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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Eating local in Barcelona
Two great restaurants selected by our Spanish specialist Ferran Centelles for Jancis and Nick during Barcelona’s wine trade fair. There is really one word that accurately describes the three-day Barcelona...
Nick Lander
Sunday 15 February 2026
• 1 min read
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Just three of the places in the Sherry Triangle savoured by Nick this week, not least for their relatively low...
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On the advice of friends, we...
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Nick and Jancis were given a warm welcome in Oslo this week. Three strong recommendations below.
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Restaurant rules, and a lamented London closure.
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Current Paris resident Chris Howard takes us by the hand and explains that a directionless stroll is preferable to a...
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A vegetable-dominated, all-female enterprise in the hills of the Haut-Languedoc has won great acclaim. Nick went to investigate. Image above...
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In a follow-on from From Paris to the Med Nick recommends a simple but satisfying restaurant in Burgundy and one...
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Long-standing readers of this column may be aware of Nick’s equally long-standing professional admiration for the chef Henry Harris, above...
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Hospitality lessons from three Tuscan wineries and three chefs. Above, Franco Sangiacomo, a Tuscan returnee from DC, now at Francesco...
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A trio of restaurants in France – in Paris, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Marseille. Above, chef Christophe Hardiquest of La Mère Germaine...
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How two chefs (eventually) pleased their parents.
Never underestimate the influence of a properly made baguette.
That is the only...
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A vital cabbage question answered, with a surprise sustainability angle.
Recently, while looking over a menu in a restaurant, Jancis...
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The inside story of London's Chinatown. Its main thoroughfare Gerrard Street is seen above.
It was just before 1 pm...
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25 July Jancis adds It seems that soon after this article was published, this small, 11-table restaurant was overwhelmed by...