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Tails Cocktail Bar

Tails Cocktail Bar is a bar or pub at 357 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, inside the Sydenham commercial centre.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

Midnight is a hotspot cocktail bar that is a perfect place for your next escape. Try the wide range of local craft beer… Read full description ↓

Licensed

357 Colombo Street Sydenham

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Nearest bus stop
36 m
Bars & pubs in the suburb
9

Getting there

Bus stop, Sydenham Shops 36 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Sydenham Shops 66 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Wordsworth St 172 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Colombo Street Sydenham 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.

Nearby

More nearby places 6

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 bars & pubs

More nearby bars & pubs 5

All 9 bars & pubs in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

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What the record holds 11 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 20 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address357 Colombo Street SydenhamCouncil licence register
KindBars & pubsCouncil licence register
Phone027 288 4588Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitemidnights.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024
EmailInfo@Midnights.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024
NZBN9429053148032, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameTAILS COCKTAIL BAR LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since24 Sept 2025NZBN register
IndustryBar - licensedNZBN register
Food registrationreg CCC006878/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 7 May 2027MPI food register
Alcohol licenceOn-licence tavern, expires 3 June 2027Council licence register

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How the council’s directory described it

Midnight is a hotspot cocktail bar that is a perfect place for your next escape. Try the wide range of local craft beer, cocktails and spirits. Available for hire for your private function. Open Thursday - Sunday 4pn til 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
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreSydenham, large neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

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

What stood on Colombo Street

High Street and Colombo Street
1860, High Street and 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 Formaggio's, 2025-04. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

2,202 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,909 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 2,202 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Tails Cocktail Bar?

A bar or pub in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is Tails Cocktail Bar?

357 Colombo Street Sydenham, on Colombo Street Sydenham. On the map →

Is Tails Cocktail Bar still trading?

Holds an on-licence tavern on the council’s register, to 3 June 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.

How do you contact Tails Cocktail Bar?

phone 027 288 4588 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email Info@Midnights.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other bars & pubs are near Tails Cocktail Bar?

Two Thumb on Colombo (122 m), Two Thumb Brewing Company (139 m), Sydenham Bowling Club (293 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Tails Cocktail Bar?

the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Burgers And Beers Colombo Street (0 m); the Sydenham Shops bus stop is 36 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Sydenham Park (162 m).

What stood where Tails Cocktail Bar 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:

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 · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register

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