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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. To stay abreast of his reviews – which are free for everyone to read – sign up for our weekly newsletter

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Ballymaloe House May 2026
Nick on restaurants Ballymaloe's charms

An international institution in the southern Irish countryside. In 2011 I travelled to Ballymaloe House, a 40-minute drive from Cork, Ireland, to stay the night and to interview the late...

Sally Abé of Teal
Nick on restaurants Abé and Abe, a winning combo at Teal

An exciting new addition to the East London restaurant scene. Above, Sally Abé. Everything is on the small side at Sally Abé’s new restaurant, Teal, a short walk from Hackney...

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Nick on restaurants A fond look back over the year. Above, one of Nick's favourite scenes from a year visiting restaurants around the...
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Nick on restaurants Three major improvements to the restaurant scene. There have been many significant changes, most of them major improvements, in the...
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Nick on restaurants Praise for Josh Cutress of The Harwood Arms (above) and insight from three other restaurateurs who have managed to convert...
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Nick on restaurants Sherry Week began last Monday. Nick had hoped to celebrate it at the launch of a new book about this...
Yellow Bittern exterior
Nick on restaurants A most unusual corner of literary Ireland in King's Cross. There are two ways to enjoy the cooking, hospitality and...
mirror in The Blue Stoops
Nick on restaurants A legendary beer restored and with it an exemplary pub. This is a plea to the many people currently planning...
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Nick on restaurants Will Smith, now at Joséphine Bouchon, surely has one of the longest and most active and enthusiastic careers on the...
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Nick on restaurants Ancient and modern in the Danish capital, so famous for its restaurants and open sandwiches. We arrived in Copenhagen hungry...
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