Russia coffee interior

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Russia Coffee & Food

Harbin


Also known as Cafe Russia, this antique-filled cafe is replete with leather-backed dining chairs, a cavernous fireplace and a grandfather clock. You can peruse the extensive collection of photographs and oil paintings depicting Harbin's heyday, with one of many varieties of tea or coffee in hand. If hungry, you can graze on pirozhki (savoury pies), but the food is pretty much an afterthought.

The restaurant is 20m east off Zhongyang Dajie along Xitoujiao.