Eating and staying in Canterbury
2,267 cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels and motels across 213 towns and suburbs in Canterbury.
Canterbury accounts for 13% of every venue we hold in New Zealand, which makes it the 2nd-largest of the 17 regions by venue count. Those 2,267 venues sit across 213 named towns and suburbs, of which 24 carry at least 20 venues and get a page of their own.
Distribution inside the region is relatively even: Christchurch (642), Kaikōura (104) and Hanmer Springs (62) hold 36% of everything between them. The remaining 189 places average 3.9 venues each — a long tail of small settlements that we list on the nearest town page rather than give an empty page to.
The regional split runs 77% eating to 29% accommodation, against a national 75/25. That is close to the national balance.
1,002 venues in Canterbury carry a cuisine tag. Measured against the national mix, the region over-indexes on souvlaki (6), moroccan (4) and greek (11).
Data quality varies by region and it is worth knowing where this one stands: 671 venues here publish opening hours (30% against 23% nationally), 810 list a website, and 200 record step-free access. Everything on this site comes from open data, so coverage reflects what mappers and councils have published — not what exists on the ground.
The category split
| Restaurants | 629 in Canterbury · 28% of the region · 14% of New Zealand's 4,558 |
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| Takeaways | 502 in Canterbury · 22% of the region · 13% of New Zealand's 3,742 |
| Cafés | 415 in Canterbury · 18% of the region · 11% of New Zealand's 3,648 |
| Holiday parks and campgrounds | 208 in Canterbury · 9% of the region · 16% of New Zealand's 1,337 |
| Motels | 183 in Canterbury · 8% of the region · 16% of New Zealand's 1,152 |
| Pubs | 104 in Canterbury · 5% of the region · 17% of New Zealand's 623 |
| Hotels | 100 in Canterbury · 4% of the region · 13% of New Zealand's 775 |
| Bars | 86 in Canterbury · 4% of the region · 13% of New Zealand's 649 |
| Hostels | 58 in Canterbury · 3% of the region · 14% of New Zealand's 414 |
| Serviced apartments | 58 in Canterbury · 3% of the region · 21% of New Zealand's 282 |
| B&Bs and guest houses | 44 in Canterbury · 2% of the region · 9% of New Zealand's 478 |
Sideline covers the same region for sport — gyms and clubs in Canterbury →
Towns and suburbs in Canterbury
A further 189 smaller places in Canterbury carry fewer than 20 venues each. Rather than publish a page with nothing to say, we list their venues on the town pages nearest them.