Christchurch

Food and Restaurants

Canterbury Tales is known to serve its diners with the best of everything. From pleasant atmospheres to great food and award winning edible pieces of art, the restaurant is a model of perfection from every angle. With a meal for over NZ$ 50, diners get an opportunity to try various blends of spices on the ever changing menu and to taste the best of New Zealand from the best providers.

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Canterbury Tales

From pleasant atmospheres to great food and award winning edible pieces of art, the restaurant is a model of perfection from every angle.

Pedro’s

Tastefully decorated on traditional Spanish crockery are New Zealand’s most divine Spanish dishes prepared under the watchful eye of Pedro Carazo.

Pescatore

An attentive service, an ambient place and a superb menu are what Pescatore prides itself on to attract valuable customers who are regulars at the restaurant.

Rotherams

Let yourself be spoiled by the most hospitable service, tasteful food and a very impressive wine list, all from the gifted chef and owner of Rotherams.

Bodhi Tree

The only Burmese restaurant in all of New Zealand, Bodhi Tree creates quite a stir in the locals and tourists for its spicy and unique dishes that are seasoned with exotic herbs bound to tingle your taste buds.

Flying Burrito Brothers

The spiciest food in all of Christchurch with the biggest selection of tequila in all of New Zealand is housed inside this small den.

JDV

Taste a fine blend of New Zealand’s specialties at the JDV where the chef is notoriously known for his favorite spice and herb blends.

Portofino

A savvy mix of excellent service, reasonable good quality food and presentable staff, Portofino has a huge client base that is ever hungry for its tasty Italian servings.

Simo's

Simo’s Moroccan born chef, Mohammad Abbari, has his own way of making diners enjoy their food, ‘savored slowly and with immense pleasure’ he puts in.

Tutto Benne

A new eatery by an established chain, the Tutto Benne has an elaborate menu of pizzas, pastas, risottos and traditional favorites of Italian lovers.

Ace Wasabi

Combining impeccable Japanese food and service at the most reasonable cost throughout Christchurch is Ace Wasabi.

Brigettes Espresso Bar

Always overbooked for its scrumptious brunches, the Brigettes has a knack for offering delicious food that more than covers up for the moderate service.

Dux de Lux

Young, adventurous and laid back. If you are all these things, the Dux is your place to be. With live jazz music on weekends, satisfying NZ$ 20 meals and 30 years of stories to tell, Dux is a famous hangout res

Le Café

With a menu lined with refreshing light meals like nachos, burgers, pizzas and Caesar salads, Le Café is a regular coffee hangout for its die hard customers.

The Globe Café

Experience the student life in Christchurch at the Globe Café that is located in the Inner city and always crowded with youth and artistic people.

The Honey Pot Café

The Honey Pot Café offers value for money with fulfilling meals of sandwiches, gourmets, pizzas and desserts at low prices starting at NZ$15.

Aiki

An organic restaurant in Christchurch, Aiki rates very highly among New Zealanders when it comes to fine dinning with an experience.

The Santorini

The hustle bustle inside this small but high class restaurant is duly credited to the musical and dancing shows that it holds in its premises.

Sign of the Takahe

Sign of Takahe has a history behind its four walls and is a mixture of modernity and symbolic centralism.

Samurai Bowl

No frills attached is the name of the game here at the Samurai Bowl. Located right next to the Backpackers hostel, the restaurant is always full of people eating and chattering away.