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Little India

Little India is an Indian restaurant at 150 Aikmans Road, Merivale, Christchurch, inside the Merivale commercial centre.

Checked 19 Oct 2026

Famous for their fabulous curries, this family business has locations throughout NZ. They cook the legendary Indian food… Read full description ↓

Little India: image from its own website
From its own website, its image · open the map →
Nearest bus stop
109 m
Restaurants in the suburb
26

From its website and public pages

Read from the site itself 30 Sept 2026, Its own website.

Getting there

Bus stop, Merivale Mall 109 m · Routes 1, 95, 100 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Merivale Mall 183 m · Routes 1, 95, 100 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Papanui Rd near Rugby St 229 m · Routes 1, 95 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 96 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Aikmans Road Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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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

All 26 restaurants in Merivale → · Every one in the city →

Also in Merivale

More businesses in Merivale 7

Every kind of business in Merivale →

What the record holds 5 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Merivale (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 19 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address150 Aikmans Road, Christchurch 8014OpenStreetMap
KindRestaurants, IndianOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 355 8330OpenStreetMap
Websitelittleindia.co.nzOpenStreetMap · its own site agrees
Menulittleindia.co.nzIts own website

Is this your business? Send hours, menu or photos, free and this page updates. Know its hours? Add them on OpenStreetMap, the page picks them up overnight.

How the council’s directory described it

Read the full description council directory, about 2024

Famous for their fabulous curries, this family business has locations throughout NZ. They cook the legendary Indian food dishes of North India, The Punjab and careful preparation makes their food beautiful to behold and addictive to the palate. Licensed BYO wine restaurant with dine in or takeaway. Open 7 days 11.30am-2pm for lunch and from 5pm for dinner

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

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreMerivale, large neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

668 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 552 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 668 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 7
What is Little India?

An Indian restaurant in Merivale, Christchurch.

Where is Little India?

150 Aikmans Road, Merivale, on Aikmans Road. On the map →

Is Little India still trading?

On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.

How do you contact Little India?

phone 03 355 8330, its website.

What other restaurants are near Little India?

Table of Munchies (9 m), Little India Bistro & Tandoor (45 m), Savoire Cafe Of Merivale (45 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Little India?

the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Table of Munchies (9 m); the Merivale Mall bus stop is 109 m away: routes 1, 95, 100; a cycle lane passes within 96 m; nearest park: Merivale Village Green (158 m).

What stood where Little India is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website

Read source notes 6

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/little-india-merivale.md.