Sakura Japanese Cuisine
Sakura Japanese Cuisine is a Japanese restaurant at 380 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Bush Inn-Church Corner commercial centre.
Checked 20 Oct 2026
★4.6 on Google, 326 reviews, as at October 2026
An impressive authentic, yet affordable Japanese restaurant. If you visit, you must try the soft shell crab! Eat in, or… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Sakura Japanese Cuisine Limited, to 6 Feb 2027
380 Riccarton Road Upper Riccarton
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday – Sunday | 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, 5 pm to 8.30 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 39 hours a week, by the map’s count.
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 3 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
★4.6 on Google, 326 reviews, as at October 2026.
Read Google review excerpts 3
The food was amazing, it tasted very fresh! I ordered the sakura pork belly and the pork melted in my mouth 🤤 The service was very polite and they were very quick with the food and drinks! The atmosphere was very lovely and cozy as well as the music 🎶 was very soothing.
KahuMan123, 7 months agoDelicious lunch as usual, honestly best deal in town. Tempura was light and crispy, perfectly accompanied by the freshest white fish sashimi. Firmly maintain that Sakura make the best sushi in chch and our Ebi fry maki was perfectly seasoned with warm, body temperature rice (as it should be).
Rachel Trangmar, 8 months agoThe place was lovely, the servers provided wonderful service, timed our meal well and were very polite throughout our dinner. The food was cooked very delicious and was money well spent. The dining area was nice with dim lighting and pretty decorations. Got set A for myself and the proportions were done very well, very worth the money, my friend had set B and the price matched the proportions as she struggled to finish it all. (Appetisers, main, and dessert) Would 100% come back to try more on the menu!
Chanel Ooi, a year ago
Google lists: dine-in · delivery · takeaway · takes bookings · beer · wine · lunch · dinner · vegetarian options
Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 5
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
More nearby restaurants 5
All 51 restaurants in Upper Riccarton → · Every one in the city →
Also in Upper Riccarton
More businesses in Upper Riccarton 7
What the record holds 13 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 380 Riccarton Road Upper Riccarton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants, Japanese | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 343 3636 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | sakuracuisine.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | sakuracuisine.co.nz | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429031039321, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | SAKURA JAPANESE CUISINE LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 29 June 2011 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Health food retailing | NZBN register |
| Wheelchair | Step-free, wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC000936/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 6 Apr 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 6 Feb 2027, held by Sakura Japanese Cuisine Limited | Council licence register |
| Last checked by a mapper | 4 Sept 2022 | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
An impressive authentic, yet affordable Japanese restaurant. If you visit, you must try the soft shell crab! Eat in, or takeaway. Open Tuesday - Sunday 11.30am to 2.30pm and 5pm to 9pm
— 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 | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Bush Inn-Church Corner, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees
Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning BooksWhat 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 Fresco Fisheries, 2017-11. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,163 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 990 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pavement - General
Pavement - General
Accessibility
General Request
Hazard, vehicle
Bus Shelter Issue
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pothole
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Roads - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 8
A Japanese restaurant in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
380 Riccarton Road Upper Riccarton, on Riccarton Road Upper Riccarton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 6 Feb 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 343 3636 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday: Closed; Tuesday – Sunday: 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, 5 pm to 8.30 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Yummy Chinese Cuisine (14 m), Jolly Chinese Restaurant (20 m), Spagalimis Pizza - Church Corner (27 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Wan Fang Souvenirs, Christchurch branch (8 m); the Church Corner bus stop is 56 m away: routes 5, 86, 100, 130, 140; a cycle lane passes within 55 m; nearest park: Hansons Reserve (276 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 · Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 9
- 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)
- 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
- 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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