when is this place actually dead?
Question · by walk_in_on_balcones · Member since Sep 2026 · 1 post · 7w7 weeks ago
Eye care center in Austin, TX
4.6 · 1,442 reviewsOpens today at 8 AMOpens today at 8 AM
For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients.
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What Texan Eye offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Friday is usually the quietest day.
Busiest Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 AM to 3 PM.
7-Eleven is a 1 minute walk for convenience. Starbucks Coffee Company is a 2 minute walk for coffee.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Sep 18, 2026.
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
Closed now. Busiest Tue and Wed, 9 AM to 3 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about Texan Eye.
4.6from 1,442 reviews on Google
While some doctors provide excellent care, the clinic struggles with operational efficiency and patient communication. Customers describe a mixed experience at Texan Eye - Main Central, with some praising the thoroughness and attentiveness of doctors like Dr. Salinas and Dr. Lane, while others report long wait times and disorganized service. The atmosphere can feel impersonal, with automated check-ins and a lack of personal interaction noted by several reviewers.
Listed on 2 of the 34 directories AI reads.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
46 Austin avg
Signal and how much it countsTexan Eye
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
Texan Eye, as AI sees it. Blue signals help Texan Eye, and red ones hold it back.
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The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Texan Eye. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Austin, TX · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 28, 2026.
Published July 10, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
Texan Eye is an eye care center in Austin, TX. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Eye care center |
| Address | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun |
| Phone | (512) 327-7000 |
| Rating | 4.6 across 1,442 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Friday |
| Updated | October 28, 2026 |
Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.
| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location info | Address | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Texan Eye - Main Central | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (512) 327-7000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Comprehensive eye exams | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Contact lenses fitting | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Corneal disorder treatment | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Laser eye surgery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Lens implant surgery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Oculoplastics | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Pediatric eye consultations | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Refractive surgery | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Retinal disorder treatment | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | LASIK surgery | AI guess | |
| Links | Website | https://www.texaneyecare.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
Address: 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA. Phone: (512) 327-7000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients."
Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 1 min walk |
| McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Northland/Balcones | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Northland/Balcones | Transit station | 2 min walk |
| Parking at Starbucks | Parking lot | 2 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 2 min walk |
4.6 average across 1,442 reviews: Google 1,442. (Confirmed, read August 4, 2026.)
While some doctors provide excellent care, the clinic struggles with operational efficiency and patient communication. (AI guess, from 1,442 reviews.)
Listed on 2 of the 34 directories we checked.
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| Booksy | Not listed |
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| Vitals | Not listed |
| WebMD | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Listed |
| Zocdoc | Not listed |
We ask Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity about Texan Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026: 5011 Burnet Rd | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Austin eye care centers run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Texan Eye scores 33, below the Austin average of 46. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Texan Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 43 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 66 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. |
Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology
How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery
Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.
| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Texan Eye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texan Eye | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.texaneyecare.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Austin, Texas | City | #city | City Texan Eye is in | |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Austin, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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Title, description, canonical, robots and Open Graph tags. This is what shows in search results and link previews.
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# Texan Eye, Austin TX: Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/tx/austin/texan-eye-main-central-austin-tx. Free to reuse with a link back. By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-10-28. Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/tx/austin/texan-eye-main-central-austin-tx ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short Texan Eye is an eye care center in Austin, TX. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | Eye care center | | Address | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA | | Hours | Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun | | Phone | (512) 327-7000 | | Rating | 4.6 across 1,442 reviews on Google | | Quietest time | Friday | | Updated | October 28, 2026 | ## All the details Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from. | Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Location info | Address | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | Texan Eye - Main Central | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (512) 327-7000 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | Closed | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Cataract surgery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Comprehensive eye exams | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Contact lenses fitting | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Corneal disorder treatment | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Glaucoma treatment | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Laser eye surgery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Lens implant surgery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Oculoplastics | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Pediatric eye consultations | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Refractive surgery | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Retinal disorder treatment | AI guess | | | Services | Service | LASIK surgery | AI guess | | | Links | Website | https://www.texaneyecare.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices Add your services so AI can say what you offer ### Known for Share your review link so AI can say what you're known for ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting Texan Eye Address: 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA. Phone: (512) 327-7000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients." ### When to go Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | 7-Eleven | Convenience store | 1 min walk | | McDonald's | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk | | Northland/Balcones | Bus stop | 1 min walk | | Northland/Balcones | Transit station | 2 min walk | | Parking at Starbucks | Parking lot | 2 min walk | | Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 2 min walk | ## Reputation 4.6 average across 1,442 reviews: Google 1,442. (Confirmed, read August 4, 2026.) While some doctors provide excellent care, the clinic struggles with operational efficiency and patient communication. (AI guess, from 1,442 reviews.) ### What people like - Same-day appointments availability - Seamless cataract surgery ### What people do not like - Long waits past the appointment time - Disorganized check-in process - Unresponsive front desk - Inconsistent communication regarding prescriptions ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Listed on 2 of the 34 directories we checked. | Directory | Listed | | --- | --- | | Alignable | Not listed | | Angi | Not listed | | Apple Maps | Listed | | Birdeye | Not listed | | Booksy | Not listed | | Brownbook | Not listed | | Chamber of Commerce | Not listed | | DexKnows | Not listed | | Facebook | Not listed | | Foursquare | Not listed | | Fresha | Not listed | | Groupon | Not listed | | Healthgrades | Not listed | | Hotfrog | Not listed | | Houzz | Not listed | | Manta | Not listed | | MD.com | Not listed | | MerchantCircle | Not listed | | Nextdoor | Not listed | | NPI No. | Not listed | | Psychology Today | Not listed | | RealSelf | Not listed | | Sharecare | Not listed | | Superpages | Not listed | | Thumbtack | Not listed | | Trustpilot | Not listed | | Tupalo | Not listed | | Vagaro | Not listed | | Vitals | Not listed | | WebMD | Not listed | | Yellowbook | Not listed | | Yellow Pages | Not listed | | Yelp | Listed | | Zocdoc | Not listed | ## Questions people ask ### who is actually holding the needle at Texan Eye? ### when is this place actually dead? ### the good stuff about Texan Eye, what is it? ### paying in instalments, is that possible here ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### Worth the hype at Texan Eye? ### best lasik surgeon in Austin ### does it hurt, and can you ask for numbing ### Somewhere to park near Texan Eye? ### Are the hours on Google right for Texan Eye in Austin? ### anything new from Texan Eye lately? ### Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Austin? ### Open Saturdays here? ### any last minute appts at Texan Eye? ### Texan Eye or Dell? ### walk in here, or is it appointment only? ### services here, what do people go in for? ## What AI gets wrong about Texan Eye We ask Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity about Texan Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026: 5011 Burnet Rd | 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA | ## The AI Score: 33 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Austin eye care centers run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Texan Eye scores 33, below the Austin average of 46. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Texan Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor | | Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor | | AI visibility | 14 | 43 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor | | Reviews & response | 12 | 92 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good | | Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 58 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair | | Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good | | Speed & mobile | 7 | 66 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Good | | Content freshness & schema | 5 | | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | | Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery ## Entity map Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other. | Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Texan Eye | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Texan Eye | MedicalBusiness | #business | https://www.texaneyecare.com/ | Subject of this page | | Austin, Texas | City | #city | | City Texan Eye is in | | Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page | | Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page | ## Topical map Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Austin, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best eye care centers in Austin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/austin/eye-care-center - Best businesses in Austin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/austin ### Nearby - /fort-worth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/fort-worth - /cypress: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/cypress - /denton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/denton - /dallas: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/dallas - /frisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/frisco - /houston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/houston ### Every list - Every leaderboard in Texas: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx ## References ### Sources cited - [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJUZJgduTKRIYRHfMbrgkkWOo (accessed Jul 10, 2026) - [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · Eye care centers in Austin, TX · Editorial</p>
<h2>Texan Eye, Austin TX: Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated October 28, 2026.</p>
<p>Published July 10, 2026 · Updated October 28, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>Texan Eye is an eye care center in Austin, TX. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>Eye care center</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(512) 327-7000</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.6 across 1,442 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Friday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>October 28, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Fri 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM · Sat to Sun Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>Texan Eye - Main Central</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(512) 327-7000</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>8:00 AM to 5:00 PM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>Closed</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Cataract surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Comprehensive eye exams</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Contact lenses fitting</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Corneal disorder treatment</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Glaucoma treatment</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Laser eye surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Lens implant surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Oculoplastics</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Pediatric eye consultations</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Refractive surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Retinal disorder treatment</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>LASIK surgery</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.texaneyecare.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
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</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<h4>Known for</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-texan-eye">
<h3>Visiting Texan Eye</h3>
<p>Address: 5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA. Phone: (512) 327-7000. Hours: Mon to Fri 8 AM to 5 PM · Closed Sat to Sun. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "For more than 25 years, Texan Eye has been a leader in cataract and refractive surgery, providing sophisticated laser and lens implant surgery for patients who only trust their vision to the best. Other specialty services we offer include oculoplastics, pediatric consultations and full service diagnoses and treatment for glaucoma, retinal and corneal disorders. Texan Eye also offers comprehensive eye exams as well as contact lenses and glasses fittings for our patients."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Friday. Busiest day: Tuesday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>7-Eleven</td><td>Convenience store</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>McDonald's</td><td>Fast food restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Northland/Balcones</td><td>Bus stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Northland/Balcones</td><td>Transit station</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Parking at Starbucks</td><td>Parking lot</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Starbucks Coffee Company</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>2 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.6 average across 1,442 reviews: Google 1,442. (Confirmed, read August 4, 2026.)</p>
<p>While some doctors provide excellent care, the clinic struggles with operational efficiency and patient communication. (AI guess, from 1,442 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Same-day appointments availability</li>
<li>Seamless cataract surgery</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long waits past the appointment time</li>
<li>Disorganized check-in process</li>
<li>Unresponsive front desk</li>
<li>Inconsistent communication regarding prescriptions</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
<p>Listed on 2 of the 34 directories we checked.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Directory</th><th scope="col">Listed</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Alignable</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Angi</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Apple Maps</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Birdeye</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Booksy</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Brownbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Chamber of Commerce</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>DexKnows</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Facebook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Foursquare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fresha</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Groupon</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Healthgrades</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hotfrog</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Houzz</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Manta</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MD.com</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>MerchantCircle</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nextdoor</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>NPI No.</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Psychology Today</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>RealSelf</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sharecare</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Superpages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Thumbtack</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Trustpilot</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tupalo</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vagaro</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Vitals</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>WebMD</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellowbook</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yellow Pages</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Yelp</td><td>Listed</td></tr>
<tr><td>Zocdoc</td><td>Not listed</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>who is actually holding the needle at Texan Eye?</h4>
<h4>when is this place actually dead?</h4>
<h4>the good stuff about Texan Eye, what is it?</h4>
<h4>paying in instalments, is that possible here</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>Worth the hype at Texan Eye?</h4>
<h4>best lasik surgeon in Austin</h4>
<h4>does it hurt, and can you ask for numbing</h4>
<h4>Somewhere to park near Texan Eye?</h4>
<h4>Are the hours on Google right for Texan Eye in Austin?</h4>
<h4>anything new from Texan Eye lately?</h4>
<h4>Ballpark for a visit to an eye doctor in Austin?</h4>
<h4>Open Saturdays here?</h4>
<h4>any last minute appts at Texan Eye?</h4>
<h4>Texan Eye or Dell?</h4>
<h4>walk in here, or is it appointment only?</h4>
<h4>services here, what do people go in for?</h4>
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<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about Texan Eye</h3>
<p>We ask Gemini, ChatGPT and Perplexity about Texan Eye. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026. Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026: 5011 Burnet Rd</td><td>5717 Balcones Dr, Austin, TX 78731, USA</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 33 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Austin eye care centers run 25 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Texan Eye scores 33, below the Austin average of 46. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">Texan Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>43</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>92</td><td>The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>58</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>66</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td></td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td></td></tr>
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</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an eye care center: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-eye-surgery. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-eye-surgery</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to Texan Eye</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Texan Eye</td><td>MedicalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.texaneyecare.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Austin, Texas</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City Texan Eye is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the eye care centers in Austin, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best eye care centers in Austin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/austin/eye-care-center</li>
<li>Best businesses in Austin: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/austin</li>
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<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/fort-worth: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/fort-worth</li>
<li>/cypress: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/cypress</li>
<li>/denton: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/denton</li>
<li>/dallas: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/dallas</li>
<li>/frisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/frisco</li>
<li>/houston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx/houston</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in Texas: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/tx</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJUZJgduTKRIYRHfMbrgkkWOo (accessed Jul 10, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 12, 2026; Perplexity, read by Local AI Registry on Jul 10, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 18, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.