The Penguin Arms Seaside Gastropub
The Penguin Arms Seaside Gastropub is a restaurant at 3 Brighton Mall, New Brighton, Christchurch, inside the New Brighton commercial centre.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
This bar and restaurant offers contemporary gastro pub dining with a focus on providing good food, service and entertainment.… Read full description ↓
3 Brighton Mall, New Brighton
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Nearby
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The nearest other restaurants
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What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 3 Brighton Mall, New Brighton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Restaurants | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 388 4902 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
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How the council’s directory described it
This bar and restaurant offers contemporary gastro pub dining with a focus on providing good food, service and entertainment. Also has nightly specials or activities and Sky TV.
— 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 | Transport | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | New Brighton, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
3,752 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 3,180 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 3,752 reports on file
Questions, answered briefly
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A restaurant in New Brighton, Christchurch.
3 Brighton Mall, New Brighton, on Brighton Mall. 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.
phone 03 388 4902 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Level One Craft Beer & Coffee Bar & Venue (22 m), Spagalimis Pizzaria (28 m), Spagalimis Pizza - New Brighton (38 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 6 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Pierside Cafe and Bar (10 m); the Marine Parade near Beresford St bus stop is 27 m away: routes 60, 135; a separated cycleway passes within 180 m; nearest park: New Brighton Beach Developed (57 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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