Mama San
Checked 11 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 1 Oct 2026
Mama San is a restaurant (thai, vietnamese, asian fusion) at 5A Normans Road Papanui, Strowan, Christchurch, inside the Elmwood commercial centre. On the record it offers priced $$. It opens 25 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 3 council reports on file. It holds a current on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register.
Visit for South East Asian street cuisine. The menu features fresh, healthy and tasty dishes with a European twist. Vietnam a diverse culture that exhibits freshness, balance of raw and cooked dishes, with… more ↓
03 352 8951 · mama-san.co.nz · menu → · Google reviews ↓
Licensed to Asian Garden Hospitality Limited, current to 25 July 2029
Opening hours
| Monday, Sunday | 5 pm, 8.30 pm |
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Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 25 hours a week, by the website’s count.
Its own website lists
Price band $$, as its site states. Read from the site itself 1 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other restaurants
Also in Strowan
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 5A Normans Road Papanui | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants, Thai, Vietnamese, Asian Fusion | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 352 8951 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | mama-san.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | mama-san.co.nz | Its own website |
| Price range | $$ | Its own website |
| Food registration | reg CCC002318/8, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 30 July 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, current to 25 July 2029, held by Asian Garden Hospitality Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Visit for South East Asian street cuisine. The menu features fresh, healthy and tasty dishes with a European twist. Vietnam a diverse culture that exhibits freshness, balance of raw and cooked dishes, with intoxicating aromas. Open 7 days (lunch Monday to Saturday 12noon-2pm and dinner 5pm-8.30pm)
— 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 | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Elmwood, local centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
463 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 371 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 463 reports on file
Sediment - Construction
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Water Leak
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Strowan, Christchurch.
5A Normans Road Papanui, Strowan, on Normans Road Papanui. On the map →
Holds a current on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, running to 25 July 2029, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 352 8951 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday, Sunday: 5 pm, 8.30 pm, as its own website states.
Nom Nom Kitchen (22 m), Sushi Ninja (32 m), The Elmwood Bar & Bistro (52 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Nom Nom Kitchen (22 m); the Strowan Rd near Normans Rd bus stop is 117 m away: route 8; a cycle lane passes within 46 m; nearest park: Plynlimon Park (380 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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