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The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar

The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar is a restaurant at 166 Gloucester Street, Central City, 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: 03 943 3888.

Checked 19 Oct 2026

Located inside the Rendezvous Hotel is this chic bar and restaurant serving contemporary cuisine featuring the best in-season… Read full description ↓

One of 266 restaurants in Christchurch Central City, 27% of the city’s count

166 Gloucester Street, Central City

Street record, Gloucester Street →

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Nearest bus stop
108 m
Restaurants in the suburb
266

From its website and public pages

Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.

Getting there

Bus stop, Manchester St Super Stop 108 m · Routes 1, 5, 7, 8, 27, 29, 44, 86, 91, 92, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Manchester St Super Stop 160 m · Routes 1, 5, 7, 8, 27, 29, 44, 86, 91, 92, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Gloucester St near Latimer Square 196 m · Routes 5, 7 · ECan bus stops
Shared path 72 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Wilson off-street parking 28 m · private · 35 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Gloucester Street 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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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 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

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds 5 sourced facts

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 19 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address166 Gloucester Street, Central CityFind Christchurch, 2024
KindRestaurantsFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 943 3888Find Christchurch, 2024
Websiterendezvoushotels.comFind Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees
Emailreseasy@fareast.comIts own website

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How the council’s directory described it

Located inside the Rendezvous Hotel is this chic bar and restaurant serving contemporary cuisine featuring the best in-season ingredients from around the region.

— 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 zoneCity centre zoneDistrict Plan

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

What stood on Gloucester Street

Photograph: Mr Luck's House, Gloucester Street, Christchurch 1860
1860, Photograph: Mr Luck's House, Gloucester Street, Christchurch 1860

From Canterbury Museum. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Fable Christchurch, 2024-06. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

6,530 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,372 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 6,530 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar?

A restaurant in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar?

166 Gloucester Street, Central City, on Gloucester Street. On the map →

Is The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar 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 Straits Cafe & Junction Bar?

phone 03 943 3888 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email reseasy@fareast.com (its own website).

What other restaurants are near The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar?

Sampan House (23 m), Sampan Noodle House (24 m), Swiss Cafe (26 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar?

the address’s own record holds 11 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Fable Christchurch (5 m); the Manchester St Super Stop bus stop is 108 m away: routes 1, 5, 7, 8, 27, 29, 44, 86, 91, 92, 95; a shared path passes within 72 m; nearest park: Cathedral Square (164 m).

What stood where The Straits Cafe & Junction Bar 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 · 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

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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-straits-cafe-junction-bar-christchurch-central-city.md.