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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Austin
Food
Feel
Price
6.2
8.0
$60
Modern
Upmarket restaurant

Hours
Mon–Thu 5:00pm–10:00pm
Fri–Sat 11:30am–11:00pm
Sun 10:00am–10:00pm

Features Date-friendly, live music, outdoor dining
Bar Beer, wine, liquor
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Accepted

www.soleilaustin.com

Lake Travis Area
6550 Comanche Trail
(512) 266-0600
Soleil
The sunset deserves better than this—and so do you

Soleil, with its breathtaking view of Lake Travis, seems to have sprung fully formed from the head of the Schiller-Del Grande group, that very emblem of cynical dining that operates some of Texas’s most underwhelming and uninspired restaurants. If at one time, Robert Del Grande’s passion lay in making interesting…

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