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Bison BBQ

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Bison BBQ is a restaurant at 13 Tidal View, Ferrymead, Christchurch. The address’s own page keeps 2 council reports on file.

Great food has the power to bring people together. Their goal at Bison is to create a delicious dining experience that caters to all ages - whether you're 9 or 90! Open Thursday - Monday

13 Tidal View, Ferrymead

Street record, Tidal View →

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Nearest bus stop
125 m
Restaurants in the suburb
27

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Its own website lists

Read from the site itself 29 Sept 2026, Its own website.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Ferry Rd near Settlers Cres 125 m · Routes 3, 140, 155 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Ferry Rd near Settlers Cres 138 m · Routes 3, 140, 155 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Ferrymead Shops 276 m · Routes 3, 140, 155 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Tidal View Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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

Within a short walk

The nearest other restaurants

All 27 restaurants in Ferrymead → · Every one in the city →

Also in Ferrymead

Every kind of business in Ferrymead →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Ferrymead (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address13 Tidal View, FerrymeadFind Christchurch, 2024
KindRestaurantsFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone021 0859 1818Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitebisonbbq.squarespace.comFind Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees
Emailjon@bison.nzIts own website
Menubisonbbq.squarespace.comIts own website
NZBN9429050833832, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameBISON TRADING LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since14 Sept 2022NZBN register
IndustryRestaurant operationNZBN register

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How the council’s directory described it

Great food has the power to bring people together. Their goal at Bison is to create a delicious dining experience that caters to all ages - whether you're 9 or 90! Open Thursday - Monday

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

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 zoneIndustrial GeneralDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

413 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 321 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 413 reports on file
Water General 1 Settlers Cres · 25 September 2026
Litter 1099R Ferry Road, Ferrymead · 6 September 2026
Litter 13 Tidal View, Ferrymead · 29 August 2026
Litter 11 Tidal View · 24 July 2026
Accessibility Tidal View · 25 June 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General Ferrymead · 17 June 2026
Traffic Signals Ferry Rd · 13 June 2026
Litter Tidal View · 12 June 2026
General Request 5 Tidal View · 31 May 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Bison BBQ?

A restaurant in Ferrymead, Christchurch.

Where is Bison BBQ?

13 Tidal View, Ferrymead, on Tidal View. On the map →

Is Bison BBQ still trading?

The council’s 2024 directory lists it, and a live NZBN entry says it still trades.

How do you contact Bison BBQ?

phone 021 0859 1818 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email jon@bison.nz (its own website).

What other restaurants are near Bison BBQ?

Saltwood Restaurant (11 m), The Evil Genius Bar & Lair (27 m), CBK Ferrymead (54 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Bison BBQ?

the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Saltwood Restaurant (11 m); the Ferry Rd near Settlers Cres bus stop is 125 m away: routes 3, 140, 155; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Settlers Reserve (314 m).

What stood where Bison BBQ 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:

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