London: lunch + cakes

[Marcia]

Hi everyone,

I'll be in London with my husband for only one night (11th May) to go to a concert and we'd like to have a tasty but inexpensive lunch (around £40ish for 2). Later in the afternoon we're planning to go to a patisserie or tea room for cakes and tartlettes (excluding £££ afternoon teas).

Any recommendations?

We'll be travelling light so places with strict dress codes are out.

The choices this time are for british, italian, french or japanese cuisine. But other suggestions are welcome too.

I was keen to go to Ladureé at Harrods but read and heard some comments that the products are not that nice and the service can be quite poor sometimes. Has anyone had any experience there?

And would Bocca di Lupo be a good idea for lunch?

Anyway, any input will be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Marcia

Edited May 1, 2009 by Marcia (log)