The Witch's Diner (2021)

best of jihyo

not gonna lie, I started this for jihyo and I wasn't disappointed, finally they gave her a chance to break away from her typecasting.
but that's all the praise I have, the plot is really basic. they're using shallow "touching" stories to show the desperation of people making those wishes but are they really worth it? ironically though the answer seems yes becasue even if the "price" seems high but in the end it's so easy to forget the pain when you reap the reward

one lost his fingers, one lost her memories, one lost her voice, but no one regretted it.. getting a job has more weight than his fingers, seeing her son happy mattered more than her having her personality/identity.. but the one with the voice tbh she was robbed..

on the other hand the mains' connection and stories were just as flat. the

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Surprisingly good, but wished it was longer.

I am really surprised that I liked this as much as I did. I thought the storyline was really good, I actually watched the whole 8 Episodes without skimming (I will skim in a minute if I get bored. I will say that I figured out the connection between Hee-Ra and Jin by about the 2nd episode. I don't know what it was, but I figured that she would be adopted and Hee-Ra would be her birth mom. Weird part that bothered me the most? The food...none of it looked appetizing! I know I am nit-picking but the Steaks looked like they were covered in Ketchup! None of the food looked good!
Anyway. I think this also would have benefited with a few more episodes, and I would have liked to see the resolution of the singer (she made the worst wish of all of them, ever the guy who lost fingers).

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The usual "be careful what you wish for" but with a few twists.

This show has its ups and downs. Not going to lie, there were more than a few times I wanted to drop this show because I thought it would never "pick up" again. I'm glad I stuck it out though. It turned out better than I thought it would and the last two episodes alone made the whole thing worth watching.

Everyone's acting was great but I feel like there were a few to many gaps in some places that could have been easily explained, unless there were and I just missed them. If that is the case, my bad; that's on me. Lol I feel like I will rewatch this again some day so we will have to see if I feel the same way. Lol

There is really so much I want to talk about but I don't want to ruin it for everyone Lol but I will say.... Jin's character is new for me. I'm so used to MFL being kinda push overs and stuff but when it came to her dealing with that asshole, she really shocked me. Now, when she let him off the hook, I thought I thought wrong.... I'm glad I didn't. How she got her revenge was classy as hell IMO. lol I mean let's face it. Not many would do like she did. They would want revenge with blood and gore in anger but she took the higher road.... She took the higher road on a lot, honestly and she is without a doubt my favorite character for that. For me, her character is rare and I appreciate this show a lot more for it.

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Serving Revenges / Wishes as Its Menu

First of all, of course I’m watching this drama because of our unnie Song Jihyo. And this drama, especially her acting didn’t disappoint me. Fyi, this drama titled The Witch’s Diner is about those who have desperates wishes / revenges that hope to come to alive. Once you eat the food made by the witch, you can wish whatever you want. But beware of your wishes, once it’s granted, there’s no way to turn it back. Plus, there’s price that you need to pay for every wishes you uttered.

For me, this drama is not just focusing about the witch herself. It’s more than what you can Imagined. I think it can be best depicted as slice of life kind of drama. It shows you the harshness of life one can go through, from heartbreak, greediness, love, friendships, family, happiness, revenge and the closure one might needed. I think, this drama managed to conveyed them all.

For the acting, I don’t have any problem with it. Song Jihyo’s acting is a well-known one. And, of course she didn’t disappoint me. However, I think the production team didn’t give justice to her role, because I can count how many times she appeared on the screen. I want more of her since she was a witch herself and her role is significant in this drama. How I wish the production could give more screen time for her. The acting’s for other main casts is notable and oustanding. I didn’t have any problem with it either. I love the cinematography, the color fit the dark vibrant of witch’s life that we usually imagined, I also love Song Jihyo’s appearance with those black & red dresses, she’s stunning and serving looks as always. The OST, I barely managed to hear one or two of them, but it didn’t stay in my mind for long.

Overall, this drama have a potential to be a great one. Well, probably because it’s written to fit only 8 episodes therefore it can be understandable that everything seems like rush, simple and short. Still, I would like to give credit to the writer for making this drama likeable, and comforting at many point. It’s a heartwarming and so many lessons could be learned. Not every revenge is sweet, some will leave you with burden, agony and pain. Therefore, I rated this drama 8.5/10. Some scenes worth to be watching for the second times, and I would definitely do so.

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É um mini-drama de oito episódios de mais ou menos trinta minutos, tem uma estética sombria como Hotel del Luna, Mystic Pop-Up Bar, Sell Your Haunted House, o que particularmente amo, como os outros há uma protagonista forte e claro, as estórias de vida de várias pessoas, o que me possibilita citar outro exemplo de similaridade, Missing: The Other Side. Outra coisa que não devo deixar de citar é como amei a abertura, em meus anos vendo dorama, posso contar nos dedos quantos drama vi a abertura.

A meu ver a grande mensagem é cuidado com o que deseja, sendo bom ou ruim, as coisas que acontecem em nossas vidas fazem parte do nosso crescimento pessoal.

Amei como tudo foi amarrado e conectado no final, mas confesso que queria mais episódios, para acompanhar mais casos, talvez mais quatro. Até que enfim pude ver algo da Song Ji Hyo que realmente amei, tomara que consiga mais bons papéis.

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Great Drama!

Song Ji Hyo's performance is outstanding! Her best ever role in my opinion. I think its much better than Mystic Pop-up bar. Scarier more mysterious scenes. The cast is great, the story moves along quickly and the plot twist in the end threw me off. I love the scenes and Ji Hyo's oufits. The lighting and colors in this dramas definitely pulls everything together. I like how the stories are depicted. There isn't much romance in this drama but there's a lot of mystery. I thought I knew what was going to happen but it took a different turn. Very unexpected in a good way.

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Be careful what you wish for...

I truly enjoyed this drama!
STORY/WRITING: The story was very cleverly written. Since this was only an eight episode drama, there wasn't filler, which I appreciated. Each story was given its own time to develop and didn't feel rushed at all. There was just enough humor to kind of dial back the "scariness" factor. I'm a big old sissy when it comes to horror and scary things, which was a concern. I needn't have worried. This show brought out things about wishes that we don't often consider. If you wish for something, there will be consequences, sometimes good and sometimes bad. I'm glad they dealt with both sides of the coin on that issue. It also brought to light that we are an intrinsically selfish people, wishing for things that will make us feel better, even at the expense of others (except for the male lead - I loved him and his wish so much). And the consequences that were written for each wish weren't terribly outlandish, so there wasn't a huge need to suspend disbelief.
ACTING: I love Nam Ji Hyun and she didn't disappoint here. I appreciated all the actors and the acting was such that you could believe the fantasy that was unfolding.
CINEMATOGRAPHY/SETS: Beautifully done. The food scenes were beautifully filmed, a lot in slow motion. Good CGI. The inside of the restaurant was wonderful, with many quirky things to see as you watched the drama. I appreciated the darkness at the beginning of the show contrasting with the lightness at the end, showing the personality of each witch.
MUSIC: I don't remember the music specifically, other than the good use of drumming and sound effects during the creepy parts.
REWATCH VALUE: I might watch this again if I want to spend some time just looking at beautiful cinematography and don't want to invest too much time before moving on to a longer drama.

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Missed the mark

I actually really like short interesting dramas and was looking forward to watch this. This drama did have a unique concept(food,wishes). The first few episodes were actually good.
The vibe was creepy and every episode focusing on different people life was gripping as well. But, at the same time character development was lacking, most of characters existence is meaningless.

Song Ji-hyo did potrayed a witch character pretty good other that that other actors didn't stand out at all.

It would have been a memorable short unique drama if there were more content showing other people stories more and their wishes. Every thing happen so quickly at the end episodes which was quite disapointing . The ending was so abrupt that made this drama exposed it's plot holes. Overall, definitely a one time watch for it's unique storyline.

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Not bad not great!

I liked the main actors, all 3 of them did a great job. The production quality had been quite excellent as well. 8 episodes to tell a proper story forgoing cliche twists could have been great. Naturally the biggest weak point is the writing. It's really strange, I must once again question the qualifications needed to become a kdrama writer. The writer is certainly not lacking in creativity. There are some outstanding ideas in the drama, the bare bones frame of the story is pretty good. It's nice that the magic is not over explained, I think this is the reason why the original Star Wars films were so good and what followed later so much worse.. The reason why the writing is ultimately weak is that the pacing is just plain bad and the first 2 episodes were pretty boring as well, focusing on things that are not fun to watch and very Korean in a bad way.. So yes, the pacing. The drama only has 8 episodes, but the first 6 were extremely slow. In episodes 3-6 the drama followed a one wish a week format, but unfortunately the individual backstories of the applicants were not all that interesting, or well acted out really. With that in mind, why just why are the last 2 episodes so rushed and so lacking in impact and emotion. I did not feel much of anything upon finishing the last episode. *shrugs*

Mystic Pop Up bar is a fairly similar drama, but it's hugely better. The writing is much superior, it's much easier to empathize with the characters. That show caters to the Kdrama genre's strengths much more.
Then again Witch's Diner is worth watching just for Song Ji Hyo. Her clothes and her significantly different looks were quite a sight.. (her acting skill too, I guess :P)

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I wish it was longer! I loved the episodic format of this drama and the stories of each of the guests, who came to the witch's diner. The drama has spooky and almost Halloween-y vibes so I feel like it would be better to watch it in October maybe to fully get into the mood lol. Still it was enjoyable to me.

The OST was good, especially the ending song with the eerie vibes. Out of the characters I liked the female lead Jin the most and the witch of course (I'm a sucker for milfs, don't blame me ?). That reminds me of the outfits, they were great and sooo fashionable as well, they reminded me of Hotel del Luna a lot.

Btw the male lead here is played by the same
actor, who played Do Hyun in Nevertheless so if liked him there, you can check this drama out! There are also two other actors from Nevertheless as well.

I give the rating 8.5/10 to this drama. Enjoyable but some things could have been executed better.

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