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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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Andy Harris of the Vinegar Shed, W London
Nick on restaurants Nick discovers that acetic acid can be rather a good thing. I first met Andy Harris many years ago when...
Jonny Lake & Isa Bal of Trivet restaurant in London
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Goose & Gander exterior in St Helena, Napa Valley
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Kawi restaurant in Hudson Yards, New York by Molly Matalon
Nick on restaurants There have probably never been more business opportunities available to successful New York restaurateurs than there are today. A version...
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Nick on restaurants A great Sri Lankan curry and a great view, but very varied service. Of the many times I have arrived...
La Piquette restaurant, Washington DC
Nick on restaurants A version of this article, about a Gascon in Washington DC, is published by the Financial Times . There are...
Josh Niland and fish
Nick on restaurants A revolutionary way of looking at one of our scarcer but healthiest ingredients. I first met the highly talented but...
Anthony Demetre and manager at Wild Honey St James
Nick on restaurants Chef Anthony Demetre's new London venture assessed. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. I went...
Seven Dials food market in Covent Garden, London
Nick on restaurants Nick on the growth of food halls, food carts, food trucks and food markets. This week I would like to...
Restaurant Daniel Berlin in southern Sweden
Nick on restaurants A shorter version of this article on Daniel Berlin's country establishment, pictured here, is published by the Financial Times. In...
Ex Hakkasan drinks buyer Christine Parkinson
Nick on restaurants It's difficult to think of a restaurant drinks buyer who is more respected and internationally experienced than Christine Parkinson. She...
Sample dishes at Arabica restaurants in London
Nick on restaurants Nick is exasperated by a new, empty London restaurant. I have calmed down now but I have to admit that...
Interior of Belfast Thai restaurant Bo Tree
Nick on restaurants Nick makes his first trip to Northern Ireland. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Helen...
Camille Tardieu of Ceres restaurant, Newington Green, London
Nick on restaurants Devoted chef in north London needs more customers. Ahead of my article next week about a remarkable woman in the...
Exterior of Kikuchi sushi restaurant in London
Nick on restaurants A version of this article about a long-standing sushi restaurant in central London is published by the Financial Times. I...
London restaurant Darbys amuse bouche
Nick on restaurants The relationship between property developers and restaurateurs examined. There is, in retrospect, an obvious chapter heading missing from my book...
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