No.4 Bar & Restaurant
What makes your venue the Best Gastropub in New Zealand?
No.4 has a reputation in Christchurch for a welcoming and relaxing vibe, supported by consistent, friendly service and a solid local following. Entering No.4 feels like you’ve arrived home, relaxed and ready to unwind.
Guests come back because time and again No.4 delivers, regulars are remembered, and the gastropub style food is always top notch. Our business is based around the fundamentals of understanding our customers; from those that want to relax and unwind over a mid-week dinner, to those that need attentive staff while watching rugby and sipping espresso martinis. No.4 can offer a retreat from the hustle and bustle or it can be the soul of the party with our private function rooms.
Our food is influenced by our chefs who have worked around the world and who thrive on introducing new ideas to seasonally changing menus, supported by our regular favourites.
The extensive beverage list includes a wide range of delicious beers, and wines that have travelled far to take pride of place on our shelves such as a lovely dry French Rose or an Italian delight, and of course New Zealand’s best are not forgotten with locally sourced Waipara, Hawkes Bay and Otago reds.
Describe the experience your customers have at your establishment – what is your food and beverage offering and why do people come back for more?
We pride ourselves on guests not having to lift a finger, only to lift their glass and take themselves to the toilet.
At No.4, we believe we stand out for our excellent service. Our family here is friendly and well experienced with training from well travelled international staff.
Many of our customers are known by name, majority don’t even have to tell us what they would like as we already know.
Our food is influenced by our chefs who have worked around the world and who thrive on introducing new ideas to seasonally changing menus, supported by our regular favourites. Also very well known for our large platter "The No.4 Plank" which is one of our signature and long standing offering. We also have the usual classic's but some of our more unique dishes that bring guest back are the like of - Soft Shelled Crab Burger, Our Famous Risotto with prawns and coconut, and our Beef Wellington.
Tell us how you showcase NZ produce / offerings? Does your menu change with the season and how is it locally influenced. How do you accommodate allergy and dietary requirements?
Always looking to ensure as much of what we do is local from venison, salmon, herbs through to the local vegetable supplier. We have some fantastic local supplier that showcase what our region produces and we are proud to be associated with them.
We change our menu 2-3 times a year to match season changes and the chefs and owners are very proactive to ensure we are making changes that ours customers want.
Allergy and Dietary is a must these day and we hold these standard very high. From someone that has allergies in their family, it is very important to me.
What are your key points of difference and how have you managed to deliver them?
We're passionate about what we do at No.4 and are always ensuring we're keeping those standards up.
A large part of this is ensuring we have the right team to perform this to the level we want daily.
Best Known for:
Relaxed vibe
“No.4 Plank” charcuterie board
Sports screens, upbeat tunes
Please describe your commitment to sustainability.
Using local as much as possible is important.
We have a great relationship with Waste collection company to ensure we have green, glass, recycling and waste all managed correctly.
Please describe how you create ambience.
As a great locals gastro pub, ensuring we have the right ambience. As the day progresses we go from light background tunes to later in the day more upbeat and on some occasions good sing along tunes.
We have a big sport following so have a mix of sport on some of the screens is usually present.
