Thai Chef's Restaurant
Thai Chef's Restaurant is a restaurant at Cnr Riccarton Road & Deans Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Checked 18 Oct 2026
Visit for an authentic taste of Thailand and a modern dining experience. Food is prepared from fresh, quality ingredients and… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Thai Chef Christchurch Limited, to 30 July 2027
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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Nearby
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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.
The nearest other restaurants
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Also in Riccarton
More businesses in Riccarton 7
What the record holds 7 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Cnr Riccarton Road & Deans Avenue, Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Restaurants | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 341 1163 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | thaichef.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| christchurch@thaichef.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| Menu | thaichef.co.nz | Its own website |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 30 July 2027, held by Thai Chef Christchurch Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
Visit for an authentic taste of Thailand and a modern dining experience. Food is prepared from fresh, quality ingredients and presented with elegance in a dining setting filled with all the richness of Thai colour, sound and art. Meals are served family style so you can share the Thai experience with your friends, family, colleagues or associates. There is also a Lounge Bar where you can relax. Dine in or takeaway, deliveries available. Fully licensed. Open for lunch Monday - Friday, 12pm-2.30pm & dinner everyday from 5.15pm
— 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 | High density residential zone | District Plan |
Planted by / W.D.F.F. / to Commemorate the / Coronation
Hagley Park South plaque
The Dynes Memorial Gates / Erected by Martha Dynes GrayThe reports nearby
883 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 700 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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Pavement - Damaged
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Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or waQuestions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in Riccarton, Christchurch.
Cnr Riccarton Road & Deans Avenue, Riccarton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 30 July 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 341 1163 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email christchurch@thaichef.co.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Thai Orchid Restaurant (92 m), Thai Orchid (96 m), Arjee Bhajee (114 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Aalton Motel (71 m); the Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St bus stop is 110 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130; a shared path passes within 102 m; nearest park: Mandeville Reserve (334 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 · The business’s own website
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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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