Hillary House
Hillary House is a restaurant at 493 Papanui Road, Papanui, Christchurch, inside the Papanui/Northlands commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Hillary House restaurant has a bistro-style menu and is very popular in Kiwi cuisine, including roast, burger, pasta, fish and chips, salad and dumplings. Fully licensed and BYO
493 Papanui Road Papanui
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 30 Sept 2026, Its own website.
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Nearby
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 restaurants
Also in Papanui
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 493 Papanui Road Papanui | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 021 0838 5337 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | hillaryhouserestaurant.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | hillaryhouserestaurant.co.nz | Its own website |
| Food registration | reg CCC005057/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 28 Feb 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 11 July 2027, held by D & G 2023 Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Hillary House restaurant has a bistro-style menu and is very popular in Kiwi cuisine, including roast, burger, pasta, fish and chips, salad and dumplings. Fully licensed 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 | Town centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Papanui/Northlands, district centre | District Plan |
Papanui Memorial Reserve in Recognition of the Partnership
This Stone Was Laid by W. J. Walter Chairman Waimari County
Planted in Recognition of the Contribution to the PapanuiThe reports nearby
984 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 813 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 984 reports on file
General Request
Traffic Signals
General Request
Park - General Request
General Request
Pothole
Pavement - General
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Facility - General RequestQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Papanui, Christchurch.
493 Papanui Road Papanui, on Papanui Road Papanui. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 11 July 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 021 0838 5337 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Chen Wah Wah (13 m), Chen Wah Wahh (14 m), Samurai Bowl Papanui (14 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Chen Wah Wah (13 m); the Papanui bus stop is 99 m away: routes 1, 95; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Papanui Memorial Reserve (81 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- 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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