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
A couple of old favourites and three very satisfactory newcomers.
San Francisco as a city is changing pretty quickly. The...
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Our preoccupations as diners-out have been evolving. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
The question...
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Nick discovers that acetic acid can be rather a good thing.
I first met Andy Harris many years ago when...
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A hugely promising new restaurant run by a pair from The Fat Duck, named after a pan stand. A version...
Nick on restaurants
Travellers' tales continue...
When we arrived at 3 pm at the Wine Country Inn in the Napa Valley straight from...
Nick on restaurants
There have probably never been more business opportunities available to successful New York restaurateurs than there are today. A version...
Nick on restaurants
A great Sri Lankan curry and a great view, but very varied service. Of the many times I have arrived...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article, about a Gascon in Washington DC, is published by the Financial Times .
There are...
Nick on restaurants
A revolutionary way of looking at one of our scarcer but healthiest ingredients.
I first met the highly talented but...
Nick on restaurants
Chef Anthony Demetre's new London venture assessed. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
I went...
Nick on restaurants
Nick on the growth of food halls, food carts, food trucks and food markets.
This week I would like to...
Nick on restaurants
A shorter version of this article on Daniel Berlin's country establishment, pictured here, is published by the Financial Times. In...
Nick on restaurants
It's difficult to think of a restaurant drinks buyer who is more respected and internationally experienced than Christine Parkinson. She...
Nick on restaurants
Nick is exasperated by a new, empty London restaurant. I have calmed down now but I have to admit that...
Nick on restaurants
Nick makes his first trip to Northern Ireland. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Helen...
Nick on restaurants
Devoted chef in north London needs more customers. Ahead of my article next week about a remarkable woman in the...