Moldova Restaurant

What is Moldova Restaurant? Located at 5000 Dufferin Street (Unit 1-2) near Steeles Avenue West in North York’s York University Heights community, Moldova Restaurant is one of Toronto's only dedicated purveyors of authentic Moldovan and Romanian culinary culture. The festive, spacious dining room features traditional Eastern European embroidered tablecloths, carved timber furnishings, and a welcoming banquet atmosphere often accompanied by live accordion or European music on celebratory evenings. It serves as a beloved cultural gathering ground for the Greater Toronto Area's Moldovan, Romanian, and Slavic diaspora.

Moldova Restaurant Menu & What to Order The menu pays homage to hearty rural Moldovan hospitality and cross-cultural Balkan recipes. The crowning specialty is Mămăligă—golden cornmeal porridge served steaming hot with grated salty sheep's feta (telemea), rich sour cream (smântână), and roasted pork cracklings (jumări). Follow that with Sarmale, delicate grape leaf or cabbage rolls stuffed with seasoned minced pork and rice, slowly stewed in clay pots. For soup, the restorative Zeamă brings homemade egg noodles in a sour broth with chicken and lovage. Meat lovers should sample grilled Mici, skinless minced beef and pork sausages scented with garlic and caraway, served alongside crispy pan-fried Chibureki turnovers.

Know Before You Go Open daily for lunch and dinner until 11:00 p.m., the restaurant often hosts lively banquet dinners and family milestone parties on Friday and Saturday evenings; making a phone reservation in advance is wise on weekends. Generous free plaza surface parking is available directly in front of the venue on Dufferin Street, and the 105 Dufferin North TTC bus links to Downsview and Pioneer Village subway stations.