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Tao

42 E. 58th St. (bet. Madison & Park Aves.) Manhattan, NY 10022
Phone:
212-888-2288
Type:
Lounge, Restaurant
Neighborhood:
East 50s

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Payment:

  • Accepts Major Credit Cards

Dress Code:

  • Upscale Casual

Date Opened:

  • Oct. 2000

Good For:

  • After Work
  • Expense Accounters

Vibe / Atmosphere:

  • Beautiful People
  • Euro
  • Meat Market
  • Suits

Special Features:

  • Cocktail Expert
  • Cool Loos
  • Food Menu Available
  • Live Entertainment (other than music)
  • Music

Hours:

  • Mon: 11:30AM - 1:00AM
  • Tues: 11:30AM - 1:00AM
  • Wed: 11:30AM - 2:00AM
  • Thur: 11:30AM - 2:00AM
  • Fri: 11:30AM - 2:00AM
  • Sat: 5:00PM - 2:00AM
  • Sun: 5:00PM - 1:00AM

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36 Member Reviews for:
Tao

  • 1-5 of 36
0 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Reviewed by scottb710878 on 12/22/2008.
Member since October 2002, Total Reviews: 31 (Brooklyn, NY)

ugh! why am I here?

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0 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Reviewed by ElaineS489563 on 10/19/2007.
Member since May 2003, Total Reviews: 10 (Sag Harbor, NY)

"Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?" This place is great, but not unless you know sign language.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Reviewed by AlexandraV on 07/04/2007.
Member since July 2007, Total Reviews: 22 (Female, 20s, Norwalk, CT)

After a long wait despite a reservation, the great food made up for all delays getting to the table. Service might have been slow. Our waitress seemed to have a lot of tables to manage, maybe too many. Still once each course was on the table negatives about the wait or service were forgotten. Definitely a location for the beautiful, rich , or young.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Reviewed by jane6463 on 02/02/2007.
Member since January 2007, Total Reviews: 38 (Male, 30s, New York, NY)

Tao is beautiful. Upon entering you realize that the restaurant is much larger than it seems on the outside. My favorite part of the restaurant was the large buddha and lotus pond. Unfortunately, the food fell short of my expectations, the kobe beef was sauteed in a way that made it too salty and nothing else I ordered really made my stomach beg for more. On the upside, the bar was happening and filled was good looking people. The waiters and wai

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Reviewed by SeanC1285939 on 01/19/2007.
Member since February 1999, Total Reviews: 118 (Male, 30s, Oakland, CA)

After all these years, the young and young at heart still come to "worship" at this UES temple to Buddha-Lounge culture... Skip the food which is "mediocre take-out" quality, and stick with the top-shelf drinks in the lounge area.

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