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
03 366 6768 · boatsheds.co.nz: gone · Google reviews ↓
One of 265 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
2 Cambridge Terrace Central City
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 2 Cambridge Terrace Central City | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 366 6768 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | boatsheds.co.nz · unreachable when last read 30 Sept 2026 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429047495739, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | GIELEN FAMILY LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 7 June 2019 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Cafe operation | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC000083/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 8 June 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, current to 7 Dec 2028 | Council 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
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Avon River Precinct (Te Papa Otakaro) | District Plan |
| Consent CRC167833 | Disturb or Excavate Land, held by Crown Infrastructure Delivery Limited, to 1 Mar 2048, 12 m from the pin | ECan consents |
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
A restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
2 Cambridge Terrace Central City, Christchurch Central City, on Cambridge Terrace Central City. On the map →
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.
phone 03 366 6768 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
UpStairs Dining & Bar (61 m), The Kind Foundation & Numbo Six Bar & Bistro (179 m), Duo (207 m), every one in the city.
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).
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:
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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
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