Nick on restaurants
Nick Lander – aka Mr Jancis Robinson – was the Financial Times restaurant critic from 1989 to 2022. Now, every Sunday, he writes about restaurants exclusively for us. To stay abreast of his reviews – which are free for everyone to read – sign up for our weekly newsletter.
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Nick's most memorable restaurants of 2025
An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it in July 2025. At this time of year I like...
Nick Lander
Sunday 14 December 2025
• 6 min read
Nick on restaurants
Poon's – now of Somerset House
A daughter revives memories of her parents’ much-loved Chinese restaurants. The surname Poon has long associations with the world of hospitality and Chinese cooking. From a restaurant in Macau where...
Nick Lander
Sunday 7 December 2025
• 5 min read
Nick on restaurants
Alta, an oasis of calm – for now
Nick Lander
Sunday 30 November 2025
• 1 min read
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The Kent coast, easily accessible from London, has much to offer the greedy. Deal beach, above, was pictured by Seth...
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What Henry Harris did next. Note Battersea Power Station in the background above.
In 2002 brothers-in-law Ben Wright and Robin...
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Vernon Mascarenhas, seen above, can't wait for the meat-free and fish-free restaurant menus that seem to be heading our way...
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Some unlikely heroes have emerged in the pandemic. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Daniel...
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The English are revelling in eating out again, well wrapped up, but those serving them are a bit thin on...
Nick on restaurants
Nick discovers a group of people without whom restaurants would not exist in the UK. A version of this article...
Nick on restaurants
Considerations we might not have thought of, as UK restaurants start to reopen, in a particularly limited way.
Some time...
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Nick's life story … in this plea for a change from our dining table. My late mother never let us...
Nick on restaurants
Copies of Nick's book are on their way to New York, Birmingham, California, Belgium, Newcastle upon Tyne and Dorset. Alice...
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Why a winter lockdown is better, or at least less awful, for chefs and their customers than a summer one...
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Now Londoners can order delicious handmade pork dumplings delivered to their door.
My article on Saturday 20 March that profiled...
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7 April 2021 The results, and the six winning entries!
27 March 2021 Nick would love to know reactions from...
Nick on restaurants
What chefs in London, Paris and New York have variously been up to while their restaurants have been closed. A...
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The piscatorial empire of Mitch Tonks, pictured above.
Fish seems to attract many of us in ways that meat does...
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