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, with occasional contributions from other food-obsessed members of the JancisRobinson.com team.
Restaurant reviews
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Dylans at The Kings Arms
A 15th-century pub with bang-up-to-date feasting in the Cathedral Quarter of St Albans. The front bar is still reassuringly pubby, even if its ceiling is hung heavy with fresh hops...
Ben Colvill
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Carefully cultivated wildness in the Home Counties. And an unmissable wine list. Farm to fish to fork to frying pan...
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An international institution in the southern Irish countryside. In 2011 I travelled to Ballymaloe House, a 40-minute drive from Cork...
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An exciting new addition to the East London restaurant scene. Above, Sally Abé. Everything is on the small side at...
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Great wine and pie in the Shires. Charlbury is pretty much the first stony outcrop of the Cotswolds that you...
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Le Saveur de Poisson in Tangier is well worth the (slightly challenging) trip. Of the many sorts of restaurants in...
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It’s not so easy to open a second restaurant, however successful the first. Nick ventures from the West End into...
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It’s much easier to sell wine to guests than to distant customers. Bordeaux has been opening up to hospitality. A...
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More recommendations for things to do and places to eat in Crete’s second city. Above, two of the family running...
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Nick finds a perfect spot for food and wine lovers on the Greek island of Crete. Which has changed for...
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A stunning wine list in a Nepalese restaurant in the Irish capital. Above, Shiva Gautam, owner and wine enthusiast. When...
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Pâtissier Vincent Zanardi outlines the differences between baking in the US and London – and shares his recipe for chocolate...
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Is the customer the ideal arbiter? Nick interviews Peter Harden, who has been publishing his guide to UK restaurants for...
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A week before this year’s Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race, Nick gets ahead of the Thames-side crowds. I feel comfortable...
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Nick highly recommends Legado, the newest restaurant from Nieves Barragán Mohacho. On 3 March 2003, Sam Hart opened Fino, a...
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On the food, wine and wine writing of Lebanon available to us in London. The news that there is currently...
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A gem for wine lovers in London’s Soho. Just part of its giant wine list (temporarily stolen) is shown above...