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The Common Room

The Common Room is a restaurant at 119 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch.

Unconfirmed lead. Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go. The directory’s number for it: 020 4128 0157.

Checked 18 Oct 2026

New to Riccarton and focused on quality pool gaming, darts, board games and good food. Use The Common Room as your lounge… Read full description ↓

119 Riccarton Road, Riccarton

Street record, Riccarton Road →

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Nearest bus stop
34 m
Restaurants in the suburb
89

Getting there

Bus stop, Westfield Riccarton 34 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oa · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Westfield Riccarton 116 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oc · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Clarence St near Peverel St 278 m · Routes 120, Oc · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 47 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Riccarton Road 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 restaurants

More nearby restaurants 5

All 89 restaurants in Riccarton → · Every one in the city →

Also in Riccarton

More businesses in Riccarton 7

Every kind of business in Riccarton →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Riccarton (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 18 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address119 Riccarton Road, RiccartonFind Christchurch, 2024
KindRestaurantsFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone020 4128 0157Find Christchurch, 2024
Websitefacebook.comFind Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

New to Riccarton and focused on quality pool gaming, darts, board games and good food. Use The Common Room as your lounge away from home. There is also space available for venue hire. Open Monday - Thursday 3pm-11pm, Friday 3pm-2am, Saturday 12pm-2am, Sunday 12pm-11pm

— 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 zoneTransportDistrict Plan

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

What stood on Riccarton Road

Riccarton Road, Christchurch
1900, Riccarton Road, Christchurch

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

1,501 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,252 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,501 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is The Common Room?

A restaurant in Riccarton, Christchurch.

Where is The Common Room?

119 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →

Is The Common Room still trading?

Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

How do you contact The Common Room?

phone 020 4128 0157 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other restaurants are near The Common Room?

Benson Chinese Restaurant (42 m), Velvet Burger (67 m), Fuji Hong Kong Hot Pot (77 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Common Room?

the address’s own record holds 21 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Pawnshop (21 m); the Westfield Riccarton bus stop is 34 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oa; a cycle lane passes within 47 m; nearest park: Clarence Reserve (328 m).

What stood where The Common Room 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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