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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 There are certain advantages available to any restaurateur opening their second restaurant. That is, of course, in comparison with the...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Paul Campbell, 53, greeted me as warmly as any...
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Nick on restaurants The media furore caused a couple of weeks ago by what has come to be called #Mincegate, the much-discussed review...
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Nick on restaurants Menus are highly expressive pieces of paper. They convey the chef’s personality; the relevant season; as well as the ambitions...
Nick and Will at the Quality Chop House
Nick on restaurants This all began with a visit to my acupuncturist, who has, over the years, become a good friend as well...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. This column gives me the opportunity to apologise to...
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Nick on restaurants I can still recall the details of a conversation 15 years ago with my friend Danny Meyer, the successful New...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also Tam's Edinburgh for the greedy written...
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Nick on restaurants See also Greece is the word. Love rather than food was the primary reason we undertook the rather taxing journey...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. My wife was as right as she always is...
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Nick on restaurants I can still recall two comments from the late J D F Jones, the Financial Times Weekend editor who hired...
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Nick on restaurants According to Daniel Boulud, the French-born, New York-based but peripatetic chef, the preparation of first courses is a far more...
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Nick on restaurants The Mark Ogus of today looks quite similar to the Nicholas Lander of 1981. Both of us are tall, good...
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Nick on restaurants Of all the many people who played some part in the removal of Maison Troisgros, the longest-running three-star Michelin restaurant...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. For the many British workers whose daily commute is...
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Nick on restaurants It was perhaps the strangest thing my wife could have said. Over breakfast the morning after a dinner at The...
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