Double check logistics to Windsor, please?

The Fortune Theatre is close to Covent Garden and, I’d guess a 10-15 minute walk from Waterloo Station. There’s lots of restaurants etc of all sizes and budgets in the area.

Just get the train back to Waterloo, walk across the bridge, pick a restaurant near the theatre (I’d get there around 6pm-ish) and let the staff know you’re going to the theatre. You should be fine.

Bill, I was using City planner to go from Windsor to Fortune Theatre and was getting all kinds of convoluted options. None of them going to Waterloo. Our hotel is by the Waterloo station. I never thought to look at how far the theatre is from Waterloo. I’m quite surprised that it’s so close.

Planners were probably sending you via Paddington instead of Waterloo.

Marco, yes, the directions were to Paddington, and then a tube or 2. Is there any reason to go thru Paddington? I’m wary of the planner now, even in the morning to get to Windsor, the cityplanner was suggesting tube to Paddington then train. Except, our hotel is a couple blocks from Waterloo??? Makes little sense

We saw Operation Mincemeat on 4 September and ate at Côte Covent Garden before the show. The food was fine, and the service was so quick that we had extra time to kill before the play.

Were you looking at the planners for today, or tomorrow? Today Waterloo to Windsor trains have been disrupted by planned engineering work.
But tomorrow they are fine- all booked as 8 or 10 car trains and advertised as using Platforms 19 to 21 in the former Eurostar station (subject to on the day platform changes). The platforms closest to the Grand Arch- the station exit you want for the theatre, and the closest platforms as you enter from the PI if taking a sensible route.
Waterloo is certainly the route I would take, not Paddington,

Paddington is probably a bit quicker, hence the planners preference for that route.

If you're still looking for a place to eat close to the Fortune Theatre, we absolutely loved the Lamb and Flag! (I think it's a less than 5 minute walk from your theatre.) Downstairs is a pub and upstairs you can enjoy dinner!

@Stuart, thank you. I was putting today (Monday) in Citymapper, it just seems to want to go thru Paddington. LNER didn’t seem to find Southwest trains, or maybe they get buried. I finally went to Trainline.

@Rebecca and Jone, thanks so much for the restaurant recommendations we will check them out.

Thank you everyone for the quick responses. We are on the train. We bought our tickets at the counter just to be certain and the employee told us we were so clever to know the best route. More like my RS forum friends are clever!

Couple of things - most London theatres were built in the 1800s and the provision of Restrooms, particularly for women, is ungenerous to say the least. (Victorian clothing meant that women were pretty much unable to use the toilet away from home). So, if you need one probably best to use one in the pub or restaurant before you get to the theatre.

All the theatre shows finish around the same time and it can be hard to get a taxi. Unless it's pouring, you should be fine to walk back to your hotel.

Enjoy the show.

By the way Citymapper seems to be working today if you specify Windsor Castle or W and E Riverside as your destination.
For LNER and I guess other National rail websites you seem to need to specify that you want W and E Riverside if travelling out of Waterloo, or Central if travelling out of Paddington.