Columbus Coffee
Columbus Coffee is a café at Westfield Riccarton, Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Riccarton commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
★3.9 on Google, 548 reviews, as at October 2026
Set at the Riccarton Road entrance to Westfield Riccarton, Colombus pride themselves in their great tasting coffee & brilliant breakfast menu. They also sell a large selection of freshly roasted coffee beans from… more ↓
Westfield Riccarton, Riccarton Road, Riccarton
Opening hours
| Monday, Wednesday | 8 am, 6 pm |
|---|---|
| Thursday, Friday | 8 am, 9 pm |
| Saturday, Sunday | 8 am, 6 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 76 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
★3.9 on Google, 548 reviews, as at October 2026.
Terrible experience here this morning. We didn’t have to wait long to order but the cabinet food was awful, it tasted like it had been sitting in there all week. Coffees were cold and tasted a bit burnt. Whilst attempting to stomach the poor food and coffee we had to watch on as the staff were inappropriately grinding on each other behind the service counter and sat at tables holding hands. We won’t be back.
Sarah Miller, 5 months agoWe really enjoyed our visit. The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was tasty and well presented with little wait time between ordering and delivery. Excellent coffee completed our visit.
Rhonda Scanes, 4 months agoI used to love this particular Columbus store because of the friendly staff and good variety of cabinet food. But had a very bad experience with one of their staff today. Ordered a $6.50 sausage roll and got the tiniest piece ever. I took it to the counter wondering if it had been cut half by accident, the staff said it was a normal size (which looked way smaller than those displayed in the cabinet). I said to her “this is not something people would want to pay $6.50 for”. She replied “what do you want me to do?” in a very unfriendly way, then immediately turned to another staff complaining a
Grace Hsu, 6 years ago
Google lists: dine-in · takeaway · breakfast · brunch · lunch · vegetarian options
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
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
Also in Riccarton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Westfield Riccarton, Riccarton Road, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés, Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 983 4652 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | columbuscoffee.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Menu | columbuscoffee.co.nz | Its own website |
| Social | Facebook, Instagram | Its own website |
| Wheelchair | Step-free, wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | No outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Payment | Contactless, Credit cards, Debit cards, Visa Debit | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
Set at the Riccarton Road entrance to Westfield Riccarton, Colombus pride themselves in their great tasting coffee & brilliant breakfast menu. They also sell a large selection of freshly roasted coffee beans from around the world. Open Monday - Wednesday 7am-6pm, Thursday - Friday 7am-9pm, Saturday 7am-6pm & Sunday 8am-6pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Town centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Riccarton, district 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 ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,159 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 969 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,159 reports on file
Dumped Rubbish
General Request
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water General
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Riccarton, Christchurch.
Westfield Riccarton, Riccarton Road, Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 983 4652, its website.
Monday, Wednesday: 8 am, 6 pm; Thursday, Friday: 8 am, 9 pm; Saturday, Sunday: 8 am, 6 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Jamaica Blue (106 m), Amici's Italian Deli & Cafe (120 m), Muffin Break Westfield Riccarton (156 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Laser Clinics (18 m); the Westfield Riccarton bus stop is 26 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oc; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Riccarton Bush (348 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:
- 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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/columbus-coffee-riccarton.md.