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Boatshed Cafe

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Boatshed Cafe is a restaurant at 2 Cambridge Terrace Central City, Christchurch Central City. The address’s own page keeps 251 council reports on file. It holds a current on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register.

Set beside the Avon River by the Botanic Gardens, is the 125 year old boat sheds. Enjoy a Sunday brunch or a coffee in the laid back historic environment

Licensed

One of 265 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count

2 Cambridge Terrace Central City

Street record, Cambridge Terrace Central City →

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Nearest bus stop
155 m
Restaurants in the suburb
265

Opening hours

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Getting there

Bus stop, Christchurch Hospital Main Stop EB 155 m · Routes 3, 5, 7, 60, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 91, 92 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Christchurch Hospital Main Stop WB 199 m · Routes 3, 5, 7, 60, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 91, 92 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, St Asaph St near Montreal St 274 m · Routes 3, 5, 7, 60, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86 · ECan bus stops
Shared path Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Wilsons Off-Street 41 m · private · 12 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Cambridge Terrace Central City 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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Within a short walk

The nearest other restaurants

All 265 restaurants in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 11 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address2 Cambridge Terrace Central CityCouncil licence register
KindRestaurantsCouncil licence register
Phone03 366 6768Find Christchurch, 2024
Websiteboatsheds.co.nz · unreachable when last read 30 Sept 2026Find Christchurch, 2024
NZBN9429047495739, NZ Limited Company, removedNZBN register
Registered nameGIELEN FAMILY LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since7 June 2019NZBN register
IndustryCafe operationNZBN register
Food registrationreg CCC000083/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 8 June 2027MPI food register
Alcohol licenceOn-licence restaurant class 3, current to 7 Dec 2028Council licence register

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How the council’s directory described it

Set beside the Avon River by the Botanic Gardens, is the 125 year old boat sheds. Enjoy a Sunday brunch or a coffee in the laid back historic environment.

— 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, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneAvon River Precinct (Te Papa Otakaro)District Plan
Consent CRC167833Disturb or Excavate Land, held by Crown Infrastructure Delivery Limited, to 1 Mar 2048, 12 m from the pinECan consents

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

The reports nearby

3,978 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,291 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 3,978 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Boatshed Cafe?

A restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Boatshed Cafe?

2 Cambridge Terrace Central City, Christchurch Central City, on Cambridge Terrace Central City. On the map →

Is Boatshed Cafe still trading?

Holds a current on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, running to 7 Dec 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.

How do you contact Boatshed Cafe?

phone 03 366 6768 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other restaurants are near Boatshed Cafe?

UpStairs Dining & Bar (61 m), The Kind Foundation & Numbo Six Bar & Bistro (179 m), Duo (207 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Boatshed Cafe?

the address’s own record holds 251 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Punting on the Avon (42 m); the Christchurch Hospital Main Stop EB bus stop is 155 m away: routes 3, 5, 7, 60, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 91, 92; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Tiffany Reserve (313 m).

What stood where Boatshed Cafe 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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