Monster Chicken - Church Corner
Monster Chicken - Church Corner is a restaurant at Shop 5, 394 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Bush Inn-Church Corner commercial centre.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
Formerly Zenbu, Monster Chicken is a Japanese influenced fusion restaurant located in Upper Riccarton. Their experienced… Read full description ↓
Shop 5, 394 Riccarton Road, Riccarton
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 1 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 5
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 52 restaurants in Upper Riccarton → · Every one in the city →
Also in Upper Riccarton
More businesses in Upper Riccarton 7
What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Shop 5, 394 Riccarton Road, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Restaurants | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 343 0505 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | monsterchicken.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@monsterchicken.co.nz | Its own website | |
| Menu | bopple.app | Its own website |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
Formerly Zenbu, Monster Chicken is a Japanese influenced fusion restaurant located in Upper Riccarton. Their experienced chefs serve a range of Asian fusion dishes accompanied by Japanese tap beer and sake. Head along to enjoy all of this in their unique, cool rustic atmosphere. Open 7 days, 12pm-10pm
— 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 | Bush Inn-Church Corner, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees
Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning BooksWhat 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 Fresco Fisheries, 2017-11. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,277 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 1,094 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pavement - General
Pavement - General
Accessibility
General Request
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Bus Shelter Issue
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pothole
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 7
A restaurant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
Shop 5, 394 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 343 0505 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@monsterchicken.co.nz (its own website).
Ye-Chon Korean restaurant (6 m), Ramen Miyako (21 m), Daphne's Restaurant (22 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 13 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest West Plaza (4 m); the Church Corner bus stop is 31 m away: routes 5, 86, 100, 130, 140; a shared path passes within 40 m; nearest park: Hansons Reserve (275 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: 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 5
- 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
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