Al Qasr Family Restaurant

Al Qasr is an all-you-can-eat Asian buffet restaurant on Ley Street, seating over two hundred diners in a large, family-friendly space that ranks among the biggest restaurants in the Ilford area. The buffet rotates across Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, and Chinese cooking: prawn bhuna, biryani, and nihari from the South Asian side; stir-fries and noodle dishes from the Chinese section. The chef's specialities noted by reviewers include Bangladeshi prawn bhuna, Pakistani haleem, and the lamb biryani. The restaurant handles birthday parties and large group dinners with fresh flowers and attentive staff, and ranks in the top tier of Ilford restaurants on TripAdvisor from over 400 reviews. Entirely halal; no reservations required for the buffet.