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 highlights something the Brits lack but the French have in spades – and it’s not French cuisine. This week – and with apologies to BBC’s The Fast Show –...
Nick Lander
Sunday 18 January 2026
• 1 min read
Nick on restaurants
More Seville highlights
Three more reasons to head to this charming city in southern Spain. As we left Confitería La Campana, which first opened its doors in Seville in 1885, JR said something...
Nick Lander
Sunday 11 January 2026
• 1 min read
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. The attention and good will of many of London’s leading restaurateurs...
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This article was originally published in Business Life . This is the time of year when many of us, and...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. New York has been so closely associated with Italian restaurants for...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. My first visit to La Chapelle and Café de Luxe, the...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. In New York six months ago, Chris Corbin and Jeremy King...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. For the past 79 years the name Troisgros and the city...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. David Nicholls, the Food and Beverage Director for the Mandarin Oriental...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Sunday lunch at Lao Lane Xang a few months ago was...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Roka, which opened on Charlotte Street five years ago, has always...
Nick on restaurants
Every picture tells a story, so they say. But this one tells at least three. The first reveals why chefs...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. As the waiter was clearing our excellent first course of house-cured...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. ‘Intrigued’ was Henry Harris’s immediate response to my initial request for...
Nick on restaurants
This article was originally published in Business Life . October is one of the most exciting months to be eating...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times.
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Beaune, the best-preserved town in Burgundy in eastern France, is the...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Twenty years ago on our first family holiday to a wine-producing...
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