Ancestral
Checked 13 Oct 2026
Ancestral is a café in Ilam, Christchurch. On the record it offers outdoor seating. It opens Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, typically 9 am to 4 pm.
Weekday café in Ilam's tertiary education zone — Monday to Friday 09:00-16:00, outdoor seating; wheelchair accessible: read from the public record
4 ECan consents on its site, more than almost any other premises on the record
Ilam
Opening hours
| Monday, Friday | 9 am, 4 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday, Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 35 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other cafés
Also in Ilam
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Cafés | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429034906507, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | ANCESTRAL LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 3 Mar 2005 | NZBN register |
| Wheelchair | Step-free, wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Payment | Credit cards, Debit cards | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC000938/2, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 12 Apr 2027 | MPI food register |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Specific Purpose (Tertiary Education) | District Plan |
| Consent CRC154987 | Cooling Water, held by University of Canterbury, to 31 Aug 2035, 7 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC940596 | Cooling Water, held by University of Canterbury, to 15 Dec 2028, 15 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC961874 | Cooling Water, held by University of Canterbury, to 22 May 2031, 15 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC154984 | Water Take/Use, held by University of Canterbury, to 30 Aug 2035, 17 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
141 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 121 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Hazard, vehicle
Hazard, vehicle
Pavement - Damaged
Street Cleaning
Accessibility
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General Request
Pavement - General
General Request
General Request
Damaged Street SignQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Ilam, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Ilam, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
Monday, Friday: 9 am, 4 pm; Saturday, Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Nuts & Bolts (108 m), Otto (138 m), Therapy Cafe (143 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Gateway Antarctica (96 m); the University - Creyke Rd bus stop is 188 m away: routes 100, 130; a cycle lane passes within 188 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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (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)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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-ilam.md.