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Cafe 1894

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Cafe 1894 is a café in Ilam, Christchurch. On the record it offers outdoor seating. It opens Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, typically 8 am to 4 pm.

Weekday café in Ilam's tertiary education zone — Monday to Friday 08:00-16:00, outdoor seating, vegetarian and vegan options; wheelchair accessible: read from the public record

Wheelchair access Vegetarian Vegan Outdoor seating

Ilam

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Hours a week
40
Nearest bus stop
326 m
Cafés in the suburb
10

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday, Friday8 am, 4 pm
Saturday, SundayClosed

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 40 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Its own website lists

Read from the site itself 27 Sept 2026, Its own website.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, University - Creyke Rd 326 m · Routes 100, 130 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, University - Ilam Rd 333 m · Routes 3, 100 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, University - Creyke Rd 337 m · Routes 100, 130 · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Uni-Cycle 148 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

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

Within a short walk

The nearest other cafés

All 10 cafés in Ilam → · Every one in the city →

Also in Ilam

Every kind of business in Ilam →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Ilam (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindCafésOpenStreetMap
Websiteucsa.org.nzOpenStreetMap · its own site agrees
Emailhello@ucsa.org.nzIts own website
WheelchairStep-free, wheelchair accessibleOpenStreetMap
Diets catered forVegetarian, VeganOpenStreetMap
ServicesOutdoor seatingOpenStreetMap

Is this your business? Send hours, menu or photos, free and this page updates.

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 zoneSpecific Purpose (Tertiary Education)District Plan
Consent CRC194229Water Take/Use, held by University of Canterbury, to 1 July 2032, 3 m from the pinECan consents

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

The reports nearby

23 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Everything else, 21 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 23 reports on file
General Request 55 Creyke Rd · 2 June 2026
General Request Canterbury · 27 May 2026
General Request Canterbury · 14 May 2026
Pavement - Damaged University Dr · 30 April 2026
Water Pollution - Sediment University Drive, Canterbury Region 8041 · 5 March 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure Canterbury · 23 February 2026
Sign Poles 90 Ilam Road, Ilam · 7 May 2025
General Request 90 Ilam Road, Ilam · 4 November 2024
Road Signage 90 Ilam Road, Ilam · 24 July 2024
General Request 90 Ilam Road, Ilam · 8 April 2024

Questions, answered briefly

What is Cafe 1894?

A café in Ilam, Christchurch.

Where is Cafe 1894?

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

Is Cafe 1894 still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Cafe 1894?

its website, email hello@ucsa.org.nz (its own website).

When is Cafe 1894 open?

Monday, Friday: 8 am, 4 pm; Saturday, Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other cafés are near Cafe 1894?

Otto (59 m), Therapy Cafe (105 m), Ancestral (161 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Cafe 1894?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Kool Zone - Canterbury (14 m); the University - Creyke Rd bus stop is 326 m away: routes 100, 130; a shared path on the Uni-Cycle route passes within 148 m.

What stood where Cafe 1894 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:

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/cafe-1894-ilam.md.