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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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Free for all A walk on the Wild side in Berkhamsted

Carefully cultivated wildness in the Home Counties. And an unmissable wine list. Farm to fish to fork to frying pan … there is a lot of f-ing about in restaurants...

More restaurant reviews

Chez Bruce lunch service
Nick on restaurants Why wine in UK restaurants costs so much more today than it used to. Above, home of one of the...
Sucre interior
Nick on restaurants Enthusiastic suggestions for each of these three very different locations, from both Nick and Walter. Above, the interior of Sucre...
Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze in Paris
Nick on restaurants A toast to New York's doyenne of restaurateurs, please. Above she's seen with her brother Gilbert when they worked together...
Food at The Tamil Prince
Nick on restaurants A column with its origins in a most unusual setting, which served up the spread above. It’s almost impossible to...
Mount Street Restaurant interior
Nick on restaurants A new establishment in London is almost more of an art gallery than a restaurant. There has always been a...
Jessica Maria of Hotsy Totsy
Alder on America Currently hardly more than 10% of those who serve alcohol in California have completed the training and testing that has...
Bookshelf at The Drapers Arms
Nick on restaurants For any restaurateur anywhere in the world there will be lasting consequences whether a restaurant is in an old building...
Hawksmoor Wood Wharf exterior
Nick on restaurants From Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard to Canary Wharf, the architect's name lives on. I have been thinking recently about...
Santorini sunset
Nick on restaurants A hotel group on the most famous Greek island of all has solved its culinary problems. Ambitious chefs have been...
Stephen Harris
Nick on restaurants What makes an appetiser appetising? Nick goes to Seasalter and Marble Arch to find out. When it comes to what...
Restaurant row in Roses
Nick on restaurants …especially since some of the best have such a long history. Our dinner at Rafa’s on the Carrer de Sant...
Girona on the Onyar
Nick on restaurants Quite apart from the famous Can Roca, this Catalan city has much to offer the hungry and thirsty. The River...
Taste Tibet owners
Nick on restaurants Of romance, momos and the Himalayas. On Magdalen Road, south-east Oxford, there is a corner restaurant which proudly proclaims its...
Es Pas de sa Palla
Nick on restaurants Three very different restaurants reviewed. One of the most unusual, Es Pas de sa Palla , is pictured above. The...
BRUT exterior
Nick on restaurants Nick discovers what could be an alternative el Bulli. Our side trip to Mallorca at the beginning of this month...
Person walks through vineyards in walla walla
Travel tips This once-sleepy Washington town is now a top destination for travellers seeking world-class wine and food in a relaxed and...
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