Sumner Social

Checked 13 Oct 2026

Sumner Social is a restaurant at 22A Esplanade, Sumner, Christchurch. The address’s own page keeps 4 council reports on file.

This fun beach bar has a focus on local seafood and doesn't fail to deliver! Pop down for chill vibes and a beer in the sunshine. Open Monday - Friday 11am-late & Saturday - Sunday 9am-late

03-244-0481 · email → · sumnersocial.co.nz: gone

22A Esplanade, Sumner

Street record, Esplanade →

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Nearest bus stop

108 m

Restaurants in the suburb

Opening hours

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Reviews

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Getting there

Bus stop, Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk 108 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops

Bus stop, Marriner St near Wakefield Ave 146 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops

Bus stop, Marriner St near Main Rd 188 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops

Shared path, Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway 46 m · in service · Council cycleway layer

The street, Esplanade Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Within a short walk

Brigittes Sumner Restaurants · 20 m

The Rock Cafe Cafés · 20 m

The Social Bars & pubs · 20 m

Kiosk 147 Fast food · 24 m · directory lead

Beach Bar Restaurants · 63 m

Joe's Garage Cafés · 78 m Cave Rock Reserve Regional · 121 m Matuku Takotako / Sumner Library Library · 215 m

The nearest other restaurants

Brigittes Sumner 20 m · Sumner

Beach Bar 63 m · Sumner

Land of the Long White Cloud 117 m · Sumner · directory lead

Sumner Grill and Bar 120 m · Sumner · Greek, Burger

Thonglor Thai Sumner 143 m · Sumner

Own Masala 170 m · Sumner · Indian

Le Xom 173 m · Sumner · Asian

Fire and Slice 186 m · Sumner · Pizza

All 17 restaurants in Sumner → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sumner

Store 17 Gift shops · 85 m

Sumner Seafood Fast food · 102 m

Totally Gelato Ice cream · 109 m

ANZ ATMs · 120 m

Hollywood 3 Cinema Cinemas & theatres · 120 m · directory lead

Bonobo Café Cafés · 132 m

Nurse Maude Hospice Shop Op shops · 132 m

Coffee Culture Cafés · 135 m

Sumner Bay Motel Motels · 136 m

Underground Coffee Company Cafés · 136 m

Every kind of business in Sumner →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sumner (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
Fact	What the source says	Source
Address	22A Esplanade, Sumner	Find Christchurch, 2024
Kind	Restaurants	Find Christchurch, 2024
Phone	03-244-0481	Find Christchurch, 2024
Website	sumnersocial.co.nz · gone when last read 2 Oct 2026	Find Christchurch, 2024
Email	hello@sumnersocial.co.nz	Find Christchurch, 2024
NZBN	9429049446845, NZ Limited Company	NZBN register
Registered name	IN SINKE ENTERPRISES LIMITED	NZBN register
Registered since	13 July 2021	NZBN register
Industry	Restaurant operation	NZBN register

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How the council’s directory described it

This fun beach bar has a focus on local seafood and doesn't fail to deliver! Pop down for chill vibes and a beer in the sunshine. Open Monday - Friday 11am-late & Saturday - Sunday 9am-late

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
Fact	What the source says	Source
District Plan zone	Residential Medium Density	District Plan

22A Esplanade, the address’s own page 4 council reports on file, with the indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards and what stood there before

Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner A plaque stands 74 m away · 2013

W. Rollitt / Mayor A plaque stands 76 m away · 2013

This Monument Was / Refurbished A plaque stands 77 m away · 2013

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

1,120 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 864 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,120 reports on file

Hazard, vehicle 16 Esplanade, Sumner · 13 October 2026

Overgrown Vegetation 25 Esplanade · 13 October 2026

General Request 27 Esplanade · 10 October 2026

Rubbish and Bins - General 27 Esplanade · 8 October 2026

Rubbish and Bins - General 27 Esplanade, Sumner · 7 October 2026

Playground Equipment 26 Nayland Street, Sumner · 3 October 2026

Street Gutters / Storm Water 20 Marriner St · 30 September 2026

Water Leak 1/24 Marriner Street, Sumner Canterbury · 27 September 2026

Pavement - Damaged Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner · 26 September 2026

Hazard, vehicle 14/16 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner · 24 September 2026

Public Toilet 25–27 Esplanade · 22 September 2026

Trees - General 23 Nayland Street, Sumner · 22 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Sumner Social?

A restaurant in Sumner, Christchurch.

Where is Sumner Social?

22A Esplanade, Sumner, on Esplanade. On the map →

Is Sumner Social still trading?

The council’s 2024 directory lists it, and a live NZBN entry says it still trades.

How do you contact Sumner Social?

phone 03-244-0481 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email hello@sumnersocial.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other restaurants are near Sumner Social?

Brigittes Sumner (20 m), Beach Bar (63 m), Land of the Long White Cloud (117 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Sumner Social?

the address’s own record holds 4 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Brigittes Sumner (20 m); the Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk bus stop is 108 m away: route 3; a shared path on the Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway route passes within 46 m; nearest park: Cave Rock Reserve (121 m).

What stood where Sumner Social is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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)
New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/sumner-social-sumner.md.