Food Scene
They can make your artisan pizza to order. Excellent beer and other drinks and even gluten free and vegan options for your own special pizza! Get the s'mores and watch them wood-fire them along with your pizza!
Blaze Pizza
14009 Research BlvdThey can make your artisan pizza to order. Excellent beer and other drinks and even gluten free and vegan options for your own special pizza! Get the s'mores and watch them wood-fire them along with your pizza!
A Tex Mex restaurants with indoor and outdoor seating with breathtaking views of Lake Travis from atop a cliff. It often has live music and drink specials! All that's missing from your Austin trip is your selfie with your margarita and postcard-worthy background!
504 locals recommend
The Oasis On Lake Travis
6550 Comanche TrailA Tex Mex restaurants with indoor and outdoor seating with breathtaking views of Lake Travis from atop a cliff. It often has live music and drink specials! All that's missing from your Austin trip is your selfie with your margarita and postcard-worthy background!
Great drink specials and live music on some nights (Call first!) Excellent farm to table cuisine and a to-die-for dessert menu! Gluten-free options.
79 locals recommend
Blue Corn Harvest Bar & Grill
700 E Whitestone BlvdGreat drink specials and live music on some nights (Call first!) Excellent farm to table cuisine and a to-die-for dessert menu! Gluten-free options.
Some of the best Italian food in Austin is right here! Outside is a large enclosed area for kids to run!
7 locals recommend
Cedro Scratch Italian & Wine Bar
14028 US-183Some of the best Italian food in Austin is right here! Outside is a large enclosed area for kids to run!
An awesome Mom-and-Pop coffee shop with truffles, baked goods, and more...plus a mean wildflower latte! Note that they are closed on Sundays.
6 locals recommend
Joels Coffee
11301 Lakeline BlvdAn awesome Mom-and-Pop coffee shop with truffles, baked goods, and more...plus a mean wildflower latte! Note that they are closed on Sundays.
Fresh and organic dishes, many of them featuring food from the restaurant's own garden! Wonderful ambiance inside a former historic home!
160 locals recommend
Eastside Café
2113 Manor RdFresh and organic dishes, many of them featuring food from the restaurant's own garden! Wonderful ambiance inside a former historic home!
Sushi Bang Bang
14005 US-183Terrific sushi options, bento boxes, and more!
This juice bar is one to watch as they are quickly expanding across the country! Cold pressed juices, plus fun, "Austin-weird" drinks with every ingredient you could imagine, including Blue Majik, Wheatgrass, bee pollen, and so much more! They even have a Fireman's Shot and others if you feel like you may be starting to get sick. Awesome snacks and even Juiceland apparel! Their refrigerated snacks and lunch items are amazing! I love their seaweed, rainbow quinoa salad, and homemade hummus! Wild and colorful décor too!
JuiceLand
12226 Ranch Rd 620 NThis juice bar is one to watch as they are quickly expanding across the country! Cold pressed juices, plus fun, "Austin-weird" drinks with every ingredient you could imagine, including Blue Majik, Wheatgrass, bee pollen, and so much more! They even have a Fireman's Shot and others if you feel like you may be starting to get sick. Awesome snacks and even Juiceland apparel! Their refrigerated snacks and lunch items are amazing! I love their seaweed, rainbow quinoa salad, and homemade hummus! Wild and colorful décor too!
Lots to see inside of this bustling coffee shop, which can also be a quiet-ish space from which to work! Sip on unique lattes. I love the Aztec Mocha and the Nutella Latte! Gluten/dairy free sweetbread choices too!
6 locals recommend
Cuppa Austin
9225 W Parmer LnLots to see inside of this bustling coffee shop, which can also be a quiet-ish space from which to work! Sip on unique lattes. I love the Aztec Mocha and the Nutella Latte! Gluten/dairy free sweetbread choices too!
They make their own bread and even give tours of the process! Terrific lunch items and pasties and more! So shopping at the Arboretum before or after stopping here!
Blue Baker
10000 Research BlvdThey make their own bread and even give tours of the process! Terrific lunch items and pasties and more! So shopping at the Arboretum before or after stopping here!
Sightseeing
Climb 250 shaded steps to the peak of Mt. Bonnell to overlook Lake Austin, which is actually the Colorado River, from a cliff. Stunning sunsets and views from different angles! The perfect photo opp for your group or take your sweetie on a romantic picnic!
1082 locals recommend
Mount Bonnell
Climb 250 shaded steps to the peak of Mt. Bonnell to overlook Lake Austin, which is actually the Colorado River, from a cliff. Stunning sunsets and views from different angles! The perfect photo opp for your group or take your sweetie on a romantic picnic!
Shopping
Round Rock Premium Outlets
4401 N Interstate Hwy 35It has all the staples and more!
My favorite upscale clothing boutique! Adorable and fashionable yet unique selections to help you develop your signature style!
Adelante Boutique
1206 W 38th StMy favorite upscale clothing boutique! Adorable and fashionable yet unique selections to help you develop your signature style!
Essentials
It has plenty of variety and a ton of natural and organic selections to accommodate just about any lifestyle! Plenty of household goods as well as Café on the Run (inside) by Central Market. You can't beat the Orange Plate Special!
41 locals recommend
H-E-B plus!
14028 US-183It has plenty of variety and a ton of natural and organic selections to accommodate just about any lifestyle! Plenty of household goods as well as Café on the Run (inside) by Central Market. You can't beat the Orange Plate Special!
Entertainment & Activities
You must experience the Alamo Drafthouse dinner movie theater. You will be forever converted! Enjoy an adult beverage by meeting up with friends before the flick in their in house bar, Glass Half Full. An award-winning chef creates seasonal specials that often have movie themes to complement what's playing, on top of a full menu of some of their staples. Some of many favorites include the green chile mac and cheese and the midnight expresso milkshake!
69 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline
14028 US-183You must experience the Alamo Drafthouse dinner movie theater. You will be forever converted! Enjoy an adult beverage by meeting up with friends before the flick in their in house bar, Glass Half Full. An award-winning chef creates seasonal specials that often have movie themes to complement what's playing, on top of a full menu of some of their staples. Some of many favorites include the green chile mac and cheese and the midnight expresso milkshake!
Fun for kids if you need to get away from the heat or rain! A bounce house gone wild with a black-lit kids' dance floor too!
Catch Air - Austin
13450 US-183Fun for kids if you need to get away from the heat or rain! A bounce house gone wild with a black-lit kids' dance floor too!
Parks & Nature
Enjoy miles of walking and hiking trails, a playground, splash pad, and natural beauty all around you!
47 locals recommend
Brushy Creek Lake Park
3300 Brushy Creek RdEnjoy miles of walking and hiking trails, a playground, splash pad, and natural beauty all around you!
The waters are a sparkling blue-green! They have a dock, swim beach, hiking trails, and more! Spend a half day here and bring a picnic, water shoes, sunscreen, cooler, and fun floats! Maybe even go fishing!
36 locals recommend
Lake Georgetown
The waters are a sparkling blue-green! They have a dock, swim beach, hiking trails, and more! Spend a half day here and bring a picnic, water shoes, sunscreen, cooler, and fun floats! Maybe even go fishing!
Arts & Culture
Austin's premiere professional theater which shows a variety of plays and musicals!
149 locals recommend
Zach Theatre
202 S Lamar BlvdAustin's premiere professional theater which shows a variety of plays and musicals!