Reality Bites
Reality Bites is a café at 245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Highstead-Sawyers Arms commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
245a Sawyers Arms Road
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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 cafés
Also in Bishopdale
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 245a Sawyers Arms Road, Christchurch 8053 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Cafés | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 359 8400 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | realitybitescafe.co.nz · unreachable when last read | OpenStreetMap |
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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 | Highstead-Sawyers Arms, local centre | District Plan |
To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This LandThe reports nearby
99 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Trees & parks, 79 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Damaged Street Sign
Poles and Signage - General
Park - General Request
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Roads - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Bishopdale, Christchurch.
245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, on Sawyers Arms Road. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
phone 03 359 8400, its website.
Reality Bites Cafe (52 m), Cafe La Tazia (845 m), Cocoa Black (897 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Kens Takeaways (7 m); the Highsted Rd bus stop is 56 m away: route 27; a shared path passes within 411 m; nearest park: Highsted Reserve (67 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 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)
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