Monster Chicken
Monster Chicken is a restaurant at 1 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Serving tender fried chicken with unique authentic flavours. This is the larger of the two sites, great for group bookings with a Monster size menu. Lots of parking, indoor, outdoor seating
Licensed to Zen Art Limited, to 18 Dec 2028
1 Riccarton Road Riccarton
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 1 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
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
Also in Riccarton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 1 Riccarton Road Riccarton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 925 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 |
| Food registration | reg CCC006001/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 17 Nov 2026 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 18 Dec 2028, held by Zen Art Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Serving tender fried chicken with unique authentic flavours. This is the larger of the two sites, great for group bookings with a Monster size menu. Lots of parking, indoor, outdoor seating.
— 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 | High density residential zone | District Plan |
Hagley Park South plaque
Planted by / W.D.F.F. / to Commemorate the / Coronation
The Dynes Memorial Gates / Erected by Martha Dynes GrayWhat 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 ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
532 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 402 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pavement - Damaged
Dumped Rubbish
Pothole
Water Leak
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Dumped Rubbish
Road Signage
Road Signage
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - Damaged
Rubbish and Bins - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Riccarton, Christchurch.
1 Riccarton Road Riccarton, on Riccarton Road Riccarton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 18 Dec 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 925 0505 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@monsterchicken.co.nz (its own website).
Thai Chefs (13 m), Arjee Bhajee (92 m), Thai Orchid (157 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 27 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Parkview on Hagley (9 m); the Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St bus stop is 166 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Mandeville Reserve (464 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)
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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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