The Espresso Room
The Espresso Room is a café at 7 St Albans St, Merivale, Christchurch, inside the Merivale commercial centre.
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The Espresso Room is a cafe in the heart of Merivale that specialises in quick takeaway coffee and specialty food items. They… Read full description ↓
7 St Albans St, Merivale
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Getting there
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Nearby
More nearby places 5
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 cafés
More nearby cafés 5
Also in Merivale
More businesses in Merivale 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 7 St Albans St, Merivale | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
A name, a kind and a pin, the sources carry little more. Add what you know on OpenStreetMap →
How the council’s directory described it
The Espresso Room is a cafe in the heart of Merivale that specialises in quick takeaway coffee and specialty food items. They have a focus on quality, with Hummingbird Re-start coffee and fresh baked goods. Open Monday - Saturday 7am to 4pm
— 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 | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Merivale, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
Donated by the Merivale Precinct Society to CommemorateThe reports nearby
445 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Roads & footpaths and Graffiti & vandalism, 374 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pothole
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pavement - Damaged
Hazard, vehicle
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Accessibility
Damaged Street Sign
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Overgrown Vegetation
Road Signage
Rubbish and Bins - GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 6
A café in Merivale, Christchurch.
7 St Albans St, Merivale. On the map →
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.
Six Ounces Cafe (45 m), Chicoti's Cafe Merivale (92 m), Esquires (99 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Merivale Tailoring Alterations (11 m); the Papanui Rd near Rugby St bus stop is 81 m away: routes 1, 95; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Merivale Village Green (68 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
Read source notes 4
- 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)
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