Evil Genius

Its own website lists

Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.

Reviews

★4.6 on Google, 551 reviews, as at October 2026.

• Incredible food - i'm vegan and the cauliflower was INCREDIBLE. Tom kha.. amazing. Cocktails delicious. Vibe immaculate. I cannot recommend this place enough - thank you also to the wonderful bar and wait staff and clearly very talented chefs!Brittany Burchill, 3 months ago
• Great food, great friendly service. The fried chicken is super soft, and the glazed pork is tasty. The house made chilli oil was a nice touch and hence made that push for this review. The view was stunning while sitting out with a nice weather. If the pork could be softer or the chicken marinated spicier, it would have been a "to die for". But overall it's a fantastic meal and a beautiful place.albert lee, 5 months ago
• Unexpectedly excellent! Not a massive menu but what we had was excellent particularly the fried rice which was different to the norm but good enough for me to want to go back for more. Good service prompt not pushy, wine and beer very acceptable. Will certainly be going back. Excellent value for the quality we had!Andrew Elliott, 5 months ago

Google lists: dine-in · takeaway · takes bookings · outdoor seating · beer · wine

Getting there

Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Within a short walk

The Evil Genius Bar & Lair Restaurants · 19 m Estuary & Co Bar & Cafe Cafés · 28 m · directory lead Saltwood Restaurant Restaurants · 30 m Bison BBQ Restaurants · 41 m O2 Vet Vets · 74 m Sports Doctors Doctors & clinics · 82 m Settlers Reserve Park · 276 m

The nearest other bars & pubs

CBK Craft Bar & Kitchen 100 m · Ferrymead Claddagh 165 m · Ferrymead · Irish Ou La La French Delicacy 171 m · Ferrymead The Twisted Hop 2.1 km · Woolston Blue Smoke 2.1 km · Woolston The Brewery 2.1 km · Woolston · Pizza Oak N Ferry 2.1 km · Woolston Woolston Tavern 2.1 km · Woolston · directory lead

All 4 bars & pubs in Ferrymead → · Every one in the city →

Also in Ferrymead

Ferrymead Medical Centre Doctors & clinics · 91 m La Ruby Thai Restaurant Restaurants · 92 m Noi Restaurants · 92 m The Bottle-O Ferrymead Bottle stores · 92 m CBK Ferrymead Restaurants · 93 m EL Faro Cafe & Eatery Restaurants · 93 m The New Zealand Wine Box Bottle stores · 93 m Orange Studios & Saxy Time Bar Venues & events · 96 m · directory lead Black Pearl Tavern Restaurants · 104 m · directory lead Random Furniture Outlet Store Clothing · 106 m · directory lead

Every kind of business in Ferrymead →

What the record holds

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How the council’s directory described it

Taking inspiration from traditional Asian street food, here they serve up fresh flavours in a modern, relaxed and informal dining setting. Think tasty, interesting, bite sized plates that are easily shared among friends. Coffee is sourced locally from Lyttelton's Spook Haus coffee roaster, ales on tap from Cassel's and wines from the rich Canterbury plains. Settle in and see the chef at work in their open kitchen, or treat yourself to views across the estuary and out to the ocean in their open courtyard. An idyllic spot to relax and unwind with family and friends. Open Wednesday - Sunday

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

1091 Ferry Road, the address’s own page 5 council reports on file, with the indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards and what stood there before Donated by Friends and Family / in Memory of / Keith Murray A plaque stands at the door · 2005 Christchurch / City Council / 1967 / H2o – S10 – T16 A plaque stands 217 m away · 1998

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

455 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 350 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 455 reports on file

Water General 1 Settlers Cres · 25 September 2026

Water Pollution - Sediment 1016 Ferry Rd · 16 September 2026

Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge Ferry Rd, Canterbury, Heathcote Ward · 7 September 2026

Litter 1099R Ferry Road, Ferrymead · 6 September 2026

Water Leak 11 Settlers Crescent, Ferrymead · 1 September 2026

Litter 13 Tidal View, Ferrymead · 29 August 2026

Litter 11 Tidal View · 24 July 2026

Accessibility Tidal View · 25 June 2026

Pavement - General 1022 Ferry Rd · 19 June 2026

Rubbish and Bins - General Ferrymead · 17 June 2026

Traffic Signals Ferry Rd · 13 June 2026

Litter Tidal View · 12 June 2026

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
• 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/evil-genius-ferrymead.md.