Texans don’t mess around with sunsets, and The Oasis on Lake Travis has been proving that since 1982. Perched 450 feet above the water on a cliff in the Austin Hill Country, this sprawling multi-deck outdoor restaurant holds the unofficial title of Sunset Capital of Texas — and on any given evening, hundreds of people are watching the sun drop behind the lake from one of its many terraces, margarita in hand, cheering when it disappears below the horizon. That tradition has been going on for over four decades. The Oasis is Texas’s largest outdoor restaurant, serving Tex-Mex, frozen drinks, and live music across a complex that feels more like a lakeside village than a single bar. It was a different scene when you wandered up in the late ’80s — a little rougher around the edges, all locals — but the sunset has always been the same.
