Ancestral Asian Restaurant Cafe
Ancestral Asian Restaurant Cafe is a café at 35E Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
Firmly established at the bottom end of Riccarton Road, Ancestral offer authentic and traditional Sichuan and Malaysian… Read full description ↓
35E Riccarton Road, Riccarton
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Nearby
More nearby places 5
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other cafés
More nearby cafés 5
Also in Riccarton
More businesses in Riccarton 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 35E Riccarton Road, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 348 8876 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
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How the council’s directory described it
Firmly established at the bottom end of Riccarton Road, Ancestral offer authentic and traditional Sichuan and Malaysian Chinese food and Asian favourite beverage bubble teas. Also features some of the city's best private Karaoke rooms. Open 7 days, 12pm until late
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Transport | District Plan |
This Feature Was Donated to the City of ChristchurchWhat stood on Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,103 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 897 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Pavement - Damaged
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
General Request
General Request
Overgrown Vegetation
Rubbish and Bins - General
Water Leak
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Riccarton, Christchurch.
35E Riccarton Road, Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 348 8876 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Café Sismo (12 m), Ground Floor Cafe (89 m), Water Drop Vegetarian Cafe (182 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Gizmobies - Phone Repairs Christchurch (8 m); the Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St bus stop is 127 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Mandeville Reserve (172 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
Read source notes 4
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/ancestral-asian-restaurant-cafe-riccarton.md.