Merrin Street Brewery Bar
Merrin Street Brewery Bar is a bar or pub at Merrin Street, Avonhead, Christchurch, inside the Avonhead commercial centre.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
★4.4 on Google, 568 reviews, as at October 2026
Your local on the corner, offering legendary hospitality of the West Coast in a recently renovated friendly venue that serves… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Pate Holdings Limited, to 17 June 2028
Opening hours
| Monday – Sunday | 9.30 am, 11 pm |
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Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 95 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Reviews
★4.4 on Google, 568 reviews, as at October 2026.
Read Google review excerpts 3
Had the most delicious dinner on Friday night. The Fish of the Day was superb with lots of flavour in the creamy sauce with plenty of seasonal vegetables and roast potatoes and roasted tomato. I had chocolate cake for dessert which was yummy too.
Rebekah Iggo-Browne, 5 months agoReally enjoyed our meals, cocktails were great as well. Service was exceptional, from the last minute booking right through to paying the bill, friendly and accommodating staff. Atmosphere was good, very busy little place, especially on a Tuesday it would seem, as they have a quiz night. But to be fair, that didn't impact us at all. We were seated at a cost little table for two, and it suited us perfectly. The pork belly bites were some of the best I've had, excluding my own if course 😉. The chicken salad was awesome, as was the steak salad, and getting a decent whiskey sour, even though it w
Rick King, 4 months agoGreat venue. Great food. Had the lambs fry and bacon. Very tasty
Nicky Cartwright, 5 months ago
Google lists: dine-in · takeaway · takes bookings · outdoor seating · beer · wine · breakfast · brunch · lunch · dinner · vegetarian options
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 6
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 bars & pubs
More nearby bars & pubs 5
Also in Avonhead
More businesses in Avonhead 7
What the record holds 10 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Merrin Street, Christchurch 8042 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Bars & pubs, Regional | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 358 8184 | OpenStreetMap · its own site lists + +18008000000 |
| Website | monteithsmerrin.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| info@mbbmerrinst.co.nz | OpenStreetMap | |
| Also known as | Monteith's | OpenStreetMap |
| Wheelchair | Step-free, wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | Outdoor seating, No takeaway, No delivery | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC002798/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 1 Nov 2026 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence tavern, expires 17 June 2028, held by Pate Holdings Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Your local on the corner, offering legendary hospitality of the West Coast in a recently renovated friendly venue that serves exceptional gastro pub fare. Open Sunday - Thursday, 9.30am-11pm, Saturday, 9.30am-12am
— 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 | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Avonhead, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
314 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 240 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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Hazard, vehicle
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Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
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Trees - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
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A bar or pub in Avonhead, Christchurch.
Merrin Street, Avonhead, on Merrin Street. On the map →
Holds an on-licence tavern on the council’s register, to 17 June 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 358 8184, its website, email info@mbbmerrinst.co.nz.
Monday – Sunday: 9.30 am, 11 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Avonhead Tavern (756 m), The Avonhead Tavern & One Good Horse (773 m), Bentley's (2.4 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Green Stripes (15 m); the Merrin St near Withells Rd bus stop is 43 m away: route 130; a shared path passes within 314 m; nearest park: Greendale Reserve (220 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: OpenStreetMap · 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 · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 8
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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
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/merrin-street-brewery-bar-avonhead.md.