Mapu Test kitchen
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Mapu Test kitchen is a restaurant at 8A London Street, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, inside the Lyttelton commercial centre. The address’s own page keeps 3 council reports on file.
Mapu owner Giulio Sturla was the owner of Roots in Lyttelton. This little six-seat test kitchen is located at the back of what was Roots. You sit around the bar to watch Sturla cook, while he talks you through… more ↓
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Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 28 Sept 2026, Its own website.
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Within a short walk
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Also in Lyttelton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 8A London Street, Christchurch 8082 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | mapu.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| hello@giuliosturla.com | Its own website | |
| Food registration | reg CCC003841/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 15 May 2027 | MPI food register |
| Last checked by a mapper | 25 Nov 2023 | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
Mapu owner Giulio Sturla was the owner of Roots in Lyttelton. This little six-seat test kitchen is located at the back of what was Roots. You sit around the bar to watch Sturla cook, while he talks you through everything, feeds you and serves you wine. It's a fully immersive experience and very intimate. It's casual, so it's like stepping inside Sturla's home. Show up with six people to fill the space and it becomes your own private restaurant with your own chef for the night.
— 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 | Commercial Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Lyttelton, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman Fire
Erected to Commemorate Coronation of King Edward VII August
Canterbury Centenary 1850 1950 on This Site Stood the HouseThe reports nearby
1,777 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,519 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pothole
Playground Equipment
Facility - General Request
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Public Toilet
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art
Facility - General RequestQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Lyttelton, Christchurch.
8A London Street, Lyttelton, on London Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory, last checked by a mapper 25 Nov 2023.
its website, email hello@giuliosturla.com (its own website).
Mapu (9 m), Everest Indian Restaurant & Takeaway (20 m), Everest (24 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 3 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Node (2 m); the Oxford Street near Winchester Street bus stop is 76 m away: routes 8, 155; nearest park: Sumner Road Gardens (85 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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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
- 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
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/mapu-test-kitchen-lyttelton.md.