Guidebook for Christchurch
Food Scene
Great atmosphere, pizza, chips and dinners, craft beer. You can sit inside or out. Sometimes good live music too.
29 locals recommend
Cassels & Sons Brewing
3 Garlands RdGreat atmosphere, pizza, chips and dinners, craft beer. You can sit inside or out. Sometimes good live music too.
You can sit down but it's more of a takeaway place.
Very good pizzas, 5 minutes from my house.
10 locals recommend
HELL Pizza
384 Ferry RdYou can sit down but it's more of a takeaway place.
Very good pizzas, 5 minutes from my house.
Small, cosy and convenient - only 2 or 3 minutes walk from my place. Best prices around too! Lovely guys that run it. Tom makes all the food on the premises and it is excellent!! Same for the coffee. Good for gluten free, vegetarians too. Open 6 am to 3 pm M to F
Claudes Kitchen
390 Ferry RdSmall, cosy and convenient - only 2 or 3 minutes walk from my place. Best prices around too! Lovely guys that run it. Tom makes all the food on the premises and it is excellent!! Same for the coffee. Good for gluten free, vegetarians too. Open 6 am to 3 pm M to F
Opawa Cafe
124 Opawa RdGerman cafe. A nice approx half hour walk around the river from my place.
Garden Centre, Gift Shop and Cafe all in one. Friendly staff. A 2 min walk from my house on Ferry Rd beside the big gum tree.
Portstone Garden Cafe
465 Ferry RdGarden Centre, Gift Shop and Cafe all in one. Friendly staff. A 2 min walk from my house on Ferry Rd beside the big gum tree.
I haven't eaten there myself but it is close by if you like a curry.
Everest Indian Restaurant and Takeaway WOOLSTON FERRY Road
608 Ferry RdI haven't eaten there myself but it is close by if you like a curry.
It is convenient to where I live. In Woolston Village about 5 mins drive or 15 to 20 mins walk.
Green Chilli Thai Restaurant & Takeaway
596 Ferry RoadIt is convenient to where I live. In Woolston Village about 5 mins drive or 15 to 20 mins walk.
Authentic and interesting. A great place to hang out. Adjoins Alices - a quaint Egyptian themed, small and cosy picture theater.
107 locals recommend
C1 Espresso
185 High StAuthentic and interesting. A great place to hang out. Adjoins Alices - a quaint Egyptian themed, small and cosy picture theater.
Samurai Bowl
574 Colombo StVery good, quick Asian food. Popular!
Gentle Giant
158 Ferry RdExcellent coffee and food. Open week days and weekends.
Drinks & Nightlife
It's an excellent cosy, family pub, just down the road. I can easily walk there in 10 minutes. They sell a selection of craft beer. My favourite is the 'Twisted Ankle'. A thick, dark beer. Also great food, and nights dedicated to quizzes, poetry and music.
6 locals recommend
The Twisted Hop Pub
616 Ferry RdIt's an excellent cosy, family pub, just down the road. I can easily walk there in 10 minutes. They sell a selection of craft beer. My favourite is the 'Twisted Ankle'. A thick, dark beer. Also great food, and nights dedicated to quizzes, poetry and music.
Outdoor beer garden where the bar is in a bus. The best budget burgers and fries.
40 locals recommend
Smash Palace
172 High StOutdoor beer garden where the bar is in a bus. The best budget burgers and fries.
The Last Word
Cosy, Retro Whisky Bar
darkroom
336 St Asaph StIt's dark, ha ha! Music every night, retro decor - all ages can feel comfortable there.
Strange & Co
Restaurants,bars, music and night life.
Shopping
A fun, informal, temporary food and shopping area, with attractive, landscaping, which was created from containers and colourful sunshades, after the 2011 earthquakes. This was very successful and popular, but is slowly being replaced by tall, grey buildings, blocking out the sun.
77 locals recommend
Container Mall
76-100 Cashel StreetA fun, informal, temporary food and shopping area, with attractive, landscaping, which was created from containers and colourful sunshades, after the 2011 earthquakes. This was very successful and popular, but is slowly being replaced by tall, grey buildings, blocking out the sun.
Sightseeing
New Regent Street
Christchurch i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
The port town of Christchurch. Quaint and interesting. Great cafes, bars, restaurants and nightlife. Good hill and harbour walks. Can take the ferry from here to Diamond Harbour.
99 locals recommend
Lyttelton
The port town of Christchurch. Quaint and interesting. Great cafes, bars, restaurants and nightlife. Good hill and harbour walks. Can take the ferry from here to Diamond Harbour.
Parks & Nature
Walks, ponds, cafes, playground in the Botanical Gardens.
297 locals recommend
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Rolleston AvenueWalks, ponds, cafes, playground in the Botanical Gardens.
Arts & Culture
Canterbury Museum
66 Rolleston AveChristchurch Art Gallery (Te Puna o Waiwhetu)
312 Montreal St