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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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
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Robbie Bargh bounded into The Bar at The Dorchester Hotel on...
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Very sadly, I heard last night from restaurateur Marlon Abela that Trevor Shelley, London’s ace restaurant agent about whom I...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Banking provided the unusual connection between an extraordinary restaurant in Boston...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Restaurant-goers are responding with commendable common sense to the current economic...
Nick on restaurants
Richard Corrigan (seen here in his younger days at The Lindsay House, Soho) has just opened Corrigan’s Mayfair and, fortunately...
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This article was also published in the Financial Times. Although the contents of the menu at Elettaria, the Indian-influenced restaurant...
Nick on restaurants
My fully justified, highly enthusiastic review of The Giaconda Dining Room just off Tottenham Court Road, where Australian Paul Merrony...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Private dining rooms within restaurants have always been popular even if...
Nick on restaurants
This article was originally published in Business Life . Restaurateurs are not smiling quite as broadly as they were a...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. This year’s Restaurant Show at Earl’s Court in London contained one...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The pleasure of being back in Ballymaloe House, 30 miles south-east...
Nick on restaurants
This article was originally published in Business Life . I can still remember where, when and why I walked into...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Dodie Miller has been the attractive and passionate conduit for distributing...
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The consensus that this current economic downturn will be very different from those of even the recent past was sadly...
Nick on restaurants
This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Our party of eight, which included...
Nick on restaurants
I bring good news for lovers of Fergus Henderson's award-winning St John restaurant in Smithfield, whose 'bag for life' is...
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