scopa caffe cucina

all pizza & pasta are pretty good. good atmosphere and friendly staff. recommended!

i recommend the salami, chili oil, cherry tomato, grana, and red onion pizza. really tasty pizza; pomodoro still holds the edge on crust though. if your after lunch their $10 pasta is good value too.

best hot chocolate in the country.

pizza & pasta were pretty good too!
had such a chirpy conversation with the waitress about meat meat meat and more meat.

scopa is always busy and buzzing and the atmosphere is just so lively that you just can't help but smile :)

my husband and i turned up on a busy friday night and were lucky to get a table right by the window. cafe was quite hot, noisy and busy - we loved that. staff were helpful, with great advice on italian wines, which were excellent. lots of water top-ups, but not obtrusive.
probably the best calamari we've ever eaten! the pizza was delicious, although not a lot of filling, in the european authentic style. my desert (forget the name, sorry) was an amazing italian orange ice-cream and cake that matched anything i ever ate in the inner-city italian restaurants of sydney.
i was so delighted i spoke to chef, to thank him for the delicious meal.

not bad a place for a slowburn coffee experience though there are plenty of other great cafe's on cuba thesedays. one thing that i never quite enjoyed (though i should probably respect more) about scopa are the frequent interruptions by the staff to fill up your glasses of water. now i might be picky but in the middle of a conversation i like not having to be disturbed every 2-3 minutes. food was pretty good, though the margarita pizzas lack toppings or flavour.

woah! did not expect such a great lunch. all members of my party had either the pasta special or the soup special and we shared a pizza. everything was tasty, fresh and quality. fantastic service and friendly staff. the only thing about this restaurant was the location and interior - a renovation may be on the cards. it also got quite warm which made it a bit uncomfortable. but a must visit for yummy, value for money food!

the ambience and service are great.

i had the maestro pizza which was okay. it cannot be faulted, but i've had better. portions are generous. i'll probably try the pasta next time if i ever drop by scopa again. the tiramisu was good, the coffee flavour was very strong which is to my liking.

absolutely love their pizzas! best in town i reckon! (and so do all my friends by the way...)
one thing though... the place is packed and small so if you're looking for intimacy, you might want to go somewhere else. at pick time, don't even dream about getting a table and if you do, well consider yourself lucky...

i worked in the restaurant business for over 12years, and have found it very hard to find a good quality restaurant.. when we first arrived we had o wait 15mins for a table, while at the bar i asked for the wine menu, they have a range of italian wine which i am not familiar with but the bartender offered us a small glass to try it was their house red and was so yummy. we waited less than 10mins and were seated, our waitress was great and very attentive but not at all over attentive. she topped our water up often and was very helpful.
the food was great, but yes i did think it was sightly over priced but in the end the night was fabulous. i feel that restaurants in wellington are slacking in the department of good service and food but scopa seems to have mastered it. i'm not sure what the hype is with the hot chocolate wasn't a fan, but my friend loved it.
i will be back again and highly recommend it....

wow. i was impressed by scopa.

we went their for lunch during the week and they have really good lunch specials.

my partner got a margherita pizza and i got the pasta of the day. both were very tasty and hot and fast.

i also got the italian hot chocolate which was lovely, rich with chocolate and creamy.

staff are super friendly too. i really enjoyed my experience there.

highly recommended!

we've been here numerous times and have enjoyed every single visit. the staff *are* cool but have always been professional & friendly, and very tolerant of our young son who wants to sit up at the bar and watch the hot chocolate going around and the pizza being made, or be held up at the kitchen window to see the prep. it's always busy, but if you love your companions enough there's no difficulty in feeling as though you're having an intimate dinner! the food's delicious, though i do miss the pumpkin-based pizza that's no longer on the menu.

ridiculous! over priced and under delievered. the service staff we're "too cool for school" and uninterested in us. unfriendly and bland really. asked for water with our meal and we were simply told no, they half fill your tiny glass when passing when they feel like it. pizza was average. experience was less than. i wont be going back.

the place needs a good ventilation system to start with; it was quite crowded when i was there and it feels like being inside a pressure cooker. my friend likes their hot chocolate so i gave it a try, way to thick, like drinking tar, they should go easy on the cornflour, it's a drink not a gravy! the muffin was average and there are better places to eat pizza, one quite near la scopa by the way.

must try the hot chocolate!!!!!!!!
must must must must!

delicious

the 3 of us had a pizza as well
which was amazing too!

good place to go any time of the day whether it is for a meal (mmm best vegeterian pizzas in town), coffee or a wine. i love it when the weather is nice enough for the side doors to be open, as it's a great place to people watch.

staff are always smiling and know exactly how i like my coffee.