A small Italian room on Cuba Street in Te Aro, inspired by the informal bacari of Venice, where the food comes as seasonal small plates with a curated wine list. The menu changes regularly to follow the season. A sample menu from the website includes gnocchi with sage and chilli butter, kale and hazelnut, sorbetti with olive oil gelato, and panna cotta with lemon curd, olive oil powder and basil.
Half the restaurant is kept for bookings, and the rest is left for walk-ins. Groups of up to 14 can order from the regular menu. Groups of 15 or more get a set menu, at $38 to $64 per head for lunch and $58 to $72 per head for dinner as at 2026. There is some flexibility for early dinner bookings and for children under 14. A 1.5% card surcharge applies. Ombra is part of Mosaic Venues, a Wellington group that bought the restaurant in 2018. Within a kilometre there are four other Italian listings on Open Locally, and the nearest, Santeria Pizza and Pasta at 0.1 km, is rated 4.5 from 1,060 reviews.