The food at Tao in the Venetian is very good (definately order the stuffed shrimp appetizer), but it’s the environment itself that gets the highest marks from me.

If you’re dining at Tao, here are some tips for getting in Tao nightclub for free…ar at least skipping an houre more more wait in line.

1) Try your best to dine with at least 1 girl to every guy, if at all possible. If so, at the end of your meal, they’ll send the table service hostess over to stamp each guy/girl set with line passes. Depending on when you arrive, this line pass can save you an hour’s wait in line

2) If you’re staying at the Venetian, look for the line that says “Venetian guests”, its much faster. If you’re not staying at the Venetian, I suggest making friends with someone who is. :-)

3) For ladies, at the front hostess desk, they have free VIP passes food for 2 admittions. They have one that works for Wednesday nights and another (different) one that works Thurs, Fri and Sat.

Tao plays a pretty good mix of new and old hip-hop and pop music until late night, when I’ve been told they change over to house music.

Here’s me and my STS Wireless CTO, Hans, at TAO Nightclub

If you’re lucky enough to be with a group….or client….or customer, who wants to spring for bottle service, ask for Sammy. She’s a good friend of a friend and she was kind enough to let us sneak in to the VIP area: