is, regular Chinese/Asian dishes can be found all over the city for $5-$10 a combination platter, but Tao charges 4 to 8 times as much for maybe 2x the flavor and a whole lot of hype. If u love hype u will love this place If you are like me, it very frustrating to enjoy a meal when u realize ur are getting played. read more

Way too expensive and not what I was expected. The service was the only thing nice about eating here.

I visited Tao with co-workers as part of an offsite, and had an amazing time! Prior to this visit I'd never been to Tao, but I'd heard remarkable things about the venue, ambiance and food; I can confirm it's all true. To be fair, the exterior of Tao isn't anything to write home about, and seems a little sketchy at first glance. Within seconds of walking in however, it's clear that this is an upscale place. The interior is well appointed, the lights are low, the walkways are lavish, and then you get to the main room; it's magnificent. Immediately visible is the giant statue in the back which has various patterns and animations projected on to it. The seating is distributed on a declining staircase for dates, with flat areas near the bottom for larger groups. Our group was quickly seated thanks to a reservation we had, and our view was stellar. The service was quick and responsive, and correctly recorded a number of diverse orders and re-orders throughout the night. I managed to sample a number of dishes that were both diverse and filling, which culminated in a decadent dessert. The star food of the evening was the massive fortune cookie that had a number of unexpected (but whimsical) fortunes inside. As a quick note, this is definitely an expensive place and you'll want to be prepared for the bill. Overall, I highly recommend visiting Tao if you're going out for a fancy date or a corporate group outing. read more

Tao - Dessert platter - Dance Clubs Near Me - New York, New York

Really cool atmosphere and the food was good. Pork dumplings and sea bass were very good.