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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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 welcomes the street and beach food of a British summer.
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Nick finds perhaps the best-value wine list in France . A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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Nick tries to enjoy, as well as admire, a somewhat Noma-influenced establishment in Hoxton. Any reviewer has to tread very...
Nick on restaurants
A version of this article about a particularly fine Belgian restaurant is published by the Financial Times. I have for...
Nick on restaurants
Sunday evenings present restaurateurs and hoteliers with a particular challenge that most of the former decline even to rise to...
Nick on restaurants
A useful newish restaurant in Hong Kong with a particularly good wine list. I do not believe that I am...
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A top wine bar by any measure, an ultra-modern restaurant with a keen sommelier, and a place that offers refined...
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