Choice Cakes & Pastries
Choice Cakes & Pastries is a bakery at 251 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Wharenui-Riccarton commercial centre.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
251 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton
Opening hours
| Monday – Friday | 7 am, 5.30 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday | 8 am, 4.30 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 61 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Reviews
Getting there
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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 bakeries
More nearby bakeries 5
All 5 bakeries in Upper Riccarton → · Every one in the city →
Also in Upper Riccarton
More businesses in Upper Riccarton 7
What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 251 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Bakeries | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 343 0960 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429037190040, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | CHOICE CAKES AND PASTRIES LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 9 Aug 2000 | NZBN register |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Wharenui-Riccarton, local centre | District Plan |
What stood on Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Fresco Fisheries, 2017-11. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
381 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 271 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Bus Shelter Issue
Water Leak
Abandoned Vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Water Leak
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
A bakery in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
251 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 343 0960 (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday – Friday: 7 am, 5.30 pm; Saturday: 8 am, 4.30 pm; Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Coupland's (885 m), Divine Cakes (899 m), Patisserie Yagahi (1.0 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 13 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Big Garys Takeaways Riccarton (4 m); the Wharenui Rd near Riccarton Rd bus stop is 41 m away: route 80; a cycle lane passes within 78 m; nearest park: Milnebank Reserve (314 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:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 6
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
- 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
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/choice-cakes-pastries-upper-riccarton.md.