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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Poon's – now of Somerset House
A daughter revives memories of her parents’ much-loved Chinese restaurants. The surname Poon has long associations with the world of hospitality and Chinese cooking. From a restaurant in Macau where...
Nick Lander
Sunday 7 December 2025
• 5 min read
Nick on restaurants
Alta, an oasis of calm – for now
Nick Lander
Sunday 30 November 2025
• 1 min read
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I had just reached the top floor of Street Feast in Hawker House, east London, where that night crisp crab...
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Lunch and dinner at RIJKS, the new restaurant in the shadow of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, not only broadened my...
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Nick on restaurants
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Nick on restaurants
John Doe, Kitty Fisher’s and Peckham Bazaar are three very contrasting restaurants in three very different parts of London. The...
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Nick on restaurants
A version of this article is published by The Financial Times . An American couple, long resident in London, arrived...
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Nine kilometres separate the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London SW7 from the much newer Collège Français Bilingue de...
Nick on restaurants
This is a version of an article that is also published by the Financial Times. The renaissance of 151 East...
Nick on restaurants
There were numerous reasons for accepting an invitation to speak at the first wine and food event to be held...
Nick on restaurants
This article is also published in the Financial Times. That 2014 ended on a very high note for many London...
Nick on restaurants
The pedigree that allows Anne-Sophie Pic to cook with such confidence, distinction and innovation reveals itself gradually. She is the...
Nick on restaurants
This article is also published in the Financial Times. The men around the table had had a hugely beneficial impact...
Nick on restaurants
This article is also published in the Financial Times. Nothing, I recall, ever made my wife and I as popular...
Nick on restaurants
Towards the end of lunch with Jesus Adorno, the genial face of Mayfair's Le Caprice for over 30 years, he...
Nick on restaurants
This article is also published in the Financial Times. Restaurants now flourish in many buildings that were once far less...