Pothichor
Checked 13 Oct 2026
Pothichor is a restaurant (indian) in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Wharenui-Riccarton commercial centre. It opens 32 hours a week.
Indian restaurant in the Wharenui-Riccarton neighbourhood centre — dinner daily, lunch Tuesday to Sunday: read from the public record
Upper Riccarton
Opening hours
| Monday, Sunday | 4.30 pm, 9 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 32 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other restaurants
All 52 restaurants in Upper Riccarton → · Every one in the city →
Also in Upper Riccarton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Restaurants, Indian | OpenStreetMap |
| Services | No outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC004077/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 1 Oct 2027 | MPI food register |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Wharenui-Riccarton, local centre | District Plan |
| Consent CRC122001 | Hazardous Storage, held by Spark New Zealand Trading Limited, 20 m from the pin | ECan consents |
| Consent CRC182578 | Use Land, held by Spark New Zealand Trading Limited, 22 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
394 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 281 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Bus Shelter Issue
Water Leak
Abandoned Vehicle
Dumped Rubbish
Water Leak
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Upper Riccarton, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
Monday, Sunday: 4.30 pm, 9 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
City Garden (5 m), Kebab Bite (19 m), Welcome Vegetarian Cafe (26 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest City Garden (5 m); the Wharenui Rd near Riccarton Rd bus stop is 46 m away: route 80; a cycle lane passes within 86 m; nearest park: Milnebank Reserve (307 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 District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (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)
- 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/pothichor-upper-riccarton.md.