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.
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When the world likes to eat out
Nick reports on a global dining trend. Above, diners at Hawksmoor in London. My frequent conversations with our restaurateur son invariably reveal to me the enormous changes that have taken...
Nick Lander
Sunday 8 February 2026
• 1 min read
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Above, Nick's new boss getting ready for a day's trading.
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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...
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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...
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This man knows the financial truth behind at least 60 London restaurants.
To be successful restaurants require numerous individuals with...
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Nyonya cooking in London – though homesick Singaporeans may be disappointed, Nick warns.
The press release was polite, well written...
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Nick wishes this friendly, classic London establishment another 20 years. Above, Gavin Rankin, the man behind its success.
Anybody who...
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An American outpost in London with an expansive take on California cooking. Victor Garvey is obviously a highly talented chef...
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How can modern cuisine compete with the traditional fare of the old Ottoman empire?
I recently spent a week in...
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The Mecca of street food where Europe meets Asia.
One of the few disadvantages, and perhaps it is the only...
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A must for wine-minded visitors to this unusually green Greek island.
I really thought that one article on Corfu would...
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Nick finds drama on the table on the Greek island of Corfu.
Restaurants are very similar to theatres in many...
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Nick compares the New York and London branches of a restaurant inspired by the Tel Aviv food scene. A torch...
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Nick confesses to a piscatorial preference. Above, Eder Montero and Alex Raij of Saint Julivert Fisherie, pictured by John Midgley...