LAVO

What LAVO does

LAVO is an upscale Italian restaurant operating a single flagship location inside The Palazzo tower at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, at 3325 South Las Vegas Blvd. Opened in 2008 and operated by Tao Group Hospitality, the venue offers coastal Italian cuisine with hand-crafted cocktails across an indoor dining room, lounge, and outdoor terrace overlooking the Las Vegas Strip. The business runs a direct-to-consumer restaurant model, capturing walk-in traffic from Palazzo and Venetian guests, tourists, and local diners, with reservations managed through OpenTable. Primary revenue streams are dine-in food and beverage (dinner nightly 4pm-10pm), private events (corporate functions, weddings, premieres, receptions), and ancillary formats including Endless Brunch ($65 per person, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-2pm), Social Hour ($10 per item, Sunday-Thursday 8pm-10pm), and a Summer of Hits chef's tasting menu ($68 per person). A delivery extension via Goldbelly provides a national channel for signature dishes outside the Las Vegas market. The company is privately held under Tao Group Hospitality with no public ticker, no external funding rounds, and 84 employees. Customer acquisition is primarily organic through Strip foot traffic, supported by Instagram, Facebook, email newsletter, and Tao Group's broader rewards and cross-promotion ecosystem.

Name

LAVO

Legal name

Tao Group Hospitality

Website

https://lavolv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

LAVO is an upscale Italian restaurant and single flagship location at The Palazzo in The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, operated by Tao Group Hospitality, serving tourists, locals, and private event clients with coastal Italian cuisine, brunch, and cocktail programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Upscale Italian Restaurant / Fine Dining

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant
• Fine dining
• Private events
• Coastal Italian cuisine
• Restaurant hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-In Food and Beverage: Revenue from selling Italian cuisine, cocktails, and beverages directly to dine-in customers. Covers dinner service (Monday-Sunday 4pm-10pm) and weekend brunch (Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm).
2. Private Events: Revenue from hosting corporate events, weddings, private parties, and special occasions. The restaurant offers customizable event spaces and catering options for various occasions including movie premieres, holiday receptions, and product launches.
3. Delivery: Food delivery service through Goldbelly platform, allowing customers to order LAVO's signature dishes for delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LAVO is an Italian restaurant located in The Palazzo tower at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, serving sophisticated Italian cuisine with coastal flair alongside hand-crafted cocktails and a curated wine list. The restaurant operates daily dinner service (Monday-Sunday 4pm-10pm) and weekend Endless Brunch (Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm), complemented by Social Hour, seasonal Summer Fireworks programming, a chef's tasting menu, and a Private Events program for corporate functions, weddings, and special occasions. Delivery of signature dishes is available through Goldbelly, and reservations are managed via OpenTable.

Product overview

LAVO is an Italian restaurant operated by Tao Group Hospitality at The Palazzo in The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The restaurant offers a single unified dining product featuring sophisticated Italian cuisine with coastal flair, complemented by multiple experiential add-ons including Endless Brunch (weekend brunch at $65 per person), Social Hour (weekday evening bar service with $10 items), seasonal Summer Fireworks terrace dining, a Summer of Hits chef's tasting menu ($68 per person), and private event hosting capabilities. The venue includes indoor dining, lounge seating, and an outdoor terrace overlooking the Strip. Delivery is available through Goldbelly, and reservations are managed via OpenTable.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LAVO Italian Restaurant (Dine-In) Full-service Italian restaurant located at The Palazzo at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, offering sophisticated coastal Italian cuisine, hand-crafted cocktails, and a curated wine list, with seating in a lounge, dining room, and outdoor terrace overlooking the Las Vegas Strip.
• Endless Brunch All-you-can-eat weekend brunch priced at $65 per person, featuring unlimited bites and beverages, available Saturday and Sunday 10am-2pm.
• Social Hour Evening social offering with 10 curated items priced at $10 each, including light bites, signature cocktails, and wine, served exclusively at the bar and lounge area Sundays through Thursdays 8pm-10pm.
• Summer of Hits Chef's Tasting Menu Chef-curated multi-course tasting menu of signature LAVO dishes priced at $68 per person.
• Summer Fireworks Terrace Dining Seasonal terrace dining experience featuring fireworks on select Saturdays and the Fourth of July, paired with signature coastal Italian cuisine, handcrafted cocktails, and front-row views of the Las Vegas skyline. Food and beverage minimums apply on select dates.
• Private Events Event hosting service accommodating movie premieres, corporate affairs, holiday receptions, product launches, networking receptions, weddings, and other special events, with fully customizable indoor lounge, dining room, and terrace spaces.
• Delivery Service (Goldbelly) Direct-to-consumer food delivery of LAVO's signature dishes through the Goldbelly online platform, allowing customers nationwide to order restaurant dishes for home delivery.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Catch Las Vegas: Upscale experiential dining venue at ARIA Resort on the Las Vegas Strip, known for celebrity-chef appeal, lounge-style service, and private event capabilities. Directly competes for the same high-spend tourist and group-event bookings.
• SW Steakhouse (Wynn Las Vegas): High-end hotel/resort flagship restaurant at Wynn Las Vegas with comparable fine-dining positioning, premium pricing, private dining, and Strip-resort guest foot traffic on the Las Vegas Strip.
• STK Steakhouse Las Vegas: Upscale experiential steakhouse at The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas with lounge-style dining, premium pricing, and a similar mix of tourist traffic and private event bookings on the Strip.
• Carbone (Major Food Group): High-end Italian fine-dining concept from Major Food Group operating in Las Vegas at Aria; comparable upscale Italian cuisine, similar check averages, similar experiential dining positioning targeting tourists, special occasions, and private events.
• Spago Las Vegas: Celebrity-chef Italian-influenced fine-dining restaurant at The Forum Shops in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Comparable Strip-based, upscale, Italian-leaning cuisine with private events and tourist clientele.
• Il Mulino New York (Las Vegas): Upscale Italian fine-dining concept with a Las Vegas Strip presence inside Caesars Palace; competes in the same premium Italian experiential category and shares the same tourist and event-driven clientele.
• TAO Asian Bistro & Nightclub: Same parent (Tao Group Hospitality) Las Vegas flagship; shares the Venetian/Strip location base, customer overlap, brand cross-promotion, and experiential dining-plus-nightlife model. The most directly comparable venue in the same operating portfolio.
• Beauty & Essex: Another Tao Group Hospitality venue operating in Las Vegas with a lounge/dining experiential format and Strip-adjacent positioning. Operates with the same parent, shared reservations infrastructure, and customer base overlap.
• Carmines Las Vegas: Italian-themed, group-oriented full-service restaurant at The Forum Shops in Caesars Palace, serving high-volume tourist and group/celebration traffic on the Las Vegas Strip.

Others

• The Palazzo/Venetian Resort (Host Hotel): The resort property that houses LAVO; not a competitor but the critical distribution partner providing foot traffic, captive guest flow, and infrastructure that defines LAVO's addressable market on the Strip.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsNKCi7nvKTX7yFIl7WfnAA
• Facebookfacebook.com/lavo
• Instagraminstagram.com/lavolv
• TikToktiktok.com/@taogrouphospitality
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lavo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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