La Cocina de Mama
2809 N Hurstbourne Pkwy, Louisville
(502) 822-3506
Customers' Favorites
Fajitas with Flour Tortillas
Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo
Chicken Fajita Salad
Burrito Fajita Grande
Fish Tacos Dinner
Chimichanga Dinner
Stake Street Tacos
Mole Enchiladas
Rice and Beans
Cochinita Pibil
Appetizers
Tamales
Our homemade corn dough with chicken spread on a corn husk, topped with ranchero sauce, sour cream, and queso fresco.
Mama's Dip
Mama's dip cheese sauce with ground beef and pico de gallo. Very delicious.
Guacamole
House favorite.
Special Nachos
Tortilla chips topped with beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, and nacho cheese.
Nachos
Crispy bed of tortilla chips topped with your choice of: chicken, beef, beans or cheese.
Cheese Dip
A smooth and creamy, delicious dipping sauce.
Cheese & Chorizo Dip
Our cheese dip combined with Mexican sausage.
Queso Fundido
Pick from 3 great choices: chorizo (Mexican sausage), steak, or chicken. Melted Chihuahua cheese, grilled bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes.
Empanadas
Lightly breaded, flaky pastries stuffed with chicken or ground beef. Served with our special homemade sauce.
Diablo Wings
An order of hot buffalo wings roasted and smothered with sauce.
Chicharritas
Latin plantain chips, served with guacamole.
Tostones
Smashed fried green plantains topped with shredded chicken, Chihuahua cheese and fresh pico de gallo.
Mexican Pizza
Tortilla shell filled with seasoned ground beef and salsa, topped with cheese and jalapenos.
Trio Dip
Our house favorites: mama's dip, bean dip, and spinach dip.
Salads
Chicken Fajita Salad
Salad iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, shredded cheese, and a chicken breast. Topped with a dollop of sour cream.
Mediterranea Salad
A very delicious, top-rated piece of grilled salmon on a bed of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, cucumbers, and shredded cheese.
Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp on a bed of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado, tortilla straws, and queso fresco.
Soups
Sopa de Tortilla
Sopa de tortilla this chicken soup is one of the most popular soups eaten in Mexico. It is made with rice, chicken, pico de gallo, avocado, sour cream, and tortilla.
Seven Mares
7 seas. Decidedly different and awesomely delicious! Shrimp, fish, scallops, oysters, calamari, and octopus. As they say in Mexico "muy sabroso".
Black Bean Soup
Expertly prepared black bean stew, topped with sour cream and pico de gallo.
Charro Bean Soup
Mexican bean soup with bacon, ham, cilantro, tomatoes, and onions.
Vegetarian
Fajita Vegetariana
Fajita-style favorite for our vegetables lovers: savory grilled onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and mushrooms. Served with white rice, black beans and sweet plantains.
Fajita Burrito
Large flour tortilla filled with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and broccoli. Smothered in red sauce then topped with cheese sauce. Served with white rice and sweet plantains.
Spinach Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla filled with grilled spinach, onions, and bell peppers. Served with white rice and black beans.
Nachos Vegetarianos
Grilled bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, cauliflower, carrots, and broccoli. Served on a bed of crispy tortilla chips.
Pork
Cochinita Pibil
Cochinita pibil this traditional Mexican, slow-roasted pork dish from the Yucatan peninsula is of Mayan origin. Preparation involves marinating the meat in a strongly acidic citrus juice and Mexican spices. Served with white rice, black beans and sweet plantains. Tortillas of your choice.
Carnitas
Ten ounce seasoned pork sliced into chunks and slow-cooked, which originated from the state of Michoacan, Mexico. Served with rice, beans and crema salad. Tortillas of your choice.
Tacos Carnitas
3 corn tortillas filled with savory fried pork, onions, and cilantro. Served with rice and beans.
Tacos Al Pastor
This dish was developed by Lebanese immigrants in central Mexico. 3 corn tortillas filled with our marinated, grilled pork with chunks of pineapple, onions, cilantro, and tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chile Verde
Tender pork and cactus with savory rich green tomatillo sauce. Served with white rice, black beans and plantains.
Chile Colorado
Tender strips of steak with cactus in savory red tomatillo sauce. Served with white rice, black beans and plantains.
Beef
Chori Steak
Chori steak 10 oz. grilled ribeye steak cooked to your liking, topped with cheese sauce and chorizo (Mexican sausage). Served with 2 sides of your choice.
Tacos Carne Asada
3 corn tortillas stuffed with strips of steak, onions, cilantro, and tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Tampiqueno
11 oz. grilled tender skirt steak. Served with rice, beans, 1 cheese enchilada, and tortillas.
Carne Asada
11 oz. tender skirt steak dish that is commonly prepared in the northern and western parts of Mexico. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and tortillas.
Ribeye Steak
Ribeye steak this mouth-watering ten ounce hand cut rib-eye is the best in town. Tender and full of flavor. Served with your choice of 2 sides.
Steak Poblano Asada
11 oz. tender skirt steak with one poblano pepper stuffed with Chihuahua cheese. Served with rice, beans and tortillas of your choice.
Fajitas
Steak Fajitas
Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Chicken Fajitas
Chicken and Steak Fajitas
Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Mama's Fajita
A delicious fajita combo of steak, chicken, shrimp, and chorizo (Mexican Sausage). 1 of the favorites. Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Fajita Pina
This phenomenal fajita comes to your table in a fresh pineapple half scooped out and filled with grilled shrimp, chicken, pineapple chunks, bell peppers, and onions. Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Fajita Del Mar
Our fantastic fajita featuring shrimp, scallops, crab, tilapia, bell peppers, and onions. Served with onions, bell peppers, beans, and rice: garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and flour or corn tortillas.
Molcajete Azteca
A delicious combination of fajita of steak, chicken, shrimp and scallops. Includes nopales (cactus leaves) served and a mocajete (hot stone bowl).
Chicken
Pollo de Mama
10 oz. chicken breast seasoned with our secret sauce, charbroiled to perfection, topped with cooked bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and cheese sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Mole Poblano
This authentic Mexican sauce made of ground chiles, spices and chocolate spread over chicken was originated in the state of Puebla, Mexico. Served with rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Pollo con Vegetales
Pollo con vegetales grilled chicken with broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. Served on a bed of rice with cheese dip on top.
Pollo Asado
10 oz. chicken breast basted with pico de gallo and just a hint of orange. Served with rice and one enchilada of your choice: chicken, beef or cheese.
Pollo Rico
Grilled chicken served on a bed of rice with cheese dip on top.
Pollo con Chorizo
Grilled chicken breast topped with chorizo (Mexican sausage) and cheese dip. Served with rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.S
Pollo Tropical
10 oz. juicy chicken breast grilled to perfection, topped with chunks of pineapple, mushrooms, and cheese sauce. Served with rice, black beans and sweet plantains.
Gluten Sensitive
Bourbon Glazed Ribeye
Very juicy and flavorful hand-cut steak topped with our homemade bourbon sauce. Served with 2 sides of you choice.
Bourbon Glazed Salmon
This very delicious, top-rated grilled salmon fillet, topped with our homemade bourbon sauce. Served with 2 sides of your choice.
Shrimp Bowl
Plumb grilled shrimp, served on a bed of rice with broccoli, red peppers, our homemade bourbon sauce.
New Hawaiian Chicken
Very juicy and flavorful boneless chicken breast, topped with pineapple chunks and our homemade bourbon sauce. Served with broccoli and white rice.
Burritos
Burritos Supremos
2 burritos with grilled chicken or steak. Served with rice, beans, and sweet plantains.
Burrito Fajita Grande
Marinated strips of meat, onion, bell peppers, tomato, and beans, rolled in a large flour tortilla. Topped with cheese sauce and red sauce. Served with rice and sweet plantains.
Burrito Gigante
1 large folded tortilla filled with ground beef and beans, topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Burrito Al Carbon
A flour tortilla filled with marinated skirt steak, topped with nacho cheese and green and red tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Burrito Carne Asada
A flour tortilla filled with marinated steak strips, rice and beans. Covered with nacho cheese and garnished with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Burrito Campechano
A big flour tortilla filled with marinated chicken strips and chorizo (Mexican sausage) topped with cheese sauce and red sauce. Served with rice and sweet plantains.
Alfredo's Burrito California
1 large flour tortilla filled with marinated steak strips, guacamole, black beans, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and sweet plantains.
Dinner Specials
Chiles Rellenos Poblanos
10 whole poblano peppers stuffed with Mexican Chihuahua cheese. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla with your choice of beef or chicken with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, and shredded cheese.
Fajita Nachos
Bed of crispy tortilla chips with grilled strips of meat, onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, and nacho cheese.
Chimichanga
Fried or soft flour tortilla, filled with beef or chicken. Served with rice, beans and crema salad.
Flautas de Pollo
4 rolled corn tortillas deep fried and stuffed with chicken, topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and fresh white cheese.
Create Your Combo
2 Items Combo
3 Items Combo
Traditional Enchiladas
Enchiladas Suizas
Authentic enchiladas with your choice of chicken, ground beef, or cheese, covered with a tasty, mild tomatillo sauce, sour cream, and freshly crumbled white cheese. Served with rice, beans and crema salad.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 cheese enchiladas topped with ranchero enchilada sauce and savory pork, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and crema salad. Served with rice and beans.
Mole Enchiladas
3 soft rolled tortillas dipped in rich, dark mole sauce, filled with pork, chicken, or beef, topped with fresh white cheese. Served with white rice, black beans and plantains.
Seafood Enchiladas
Stuffed with shrimp, scallops, and imitation crabmeat topped with cheese sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.
Sandwiches
Steak Sandwich
Grilled steak strips topped with Swiss cheese on a soft bun.
Hamburguesa Gigante
Fabulous styled Mexican burger, seasoned and prepared with American cheese on top.
New Chicken Club
Grilled boneless chicken breast topped with crispy bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and Swiss cheese.
Quesadillas Rellenas
Simply Quesadilla
We stuffed our cheese quesadilla with your choice of ground beef or chicken. Served with rice, beans and crema salad.
Quesadilla a la Mexicana
Large flour tortilla filled with chicken and chorizo (Mexican sausage) with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and crema salad.
Fajita Quesadilla Grande
Large flour tortilla filled with cheese, marinated strips of meat, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans and crema salad.
Seafood
Arroz con Camarones
Plump grilled shrimp served on a bed of rice with cheese dip on top.
Ceviche de Camaron
Shrimp cooked with lime juice, freshly prepared with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and avocado.
Shrimp Cocktail
A cold mexican-style cocktail made with fresh shrimp, avocado, onions, and our own seafood tomato sauce recipe.
Shrimp Quesadilla
Quesadilla filled with shrimp, onions, and bell peppers. Served with white rice and black beans.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Delectable shrimp with onions and mushrooms sautéed in garlic butter. Served with white rice, black beans and a sweet plantain.
Camarones a la Diabla
Spicy Mexican dish with shrimp cooked in red hot sauce. Served with white rice, black beans and sweet plantain.
Camarones Rancheros
Shrimp grilled with onions, covered in ranchero sauce. Served with white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Shrimp Fajita Nachos
A bed of crispy nachos topped with grilled shrimp, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and sour cream.
Crabmeat Quesadilla
Flour tortilla stuffed with imitation crabmeat, onions, and bell peppers. Served with white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Salmon Primavera
A very delicious top-rated salmon fillet, topped with a homemade garlic suace and pico de gallo. Served with white rice and broccoli.
Fish Tacos
3 grilled fish tacos with pico de gallo and mama's special chipotle sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.
Camarones Escondido
10 oz. chicken breast grilled to perfection, topped with six jumbo shrimp, spinach and cheese sauce. Served with black beans and white rice.
Pescado Al Horno
Grilled tilapia white fish with sauteed shrimp and imitation crabmeat, topped with garlic sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.
Seafood Chimichanga
1 big flour tortilla filled with shrimp and imitation crab meat. Served with white rice, black beans and crema salad.
Salmon
A very delicious, top-rated salmon fillet, top with bourbon sauce. Served with white rice and broccoli.
Salmon Tacos
3 grilled salmon tacos with pico de gallo and mama's special chipotle sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.
Shrimp Tacos
3 grilled shrimp tacos with pico de gallo and mama's special chipotle sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.
Sides
Refried Beans
Mexican Rice
Sweet Plantains
Fries
Fried potatoes.
White Rice
Chips & Salsa
Any Additional Sauces
Grilled Veggies
Charro Beans
Grilled Vegetables
Side Cheese Sauce
Side Fresh Jalapenos
Side Guacamole
Side Lettuce
Side Pico de Gallo
Side Sour Cream
Side Tomatoes
Side Tortillas
Steam Broccoli
Kids Menu
Kid's Mya's Chicken Tenders with Fries
Kid's Nikki's Kids Burger with Fries
Kid's Combo
Served with rice and beans.
Desserts
Churros
No ordinary Mexican crullers (churros), moist and light on the inside with crispy exterior, coated in cinnamon and sugar.
Tres Leches
Cake is extremely dense and moist, almost like a custard, sweet and delicious; tres leches is nothing like a traditional dry cake that is light and fluffy.
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream covered in a crispy crumb coating. Topped with honey, chocolate, and whipped cream.
Chocolate Lovers Dream
Alternating layers of chocolate cake and chocolate mousse and topped with dark chocolate ganache and finished with a generous sprinkling of chocolate shavings.
Molten Chocolate Cake
Moist dark chocolate cake covered with dark chocolate and filled with a dark chocolate truffle that melts out when heated.
Beverages
Coke
Sprite
Orange Soda
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Diet Coke
Lemonade
Milk
Orange Juice
Jarritos
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Recent Reviews
If you are looking for really good Mexican food, this place doesn't disappoint. They have your typical Mexican fair plus other nonstandard dishes. They have a wide variety of drink selections and there margaritas are fantastic. I have never been disappointed at either location.
August 2024
Leo is spectacular and accommodated our every need. Very pleasant and professional and has a great smile. Leo is awesome! I recommend la cocina de mama to everyone! The patio is phenomenal!
May 2024
Hands down this is our favorite Mexican restaurant around! The staff are all extremely kind and professional and the food is the best ever! This is our go-to restaurant. The food is all plated beautifully and we've never had a bad meal. The chori pollo and beef empanadas are our favorites!
April 2024
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