The restaurant, in the eastern province of Jiangsu, follows in the tracks of another robotic eatery that opened in the north-eastern city of Harbin in 2012.
Rising labour costs in China have encouraged manufacturers to turn to automation, and the country last year surpassed Japan to become the world’s biggest consumer of industrial robots.
The cooking robots — which have a fixed repertoire — exhibit limited artificial intelligence, and are loaded with ingredients by human staff, who also help to make some dishes.