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
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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Nick on restaurants
We are delighted to publish this extract from Nick's new book The Art of the Restaurateur , which featured on...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. See great reviews for Nick's new book in The Economist and...
Nick on restaurants
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Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Among the many clouds that have characterised this damp, cool and...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. A generation ago, when the prospect of a career at the...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Shortly after I married my Cumbrian wife 30 years ago, I...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. Cadaqués and Roses, on the Catalan coast 170 kilometres north of...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. To ensure any restaurant succeeds, restaurateurs have to work so closely...
Inside information
Too often, the end of a meal is glossed over, condensed into a final paragraph, an afterthought. There is always...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times. The news on this Bastille Day for those who enjoy eating...
Nick on restaurants
This article was also published in the Financial Times.
I have, perhaps not surprisingly for someone who has been at...
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These days I seem to...