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Café Sismo

Café Sismo is a café at 35 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

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35 Riccarton Road, Riccarton

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Nearest bus stop
125 m
Cafés in the suburb
28

Getting there

Bus stop, Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St 125 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St 131 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Riccarton Rd near Harakeke St 257 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130, 140 · ECan bus stops
Shared path Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Riccarton Road 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.

Nearby

More nearby places 5

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 28 cafés in Riccarton → · Every one in the city →

Also in Riccarton

More businesses in Riccarton 7

Every kind of business in Riccarton →

What the record holds 9 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Riccarton (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 20 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address35 Riccarton Road, RiccartonFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafésFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 348 1984Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitefacebook.comFind Christchurch, 2024
Emailcafe.sismo@hotmail.comFind Christchurch, 2024
NZBN9429034050910, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameSUNSHINE 2019 LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since7 July 2006NZBN register
Trades asCafe SismoNZBN register

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How the council’s directory described it

Pop into this friendly cafe for breakfast or lunch. Select from their wide range of home baked goodies baked on site daily or just for a quick coffee! Open Monday - Friday 7am-4pm & Saturday - Sunday 8am-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 zoneMixed use zoneDistrict Plan

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

What stood on Riccarton Road

Riccarton Road, Christchurch
1900, Riccarton Road, Christchurch

From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

1,088 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 885 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,088 reports on file
Dumped Rubbish 74 Brockworth Pl · 11 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish 3 Darvel St · 9 October 2026
General Request 32 Riccarton Rd · 5 October 2026
General Request 62 Riccarton Rd · 5 October 2026
Overgrown Vegetation Canterbury · 28 September 2026
Water Leak 13 Bartlett Street, Riccarton · 19 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure Mandeville Reserve 57 Riccarton Road, Riccarton · 15 September 2026
Water Leak 67 Brockworth Place, Riccarton · 12 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Café Sismo?

A café in Riccarton, Christchurch.

Where is Café Sismo?

35 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →

Is Café Sismo still trading?

The council’s 2024 directory lists it, and a live NZBN entry says it still trades.

How do you contact Café Sismo?

phone 03 348 1984 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email cafe.sismo@hotmail.com (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near Café Sismo?

Ancestral Asian Restaurant Cafe (12 m), Ground Floor Cafe (92 m), Water Drop Vegetarian Cafe (187 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Café Sismo?

the address’s own record holds 45 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Simo's Charcoal & Grill (4 m); the Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St bus stop is 125 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Mandeville Reserve (174 m).

What stood where Café Sismo 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register

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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-sismo-riccarton.md.