Dining

Best Lake View- Lake Hefner Grille

My favorite place to go for a Sunset dinner. You can sit outside and watch the sunset over the lake or inside and listen to the jazz band.  On certain nights, they even have live music out on the patio with the outside bar. The food is great and the price is reasonable. 

Most Romantic- Paseo Grill

A wonderful romantic and quaint restaurant here in OKC. All of the booths are surrounded by curtains which creates an intimate feel. The food is wonderful. 

Vegan Friendly (and Great Brunch)-Picasso Cafe

If you are looking for a restaurant with vegan and vegetarian options-look no further. This restaurant is super cute, artistic and affordable. You can also come here for brunch on the weekend and buy an entire bottle of champagne for make your own mimosas.

Most Kid Friendly-Ted's Cafe

Do you want a super fun, delicious and loud restaurant where kids are welcome and food is delicious? Then Ted's is your spot. This is our Tex Mex restaurant and every meal comes with tortillas, queso, chips and sopapillas. You can also order a delicious and quite large margarita. There are several locations across the city. 

Most Casual-Rudy's Barbecue

Are you looking for some delicious barbecue in a casual setting? This gas station hosted barbecue joint is one of the best in the city. You can also buy BBQ breakfast tacos and they are to die for. This is also super kid friendly. 

Transportation

Uber and Lyft

Guys, feel free to rent a car but you can also uber and lyft it. I personally would book a hotel in a walkable part of the city and then just uber and/or lyft to the wedding events. It's about a $10 uber ride to get anywhere in the city.

OK Street Car

For $3 you can buy an all day pass for OK Street Car. It will not take you to the wedding but it will take you all around downtown, midtown, film row, automobile alley and business district. Check it Out!

Things to Do

For Everyone- Myriad Gardens

If you have time at all, I recommend the Myriad Gardens. Check out the Crystal Bridge for a beautiful indoor garden, the Children's Garden for a creative and fun playground, the wonderful splash pad outside the Children's Garden (just bring your swimsuit) and the outside garden to feed the ducks and see the turtles. The Children's Garden Festival will also be held the weekend of the wedding and is a wonderful event. 

For the Adventurer- RiverSport Adventure

This is our newest addition to the boathouse district. This place is packed full of activities including whitewater rafting (on a man made river, same area used for CREW training for the olympics), zip line, high ropes course, SUP/stand up paddle boarding, large slides and more. 

For the Art Inclined-OKC Museum of Art

The Oklahoma Museum of Art has a permanent collection and rotating collections. Check it out if you have some time!

Oklahoma City Memorial

The Oklahoma City Bombing was a tragic day in our history here in Oklahoma. The memorial is beautiful and touching and the outside area is free. I suggest stopping by if time permits.

Salon Options (Men and Women)

Blo Beauty Bar

Blow out Bar Option #1-my top choice.

Lush Blow Dry Bar

Another blow out option for the ladies

Brushed Salon & Makeup Studio

This place is not a classic blow out bar but they do a lot of weddings and are ranked one of best hair and makeup studios in OKC.

Scissors & Scotch

A high ranked grooming salon for men. 

Revel 8 Grooming & Shave Shop

Another grooming option for men that does both hair & beards.

Fitness

Lifetime Fitness

Not that you will necessarily have the time or will to workout. But a new lifetime fitness opened up close to our wedding venue. Your first pass is free if you sign up online (link provided). You can also buy a guest pass for one day and they have pretty much everything (yoga classes, spin classes, all fitness classes, outdoor and indoor pool for fun or laps, etc). 

Yoga at Tiffany's

My favorite hot yoga venue in OKC. A drop in class is $17 and I'm pretty sure they will give you a free class if you call and ask (for first time visitors). 

Cycle Bar-Classen Curve

My favorite indoor cycle studio. Your first class is free and the studio has everything you need (shoes, water bottles, pieces of fruit to snack on).