Samurai Bowl
Samurai Bowl is a Japanese restaurant at 5/574 Colombo St, Central City, Christchurch.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
A small, busy Japanese restaurant that offers affordable authentic meals, perfect for a hot lunch or a cheap and cheerful… Read full description ↓
One of 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
5/574 Colombo St, Central City
Opening hours
| Monday – Sunday | 11.30 am to 9 pm |
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Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 67 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 4
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
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Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 9 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 5/574 Colombo St, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Restaurants, Japanese | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 379 6752 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | samuraibowl.co.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| NZBN | 9429047222151, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | SAMURAI BOWL LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 16 Jan 2019 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Restaurant operation | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC004060/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 25 Sept 2027 | MPI food register |
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How the council’s directory described it
A small, busy Japanese restaurant that offers affordable authentic meals, perfect for a hot lunch or a cheap and cheerful dinner with friends. Takeaways available. Licensed as well as BYO wine.
— 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
4,451 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 3,774 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Pest / Vermin
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - General
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
General Request
Road Signage
General Request
General RequestQuestions, answered briefly
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A Japanese restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
5/574 Colombo St, Central City, on Colombo St. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 379 6752 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Monday – Sunday: 11.30 am to 9 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Spartan Greek Cafe And Restaurant (22 m), Shree Jagannath (23 m), Welles & Good (49 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Mak's Photo Lab (17 m); the South City (Northbound) bus stop is 109 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a separated cycleway passes within 113 m; nearest park: Excelsior Hotel Reserve (405 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) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 8
- 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),
- 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)
- 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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