TAO Asian Bistro - Chicago

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   Jordan

   Chicago

   25 reviews

   5.0

   25 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was wonderful and we had terrific service! Thank you for making my birthday so special!
   

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   Monica

   Chicago

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The service and food was amazing. But the three kids yelling and jumping all over the place next to us was no good at all. Was hard to enjoy with that going on. Maybe keep crazy kids at home.
   

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   Nika

   Indiana

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything I thought this would be and More!! Food and Drinks was on point!! So good!!! I Will be back!!
   

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   Julia

   Chicago

   3 reviews

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   2.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   A waiter dropped a fork on my head (dirty fork) isn’t the place where I thought this would happen. Also waitress told me lobster roll had raw tuna on top and it didn’t. Been here before and the service and quality of food def went down.
   

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   Michelle

   New Orleans

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great experience for a date night with my husband. Nice vibe and delicious food. Highly recommend. Decor is top notch.
   

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   Kofi

   Chicago

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Celebrating a birthday at The TAO was an epic experience. We didn’t need to hit a club to enjoy great hip-hop music, and we could still hear each other talk comfortably. The appetizers were so satisfying they could have been a meal on their own, making the main course feel like a plus. It’s definitely a fantastic spot for a date ⚡️
   

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   Gabriel

   New York City

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Place is amazing, food just ok - under expectations
   

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   Ryan

   Chicago

   3 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Waited over 20 minutes to be seated for our reservation. Couldn’t get a drink at the bar while we were waiting because the one bartender was nowhere to be found. Once we were seated our server was respondent and the food was pretty good. Would not go back
   

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   Eduardo

   Chicago

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 17, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   WORST FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE! We were advised to arrive 15 min before checking, my fiancé and I arrive 15min before our reservation. This was our first time going to Tao and it was a horrible experience with the reservation, we waited a whole hour to get our table and we kept seeing people who arrived after us getting seated. I had to ask three times for an update with our table and was told to wait and after waiting for a whole hour and third time asking they finally sat us down. Being a high rated restaurant we had the worst experience with reservations. Overall the food was good and our waiter was friendly and attentive. They need to have friendlier host and a better organization on their reservations, I don’t see myself going back. No point of making reservations if you constantly have to ask for updates and wait a whole hour to be seated.
   

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    Adam

    Chicago

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on November 17, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 5

    My girlfriend and I made a 9:15 reservation on a Saturday night and didn’t get seated till about 10:00pm. The food wasn’t anything better than your typical Chinese take out. We had shrimp tempura, waygu yakitory, orange chicken and vegetable lo-mein with chicken. The lo-mein was edible but I would not recommend ordering it to anyone and if I ever come back I would definitely skip that dish. The waitress was nice but our table was very tiny. We were squeezed between two other tables and it was like we were all eating together. Maybe if I ordered other dishes the experience would have been better. It’s a great place to take selfies or pics with your friends. Also, we wanted to go into the night club after dinner but you have to buy tickets in advance for $20/ person plus a $10 “fee”. I couldn’t order them online for some reason and when I got there the ticket price went up to $30/ person. The ticket only allows you to be one of the hundred or so people standing outside in the cold, waiting to maybe get in. I haven’t seen the night club because i’m not willing to wait in line for G-d knows how long. (This place must be the new Roxberry or something ) However people were waiting down the block, tickets in hand waiting to get into the nightclub in the freezing cold. In short, great ambiance, fair food, very loud. It’s not somewhere I would frequent regularly and i’ve been to many fine dining experience in Chicago. I would go back if someone invited me and I wasn’t paying. The value is very poor.
    

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