Harbin is one of the most genuinely unique places in China!!.

known for its annual ice festival, the city has many other marvels, a huge tiger park that  travel faster than 300 km/h a train in temperatures as low as -40 degrees Celsius.

These are all cool, but Harbin is apparently not a city to rest on its laurels.

The Robot Restaurant opened in Harbin in June .

robot Restaurant staffs a total of 20 robots as waiters, cooks and busboys...

The robots were designed and built by a local firm, the Harbin Haohai Robot Company.

Each robot costs between 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese yuan (US$31,500  US$47,000) with an additional 5 million yuan (US$790,000) invested into the restaurant itself.

With the average Robot Restaurant meal costing less than 62 yuan (US$10),the restaurant is not meant to earn Harbin Haohai money.

Instead, it turns out the restaurant is just   a brilliant piece of marketing !!