Foo San Restaurant
Foo San Restaurant is a restaurant at 6 Rountree Street Ilam, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Campus Corner commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
A traditional yum-cha restaurant located across the road from the University of Canterbury. Excellent value meals and BYO
Licensed to Zeng Ji Foods Limited, to 17 Aug 2027
Holds a on-licence byo restaurant licence, 7 on the record
6 Rountree Street Ilam
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 6 Rountree Street Ilam | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 348 4921 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429048076630, Partnership | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 27 Mar 2020 | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC000875/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 30 Mar 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence BYO restaurant, expires 17 Aug 2027, held by Zeng Ji Foods Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
A traditional yum-cha restaurant located across the road from the University of Canterbury. Excellent value meals and BYO.
— 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 | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Campus Corner, local centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
816 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Rubbish & dumping and Roads & footpaths, 574 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Street Cleaning
General Request
Litter
Damaged Street Sign
Damaged Street Sign
Poles and Signage - General
Street Cleaning
Street Cleaning
Dumped Rubbish
Poles and Signage - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
6 Rountree Street Ilam, Upper Riccarton, on Rountree Street Ilam. On the map →
Holds an on-licence byo restaurant on the council’s register, to 17 Aug 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 348 4921 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Foo San (1 m), Zyka Indian Cuisine (23 m), El Kiosco (442 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record covers the valuation, zones and what stood there; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Foo San (1 m); the University - Ilam Rd bus stop is 205 m away: routes 3, 100; a separated cycleway on the Nor'West Arc route passes the door; nearest park: Siska Reserve (366 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:
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- 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)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
- 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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