Atop one of the city’s most popular lookout spots was a massive serving of freshly cooked pasta.

Anyone fancy some Italian on Mt Victoria?

A group of students made a bizarre discovery - a mass dump of freshly cooked pasta - on Wellington's lookout on Friday morning.

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SUPPLIED Students who went on a morning walk on Friday to Mt Vic discovered a whole load of freshly cooked pasta dumped at the look out.

Students Jack Anderson, Elleana Dumper, Tobias Leman and Flynn Beeman were on an early morning run and came across the pasta on Mt Victoria's Summit Rock just before 9am.

Wellington City Council said they had received numerous reports about the "mysterious pasta attack", the earliest sighting was at about 6.30am on Friday, from a jogger who reported it through the council's FixIt app, a Wellington City Council spokeswoman said.

"Our contact centre logged the incident after it left a bad taste in their mouth, and the cleaning crew were dispatched to deal with spaghetti junction," the spokeswoman said.

SUPPLIED Al fresco dining? A load of fresh pasta has been found on Mt Victoria.

"Fresh from a local source (sauce) the evidence in question was cold and a bit smelly," the spokeswoman said in a statement.

"Our park rangers team can't recall seeing a mass food dumping before – and added that it made a nice change from the hazardous dumping of cars, TVs, and fridges that they usually have to deal with."

"The public health team said they don't recommend anyone eating spaghetti on the rocks."

Mt Victoria is a popular spot for tourists as well as runners, and offers a panorama of the capital and the harbour.