Sema's Thai Cuisine
Sema's Thai Cuisine is a restaurant at 74 Edgeware Road St Albans, Christchurch, inside the Edgeware commercial centre.
Checked 21 Oct 2026
Hidden away in the back of the Edgeware shopping centre is this delightful gem well known to locals. A very busy spot for… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Thai Po-Thong Limited, to 16 Feb 2027
74 Edgeware Road St Albans
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Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
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What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 74 Edgeware Road St Albans | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 377 4030 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | semathaicuisine.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Food registration | reg CCC002272/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 26 June 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 16 Feb 2027, held by Thai Po-Thong Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Hidden away in the back of the Edgeware shopping centre is this delightful gem well known to locals. A very busy spot for both lunch and dinner, excellent value meals and BYO. Be sure to try the satay! Open Monday - Saturday 11.30am-2.30pm & 5pm-10pm
— 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 | Edgeware, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
1,267 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,071 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,267 reports on file
Questions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in Saint Albans, Christchurch.
74 Edgeware Road St Albans, on Edgeware Road St Albans. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 16 Feb 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 377 4030 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Saket Indian Restaurant (0 m), Tomi Japanese Restaurant (0 m), Saket Indian (17 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 2 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Saket Indian Restaurant (0 m); the Cranford St near Edgeware Rd bus stop is 84 m away: route 27; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: St Albans Tennis Club (412 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: Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 6
- 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)
- 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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