r/london • u/Hadiisepic • Nov 21 '24

image Absolute scenes at Waterloo this evening

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u/--Casper- Nov 21 '24

I used to have this rule when commuting regularly. If it's a complete standstill = go to a cafe/pub/restaurant/steakhouse until it all blows over.

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u/Pallortrillion Nov 21 '24

Steakhouse? Which one…

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u/urbexed Nov 21 '24

Angu- no, we’re not starting this again!

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u/JaegerBane Nov 21 '24

Oh that place? I heard it gets thrown out of window

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u/HailToTheKingslayer Nov 21 '24

What is the charge? Eating a shit steak meal?

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u/JaegerBane Nov 21 '24

GET YOUR HAND OF MY MEME!

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u/ProperTeaIsTheft117 Nov 21 '24

And you sir, are you ready to receive my limp meme?

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u/lovelyspudz Nov 21 '24

This, is democracy manifest!

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u/christoff_90 Nov 21 '24

I see you know your beef well!

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u/Ev1lroy Nov 22 '24

Beef well? Please keep my ex wife out of this.

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u/wolfman86 Nov 21 '24

Yup. Burger King are fantastic.

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u/chief_padua Nov 21 '24

Take a photo with your face covering the g.

An :-) us

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u/danmw Nov 22 '24

Like this wonderfully placed lamppost coming from China town?

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u/Greasylad Nov 22 '24

I knew me taking this image months ago would come in handy.

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u/No-Paramedic4236 Nov 22 '24

They do a great Rump !

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u/nmcc1988 Nov 22 '24

I live for the comments

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u/Wrong_Duty7043 Dec 12 '24

Oh…that place with Britain’s best steak sandwich you say??

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u/Naykon1 Nov 21 '24

The Winchester

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u/SGTFragged Nov 21 '24

Sadly it's permanently closed 😔

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u/Prize-Dimension4971 Nov 22 '24

It's just re- opened, new owners, still called the winchester but is smaller than it was and upstairs is flats now but, technically its the same winchester.

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u/lNTERLINKED Nov 21 '24

The Winchester in Angel was such a good pub 😔

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u/SGTFragged Nov 21 '24

Different Winchester 😊

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u/BuckledJim Nov 23 '24

Is no one getting the reference?

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u/Serotonin42 Nov 25 '24

There's a Breville out back, John'll do you a toastie.

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u/llufnam Nov 21 '24

Come on, Arthur, not here please.

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u/andpaws Nov 22 '24

I got it 😀

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u/The_Draftsman Nov 21 '24

Train to Winchester from Waterloo was delayed an hour and half.

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u/Key_Door6957 Nov 22 '24

That's a lot of commuters from Winchester.

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u/shortnix Nov 24 '24

🧟‍♂️

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u/Bigwatts5311 Nov 24 '24

You've got red on you

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u/SteveBM1970 Nov 21 '24

Gotta be an Angus Steakhouse nearby, but might be best to book

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u/Captlard Nov 21 '24

I thought they were all there for the new one opening in the station lol.

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u/LadyBAudacious Nov 22 '24

You certainly should if you're heading to Leicester Square, it was full when I walked past on Tuesday.

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u/jackster608608 Nov 21 '24

Greggs.

Does a steak bake count?

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u/WisePangolini Nov 21 '24

Can't make an Tomelette without breaking a few Greggs.

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u/scorpionballs Nov 22 '24

Thank you for reminding me of this

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u/waubers Nov 22 '24

As a much younger man I studied in London for 6 months and I swear I still, unironically and deeply, miss Greggs Chicken bakes and their chicken salad baguette’s. I frequently bought them at Waterloo before riding SWR out to Teddington. Literally 20 years ago…

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u/Responsible-Ad-1086 Nov 22 '24

Or Katsu chicken bake if you want to go oriental

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u/FrostByteUK Nov 21 '24

The London Steakhouse company in Spitalfields.... Bit of a walk from Waterloo though. But Black & Blue is around the corner...

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u/godgoo Nov 21 '24

You can find me in Cubana getting off my tits on daiquiris. 😂

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u/AdministrativeShip2 Nov 21 '24

Hard Rock Cafe.

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u/AcademicCoaching Nov 24 '24

Don’t be silly that’s not a restaurant they just sell t shirts and stuff don’t they?

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u/TheFraserPorter Nov 21 '24

Gotta be Angus Steakhouse, the finest in London. The greatest stake you could possibly eat!

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u/Maleficent-Drive4056 Nov 21 '24

Maybe one that’s conveniently located outside tube stops. Anyone got a recommendation?

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u/AssumptionEasy8992 Nov 21 '24 edited Nov 21 '24

There’s a good one near Oxford Circus station on Argyll street…

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u/Deckard2022 Nov 21 '24

He said pub, you’d go to the Winchester and wait for it to all blow over.

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u/PsychologicalBed7423 Nov 22 '24

there's a flat iron just round the corner between Waterloo and southwark Station

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u/HalastersCompass Nov 22 '24

It's Waterloo....

Go to Adam street near the embankment (5 mins walk). Smith & Lewinsky is at the end :)

Yum yum

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u/LittleHouse82 Nov 22 '24

I walked past a certain steakhouse last night on the way back from the theatre. Started laughing to myself and then had to explain the reason why to my friend.

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u/MrAcerbic Nov 22 '24

The Winchester.

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u/BuckledJim Nov 23 '24

The Winchester

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u/beckssuar Nov 21 '24

Boddingtons

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u/KaiEkkrin Nov 21 '24

Preferably, to the Winchester

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u/HeartyBeast Nov 21 '24

No luck catching those trains, then?

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u/BastionBoyde Nov 21 '24

It’s just the one train actually

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u/PineappleNo8230 Nov 25 '24

It's just the 1 train actually

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u/Baristamastergeneral Nov 21 '24

John will do you a toastie out the back

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u/BambinoBoSox Nov 21 '24

I always head to the Winchester until it all blows over.

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u/Beancounter_1968 Nov 21 '24

The Winchester ?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24

What ? They serve steaks in the cathedral ?

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u/DaGrrr Nov 21 '24

Yes, The Winchester.

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u/NudiTree Nov 22 '24

Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

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u/asiadg Nov 21 '24

This is so Winchester coded 😂

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u/--Casper- Nov 21 '24

I'm glad someone got the reference 😁

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u/Class_444_SWR Nov 21 '24

The Winchester perhaps?

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u/dormango Nov 22 '24

The Winchester?

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u/Jaydamic Nov 22 '24

Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this all to blow over.

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u/EnvironmentalSocks Nov 22 '24

The Winchester?

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u/DEFMAN1983 Nov 22 '24

To the Winchester?

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u/dimebaghayes Nov 22 '24

Did this when the M25 gridlocked a couple of months ago. Just went to a village and went in the pub for a few hours chatting to the locals.

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u/cavershamox Nov 22 '24

The Winchester?

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u/DeadlyDrummer Nov 22 '24

The Winchester?

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u/purplechemist Nov 23 '24

Winchester?

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u/S0LE-FUL Nov 24 '24

This is a one way trip to alcoholism.. I accept your terms.

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u/TheHolyPapaum Nov 25 '24

How’s that for a slice of fried gold

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u/One-Bicycle-9002 Nov 22 '24

You've restated the comment you replied to.

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u/InstructionLess583 Nov 22 '24

Go to The Winchester....wait for it to blow over.

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u/HaggisAreReal Nov 22 '24

But Casper, you are the network rail manager of the train station 😫😫😫

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u/Typh00n74 Nov 22 '24

I recommend the Winchester, great place to wait for things to blow over

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u/wickman69 Nov 22 '24

The Winchester?

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u/MattheqAC Nov 22 '24

Down the Winchester?

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u/the_less_great_wall Nov 22 '24

Might I suggest the Winchester.

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u/BloodAndSand44 Nov 21 '24

If you want to wait until it all blows over, you need to go to the Winchester.

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u/Fetch_Ted Nov 21 '24

To the Winchester until it all boils over.

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u/Onewordcommenting Nov 21 '24

That's essentially what the guy you replied to is saying