King of Snake is a Euro-Asian restaurant at 145 Victoria Street in the Christchurch CBD. Its menu runs from Southeast Asian street food to Thai-style dishes, and the restaurant is known for a late-night kitchen. The dishes include Penang beef cheek curry, chilli prawns, a roasted duck salad, Chatham Island blue cod, and a Sichuan tofu dish. Vegetarian and gluten-free options are marked on the menu, and the restaurant notes that it cannot guarantee dishes are free of allergen traces. The site describes a 5-star contemporary setting with views over Cashel Mall and the Avon River.
The restaurant has connected venues on the same site: the Monarch cocktail bar, which opens at 4pm and serves handcrafted cocktails, ROCA, which is cooked over fire and smoke with dishes from Spain to the Middle East, and Hugo, a French bistro. A private function room called Botanic is also available. Hours are 5pm to late from Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, and from 12pm to late on Friday. Within 300 metres, Open Locally lists Manu Restaurant and Bar, rated 4.8 from 660 reviews, and Christchurch Tramway Restaurant, rated 4.6 from 2,267 reviews.