Drexel's Restaurant
Drexel's Restaurant is a café at Rotherham St, Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Riccarton commercial centre.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
Drexel's Riccarton is an iconic all day American style breakfast restaurant, renown for its great food and fantastic service.… Read full description ↓
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 30 Sept 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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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
Also in Riccarton
More businesses in Riccarton 7
What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Rotherham St, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 343 3403 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | drexels.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@drexels.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees | |
| Menu | drexels.co.nz | Its own website |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
Drexel's Riccarton is an iconic all day American style breakfast restaurant, renown for its great food and fantastic service. It has the perfect balance of Kiwi hospitality combined with traditional English breakfasts and American-style fast food. Open Monday - Friday 6.30am-2pm & Saturday - Sunday 7am-2pm
— 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 Rotherham Street
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Drexels, 2025-03. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,844 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,554 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,844 reports on file
General Request
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Rubbish and Bins - General
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
Pavement - Damaged
Water General
Hazard, vehicle
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or waQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Riccarton, Christchurch.
Rotherham St, Riccarton, on Rotherham St. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 343 3403 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@drexels.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Coffee Culture Riccarton (6 m), Saweet & Co (20 m), Starbucks (36 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Coffee Culture Riccarton (6 m); the Clarence St near Peverel St bus stop is 130 m away: routes 120, Oc; a cycle lane passes within 105 m; nearest park: Clarence Reserve (181 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website
Read source notes 5
- 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
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