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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Ancient and modern in the Danish capital, so famous for its restaurants and open sandwiches.
We arrived in Copenhagen hungry...
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Nick on restaurants
The Eternal City is eternally crowded, as witness the queue in St Peter's Square as early as 7.15 am. The...
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Four restaurants of note, two on each side of the English Channel. Above, the kitchen at Passerini in Paris.
The...
Free for all
A look at an institution, through (an empty) wine glass. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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Nick searched for Indonesian food while Jancis celebrated a special anniversary. Above, one of the many outdoor restaurants in the...
Nick on restaurants
Is Indian cuisine showing the way for our planet?
India is in a wonderful position to teach the rest of...
Nick on restaurants
What do they eat in the famously happy Himalayan kingdom? See also Bhutan - now a wine producer.
As I...
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Above, Nick's new boss getting ready for a day's trading.
Like so many others, I am a creature of habit...
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Two reasons why Kinsale in southern Ireland is a popular foodie destination. Above, Kinsale harbour, pictured by Eduardo Fonseca Arraes...
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An unlikely location and concept for what The New Yorker described recently as ‘the hottest restaurant in France’.
Les Grands...
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A superb, thoroughly unexpected, restaurant in West Cork. Above, the view from the garden at Dede at the Customs House...
Don't quote me
A month of contrasts.
After a busy start, life has really, really calmed down for me this month. Which is...
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The pleasure of trackside dining in the western Languedoc. Above, Tania Monnou of L’Art & Gourmand.
If you ever find...
Nick on restaurants
This man knows the financial truth behind at least 60 London restaurants.
To be successful restaurants require numerous individuals with...
Nick on restaurants
Nyonya cooking in London – though homesick Singaporeans may be disappointed, Nick warns.
The press release was polite, well written...