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
Nick on restaurants
Alta, an oasis of calm – for now
A new restaurant in one of central London’s busiest fast-food nuclei is strongly Spanish-influenced. Brave the crowds on Regent Street and Carnaby Street in London’s West End; ignore the charms...
Nick Lander
Sunday 30 November 2025
• 1 min read
Free for all
Farewell Rachel Cooke and Skye Gyngell
Nick Lander
Saturday 29 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Nick on restaurants
Nick asks four sommeliers to describe their pandemic-affected 2020 and to recommend two wine discoveries of the year. Clockwise above...
Nick on restaurants
Restaurateurs in London, New York and Paris share the trials and tribulations of how the pandemic has affected the hospitality...
Nick on restaurants
… but Nick still loves them. Menus above are pictured by Catherine Heath via Unsplash.
2020 has undoubtedly been a...
Nick on restaurants
Nick highlights a particularly wide-ranging new book about one important fish.
For the past couple of months, in addition to...
Nick on restaurants
Restaurant managers have one final task every evening … A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Nick on restaurants
Restaurants are about much more than food and wine. Though you wouldn't know it from this picture of an empty...
Nick on restaurants
Nick looks at the implications for the hospitality industry. There are even barriers now in front of the Granary Square...
Nick on restaurants
Nick’s first two articles published in the first few days of JancisRobinson.com back in late 2000. Plus his new book...
Nick on restaurants
Two weeks in France left Nick open-mouthed in admiration of the French.
Why do eating habits vary so enormously from...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
It was 3.30 in the afternoon and I was...
Nick on restaurants
Nick reports from last week in Burgundy.
I volunteered for the task, but then who wouldn’t?
The task itself was...
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Nick calls time on the current curfew on UK hospitality.
On 20 June, I wrote:
'[The wealthy restaurateur and club...
Nick on restaurants
Following in the footsteps of Richard's canter through 20 years of fine wine writing to mark our forthcoming 20th anniversary...
Nick on restaurants
Nick highlights the subtle changes you may not even notice at your local restaurant. A version of this article is...
Nick on restaurants
Something fishy for a change. This summer I lost my fear of langoustines. I was never actually afraid of ordering...
Nick on restaurants
My picture is of the Auberge de Bardigues in south-west France on a Monday in August. The day before, it...