Café Minamdang

미남당 ‧ Drama ‧ 2022
Ongoing 4/18
sonder
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 30, 2022
4 of 18 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 4.0

On the fence

Cafe Minamdang intrigued me for two reasons: 1. The plot and 2. Seo In Guk.

I've sat through some questionable dramas during my time simply because of an actor I liked. I always have a principle of watching at least three episodes before giving up on the drama.

Cafe minamdang started okay and progressively became an effort to watch. When a drama becomes something you watch just for the background noise, it's better to drop it. However, since this drama has recently started and has one of my favorite actors, I've put it on hold and will decide whether to pick it up or drop it entirely once it has finished airing.

That being said, the plot had a lot of potential, and I think most of the drawback lies in the female lead. Many viewers have dropped the drama because she has a very dislikable presence on the screen, which isn't suitable for any drama. Additionally, there is little to no chemistry between her and Seo in guk. I have watched his dramas, and he's always been able to convey sizzling scenes when it was needed. If the drama is to survive, something needs to be done about the female detective.

It doesn't help that it is airing around the same time as two trending dramas: AoS and Attorney Woo. For people who don't have enough time to catch up with airing dramas and have to choose, Cafe minamdang would not make the cut. It promises flair but falls short severely.

Nonetheless, I hope it succeeds through some miracle. I'd recommend waiting and observing how well it does on air and then deciding whether to watch it.

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Ongoing 2/18
Falls
4 people found this review helpful
Jul 1, 2022
2 of 18 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

A little odd but fun to watch

This is not my usual cup of tea, but I’ve got a thing for crime dramas at the moment so I’m here for it. The premise is really engaging and despite the upbeat OST you can tell it will handle some serious topics. I look forward to seeing where they take it.

The actors are funny and engaging and it helps you look past some of the other downfalls. One that I think is important to mention though is that the FL is supposed to be younger than the ML and you can really tell she’s not, for me that’s a little hard to overlook and is a bad casting choice in my opinion. It also makes the chemistry between them awkward I think, at least for the first couple of episodes. Hopefully that’s something that improves as the story goes on.

Though be warned, if you’re not a fan of seeing the “good guys” bend the law this probably isn’t for you.

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Dropped 1/18
kdramas_stan
2 people found this review helpful
Jul 1, 2022
1 of 18 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Disappointing.

The trailer made this drama look so fun, but halfway through the first episode and I had to force myself to complete it. The character intros were pretty fun and the potential to be similar or better than Chief Kim is there, but it felt too forced. There’s exaggerated humour that grows on you and another that fails, and sadly for me CM fell on the latter. I felt like the writers couldn’t find he balance between making it intense and thrilling while keeping the humour and light parts. The comic scenes even felt too slapstick. I will try to give it another try, hopefully it improves in the next episode.

Edit: I couldn’t get back to it eventually, didn’t hold my interest after all.

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Dropped 2/18
25thatsme
1 people found this review helpful
Aug 31, 2022
2 of 18 episodes seen
Dropped 2
Overall 1.5
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Toxic hero

People Calling female lead annoying for kick male lead.. You get a murderer out of jail you deserve death.
Just because something happened to you doesn't mean you can do something bad to another person.

Idc about female lead but NO the main character that shaman is such a big no no. Idk what writers were thinking to put out such nonsense
I dropped it at 2 episode. Can't watch it more and deleted 4 episodes I downloaded. Rather watch Vincenzo. He was a mafia but being a mafia wasn't romanticised unlike here.
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Ongoing 10/18
awesoomekyung
7 people found this review helpful
Jul 29, 2022
10 of 18 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

drama yang serius, tapi lucu!

cafe minamdang punya premis cerita yang cukup menarik dan unik. tentang penyamaran mantan anggota polisi untuk menyelidiki kasus pembunuhan sejak 3 tahun yang lalu. drama ini bergenre misteri, komedi dengan romansa tipis-tipis.
sekilas, drama ini mengingatkan aku dengan film extreme job.
sejauh yang aku tonton, alur ceritanya masuk akal, namun kalian bener-bener harus tonton setiap adegan-adegannya biar gak ada yang kelewat. soalnya kalau kelewat dikit, aku gak yakin kalian bisa mengikuti jalan ceritanya (ini terjadi sama aku)
drama ini juga memuat riddle yang membuat para penontonnya berusaha mencoba menerka-nerka siapa dalang dari pembunuhan berantai yang terencana lewat hint-hint yang diberikan di tiap episodenya.
drama yang menyimpan plottwist ini menjadi drama yang layak ditonton dengan kualitas akting dari para aktor dan aktrisnya yang mumpuni juga soundtrack yang mendukung.

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Completed
Lisidice
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 27, 2022
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
Tengo la mala costumbre de hacerme ideas preconcebidas que al final suelen ser erróneas. En mi cabeza este drama era otra cosa, ni mejor ni peor, era diferente. Esto me pasa por no leer argumentos, sólo veo algún teaser y ya está. Con eso tengo suficiente para saber si me va o no me va.
Volviendo al drama. Me he estrenado con Seo In Guk, aún no había visto nada de él y me ha gustado su interpretación. La historia me ha gustado, es buena y da para un drama, el uso de la figura del chamán y el chamanísmo me ha parecido muy acertado, pero creo que algunas cosas lo han estropeado como un uso excesivo de los flashbacks, un uso inadecuado de los recursos narrativos, un exceso de “cuquismo” con ciertos personajes (sobre todo la pareja secundaria) y en ciertos momentos añadir innecesariamente más comedia en las escenas cómicas. El drama tiene 18 episodios, pero creo que podrían haberlo dejado en 16 sin problemas.

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Icaro
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 27, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

One man show

Finalmente l'ho finito. E' il primo pensiero dopo la diciottesima (troppo, troppo) puntata. Sì, avrei dovuto mollarlo prima, molto prima, verso la settima, ottava puntata. Un Helzapoppin sconclusionato, solo per gli amanti del genere. Che genere, poi? thriller? commedia? farsa surreale? C'è pure la storia romantica, cacciata dentro a forza come un sughero nella bottiglia di spumante. No, non fa il botto quando viene aperta perchè, a parte la totale mancanza di feeling tra i due protagonisti, la disparità tra ML e FL è abissale.
Il perchè della assurda costanza nella visione del drama è, in gran parte, nel titolo del commento. Seo In Guk è straordinariamente istrionico nelle diverse facce del suo personaggio. Ex profiler della polizia riciclatosi veggente dopo una ingiusta detenzione, è quasi sempre sulla scena con qualche nuovo strampalato piano di indagine, all'inseguimento del serial killer che, anni prima, ha ucciso il suo migliore amico procuratore. Davvero molto bravo e bello da paura anche quando (spesso) ha gli occhi rovesciati all'indietro. Non sono una sua fans ( la mia lista è già troppo lunga) ma guardarlo mentre fa lo sciamano, tra ventagli e salti sui tavoli, con completini eleganti dai colori fantastici o mise improbabili di lamè e oro ( e boxer rosso fuoco!) è un piacere per il quale mi sono trascinata fino all'ultima puntata (dopo la dodici-tredici con un po' di fast forward).
Ho poi apprezzato lo humor di alcune parti di contorno ironiche e, a volte, spiritose: il gruppo dei tre poliziotti della squadra che ha dovuto fare da spalla al disastro della tenente Han (FL) e in particolare Jeong Man Sik, nella parte del capo: sempre sul pezzo con una ironia solida e coerente fatta di parole e sguardi; le bravissime spalle (tre) di SIG nella gestione del Cafè Minamdang e nelle rischiose e assurde azioni di caccia al killer; la piccola parte della potentissima CEO arrapata che insegue il ML con pressanti proposte matrimoniali.
Pregevole anche la colonna sonora e divertenti le citazioni di altri drama: la ajumma ipertecnologica di Healer, qui impersonata dalla giovane sorella del ML e la indimenticabile scena dei due eroi di Goblin che avanzano maestosamente nella nebbia, qui reinterpretata per il salvataggio - si fa per dire - sempre della stessa sorella da un appuntamento amoroso improprio.
Cosa non va assolutamente in questo drama? La caccia al serial killer è troppo complicata e cercare di seguirla fa venire il mal di testa. Non ce la posso fare a seguire una quindicina di personaggi diversi mettendo a fuoco tutti i nomi coreani. Ogni volta che impari, con sforzo, il nome e il viso di un sospetto ecco che le carte in tavola vengono ribaltate e devi ricominciare con un nuovo viso, un nuovo sospetto, un nuovo nome...
La scelta di uno stile narrativo farsesco-surreale come chiave complessiva diventa, alla lunga, stancante e l'implausibilità di troppe situazioni richiede una continua sospensione del cervello (facilitata, in realtà, dal ritmo incalzante dell'azione).
Non va, irrimediabilmente, la protagonista femminile, anche se qui voglio spendere una parola a difesa della povera 'odiosa' FL. E' davvero insulsa, antipatica, petulante. Impersona la onesta, dedita, intelligente e forte detective che...non ne azzecca nemmeno una. Sempre sopra le righe, fuori posto, incoerente. E' l'unica sempre seria in una gabbia di matti con la quale non ha alcuna sintonia e il suo personaggio stride con l'insieme. Ogni volta che compare in scena vorresti che la lasciasse al più presto. Ma perchè per questa povera anima di Oh Yeon Seo gli sceneggiatori scrivono sempre parti così devastanti? ( Anche in A korean odyssey è un po' uno strazio).
La schizofrenia del giudizio è segnalata anche dai voti che accompagnano questo commento: lo spettacolo, in sè, non raggiunge per me la sufficienza anche se il rating delle singole componenti è sempre, anche abbondantemente, sopra. (luglio 2025)

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Completed
zxcnda
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 8, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

detectif tapi kocak, mirip seoul busters

Tentang dukun palsu dan punya cafe bareng sama adek+bestienya. Dia dulunya tuh detektif ahli profiler gitu, bisa nebak latar belakang orang dari merhatiin penampilan makanya pas jadi dukun jago betul langsung tau masalah masalah client. Pas dulu masih jadi detektif, temennya dibunuh & dia ditangkep karna dikira dia yg ngebunuh. long story short pokoknya ada kasus client perdukunan dia yg benturan sama kepolisian jadi dia ketemu deh ama adek temennya yang sekarang juga detektif, terus pokoknya ternyata kasus kematian temennya itu ada hubungannya sama kasus kasus yg baru terjadi makanya dia akhirnya kerjasama ama adek temennya buat nyari pelaku sebenarnya. Endingnya cukup plot twist walaupun sudah ketebak banget villain nya.

Seru, kocak juga, isinya orang ga beres semua. Rada mirip taxi driver gitu sistemnya, tapi ini versi dukun gadungan wkwk. Tapi ini cuman beberapa doang kasusnya dalam 18 eps, soalnya lama banget nangkep pelakunya jadi greget

yang pengen nonton drakor komedi, detektif, dukun dan teknologi gitu cobain nonton drakor ini!!

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EchoesOfLove
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 10, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

Achei que ia ser uma palhaçada qualquer… e fui surpreendida com gosto!

Esse aí é o famoso “achei que era bobagem, fiquei viciada”, né? Um dorama que começa com cara de palhaçada e do nada: plot twist, ação, investigação, gargalhada e coração quentinho. Às vezes, o que começa como farsa… revela a verdade mais afetuosa do mundo: boas intenções e laços reais.

“Café Minamdang” chegou com cara de dorama cômico sem muito compromisso. Mas bastou um episódio com Nam Han Joon analisando candidatos num processo seletivo, e pronto: me fisgou! Avaliação de perfil, leitura de comportamento, dinâmica de grupo no improviso... minha área, minha paixão! RH que lute.

Só que o que começa como comédia caricata se transforma numa trama de mistério bem construída, com ação, pistas e reviravoltas que prendem. E tem mais: o vilão (sim, o ANTAGONISTA) também me pegou. A construção dele é tão humana, tão cheia de dor mal resolvida, que eu quase preparei café e ofereci escuta ativa. Faltou pouco pra indicar constelação familiar.

A química entre os personagens é ótima, o time Minamdang é caótico e adorável, e Han Jae Hee merece palmas pela força, integridade e tapas bem dados. A mistura de humor pastelão com trama policial funciona surpreendentemente bem — e ainda deixa espaço pra emoção de verdade.

✨ No fim, a maior previsão do xamã era essa: você vai rir, se apegar, suspeitar de todo mundo… e quase adotar o vilão. 🖤🔍

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Pamela Gibbs
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 7, 2024
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Increíble

Una historia que te atrapa hasta el final, llena de giros, emociones y suspense.
Siempre veo series de suspense y crímenes, la forma en la que te hacen pensar sin cesar sobre quién es el asesino, esa es mi parte favorita de este tipo de series. Las actuación de Seo In Guk, como siempre, impecable. El resto del elenco, también, hizo un trabajo genial. Me encanta, la recomiendo. Una serie completa, donde te ríes, lloras y te enfadas a más no poder.
Como era de esperar, Corea nunca me decepciona con las tramas de sus series.
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yas
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 24, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

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para quem gosta de dramas policiais/investigativos, vai amar café minamdang!! é um dorama com muitos eps porém nada que vai ficando chato e entediante com o passar do tempo, muito pelo contrário, a gente até fica triste quando acaba hahaha. um ótimo desenvolvimento da história, dos personagens entre si e a solução do caso abordado. tem seus momentos de suspense, mas não deixa de ser engraçado e divertido de assistir, os personagens são incríveis!! café minamdang é perfeito para os amantes de comédia romântica e suspense. aprovado!! 👍🏼
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Adess
0 people found this review helpful
Jun 8, 2025
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Un bon drama qui n’avait pas besoin de ce plot final WTF pour briller...

Franchement, j’me suis grave éclatée devant ce drama 😆☕. C’est un pur délire bien assumé entre comédie, enquête, romance, avec des moments totalement barrés, et bizarrement… tout marche !!! J’ai adoré cette ambiance ultra dynamique où rien n’est jamais vraiment sérieux, même quand on parle d’une affaire de meurtre 😅🔍

Seo In Guk en Nam Han Joon... Mais quel bonheur ce rôle 🤩. Je l’avais jamais vu dans un registre aussi "déjanté", il m’a tuée de rire plus d’une fois avec ses mimiques, ses arnaques de shaman et ses faux rituels ridicules 🤣. Le trio avec sa sœur Hye Joon et le bébé chien Soo Chul est ICONIQUE 🫶🏻. Leur alchimie est naturelle, ça fuse dans tous les sens... parfois j'avais clairement envie de les rejoindre au café juste pour les observer se clasher (affectueusement) toute la journée 🫶🏻💻💅🏻

Côté Jae Hee, on change un peu d’ambiance avec une brigade plus "classique", mais le décalage qu'il y a c’est justement ce qui rend leur dynamique avec la Minamdang si fun à suivre 👍🏻. J’ai adoré aussi de voir ces deux équipes, qui bossent pas du tout pareil, finir par évoluer ensemble. Par contre... petit truc qui m’a fait tiquer quand même 😅, Han Joon est censé être bien plus âgé qu’elle du moins c'est ce que les flashbacks m'ont fait comprendre, mais dans le présent ils ont clairement le même âge visuel, voir elle fait même parfois plus vieille... rien de grave mais un peu déstabilisant les premières minutes 😅

Par contre, le twist final avec le procureur... c’était trop... mais vraiment trop pour moi... 🤨. C’est pas le rebondissement en soi qui m’a dérangée, c’est comment il a été balancé sans aucun "build-up"... Genre, “Bon bah ce sera LUI le bad guy, à la prochaine scène. Voilà !”... Et moi j’étais là en mode “Mais... Pourquoi ?!? C’est quoi ce revirement sorti de nulle part ?...” 😬 Avec 18 épisodes, ils avaient largement la place pour poser des petits indices, jouer avec notre suspicion, nous faire douter doucement... mais non. Pour moi, ce twist jeté à l’arrache = crédibilité qui vacille... 😕

En résumé , j’ai passé un super moment, j’ai rigolé, j’ai bien kiffé l’équipe Minamdang, et j’ai trouvé l’ensemble original, fun et très bien mené… jusqu’à ce twist chelou qui m’a laissée dubitative... 😅. Après, ça reste un drama vraiment divertissant, avec une vibe unique et des persos ultra attachants 💖✌🏻

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