Selena's at Willow Lake Tavern
Selena's at Willow Lake Tavern
French market donuts with powdered sugar.
Creamy danish brie gloriously crowned with our pecan praline sauce. Served with sliced apples, grapes and French bread. Great for sharing.
Cherrywood bacon wrapped shrimp with red eye gravy, served over grits.
Fried chicken tenders stuffed with a jalapeno and wrapped with cherrywood bacon.
Great for sharing.
Our own crunchy batter served with housemade remoulade sauce.
Large tender gulf shrimp butterflied and stuffed with selena's crabmeat and shrimp stuffing, lightly fried. Served with housemade remoulade sauce.
Lightly breaded, crisp and golden.
A Southern tradition, hand dipped in buttermilk and breaded with our crispy corn meal breading. Served with a rich basil aioli.
Our own signature blue crab and shrimp stuffing lightly breaded and fried to a rich golden brown.
Tender mushrooms baked with our own signature crabmeat stuffing.
Your choice of Sicilian cheese or chicken salad sandwich.
Your choice of Sicilian cheese or chicken salad sandwich.
French bread, marinated in a cinnamon custard. Baked to a golden brown. Topped with brown sugar butter. Served with hash brown casserole or grits.
Served with brown sugar butter, maple syrup and hash brown casserole or grits.
Chopped romaine, ham, Swiss cheese, green olives, tomatoes, romano cheese, artichoke hearts, hearts of palm and homemade croutons. Tossed with 1979 vinaigrette dressing.
Field greens, seasonal fruit, glazed pecans, tomato, bacon and gorgonzola tossed with a raspberry balsamic.
Fresh spinach, mushrooms, bacon and hard boiled eggs. Topped with onion straws and tossed with warm bacon dressing.
Romaine, tomato, radishes, red onions and pickled beets tossed with your choice of dressing.
Large fluffy omelet stuffed with Italian sausage, sauteed onions, green peppers, cheddar cheese and mushrooms and our savory creole sauce with a buttermilk biscuit.
Poached eggs atop creamed spinach and artichoke over an English muffin. Covered with hollandaise sauce.
Poached eggs atop an English muffin and Canadian bacon. Topped with hollandaise sauce.
Eggs to order topped with melted cheese.
Eggs with tomatoes, black olives, fresh spinach and feta cheese, with a buttermilk biscuit.
Layers of lasagna noodles, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella and romano cheese and our own tomato sauce.
Chicken breast browned and served with a butter, lemon, mushrooms and capers wine sauce over pasta.
Served with just our tomato and sweet basil sauce.
Chosen as "best of bon appetite magazine". Fresh broccoli, cauliflower and mushrooms sauteed in olive oil, garlic and selena's seasonings.
An Italian classic served over pasta.
Real housemade sausage gravy and biscuits served with eggs.
Kentucky country ham with red eye gravy and eggs.
Eggs your way, breakfast meat of your choice (country ham, sausage or bacon), biscuits and sausage gravy.
Eggs your way, served with 6 Ounces center cut sirloin steak and biscuits.
Po-boys served with fresh shredded cabbage and housemade tartar. Choice of French fries or sweet potato fries.
Ricotta, mozzarella and romano cheeses in a pita bread pocket.
A midwest secret recipe served on a croissant.
Traditional beer battered cod.
Oyster, shrimp and crawfish - a combo of some of our New Orleans favorites.
Served with a side of creamy dill sauce and your choice of 2 sides.
Served with a side of creamy dill sauce and your choice of 2 sides.
Lightly breaded filet of chicken breast baked with mozzarella and romano cheese. Served over linguine pasta with housemade tomato sauce.
Our version of this Kentucky favorite served with warm bourbon brandy sauce.
Fresh bananas lightly sauteed in a rich caramel brandy butter sauce and served over cinnamon ice cream.
Sampling of jambalaya, red beans and rice and our shrimp and crawfish etouffee'.
A robust favorite seasoned in a buttery roux, loaded with plump crawfish tails and shrimp served over rice.
Seasoned rice with andouille sausage, blackened chicken breast, ham and shrimp.
With seasoned andouille sausage.
A robust favorite seasoned in a buttery roux, loaded with plump crawfish tails and shrimp. Served over rice.
Layers of lasagna noodles, spinach, ricotta, mozzarella and romano cheese and our own housemade tomato sauce.
Chosen as "best of bon appetite magazine". Fresh broccoli, cauliflower and mushrooms sauteed in olive oil, garlic and selena's seasonings. Tossed with grated romano cheese and served over linguine.
Served with just our tomato and sweet basil sauce.
Large succulent shrimp charred and baked. Served over linguine with a white pepper and lemon butter sauce. (our version of pasquale manale's specialty.).
Served warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce.
a plate of food
a plate of pasta
Coy fish.
the neon sign
Perfect night for patio seating
a koi fish pond
Two dollar mimosas, coffee and fresh, hot beignets!
a fish pond
Jambalaya
Beignets
Patio
Beignets
Coy pond by patio
Menu
Cajun Creole Omelet
Wall of Vines on Patio
Looking out from my seat, I enjoyed waterfall.
Awesome vintage neon sign from the original establishment.
Lunch menu July 2023
interior
Creole Omelet
Menu
MaryCarol K.
Nov 6, 2024
Eat! Out! Side! Selena's is known for delicious food, the best service and their outdoor space!Now if you can't enjoy their outdoor dining fear not! You will 100% not be dissatisfied in their amazing meals. This time I went for the blackened salmon which came with two sides - I picked asparagus and red beans & rice. It was flavorful, fresh, and I had enough to take some home!Additionally, our server was incredibly diligent about checking in on us and making sure our party felt welcomed! Selena's has been able to stay around for so long for good reason!
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Kathy V.
Oct 31, 2024
A Louisville institution...it has been on my radar no for so so long and I finally, FINALLY, got to experience a meal here. It did not disappoint!My first visit here was for brunch and it was delightful. My guy got what turned out to be a massive plate of gumbo and thoroughly enjoyed it. I got a more traditional breakfast-y thing -- a creole omelet I believe -- and at the time it was exactly what I wanted. We shared an order of beignets: YUM. Breakfast cocktails were tasty, service was good, and the atmosphere was welcoming an inviting. I was eager to make a return visit.I got that chance a while later to get dinner here with my friends one night. The dinner was less memorable food-wise. This might be because the server spilled an entirely full glass of ice water all over my friend...who to her credit took it very much in stride and handled it much much better than I would have. But she spent the rest of the meal sitting in wet clothes...and not a single item on their bill was comped or discounted. The server wasn't particularly apologetic or helpful in cleaning it up...I had to go get more napkins to help ourselves.For my meal, I was on quite a tight budget at the time of this visit, so I settled on a stuffed mushroom appetizer and a small salad. It was tasty and more than enough.So there was a lot of good, some meh, and I am nearly certain I will be back at some point and I am sure the food will be great.
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Stephaine B.
Feb 16, 2025
The sweetest service, yummy food and ambiance! I would highly recommend this place. They serve breakfast later and that hashbrown cheesy goodness is the stuff!
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Emme G.
Jan 30, 2025
This was a lovely little Cajun restaurant just outside of Louisville! Service was good, but the food was even better. I had the shrimp manale, and the chef came and told us the sauce was his grandmothers old recipe. Overall, delicious!
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Richard F.
Aug 16, 2024
We chose Selena's to meet our friends and celebrate our Wedding Anniversaries together. We could not have chosen a better place. We were seated right away in the inside dining area as the outside temps were quite high. We started out with Bloody Marys. I had to try the Gumbo and it was excellent. I got the Jeremy Platter and the seafood was melt in your mouth delicious. My wife ordered the Fish & Chips. The fish was fresh, tender and lightly breaded. Our service by Brian was exceptional and we had a great time in a very relaxing atmosphere. We want to go back when the weather cools and sit outside.
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Caroline H.
Jan 13, 2024
So when you drive past the place, it's not what you expect. It looks like a whole in the wall but it is actually really nice on the inside. Very warm and inviting. When i first got there, I was greeted by 3 different people to make sure I was taken care of. I made reservations so was seated immediately. It was went too crowded when I got there at 11:30 but it was a steady flow of people coming. I would suggest making reservations if possible. Our server Denise was amazing. Very attentive and friendly. We ordered the beignets for the appetizer, mimosas, creole omelet with hash brown casserole, and the omelet special with cheese grits. You get 4 beignets with the app and they were super good. I had to eat both of my share. I tried not to but couldn't help it. Both omelets were delicious. I was very surprised. The creole sauce on the creole omelet was chunky but had really good flavor. The hashbrown casserole was so good it had corn flaked on top which gave it a crunch. It did not overpower the flavor of it. The cheese grits didn't taste like anything. I actually sent those back and got the casserole instead. The menu isn't exhaustive but everything seems to be good there. You can't go wrong except for the grits.
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Carla M.
Jan 7, 2025
We all got something different. I had the spinach salad and corn flake fish fingers, my husband and another had surf and turf, the redfish, redbeans and seafood. It was all fantastic but the service from Denise was outstanding. Best service I have had in a long time. Will definitely be back soon.
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Kim P.
Jan 18, 2025
The best bread pudding I have ever had. Very attentive staff and great Cajun food. I had the red fish special and it did not disappoint. Cooked perfectly.
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Charles A.
Oct 13, 2024
I can help yoWe had a fantastic experience at this restaurant for my birthday. The blackened red fish with manale sauce was absolutely delicious. Everyone in my family enjoyed their meals as well. I highly recommend this place. The service was excellent, especially considering we were with my 3, 4, and 6-year-old kids. The staff was very kind and accommodating. We dined outside next to a fish pond with Coy fish, and the staff even provided food for the kids to feed the fish.
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Andrew S.
Feb 5, 2025
Food was average and overpriced, but the service and atmosphere was above average. Nothing that I really want to complain about, but also can't really recommend it as being a place that I want to go back to with so many options in Louisville.
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