Joyful Restaurant
Joyful Restaurant is a restaurant at 102 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Riccarton commercial centre.
Checked 17 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 30 Sept 2026
This wonderful, modern and popular restaurant is great value and offers traditional Chinese cuisine for lunch, dinner and… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Joyful Restaurant Limited, to 10 July 2028
Opening hours
| Monday – Thursday | 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 9.30 pm |
|---|---|
| Friday – Saturday | 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 10 pm |
| Sunday | 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 9.30 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 61 hours a week, by the website’s count.
From its website and public pages
Price band $$, as its site states. Read from the site itself 30 Sept 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 4
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other restaurants
More nearby restaurants 5
Also in Riccarton
More businesses in Riccarton 7
What the record holds 13 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 102 Riccarton Road Riccarton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants, Cantonese, Chinese | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 341 6883 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | joyfulrestaurant.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| joyful.restaurant.nz@gmail.com | Its own website | |
| Menu | joyfulrestaurant.net.nz | Its own website |
| Social | Its own website | |
| Price range | $$ | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429037182649, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | JOYFUL RESTAURANT LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 25 Aug 2000 | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC002843/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 7 Oct 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 10 July 2028, held by Joyful Restaurant Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
This wonderful, modern and popular restaurant is great value and offers traditional Chinese cuisine for lunch, dinner and takeaway. Paid parking is available beside the building. Open Monday - Sunday 11.30am-9.30pm
— 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 Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,691 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,427 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,691 reports on file
General Request
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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
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in Riccarton, Christchurch.
102 Riccarton Road Riccarton, on Riccarton Road Riccarton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 10 July 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 341 6883 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email joyful.restaurant.nz@gmail.com (its own website).
Monday – Thursday: 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 9.30 pm; Friday – Saturday: 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 10 pm; Sunday: 11.30 am, 3 pm, 4.30 pm, 9.30 pm, as its own website states.
Mushroom Indian (46 m), Joyful (47 m), Meet Fresh (49 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 36 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Wasabi 101 (17 m); the Westfield Riccarton bus stop is 128 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oa; a cycle lane passes within 68 m; nearest park: Clarence Reserve (292 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: Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 8
- 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
- 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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