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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Eating local in Barcelona
Two great restaurants selected by our Spanish specialist Ferran Centelles for Jancis and Nick during Barcelona’s wine trade fair. There is really one word that accurately describes the three-day Barcelona...
Nick Lander
Sunday 15 February 2026
• 1 min read
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Three more reasons to head to this charming city in southern Spain.
As we left Confitería La Campana, which first...
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Head to the far south of Spain for atmospheric and inexpensive hospitality. Above, the Bar Las Teresas in the old...
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What is it about Saturday lunch? A tale of one enjoyed at Mayfair’s latest opening. Very fancy!
It has been...
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An annual round-up of gastronomic pleasure. Above, the German island of Sylt which provided Nick with an excess of it...
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A daughter revives memories of her parents’ much-loved Chinese restaurants.
The surname Poon has long associations with the world of...
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A new restaurant in one of central London’s busiest fast-food nuclei is strongly Spanish-influenced.
Brave the crowds on Regent Street...
Free for all
Nick pays tribute to two notable forces in British food, curtailed far too early. Skye Gyngell is pictured above.
To...
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In this second and final look at restaurants’ evolution over the last quarter-century, Nick examines menus and wine lists. See...
Nick on restaurants
During the 25 years of JancisRobinson.com, what’s been happening in hospitality, so important for wine sales and consumption? All pictures...
Wine news in 5
Plus a proposal for updated rules in the EU’s wine sector and a catch-up on a new(ish) category for tawny...
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A new, Michelin two-star restaurant and, across the square in Sonoma, a much more relaxed establishment. Nick loved both.
Enclos...
Free for all
Jancis grapples with a five-kilo wine list and tours the cellars that supply it. See also The renovated Tour d’Argent...
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Nick moves north from LA, on a full stomach. Above, service at Aubergine in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey.
The BA flight which...
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A Paris classic, worth it for the views alone, revisited.
Why do we go to restaurants?
The main reason has...
Nick on restaurants
Nick manages to get a table at The French House, with one of its past casualties.
As noon approached, the...
Nick on restaurants
Restaurant recommendations in Florence and the Chianti Classico hills. Above, the friendly wine bar In Vino Veritas.
Three nights in...