Crater Cafe
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Crater Cafe is a bakery at 74B Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre. On the record it offers outdoor seating. It opens 56 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 2 council reports on file.
Bakery on Rue Lavaud open daily 07:30-15:30 with outdoor seating, in the heritage-listed Former Criterion Hotel (Significant): read from the public record
Sits inside Former Criterion Hotel and Setting, significant in the District Plan
The southernmost bakery on the record
74B Rue Lavaud
Opening hours
| Monday, Sunday | 7.30 am, 3.30 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 56 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Within a short walk
The nearest other bakeries
Also in Akaroa
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 74B Rue Lavaud, Christchurch 7520 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Bakeries | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Commercial Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Akaroa, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Former Criterion Hotel and Setting, significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
Cenotaph War Memorial plaque
To the Children of This Village May the Joy That You Share
Their Name Liveth ForeverThe reports nearby
286 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 230 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water General
Facility - General Request
Overgrown Vegetation
Pavement - General
Facility - General Request
General Request
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - Damaged
Water Leak
Playground Equipment
Roads - General
Damaged Street LightQuestions, answered briefly
A bakery in Akaroa, Christchurch.
74B Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, on Rue Lavaud. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
Monday, Sunday: 7.30 am, 3.30 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
A la Baguette (12 m), Glamour Cake (29.9 km), Bohemian Bakery (31.1 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Murphys on the Corner - Fish & Chip Shop (5 m); nearest park: Rue Balguerie Playground (79 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)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
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/crater-cafe-akaroa.md.