Lovely food😊 great service. An amazing asset to the Kapiti Coast. A little slice of Italy 🙂

  wow wow wow... best meal we've had ever on the Kapiti Coast..great food, great service, great drinks. you've nailed it!

  We had a great night with yummy food. So good to have yet another top restaurant in the Kapiti Coast.

  Despite the decidedly surfie name, The Surfers Mistress is an Italian Trattoria. Choices of indoor or outdoor dining, we dined outdoors as the sun was sinking, and a balmy evening coming on, the garden feeling very Italian with herbs planted in boxes mounted on the fence, olive and lemon trees surrounding the sunumbrellas and outside tables and chairs. Menu is simple and tasty, nice range of lunch or small platters and salads, an antipasto for two, pizzas, pastas, steak and some gorgeously intense desserts. We had Salsiccia pizza, a lusciously cheesy pizza with Italian sausage and fennel and a hint of chili, on a thin base, Ragu' alla Bolognese made the way they make it in Bologna with egg pasta, beef and sausage and not a tomato in sight, and Italian sausage with maccheroni, also a lush feast with tastes taking you to the Italian countryside. Following with the dessert menu, we had the dessert of the day - a meringue and pastry dish with strawberry coulis, the panna cotta served with blueberries, honey and crumbs, vanilla bean gelato and affogato, vanilla bean gelato served with a hot shot of espresso to pour over. The desserts were tasty dishes with intense flavour and sweetness sized to perfection so you're not left reeling after a sugar overload. Loved the experience, friendly welcome from the proprietors and waiting staff, and unhesitatingly recommend!

  Amazing!! went here with my partner on the third night of opening, delicious perfectly cooked food, exploding with flavour and texture. real ingredients and a whole lot of love and passion on the plate and beautiful presented drinks. we were beyond impressed. will 100% be back! much love and all the best to them ❤

  Great food, great ambiance, great service, fab owners & location - just go!! ❤️

  Fabulous hosts & attentive staff, AMAZING food (all pasta & pizza is handmade on premises), awesome wine selection & really great ambience. This is a hidden gem that everyone MUST try! Can't wait to go back ❤️

  Had an awesome dining experience last night, traditional Italian, JUST YUM!😀

  Had a wonderful evening meal here last night. The food was all delicious, we worked our way across the small plates and the pasta between 5 of us. Fabulous campari spritz and super helpful guidance on the wine list. I'm fully recommending, especially as it was only the 3rd night of service. Keep up the good work, keep learning!

  Oh my gosh the best food here, great atmosphere and friendly staff.Will recomend to everyone.