The Oasis

I promise to start blogging more restaurants on the water, (various lakes around Austin) since Austin has some great ones and I have yet to blog about any. Naturally I had to start out with The Oasis. This is the place that everyone takes out of town visitors who assumed Texas would be a desert of tumbleweeds. One friend of mine who was visiting from the east coast described The Oasis as "sitting on the corner of paradise."

The cool thing about this restaurant is that you're up high. Really, really high. So you have a grand view of Lake Travis stretching off into the distance.

Lunch on a beautiful fall day. Don't get drunk and fall over the edge! We forgot to take photos of the food... just imagine run of the mill Tex-Mex and American food. It's decent, but the reason you come is the view, not the food.

The entrance to the restaurant has sort of an Italian villa feel to it. There are multiple floors and decks, and the top floor is a bar, so you can come for a few drinks if you aren't in the mood for food.

Since it's November, we went for lunch, which is why it's daytime in the pics above. However the main draw of The Oasis is the sunset, so I thought I'd throw in a pic of the sunset I took at the Oasis while there for dinner over the summer:

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