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Caffe Roma
This European-style café has a refined persona - the kind of place you'd take your parents for brunch. The generously proportioned breakfasts include homemade muesli, lamb kidneys or corn fritters with bacon, avocado and eggs. It's not too grown-up, however - tea and coffee come with a chocolate fish.
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City Fish & Chips
Handily situated for YHA-goers, City 'Fush & Chups' (don't tell them we said that) offers the cheapest feed (one portion around NZ$3 ) in town.
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Cook 'n' with Gas
A favourite of local foodies, this exuberant cottage restaurant serves up NZ produce with prize-winning flair and the help of a great wine (and beer) list. You can't go wrong with lamb or beef, though seafood dishes are equally tempting.
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Daily Grind
The perfect refuelling stop while out sightseeing, and in a number of city locations. Daily Grind provides express delivery of coffee, juices and smoothies, plus fat bagels and rolls, salads and muffins.
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Dux de Lux
We love the Dux. This vivacious place is a long-standing crowd favourite for its hearty veg and seafood menu, with veg-packed curries and Mediterranean pizza served up alongside local mussels or Cajun-flavoured calamari. It also scores highly for its outdoor courtyards, house-brewed beer and generally festive vibe.
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East in the City
Overlook the grungy interior and appreciate this place for what it is - a barnlike Asian food court where you can get your fix of cheap pad Thai , dim sum or gado gado from one of the 10 or so food outlets.
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Indochine
Dripping in Sino-retro cool, Indochine makes for a gorgeous night out, and the hip Christchurch folk are flocking to the Asian-fusion dishes (dim sum for sharing, or all-to-yourself sizes) and fresh, interesting cocktails. The dim lighting, flocked wallpaper and lacquered screens create a rich, inviting interior.
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Java Coffee House
Funky, paint-splattered place with groovin' music, hungover staff and leaflets for upcoming dance events. It's a good place for a late-morning serve of eggs any way you like them, and you can get your latte or chai tea in a cup or bowl.
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Le Bon Bolli
A French-leaning menu is served within this brassiere's inspired interior, with one room daubed with frescoes; upstairs is a more formal dining space (open for dinner, mains around NZ$32 ). The Caesar salad here is excellent, as is the crème brûlée (even if they do say so themselves). You can stop by just for bubbly or coffee on the terrace too.
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Lotus Heart
Meditative meat-free eatery, where Buddhist chanting or ethereal melodies may accompany your red-lentil dhal, vege burger or Mexican red-bean chilli. Also has organic coffee, fresh juices and smoothies.
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Mum's
Among Mum's happy diners is a steady stream of Japanese and Korean students, who surely appreciate the just-like-Mum-makes-at-home dishes and reasonable prices. Get a double hit of Asian flavours with options including sushi, sashimi and various noodle creations.
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Retour
Raised splendidly above the banks of the Avon on a small, canopied rotunda, intimate Retour is an accomplished practitioner of modern NZ cooking. Eat your way through crab and crayfish ravioli, braised leg of wild hare or loin of venison.
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Savoy Brown
One of many fine, laid-back cafés on High St, in among the cool shops and galleries - well worth a wander. Excellent coffee, bumper brekkies and homemade cakes are a feature; peak hour is weekend brunchtime.
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Sticky Fingers
Carnivores can go crazy here on aged beef fillet, twice-cooked duck or on numerous pizzas and pastas. Follow your main course with 'Love Handles' (kiwi-fruit pavlova with hokey-pokey ice cream) for a slice of sweet kiwiana.
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Strawberry Fare
Weight-watchers enter at your peril - this place has around 20 dessert options. It's a stylish daytime café that becomes a casual night-time restaurant, with a menu catering to all comers.
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Tap Room
An accomplished member of the Oxford Tce clan - a mixture of historic building (with industrial embellishments), upmarket café-restaurant and outdoor area where punters down Monteith's beer and dine out on pizzas, Canterbury lamb rack and an assortment of seafood dishes.
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Topkapi
Grab yourself a cushioned, low-slung bench in the tapestry-draped interior and enjoy some great Turkish food, including a wide range of meat or veg kebabs and the all-important baklava finisher. The takeaway counter does brisk business.
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Two Fat Indians
Drawing backpackers and locals alike, this polished twin-room eatery lives by the tagline 'The art of pint and curry'. The extensive menu pleases both carnivores and vegetarians, and includes palak kofta (spinach dumplings) and a reliable chicken tikka masala, all with matching beer recommendations.
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Vivace Espresso
Long narrow space doling out seriously good coffee to loyal locals. Also serves hearty all-day breakfasts (how about crumpets with vanilla hazelnut honey?) and interesting lunch options.
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Zydeco
For something different, blackened lamb, spicy prawns and a hearty gumbo are just some of the Creole/Cajun dishes you can sample in this laid-back eatery. There's a balcony bar here too, with live music from Thursday to Saturday.
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