City Garden
City Garden is a Chinese restaurant at 251A Riccarton Rd, Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Wharenui-Riccarton commercial centre.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
Chinese restaurant at 251A Riccarton Road in Upper Riccarton's Wharenui-Riccarton neighbourhood centre: read from the public record
251A Riccarton Rd, Riccarton
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Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 4
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 restaurants
More nearby restaurants 5
All 52 restaurants in Upper Riccarton → · Every one in the city →
Also in Upper Riccarton
More businesses in Upper Riccarton 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 251A Riccarton Rd, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Restaurants, Chinese | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 348 3557 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Food registration | reg CCC002217/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 19 June 2027 | MPI food 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 |
| Consent CRC122001 | Hazardous Storage, held by Spark New Zealand Trading Limited, 24 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC182578 | Use Land, held by Spark New Zealand Trading Limited, 24 m from the pin | ECan consents |
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
389 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 278 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
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A Chinese restaurant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
251A Riccarton Rd, Riccarton, on Riccarton Rd. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 348 3557 (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Pothichor (5 m), Kebab Bite (15 m), Welcome Vegetarian Cafe (22 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 13 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Choice Cakes & Pastries (4 m); the Wharenui Rd near Riccarton Rd bus stop is 43 m away: route 80; a cycle lane passes within 82 m; nearest park: Milnebank Reserve (311 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 active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 7
- 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 active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (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)
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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