It is between Embankment and Charing Cross stations. In a pedestrian alleyway between the two.
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I use Charing Cross station and Embankment stations a lot. Charing Cross is by Trafalgar Square and several museums and galleries. Embankment is near other attractions. Walking between them you see the old Sherlock Holmes pub.
Embankment Station Coffee Shops
Coming out of Embankment station, you are facing a coffee bar with minimal seating, and just to its left under the arches with more seating is another coffee bar. A good place for a quick stop when on your way to a meeting if you are early, and it is raining.
Embankment Station Souvenirs
A huge souvenir shop is under the arches by Embankment station. I love looking in the window and want to buy everything. It sells everything from nonsenses like mesmerising nodding head dolls and ducks wearing union Jacks and crowns, to small suitcases at large prices. I once saw a minicar covered in Union Jacks. I immediately announced to my spouse, 'If I lived in a mansion with a large hall I would buy it'. My alarmed husband dragged me away.
However, my latest discovery, was the restaurant down the alley which leads uphill to Embankment station.
We ordered soup of the day, vegetable soup, and white bread to dunk in it. That was enough to ruin the diet, but gave us energy for long journeys home to the suburbs.
The place, whose name means olive, has recently been redecorated. The latest romantic style, with fairy lights on trees.
A great place to sit and converse after a meeting, recount stories of people and places and tell jokes.
The toilets are down a steep flight of stairs. Our jolly host claimed he was quoting the late Queen Mother, 'Go when you can, not when you must.'
I think that applies to both toilets and restaurants.
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Embankment Station
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Olive Restaurant
lulivocharingcross.uk
L'ulivo Charing Cross, Italian Restaurant, caffe, bar, 23 Villiers Street, Charing Cross WC2H 6ND
tel: +44 020 3441 3012.
Open 12 noon until 11 pm, until 10.30 pm Sundays.
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