Thai Orchid Restaurant
Thai Orchid Restaurant is a restaurant at 21 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
Centrally located in Riccarton is this BYO thai restaurant and bar. Affordable with a social environment. Open 7 days
Licensed to Crazy Horse Limited, to 24 June 2028
21 Riccarton Road Riccarton
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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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
Also in Riccarton
More businesses in Riccarton 7
What the record holds 11 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 21 Riccarton Road Riccarton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Restaurants | Council licence register |
| Phone | 03 343 0790 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | thaiorchid.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | thairestaurant.co.nz | Its own website |
| NZBN | 9429050652822, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THAI ORCHID RESTAURANT LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 4 July 2022 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Restaurant operation | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC001186/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 20 Sept 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 24 June 2028, held by Crazy Horse Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Centrally located in Riccarton is this BYO thai restaurant and bar. Affordable with a social environment. Open 7 days.
— 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 GrayWhat stood on Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside ANZ, 2025-02. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
967 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 772 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Pavement - Damaged
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
General Request
Pothole
Rubbish and Bins - General
Water Leak
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Water Leak
Water GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 7
A restaurant in Riccarton, Christchurch.
21 Riccarton Road Riccarton, on Riccarton Road Riccarton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 24 June 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 343 0790 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Thai Orchid (4 m), Arjee Bhajee (68 m), Mayor Of Ale & Burj Restaurant (74 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 11 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Thai Orchid (4 m); the Riccarton Rd near Bartlett St bus stop is 19 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Mandeville Reserve (306 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 · New Zealand Business Number register · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 8
- 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
- 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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