Reality Bites Cafe
Reality Bites Cafe is a café at 245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, Christchurch.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Established in 2006 and providing outstanding food and coffee and catering ever since is this cafe with a conscience. They take pride in having delicious quality food, keeping the environment in mind. Open Monday… more ↓
245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale
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Also in Bishopdale
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 359 8400 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | realitybitescafe.co.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| theteam@realitybitescafe.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
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How the council’s directory described it
Established in 2006 and providing outstanding food and coffee and catering ever since is this cafe with a conscience. They take pride in having delicious quality food, keeping the environment in mind. Open Monday - Friday 6.30am-4pm, Saturday 7.30am-4pm & Sunday 8am-4pm
— 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 | Residential Suburban | District Plan |
To the Memory of F. W. Sisson Who Grew Apples on This LandThe reports nearby
115 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 92 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
Overgrown Vegetation
Damaged Road
Roads - General
Water Leak
Damaged Road
Damaged Road
Trees - General
Roads - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Bishopdale, Christchurch.
245a Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale, on Sawyers Arms 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 03 359 8400 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email theteam@realitybitescafe.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Reality Bites (52 m), Cafe La Tazia (836 m), Cocoa Black (887 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Yee's Takeaways (44 m); the Highsted Rd bus stop is 101 m away: route 27; a shared path passes within 370 m; nearest park: Veitch Reserve (97 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:
- 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)
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