Who needs to go out when you can explore tons of different hotels, restaurants, cafes, and more from the comfort of home? We hope you'll enjoy your time checking out haunted hotels, supermarkets run by K-pop idols, and more.

Be Our Guest!

MBC, KOCOWA

Jae Wan is the general manager at the hotel CIEL and the most renowned star hotelier. He is perfect, from his clean looks to his successful career, but even he can't get everything, which hurts him so much. After the president of the hotel CIEL dies, his only daughter, Mo Ne, becomes the successor. She is such a charismatic person with her glamorous looks and confident attitude that everyone finds it hard to approach her. But even though it doesn't show, she struggles not to be deprived of her father, hotel, and the man she loves. And the vice president, Lee Joong Gu, keeps an eye on them, hiding his secret desire to own the hotel. However, something unexpected happens as someone discovers his plan to take away the hotel CIEL.

Hotel King

At Your Service Team

Channel A

Yongcheonru, the largest inn in the Joseon Dynasty, operates under the motto "The Guest is King" – challenging the strict social hierarchy everywhere else in the kingdom. Four trainee servants work at the inn, all from different backgrounds and with their own goals: Lee Eun (Bae In Hyuk), a prince hiding his royal identity; Hong Deok Su (Kim Ji Eun), a woman disguised as a man; Cheon Jun Hwa (Jung Gun Joo), the unwilling heir to Yongcheonru; and Go Su Ra (Jae Chan), from a merchant family that's losing its status. While working through their trainee period, the four young adults face new challenges and form close relationships, all while trying to develop their own senses of self and upholding the inn's unconventional standards. Will they succeed?

Check in Hanyang

Four Paths, One Destination

MBN, Dramax

One day, Park Choi Go (Park Sun Ho) decides to quit his job at a big company and open up his own chicken restaurant at what used to be a bathhouse. Seo Bo Ah (Kim So Hye), an aspiring webtoon writer who secludes herself in the bathhouse, can't accept that the building she inherited from her grandfather is turning into a chicken restaurant. To take her inheritance back, she becomes Park Choi Go's employee along with Andrew Kang (Joo Woo Jae), a once-promising chef who is now homeless.

Can Park Choi Go become the ultimate chicken master and achieve his dream?

"The Best Chicken" is a 2019 Viki Original South Korean romantic comedy-drama directed by Lee Seung Hoon.

The Best Chicken

The Chicken Lovers Team

Scholars Kang San (Ryeoun), Kim Shi Yeol (Kang Hoon), and Jeong Yoo Ha (Jung Gun Joo) have all come to the capital to take the civil service entrance exam – in the hope of one day becoming top-ranking public officials. But together with the innkeeper Yoon Dan Oh (Shin Ye Eun), they stumble upon clues about a bizarre disappearance that took place over a decade ago. Do they have what it takes to solve the puzzling mystery – and possibly find love on the way? This 2023 South Korean drama series was directed by Kim Jung Min.

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

Yoo Yoo Jin (Go Won Hee) is an eccentric, world-renowned fashion designer who has devoted her life to the world of haute couture.

But one day, she is found in a remote village in the South Korean countryside with a bad case of amnesia – unable to remember who she is or how she got there.

The villagers put her up in a house whose occupant is former star chef Moon Seung Mo (Eric) – a man who has vowed to turn his back on his culinary career after a tragic accident event left him seeking solitude.

At first, the ex-chef is resentful of his new houseguest. But when he finds that Yoo Yoo Jin has a seemingly unquenchable desire for food, he starts to rediscover his passion for cooking, life…and perhaps romance! 

“Eccentric! Chef Moon” is a 2020 drama series co-produced by Choi Do Hoon and Jung Heon Soo.

Eccentric! Chef Moon

Little General

SETTV

Yang Jun Long (Derek Chang), a rising real estate manager, begins questioning his career-driven life when he observes his seniors sacrificing personal relationships for work. Unexpectedly, he is called to take over his aging grandfather's neighborhood grocery store, transitioning from a corporate environment to a small family business. Initially viewing the store as a burden, Jun Long gradually discovers its true significance as a community hub where people from diverse backgrounds connect and find solace. The store becomes more than just a business; it transforms into a warm, welcoming space that offers comfort, reunites long-lost connections, and ultimately becomes a place Jun Long can truly call home. Adapted from the comic by Ruan Guang Min, this 2019 Taiwanese drama was directed by Tseng Ying Ting and Kao Pin Chuan.

Yong-jiu Grocery Store

 🥫🍬 Grocery Store team🍬🥫

Having just moved in, college freshman Seo Hae Won (Cha Woo Min) isn’t sure what to think of the guesthouse he now calls home. With Florida Banjeom, a popular Chinese restaurant, comfortably settled up on the roof, people from far and wide are always running in and out of the building. But it’s not the constant stream of guests that has Hae Won concerned; it’s the fact that the restaurant’s owner and head chef, Baek Eun Gyu (Yoo Hwan), seems to have a serious problem with him.

Having been recommended for a part-time job at the restaurant by Cha Ji Soo (Moon Kang Hyuk), a fellow restaurant owner, Hae Won thought he would easily fit in with the staff; but for some reason Eun Gyu seems to instantly dislike him. Despite the fact that he can’t figure out why his boss is so bothered by him, Hae Won finds himself fitting in nicely with his fellow staff members, Ha Jin (Zeze) and Joo Seo Hyeok (Jun). It isn’t long before he’s drawing as much attention from the restaurant patrons as his equally handsome co-workers.

With such a good-looking staff, there’s never a shortage of admirers at the Florida Banjeom. It comes as no surprise to Hae Won that almost everyone who visits the restaurant eventually falls for the devastatingly handsome Eun Gyu. What does surprise him is when he realizes that he himself has fallen. But will he ever be able to win the heart of his cold-hearted boss?

A heart-fluttering love story, “The Tasty Florida” is a 2021 Viki Original romantic drama directed by Yang Kyeong Hui.

The Tasty Florida

🍣 S(e)oul Food Lovers Team 🍣

Ji Kang Hee (Lee Se Young) grew up in her father's rural motel "Motel California." Facing prejudice in their small town due to her mixed-race background, she formed a close bond with her childhood friend, Cheon Yeon Soo (Na In Woo), who was also bullied. She fell in love with Yeon Soo, but decided to leave their hometown for Seoul when she turned twenty, eventually pursuing a career in interior design. Twelve years later, Kang Hee returns to her hometown and reunites with Yeon Soo, who now works as a veterinarian. Unbeknownst to Kang Hee, Yeon Soo has long held feelings for her, but he has allowed rumors to circulate that he's dating someone to avoid unwelcome propositions. Will their "one-sided" loves finally get resolved after decades of keeping their feelings quiet?

Motel California

California 7️⃣

The Master (Kaoru Kobayashi) owns a small, unassuming izakaya (restaurant and bar) in a small side alley in Tokyo. With a small menu and only a few seats at the bar, this cozy establishment is low on frills but big on atmosphere.

The Master’s izakaya is known as a “midnight diner” as it only opens for business after dark, closing in the early hours of the morning.

The patrons are mainly regulars, who come by to enjoy one another’s company – as well as receive pearls of wisdom and cheer from the Master and feast on treats like sausages, omelet rolls, and hot noodles.

The customer base comprises a motley crew of gangsters, strippers, a kind-hearted policeman, and a local businessman’s mistress.

One day, a homeless girl named Tamako Kawashima (Takaoka Saki) pleads with the Master to give her a job. He agrees, only to discover that she has a remarkable talent for cooking.

The movie explores aspects of the characters’ lives as they wind in and out of the bar and interact with the Master and one another.

But along the way, the Master appears to have picked up an admirer – could this long-term singleton find romance in his own izakaya?

“Midnight Diner” is a 2014 Japanese movie that was directed by Joji Matsuoka.

Midnight Diner

🌟🍲Midnight Foodies🍲🌟 Team

The Master (Kaoru Kobayashi), owner of a tiny Tokyo izakaya, opens his restaurant from midnight to 7am, serving a unique clientele seeking more than just food. His modest four-item menu belies his willingness to cook anything for his patrons, who range from a gangster to an elderly man meticulously tracking his remaining meals. The film explores the interconnected lives of various customers, including funeral enthusiasts, a frustrated book publishing employee, an elderly woman struggling with memory loss, and the son of a former patron. Through their interactions at the late-night diner, each character reveals intimate stories of struggle, connection, and human resilience. This 2016 Japanese film, directed by Joji Matsuoka, offers a poignant glimpse into the diverse lives that converge in one small, extraordinary restaurant.

Midnight Diner 2

👨‍🍳 Food chefs Team🍲

The Thunder Boys, a five-member K-pop sensation, find themselves in an unbelievable situation when their talent agency's financial woes force them to take on a new job: running a failing supermarket. Choi Ho Rang (Lee Sin Young), Shin Tae Ho (Xiumin), Jo Yi Joon (Hyungwon), Eun Young Min (Choi Won Myeong), and Yoon Sang Woo (Lee Sae On) must swap their microphones for cash registers, juggling the demands of retail with the help of experienced part-timer Oh Ye Rim (Choi Jung Un), all while striving to keep their music dreams alive. As they struggle to turn the supermarket into a success, can the boys also manage to revive their K-pop careers? This 2023 Korean comedy drama was directed by Lee Yoo Yeon.

CEO-dol Mart

🛒 Ven-dols 🎤 Team

Amamiya (Keita Machida), Nakauchi (Kisetsu Fujiwara), and Kobayashi (Morisaki Win), former high school classmates, reunite unexpectedly at a bar in Tokyo's Nishi Ogikubo District. Nakauchi, a chef who lost his sense of taste, joins Amamiya, a bartender, and Kobayashi, a struggling writer, at the bar left by Kobayashi's grandfather. The trio forms an unlikely team, with Amamiya mixing cocktails, Kobayashi offering advice, and Nakauchi cooking with canned food. Their unique approach attracts customers with various problems, who often find solutions through their collective wisdom. As they work together, the bar becomes a sanctuary of support and friendship, with an underlying question of what will happen when their canned food supply runs out. This is a 2021 Japanese drama series directed by Murao Yoshiaki.

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