The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over NZ$60)
$$$ (NZ$40 to NZ$60)
$$ (NZ$25 to NZ$40)
$ (under NZ$25)
The above prices are for a three course meal for one, including tax and tip but not drinks.
Canterbury Tales Located in the
Crowne Plaza Hotel, this award-winning restaurant featuring a modern décor, fresh and creative cuisine and first class service is one of the best in town. Open for dinner only, closed Monday. Reservations recommended.
Kilmore and Durham Streets
Tel: (03) 365 7799.
Price: $$$$
Le Bon Bolli Popular, award-winning French restaurant in the
Arts Center.
Le Bon Bolli features an exciting, cosy brasserie downstairs with an elegant fine dinning restaurant upstairs.
Corner of Worcester Boulevard and Montreal Street
Tel: (03) 374 9444.
Website:
www.lebonbolli.co.nz Price: $$$$
Indochine A great new addition on the Christchurch food scene, this trendy restaurant, short-listed as ‘NZ restaurant of the year finalist’ in 2005, serves excellent modern Asian food in stylish surroundings. The dim sums are particularly popular, and the cocktail list is an added bonus.
209 Cambridge Terrace
Tel: (03) 365 7323.
Website:
www.indochine.co.nzPrice: $$$$
Sala Sala Japanese Restaurant Award-winning modern Japanese restaurant offering sushi and Teppanyaki and other traditional dishes.
184-186 Oxford Terrace
Tel: (03) 366 6755.
Price: $$$
Pedro’s Cuisine from the Basque country with seafood featuring heavily on the menu, as well as garlic. Ideal for something a little bit different.
143 Worcester Street
Tel: (09) 379 7668.
Website:
www.pedrosrestaurant.co.nz Price: $$-$$$
Annie’s Wine Bar and Restaurant Rustic surroundings, convivial atmosphere, good food, and a superb wine list have made this charming bar and restaurant in the
Arts Center a perennial favorite with locals and tourists alike.
Arts Center, Gloucester Street
Tel: (03) 365 0566.
Website:
www.annieswinebar.co.nz Price: $$
Dux de Lux Bar and buffet restaurant serving fresh and tasty vegetarian fare in relaxed surroundings. Plenty of choice, including dishes featuring fish and seafood, pizza, snacks and full meals. Award-winning beers brewed on the premises. Big garden.
Corner of Hereford and Montreal Streets
Tel: (03) 366 6919.
Website:
www.thedux.co.nz Price: $-$$
Brigitte’s Expresso Bar Recently named the best cafe in New Zealand,
Brigitte’s is worth seeking out in Merivale as it is a good place to enjoy lunch in a relaxed atmosphere. Good selection of wines, fruit juices, sandwiches and cakes, as well as more substantial dishes.
Papanui at Aikmans Road, Merivale
Tel: (03) 355 6150.
Price: $
Nightlife:Christchurch has a good selection of bars, and nightlife in the city is very active at the weekend. A night on the town starts in Cathedral Square, Oxford Terrace or the Cashel Mall, where there are plenty of fashionable cafes, bars and clubs to choose from.
Bars: The
Bog Irish Bar and
Café Bleu, a bit more upmarket (both on Cashel Mall) are both popular places to go for a drink. So is the
Bard on Avon, on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace, and
Dux de Lux, in the Arts Center. There are plenty of trendy bars on Oxford Terrace, including
Liquidity,
Coyote,
Ferment, Sticky Fingers,
Boulevard and
XO Club.
Clubs: Two popular clubs are
Ferment (website:
www.fermentbar.com) and
Azure, which are both located on the strip (Oxford Terrace).
Live Music: Sammy’s Jazz Review, 14 Bedford Row (off Manchester Street) and
Southern Blues Bar, 198 Madras Street (website:
www.bluesbar.org), both have live music 7 nights a week. The
Bog Irish Bar, Cashel Mall (website:
www.thebog.co.nz/christchurch) and
Dux de Lux in the Arts Center (website:
www.thedux.co.nz) also have bands most nights.
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