chch.live the businesses of christchurch

Bento Bowl

Bento Bowl is a Japanese restaurant in Papanui, Christchurch, inside the Papanui/Northlands commercial centre.

Is this your business? Send hours, menu or photos, free and this page updates. chch.live’s maker builds simple sites for Christchurch businesses. Know its hours? Add them on OpenStreetMap, the page picks them up overnight.

Checked 17 Oct 2026

Japanese restaurant in the Papanui/Northlands area, one of 35 restaurants listed in Papanui: read from the public record

Papanui

Open on the city map →

Nearest bus stop
351 m
Restaurants in the suburb
35

Getting there

Bus stop, Harewood Rd near Wilmot St 351 m · Routes 27, 125, Oc · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Harewood Rd near Marble Wood Dr 388 m · Routes 27, 125, Oc · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Harewood Rd near Marble Wood Dr 392 m · Routes 27, 125, Oa · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Northern Line 263 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

The map loads only when you ask for it.

Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

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 restaurants

More nearby restaurants 5

All 35 restaurants in Papanui → · Every one in the city →

The other Bento Bowl doors, 1 on the roll

Every Bento Bowl on the roll →

Also in Papanui

More businesses in Papanui 7

Every kind of business in Papanui →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Papanui (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 17 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindRestaurants, JapaneseOpenStreetMap

A name, a kind and a pin, the sources carry little more. Add what you know on OpenStreetMap →

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneLarge format retail zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centrePapanui/Northlands, district centreDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

163 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 116 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 163 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 6
What is Bento Bowl?

A Japanese restaurant in Papanui, Christchurch.

Where is Bento Bowl?

Somewhere in Papanui, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Bento Bowl still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other restaurants are near Bento Bowl?

St Pierre's Sushi (9 m), Two Fat Indians - Northlink (35 m), St Pierres Sushi & Bento Bowl - Northlink (170 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Bento Bowl?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest SBS Bank (9 m); the Harewood Rd near Wilmot St bus stop is 351 m away: routes 27, 125, Oc; a shared path on the Northern Line route passes within 263 m; nearest park: Bridgestone Drainage Reserve (224 m).

What stood where Bento Bowl is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

Read source notes 5

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/bento-bowl-papanui.md.