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BobaLab

BobaLab is a café at Boxed Quarter, cnr St Asaph & Madras Streets, Central City, Christchurch.

Checked 18 Oct 2026

Serving hand crafted bubble tea and dessert drinks. Open Monday - Friday 12 noon-5pm & Saturday 12 noon-4pm

Bubble tea

One of 147 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count

Boxed Quarter, cnr St Asaph & Madras Streets, Central City

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Nearest bus stop
33 m
Cafés in the suburb
147

Getting there

Bus stop, Madras St near Southwark St 33 m · Routes 8, 84, 85, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Ara Institute 145 m · Routes 1, 3, 5, 80, 81 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Tuam St near Madras St 188 m · Routes 1, 3, 5, 80 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Mainland Parking off-street parking 32 m · private · 40 spaces · Council parking data
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.

Nearby

More nearby places 6

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 cafés

More nearby cafés 5

All 147 cafés in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

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What the record holds 8 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 18 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
AddressBoxed Quarter, cnr St Asaph & Madras Streets, Central CityFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafés, Bubble teaOpenStreetMap
Phone03 365 1833Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitefacebook.comFind Christchurch, 2024
NZBN9429051236823, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameBOBALAB NZ LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since3 Apr 2023NZBN register
IndustryTakeaway food retailingNZBN register

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How the council’s directory described it

Serving hand crafted bubble tea and dessert drinks. Open Monday - Friday 12 noon-5pm & Saturday 12 noon-4pm

— 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 zoneCentral City Mixed Use ZoneDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

4,586 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,810 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 4,586 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is BobaLab?

A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is BobaLab?

Boxed Quarter, cnr St Asaph & Madras Streets, Central City. On the map →

Is BobaLab still trading?

On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.

How do you contact BobaLab?

phone 03 365 1833 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near BobaLab?

Engine Coffee Brewers (18 m), Unknown Chapter (74 m), The Pantry on Campus (84 m), every one in the city.

What’s near BobaLab?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Miss Bing - Boxed Quarter (2 m); the Madras St near Southwark St bus stop is 33 m away: routes 8, 84, 85, 95; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Wilson Park (71 m).

What stood where BobaLab 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 · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register

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