Garden Bar Cafe (GBC)
Garden Bar Cafe (GBC) is a café at 110 Marshland Rd, Shirley, Christchurch.
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Garden Bar Cafe, or GBC as it is also known, is one of two dining options at the Garden Hotel that you can choose from. This… Read full description ↓
110 Marshland Rd, Shirley
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Getting there
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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 Shirley
More businesses in Shirley 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 110 Marshland Rd, Shirley | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 386 0088 (ext. 337) | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | gardenhotel.co.nz · gone when last read 30 Sept 2026 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
Garden Bar Cafe, or GBC as it is also known, is one of two dining options at the Garden Hotel that you can choose from. This cafe serves a lighter meal option, than the International buffet on offer nearby in the Garden Restaurant, with a cabinet full of freshly made sandwiches, bagels, filos, slices and cakes.
— 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 | Residential Visitor Accommodation Zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
416 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 274 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 416 reports on file
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water Leak
Abandoned Vehicle
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Shirley, Christchurch.
110 Marshland Rd, Shirley, on Marshland Rd. 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 03 386 0088 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Esquires Cafe (682 m), Robert Harris (688 m), Links Cafe & Functions (697 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 Stock Xchange (25 m); the Marshland Rd near Pagoda St bus stop is 152 m away: routes 60, 135; a cycle lane passes within 72 m; nearest park: Pagoda Playground (278 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
Read source notes 4
- 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)
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