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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...

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ANdrew Wong in A Wong
Nick on restaurants Nick catches up with London's most celebrated Chinese chef/restaurateur. I first encountered the talented Andrew Wong in his restaurant A...
Fallow kitchen, St James's
Nick on restaurants A sustainably minded London restaurant has moved… Will Murray met Jack Croft at the kitchen stoves of Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner...
Pide specials menu
Nick on restaurants Nick pleads for a return of the specials menu. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
Rutland Water from Hambleton
Nick on restaurants Nick revisits Hambleton Hall. The next time I venture north from King's Cross to Peterborough and then on to spend...
Lameloise rolls
Nick on restaurants Lameloise and Troisgros compared. Quite honestly, these Lameloise rolls alone are worth a detour to Chagny. A version of this...
Mimi Mei Fair dim sum
Nick on restaurants Drink tap water at this ambitious new Chinese restaurant in Mayfair. Below is a restaurant bill, from the recently opened...
Maison Francois clock
Nick on restaurants A new favourite in London's St James's. Perhaps I should have written about Maison François when I first ate there...
Stack of dumplings
Nick on restaurants Nick is disappointed by the London arm of an international group of restaurants specialising in Shanghai dumplings. Like so many...
Our fish at Cal Campaner
Nick on restaurants The freshest of fish in a Costa Brava restaurant was chosen by our Spanish specialist. A version of this article...
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Nick on restaurants Chairman of judges in a new professional cooking competition designed to promote California wine in the UK announces the winner...
Looking from the Grande Brasserie to the Place de la Bastille
Nick on restaurants Revisiting past pleasures somewhere new. If you agree with Jancis and me that the only correct way to spend three...
Chef Mikihiko Sawahata and his wife Sachiko at Bisoh, their restaurant in Beaune
Nick on restaurants Two old favourites reviewed as we make our way back across the Channel. Above, Sachiko and Mikihiko Sawahata of Bissoh...
Restaurant menus written on mini blackboards
Nick on restaurants Two Languedoc restaurants reviewed as we leave the region for Burgundy en route home to London. Despite their many charms...
Vienna bar by Simone Natale
Nick on restaurants 11 September 2021 Nick explains why we are republishing this 14-year-old article. The opening of the Sessions Arts Club in...
Le Bastion interior
Nick on restaurants An ambitious new addition in the hills of the western Languedoc. A version of this article is published by the...
Juveniles wine bar, Paris
Nick on restaurants Having metaphorically toured Tokyo, Nick dreams up a perfect 24 hours in Paris. Paris, the City of Light, poses a...
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