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The Witch's Diner

The Witch's Diner (Korean: 마녀식당으로 오세요) is a South Korean web series starring Song Ji-hyo, Nam Ji-hyun, and Chae Jong-hyeop. It aired on streaming platform TVING from July 16 to August 13, 2021, every Friday at 16:00 (KST) for 8 episodes.[3][4]

The Witch's Diner
Promotional poster for The Witch's Diner
Promotional poster
Hangul
마녀식당으로 오세요
Literal meaningCome to the Witch's Restaurant
Revised RomanizationManyeosikdang-euro Oseyo
GenreDark fantasy
Based onThe Witch's Diner
by Goo Sang-hee
Written byLee Young-sook
Directed bySo Jae-hyun
Starring
ComposerHeo Seong-jin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerOh Jae-hyeon
Producers
  • Yang Gwang-deok
  • Oh Seul-gi
  • Kim Gyeo-re
Running time37–55 minutes[1]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkTVING
ReleaseJuly 16 (2021-07-16) –
August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)

The series aired on television network tvN from January 5–19, 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST) for 5 episodes.[5][6]

Synopsis

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The Witch's Diner tells the story of desperate people who come to dine at the restaurant operated by witch Jo Hee-ra (Song Ji-hyo), hoping to get their wishes fulfilled through a special meal. In exchange, they have to sacrifice the most precious thing in their life.

Cast

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Main

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A witch and the owner of a restaurant that sells food that makes people's wishes come true in return of their soul or other things that she wish from her customer. After meeting Jeong Jin and fulfilling her wishes, she took over the restaurant as exchange for fulfilling Jin's revenge wish.
An employee at Jo Hee-ra's restaurant. Jo Hee-ra came to her life after she hit the rock bottom of her life (being fired from her job, being dumped by her boyfriend, being scammed by a neighbor and her mother left her to take care of her ill father in a sanatorium). She let Jo Hee-ra use her bankrupted restaurant in exchange of a revenge wish against her neighbor.
A high school student during daytime and a part-time employee at Jo Hee-ra's restaurant during night-time.

Supporting

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Assistant of Jo Hee-ra. He helps to take care of the real world matters such as bills, taxes, etc. He is also in charge of designing the restaurant interior that Hee-ra took over from Jeong Jin.
  • Yoon Da-young as Lee Yoon-mi[11]
Best friend of Jeong Jin and teacher of Lee Gil-yong.
Jeong Jin's mother.
  • Son Kwang-eob as Lee Man-gap[13]
Lee Gil-yong's father.
  • Shin Joo-hyeop as Young-jae[14]
Lee Gil-yong's classmate at high school and the person who influenced Gil-yong's life.
A friend of the same class as Gil-yong who tries to live up to her parents' expectations. Her father is a high-ranking official and her mother is a university professor.
A bully at Lee Gil-yong's class who torments both Gil-yong and Young-jae.
  • Ji Soo-won as Park Seon[17]
Great witch. The descendants of witches from generation to generation.

Special appearances

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A desperate job-seeker who came to the restaurant, he is willing to do anything to find a job.
A musical actress.
Jin Sun-mi's boyfriend.
  • Lee Joo-sil as Lee Bok-nan[23]
Landlord of Lee Gil-yong's house.
Son of Lee Bok-nan.
Writer of The Witch's Diner. A desperate writer that need a new ideas for her new book in order to meet the deadline provided by the publisher.

Original soundtrack

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Part 1

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Released on July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17)[25][26]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Holding On"Se.A
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Se.A
Se.A3:29
2."Holding On" (Inst.) 
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Se.A
Se.A3:29
Total length:6:58

Part 2

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Released on July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)[27][28]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Alone"Junny
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Junny
  • Dunk
Junny3:46
2."Alone" (Inst.) 
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Junny
  • Dunk
Junny3:46
Total length:7:32

Part 3

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Released on July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)[29][30]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Fair Dish"Yeseo
  • D.Ori (디오리)
  • Lee So-won
Yeseo3:01
2."Fair Dish" (Inst.) 
  • D.Ori (디오리)
  • Lee So-won
Yeseo3:01
Total length:6:02

Part 4

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Released on August 7, 2021 (2021-08-07)[31][32]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Please"
  • Summer Kim (CLEF)
  • BenAddict (CLEF)
  • CLEF CREW
  • Park Won-jun (CLEF)
  • WDLM (CLEF)
  • BenAddict (CLEF)
  • CLEF CREW
Han Seung-woo (Victon)3:31
2."Please" (Inst.) 
  • Park Won-jun (CLEF)
  • WDLM (CLEF)
  • BenAddict (CLEF)
  • CLEF CREW
Han Seung-woo (Victon)3:31
Total length:7:02

Part 5

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Released on August 21, 2021 (2021-08-21)[33][34]
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."By Your Side" (그런 사람)Heo Seong-jin
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Dunk
Sondia3:45
2."By Your Side" (그런 사람; Inst.) 
  • Heo Seong-jin
  • Dunk
Sondia3:45
Total length:7:30

Viewership

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The Witch's Diner : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345
1491469521528461494
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[35]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[35]
Nationwide Seoul
1 January 5, 2022 2.282% (4th) 2.960% (2nd)
2 January 6, 2022 1.982% (5th) 2.389% (3rd)
3 January 12, 2022 2.289% (2nd) 3.023% (2nd)
4 January 13, 2022 2.095% (2nd) 2.281% (2nd)
5 January 19, 2022 1.767% (4th) 2.002% (3rd)
Average 2.083% 2.531%
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • This television series airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

References

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