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Cafe 218

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Cafe 218 is a café at 218 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch, inside the Moorhouse Avenue commercial centre. It opens 49 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 3 council reports on file.

Cafe 218 is housed inside the Hunter Furniture building at the Midway on Moorhouse complex. The menu is a brunch-lunch mixture. Open Monday - Friday 7am to 2.30pm & Saturday - Sunday 8am to 3pm

218 Moorhouse Avenue

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Hours a week
49
Nearest bus stop
30 m
Cafés in the suburb
29

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday, Sunday9 am, 4 pm

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 49 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Moorhouse Ave near Orbell St 30 m · Route 140 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Moorhouse Ave near Montreal St 66 m · Route 140 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Moorhouse Ave near Montreal St 220 m · Route 140 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Wilson off-street parking 118 m · private · 28 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Moorhouse Avenue 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 cafés

All 29 cafés in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

Every kind of business in Sydenham →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address218 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch 8011OpenStreetMap
KindCafésOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 421 8921OpenStreetMap
Websitefacebook.comOpenStreetMap
SocialFacebookOpenStreetMap
NZBN9429030105911, NZ Limited Company, removedNZBN register
Registered nameCAFE 218 LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since12 Aug 2013NZBN register
IndustryCafe operationNZBN register

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How the council’s directory described it

Cafe 218 is housed inside the Hunter Furniture building at the Midway on Moorhouse complex. The menu is a brunch-lunch mixture. Open Monday - Friday 7am to 2.30pm & Saturday - Sunday 8am to 3pm

— 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 zoneLarge format retail zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreMoorhouse Avenue, large format centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

966 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 804 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 966 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Cafe 218?

A café in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is Cafe 218?

218 Moorhouse Avenue, Sydenham, on Moorhouse Avenue. On the map →

Is Cafe 218 still trading?

On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.

How do you contact Cafe 218?

phone +64 3 421 8921, its website.

When is Cafe 218 open?

Monday, Sunday: 9 am, 4 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other cafés are near Cafe 218?

Fred's Cafe & Bar (203 m), Haus Espresso (244 m), Allpress Espresso Cafe (267 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Cafe 218?

the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Carpet Court (14 m); the Moorhouse Ave near Orbell St bus stop is 30 m away: route 140; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Carlyle Reserve (349 m).

What stood where Cafe 218 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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