Muffin Break
Muffin Break is a café at South City Mall, 555 Colombo Street, Central City, Christchurch.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
From a little Canadian shop trying to make a name for itself back in the 1980s to what you see today, Muffin Break New… Read full description ↓
One of 147 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count
South City Mall, 555 Colombo Street, Central City
From its website and public pages
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.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
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 cafés
More nearby cafés 5
All 147 cafés in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
The other Muffin Break doors, 5 on the roll
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 11 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | South City Mall, 555 Colombo Street, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés, Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 366 8131 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | muffinbreak.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | muffinbreak.co.nz | Its own website |
| Social | Its own website | |
| NZBN | 9429052471063, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | TWO FAMILIES PRIVATE LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 14 Nov 2024 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Coffee shops | NZBN register |
| Services | Takeaway, No outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
From a little Canadian shop trying to make a name for itself back in the 1980s to what you see today, Muffin Break New Zealand over the last 19 years has been passionately doing what it does best – giving people a place to enjoy fresh coffee, delicious food and great service with friends. Good wheelchair access
— 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 | Central City Mixed Use Zone | District Plan |
What stood on Colombo Street
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside A Rolling Stone, 2023-12. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
2,517 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,151 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 2,517 reports on file
Pavement - General
Pavement - Damaged
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
South City Mall, 555 Colombo Street, Central City, on Colombo Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 366 8131 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Robert Harris (80 m), VooDoo Daddy Coffee (197 m), Coffee Supreme (234 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 10 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest South City Food Court (4 m); the South City (Northbound) bus stop is 111 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes within 118 m; nearest park: Carlyle Reserve (352 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 · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 9
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- 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
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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