Originally Posted by Stefferdoos
Make the walk to the Shepherd's Market area (it was a fairly short walk from The Ritz from what I remember). There are a lot of great little hole in the wall restaurants there. I remember having a good dinner at a pretty reasonable price at a Turkish restaruant there (I think it was a small local chain of sorts - like 3 in London) and oddly enough one that served Polish and Mexican food (owner was Polish, cook was Mexican).
I second the suggestion of Shepherd's Market. The Turkish place is called Sofra and the Polish-Mexican place has a French name, who knows why - L'autre. there is also a French restaurant, L'Artiste Muscle, a Lebanese place, Al Hamra and several pubs. None of these is terribly expensive by London standards.