Scopa

italian restaurant — Te Aro · Wellington

About Scopa

Scopa is a pizzeria at 141 Cuba Street in Te Aro, Wellington, which calls itself Cuba Street's original pizzeria. The pizzas are classic Italian style, with toppings such as spicy nduja and hot honey, prawn with garlic and olives, and an eggplant and basil pesto pizza with ricotta and breadcrumbs. Pizzas run from $26 to $35 as at 2026, and there is a weekly pizza special to ask about. The menu also has pasta, including a spinach and ricotta filled pasta, and a fried chicken dish with creamy tomato and vodka sauce. Several dishes and pizzas are marked gluten free, vegetarian or vegan.

The drinks list is built around Italian and New Zealand wines, plus cocktails and beers. Scopa is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 11:30am to 3pm and from 5pm until late. One other Italian restaurant sits within a kilometre, Soprano Petone, which is 0.9 km away. The pizzeria's approach is to stay close to its Italian roots without being bound by them, which shows in toppings like hot honey and nduja.