The Seafood Kitchen
The Seafood Kitchen is a restaurant at 40F Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, inside the Akaroa commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Seafood restaurant on Rue Lavaud in Akaroa, open evenings Wednesday to Sunday, housed in the heritage-listed former Peninsula General Store: read from the public record
Sits inside Commercial Building/Dwelling and Setting, Former Peninsula General Store, significant in the District Plan · Licensed to The Seafood Kitchen Akaroa Limited, to 4 Sept 2029
40F Rue Lavaud
Opening hours
| Monday, Tuesday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, Sunday | 5 pm, 9 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 20 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Nearby
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Also in Akaroa
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 40F Rue Lavaud | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Restaurants | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429036091980, NZ Limited Company, removed | NZBN register |
| Registered name | THE SEAFOOD KITCHEN LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 18 Mar 2003 | NZBN register |
| Food registration | reg CCC006323/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 11 June 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 3, expires 4 Sept 2029, held by The Seafood Kitchen Akaroa Limited | Council licence register |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Commercial Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Akaroa, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Commercial Building/Dwelling and Setting, Former Peninsula General Store, significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February
Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a Life
Akaroa 100 Years of Bowling 1906 - 2006The reports nearby
263 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 207 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Water General
Water General
Pavement - General
Abandoned Vehicle
Abandoned Vehicle
Water Leak
Water Leak
General Request
Water General
Pavement - Damaged
Water LeakQuestions, answered briefly
A restaurant in Akaroa, Christchurch.
40F Rue Lavaud, Akaroa, on Rue Lavaud. On the map →
Holds an on-licence restaurant class 3 on the council’s register, to 4 Sept 2029, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
Monday, Tuesday: Closed; Wednesday, Sunday: 5 pm, 9 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Mandala Restaurant (3 m), Ma Maison Restaurant & Bar (32 m), Rona's (34 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Mandala Restaurant (3 m); nearest park: Akaroa Bowling Green (84 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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (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)
- 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
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-seafood-kitchen-akaroa.md.