by Elna Wilcock on If you expect cheap Asian food in a cheap atmosphere, go to Chinatown...Tao is anything but cheap, but for two good reasons - a very nice and trendy setting with KICK BUTT MARTINIS! (And because of this, don't forget to dress up a bit...this is definitely a place to people watch!) Yup, that alone made me splurge one night when I was craving the likes of PF Changs (and btw...PF Chang's has NOTHING on this place!). Oh, I also wanted to go because Dennis Rodman took some guests here when he was on Celebrity Apprentice! Because I was alone, I opted NOT to get a table...and instead, sat at the bar. The bartenders are quite attentive, and friendly. Back to priorities...MARTINIS! They have their own menu...and what better than a good lychee martini...made with fresh lychee juice and served with pieces of lychee in it! DELECTABLE! For food...I had the hot and sour soup...and the coolest thing about it besides the fact that it was exquisite...the bowl it came in...very posh. I also ordered some spring rolls and gyozas and everything was outstanding. Believe it or not...those three things satisfied my appetite...topped with 3 martinis...made for a good night!
by Rada I. on Walking in through the majestic wooden door, you enter a lounge infused with the fresh sent of wood from the surrounding interior. The set up, I would compare it to the former Ambassador, with the chic bar to the left of the entrance and the VIP mezzanine to the back. Peculiar: The smoking section to the back... oddly positioned right before coat check and not amazingly ventilated from what I could tell. The view of the co-ed water basins from the bar -girls will hate this, we love our privacy in the bathroom areas. Overall pretty cool, can't wait to check it out again.
