# 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

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## 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

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### Known for

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## The team

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## 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

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### 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

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### Awards

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### 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)