The Tearooms At Ballantynes
The Tearooms At Ballantynes is a café at Lower Ground Floor in Ballantynes Department Store, City Mall, Christchurch Central City.
The Tearooms offers cabinet food including fresh muffins, scones, friands, slices, sandwiches and rolls along with menu items… Read full description ↓
One of 148 cafés in Christchurch Central City, 24% of the city’s count
Checked 2 Nov 2026
Lower Ground Floor in Ballantynes Department Store, City Mall
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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
All 148 cafés 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
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Lower Ground Floor in Ballantynes Department Store, City Mall | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | ballantynes.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
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How the council’s directory described it
Read the full description council directory, about 2024
The Tearooms offers cabinet food including fresh muffins, scones, friands, slices, sandwiches and rolls along with menu items that include gourmet toasted sandwiches, paninis, breakfasts and fresh Soup of the Day, all prepared on-site. Moderate wheelchair access Open Monday - Friday 9am-4pm & Saturday - Sunday 10am-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 | City centre zone | District Plan |
| Consent CRC203618 | Water Take/Use, held by J Ballantyne and Company Limited, to 23 Jan 2040, 21 m from the pin | ECan consents |
Te Kiheru Wai o Tahu / the Canoe Bailer of Tahu / 2015
Friendship Corner / Sister Cities
The Battle for Crete / May 1941The reports nearby
6,096 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,114 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 6,096 reports on file
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Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
Lower Ground Floor in Ballantynes Department Store, City Mall, Christchurch Central City. 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.
its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Kin - Ballantynes (10 m), Closed - Ello Cafe & Eatery (34 m), The Barkery (37 m), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Kin - Ballantynes (10 m); the Bus Interchange (Intercity stop) bus stop is 138 m away: routes 3, 8, 80; a quiet street passes within 43 m; nearest park: The Stewart Plaza (115 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 · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website
Read source notes 7
- 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 active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (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
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