an honest review of Doobydobap's Mija Seoul 

update: kevin and tina are closing the restaurant (explanation in a video on her channel). very sad that the place is closing so soon but understand that it was a very hard decision for them to make and will always be grateful that we had the opportunity to dine there :)

I’m surprised she made a restaurant focused on fine dining when her whole online persona is about comfort food. No wonder the food was, dare I say it… Seoul-less 😂

From what i know, is that her boyfriends background is in fine dining, that's why this restaurant is probably catered like that. Since they opened up the restaurant together.

This is my two cents: my partner and I dined at Mija Seoul in December 2024. We actually loved it! Not every dish was to our taste, but we expected that going in since it was a multi course tasting menu. The atmosphere was really warm and welcoming, and the staff was fantastic. I always find it interesting how people can have very different experiences of the same food! (Most of our dishes were different to yours, but, in general, I think it’s fair to say people have different tastes.) Anyway, I enjoyed the video and hearing about your experience! 😊

Thanks for being honest its pretty rare when it comes to influencer stuff

That water broth with that slice of onions is ridiculous. Nothing fancy about that.

As a non-Korean, seeing your reactions while eating the food, I probably would be more excited eating at S.Korea's 7/11. 😂

The portions are so tiny it’s sad just watching it

So, really not worth the hype

Honestly all i see is dooby’s boyfriend’s influence from Mija’s reviews so far and it strays from her original content which was what drew me to her originally

I never felt so unimpressed in a food video before haha

I visited them back in November with my family and we had a very different experience to you guys! Our dishes overall were super full of flavour- to the point we had to keep getting our glasses filled with water so we could try and cleanse our palette before the next course which came through within 10 minutes of us finishing our previous one. sad to see the food wasn’t as good as you anticipated🥲

i feel like they’re trying way too hard to highlight the seasonal ingredients in a “different” and “edgy” way to the point when the whole meal is just the 1 seasonal ingredient and sauce or whatever😭 which would be fine ig if it the price wasn’t so ridiculous for what you’re getting. in the end, the food just comes across as a bit pretentious

I mean...yeah she makes homely food on vlog, but her whole vibe is privileged rich girl pretending (badly) to be an underdog, so not surprised the food ended up pretentious.

To put into context. Gordon Ramsay's tasting menu is 200 USD. This YTer chef wannabe charges 150USD. Now you know why the place failed. The guy looks like he is either going to commit seppuku for spending that cash on bland food or drawing out a sword and do a banzai charge.

poor dude he looked tortured 😭

Looks like that menu and restaurant isn't really HER. It's him and it didn't work.

Every time a new item came out I felt like screaming at how ridiculous it was

Im not sure if it'd be a good or bad experience for me, everything on the menu seems like food I like, so maybe I'll still try it. I heard its all right from their garden and they sell hard on their "taste the natural ingredients", I quite like milder flavours and herbs.

I genuinely don’t understand people saying that dooby decided to open a fine dining restaurant just because her BF has experience in fine dining. Just because he’s worked in fine dining doesn’t mean he’s only capable of making fine dining food and the decision was ultimately made by her since I’m sure she’s the main one funding the restaurant. There’s TONS of chefs who go working into fine dining and end up working at a more casual place. Also Dooby herself as a creator is so contradicting and completely out of touch I cannot stand some of her tone deaf videos. Mija seoul’s dishes look so pedestrian and it feels like they just rushed the opening just to keep the hype alive with her die hard fans. This place only works because of the celebrity behind the restaurant.

Went there in November, 2023. Me and my sister loved it!

It’s not surprising that the restaurant isn’t sustainable. This just doesn’t make sense

This is the style of a lot of Danish restaurants, small dishes and even if it’s not very fancy it feels elevated. They just have copied that style

You guises reaction are so honest lol esp the guy hahaha

Mija serves more traditional Korean style dishes with a “modern twist”, so it won’t be as flavorful or taste like western food. It’s more like natural flavors. With that being said, some of the dishes look very small. It’s probably not unique or amazing but it is a dooby experience.

thank you for this review, its so interesting!

I wish I lived in Seoul to be able to go to her restaurant. It would be my first stop if/when I visit South Korea.

100k!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉💪👏👏👏😌

So cute!❤️

Hey, thanks the helpful review. We will have to visit this restaurant, too!

It doesn’t look good…

Their 2 reactions I kenot 😂

It's too noisyyyy 😭

Thanks for honesty.

Ok this video quite funny

It's unbelievable that you said you'd go back when it was obvious you didn't enjoy the food and the wait time was horrible. I would bet my bottom dollar if this wasn't dooby's restaurant you'd have written a scathing review.

You went to the restaurant, seemingly to judge the food to your tastes and video this. It wasn’t to enjoy the experience. Everyone has their own tastes. I have worked in a coffee shop and people would record us sometimes, I hope you asked for permission because it’s very distracting to the people working and frankly disrespectful to video people who haven’t consented to be in your review.

Cool so her restaurant is pretty much like her content, pretentious

guy looks like he is struggling throughout the whole meal LMAO

the interior design does not watch the music, which doesn't match the food, which doesn't match the interior design 😭😭😭 it's no wonder this place closed down

I really thought that she will have this homey food to share but it seems like they focused on edgy food. The disconnect between her food vids and restaurant food set up her customers and viewers leaving wanting.

i always thought her restaurant would be more homely and personal because of the food/culture she makes and shares on social media. but every time i watch a review of her restaurant, it makes me feel so disconnected?? but maybe thats just me for not really having an interest in "hard to reserve," high scale, small portion places lol

I think this review is fair. Apologize that I can't remember, but there is this other very famous Michelin restaurant that sort of has a disclaimer saying they will make food you probably won't like. It's just because they want to do something so different that not everyone will enjoy it. I get the feeling of wanting to like something you just don't. I really enjoy Dooby's videos, but even though we will visit Korea soon her restaurant is 1) too far away from where will be 2) not exactly the experience I'm looking for. I think what they're doing is super awesome. Great review.

i aint even need audio. already knew y'all were hella annoyed HAHAHHA

Its the onion with some juice that would’ve pissed me off 😂

Lmfaoo the faces both of ya’ll make every time a new dish arrives 🤣🤣

So dooby attracted people to her channel because of comfort food and generous portions of delicious-looking dishes and she starts a restaurant serving these instead?? 😂 Yeah, it’s no wonder this business failed..

Baby.... im really sorry but your caption is not matching your face at all 😂 and i really think your rating is too nice compared to your face

idk why but i got so nervous when your boyfriend ate the food.. he seems like a more honest critic HAHA but thank you for the review!

They should have focused on highlighting the sustainable ingredients and mastered the dishes with few offerings rather than focus on fine dining and pairing with lots of dishes

Omg you are Filipino like me! I want to visit the restaurant when I go to S. korea but I’ve been seeing not so good reviews about the place. Thanks for the review.

She serves gourmet food, but she cooks regular food we eat. that doesn't match at all. all this food is chosen by her, but not made by her.

Although she has closed down the restaurant now but literally from the beginning i thought the menu will include all the recipes she show us in the shorts and i was so excited bcz i have been following her channel since the beginning but i was kinda disappointed or sad whatever like why wouldn't she included those food items is something wrong with her? The restaurant would be a hit if the menu include those recipes instead of this 9 course meal very disappointed

ngl that onion dish really pissed me off for a place like that

Fine dining price and that many servings, I think $60 is cheap. I do think if they should focus on food tasting versus trying to be creative and edgy.

Your skin looks so healthy and pretty!!

Your review obviously foreshadowed the closing of Mija. 😢 Thanks for sharing your experience (and disappointment). I think I spared myself the same letdown after seeing their closing video. I hope they come back with a Korean comfort food theme if they try again. All of Dooby’s dishes look so appetizing to me.

bruh id rather eat at a hot plate or shabu shabu restaurant

Fine dining is not for me. Give me normal restaurant food or Street food anytime

The music doesn't go with the food

The onion and cider is weird

ever since the resto opened i've been checking out review vlogs every now and then because i have always been curious about the experience and seeing this (and a few others) just confirmed to me that maybe theres a specific food palette that their course meals (??) is suited for along with the variety of korean alcohol djdhdh this is really insightful though, thank you for this!

When it comes to Korean foods, it's all about the big amount and the various side dishes but like those foods.. i've never seen any foods like that before, quite unnecessarily experimental. they don't tingle my Korean taste buds

Food doesn't even look appetizing to me.......maybe for an experience i will go but the amount is ridiculous....and btw love your partner rections😂😂 you both were definitely not enjoying the food😅😅

that's rough, i would really think if she sticked with comfort food she'd do better than fine dining...

I mean, she has to do fine dining because her boyfriend is a chef. I bet if it weren't for him, she would have definitely put up a cafe or any casual dining instead.

Thanks for a very honest review!

Ohh Filipino ka HAHAHA magtatagalog na siguro ako and will give my straight opinion based on watching her countless vids. Siguro kaya rin nagsara yung restau niya dahil super busy ni Kevin and ewan ko feel ko masyado siyang busy sa pagv-vlog niya. Yung experience din ni Kevin is sanay talaga siya sa restau/food work kumpara kay Tina na let's say walang work experience. I think expected din yung pagsara nung restau kaya ayun. Tinagalog ko na baka atakihin ako nung mga diehard fans hahaha, well fan din naman ako pero this is my unbiased opinion.

I love the honesty

In short it is more of her boyfriend's restaurant, she is just marketing. Nothing wrong with that per see, but the disconnect and USD $60 price is what throws people off.

Fyi mija has closed permanently 😢

It's nice to see a new channel - and I appreciate that y'all were honest about the review

for fine dining it seems too noisy

I'm going there next week!! Still so so excited ahhhh thanks for the review:)

enjoyed it.

hope you guys have a nice time in korea! i wanted to go bc i like dooby but personally, the food doesn’t look that special and i won’t be going anymore, thanks for the review :)

Hope you blow up, loving your channel so far. I wanted to see a review thank you for being honest. ❤

I really love dooby but some of vids she talks about how she loves home meals over fancy gourmet 9 course meals. Her portions were very tiny and for $90... thats crazy expensive considering she says she grows most of the stuffs herself. In my currency it sums up to rm418 per person... for comparison, cheapest coldplay concert ticket was 228... Dooby is contradicting herself lately 😭🥲😅 Edit: thank you for the honest review!

thanks for being honest. this is a message for TINA! change the menu! lol

I’ve been curious abt mija seoul if its worth it or just the hype. Thank you for this!

I agree that food is so-so. Tina is just cashing in on her social media popularity and also creating a job for her boyfriend. Seems like it is just experimental cooking, but unfortunately the flavors are extreme; either tasteless or overly sour. It went out of business???

that food looked horrible

The food looks horrible.

She has a restaurant????🌚

This comment is a little late, but no idea why people came for you in the comments (prob dooby fans) when dooby herself is so incredibly tone deaf and not a good person based on how she treated the guy she was leasing the building from (tried to take him to court when she was absolutely in the wrong). Thanks for an honest review! The menu had no merit.

Honestly the only thing that gave me doobydobap vibes was the interior & alcohol. It looks good but wasn’t what I expected from her.

Si I guess you have something against Dooby. Review seemed less than honest. That guy loved to show his displeasure with the food.

What onion was that omg!

Even if this setup is for fine dining because of her boyfriend, it still falls short of "fine dining", like that's the saddest looking food and plating i've ever seen😅

Pleasantly surprised at the price, $60 for fine dining + $30 for drinks is on the lower end (although still rlly expensive for my cheap ass lmao). I’ve see one of her vids going through each course and that one seemed appetizing to me so hopefully this experience is just a fluke cause of the new menu lols. Anyways, what I’m most curious about is if this kind of meal leaves you full or not 👀

I haven't seen much of doobydobap's content recently but since seeing her stuff back in 2020/2021, I imagine she's got even more popular. Though it's a shame her restaurant isn't good, people will still go because of her name and who she is

Great review. I appreciate that you tried to be fair, even charitable with some dishes. I know for me, everything boils down to: do I enjoy this as much or more than a homemade sinigang baboy and leche flan? If not, it feels like a waste of money. 😂

❤love the straight honesty 👏🏽✨❤

I mean she’s not a chef her boy friends not a chef . You are paying for over hyped noob cooks who haven’t even been in a legit restaurant and paying $60 because a RU-vidr has ad money lol

Bro has the metabolism of a moth

Have you ever been to a fine dining restaurant before? 🤨

I really appreciate the honest review! Id honestly love to see more content like this! Your vibes 10/10

This is crazy and disappointing!!!! Even rich people that spend thousands on fine dinner would expect a lot more than whatever this was (ofc bcz they would they know food like experts from the variety of food they usually eat) !! It's so different from what she usually does on her cooking chanel, that's all about hearty comforting meals...I wish the theme could've been like that along with a touch of fine dining. But your fall menu was just...absurd..I can tell that your pockets hurt after this meal and mine would've too!! I understand she's new to the business, but She should definitely improve her customer's experience. I mean the thin slice of onion with...vinegar? I don't know how to feel about this😂. I can only hope not all the menus are like the fall ones.

I like doobydoobap's videos and her charm, but I'm gonna say that the courses of this meal really do not look appealing at all 😅 which I was quite shocked about... Thank you for sharing your experience and the very honest thoughts on it with us!! Your video is wonderful and I love the vibe and pace🥰

How much did it cost?