Tai Tapu Hotel Restaurant, Bar & Function Venue

A friendly country pub, the "Ellesmere Arms" (now known as "Tai Tapu Hotel") has been the local watering hole since the 1860s. It was originally a stagecoach inn, complete with stables and forge on the road to Akaroa. Nowadays it’s one of Canterbury’s most popular venues hosting live music; concerts; weddings; parties; conferences; weekly quiz nights and meal deals. But mostly, it is a weekend destination for the family with its large beer garden, playground and bouncy castles for the kids