The Hoi Polloi Bar & Bistro
The Hoi Polloi Bar & Bistro is a restaurant at 840-848 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City.
The Hoi Polloi Bar and Bistro is located on the ground floor of Carnmore Hotel Christchurch. Open for breakfast Monday -… Read full description ↓
One of 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count
Checked 1 Nov 2026
840-848 Colombo Street
Opening hours
| Monday – Sunday | 4 pm to 10 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 42 hours a week, by the map’s count.
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 27 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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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 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 840-848 Colombo Street, Christchurch 8013 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 006435956569 | Its own website |
| Website | thehoipolloi.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Menu | thehoipolloi.co.nz | Its own website |
| Food registration | reg CCC004995/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 12 Dec 2026 | MPI food register |
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How the council’s directory described it
The Hoi Polloi Bar and Bistro is located on the ground floor of Carnmore Hotel Christchurch. Open for breakfast Monday - Friday 6.30am-10am and Saturday - Sunday 7am-10am
— 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 | Central City Mixed Use Zone | District Plan |
Heritage Christchurch Former St Mary’S Convent Chapel Built
A.M.D.G. Hic Lapis a Rr Dd J.J. Grimes S.M .What stood on 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 A Rolling Stone, 2023-12. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,960 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,620 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,960 reports on file
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
840-848 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City, on Colombo Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 595 6569 (its own website), its website.
Monday – Sunday: 4 pm to 10 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Himalayas Indian Restaurant (60 m), Himalayas (62 m), Rangoon Ruby (121 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Arden Hotel (1 m); the Colombo St near Salisbury St bus stop is 56 m away: route 27; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Rose Historic Chapel Reserve (150 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: OpenStreetMap · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 8
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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
- 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
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/the-hoi-polloi-bar-bistro-christchurch-central-city.md.