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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 version of this article is published by the Financial Times. See also A Mexican wave of wine. Smells and...
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Nick on restaurants France’s borders have been penetrated by Italian food just as effectively as those of the UK, Australia, New Zealand and...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. The first question I am asked by those who...
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Nick on restaurants There is something, if not quite rotten, then certainly missing from the current state of British food. I speak despite...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Jancis writes I apologise for far too many pictures...
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Nick on restaurants As a restaurateur in the 1980s I used to hate Tuesdays. This was the day of the week that would...
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Nick on restaurants Nick recalls a day in Santiago before the terrible recent rains in this article published by the Financial Times...
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Nick on restaurants All of the world’s great cities today share many of the same physical characteristics. Most notable is their proximity to...
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Nick on restaurants Lennox Hastie is a chef who can enthuse an audience of his peers as well as delight a room full...
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Nick on restaurants The massive changes that have taken place in New Zealand since my last visit here in 1988 were obvious from...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. There was a time when Clerkenwell, the district of...
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Nick on restaurants No sooner had the Trump entourage turned their backs to the camera than they headed down to what the announcer...
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Nick on restaurants A clue lies in the names of the following restaurants. Firstly, there was Dishoom, then Gymkhana, then Gunpowder, then Hoppers...
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Nick on restaurants The usually thin profile of Duncan Pitfield in the vicinity of a new, invariably large, restaurant is always a comforting...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Restaurateur Stephen Starr, who made his name initially in...
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Nick on restaurants A version of this article is published by the Financial Times. Michael Whiteman is a physically striking example of a...
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