La Mama Acasa

La Mama Acasa — the name translates loosely as "at mother's home" — is a Romanian restaurant on Cranbrook Road catering to the substantial Eastern European community in the Ilford area, one of the larger Romanian populations in outer east London. The menu runs through traditional dishes: sarmale (cabbage rolls stuffed with pork and rice), mici (spiced minced-meat rolls grilled over charcoal), tochitura, and fresh pizza prepared to a Romanian recipe. Romanian beers are on the drinks list. Reviewers praise the generous portions and the genuine authenticity of the cooking; OpenTable diners rate it 4.3 stars. Large parties of twenty and above have been well served here. Sit-in restaurant with table service.