In the Vietnamese horror series Devil’s Diner, a mysterious chef presents his unsuspecting guests with delicious meals that have the ability to grant all of their dreams and desires. However, do they have what it takes to face the consequences and pay the price? The series focuses on the five sins in Buddhism — greed, anger, delusion, pride and suspicion.
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Devil’s Diner Netflix Director
Ham Tran
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Devils’ Diner 2025 Cast
Le Quoc Nam, Le Huynh, Tran Nam Khoa, Tran Minh Hiếu, Nguyen Trong Hai, Dinh Y. Nhung, Do Tien Phat, Mai Son, Tran Quoc Nam, Le Hong Son
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TIỆM ĂN CỦA QUỶ
The series has 6 episodes, each with a runtime of 50 minutes.
Devil’s Diner Review
Netflix recently released Devil’s Diner, a Vietnamese series that showcases desperate people coming to a mysterious diner and making a deal with the manager to get their desires fulfilled. The series has an overarching storyline of the manager who is unable to get away from the diner and B plots involving the customers who generally end up dying after they come to him. The series showcases the Buddhist sins using these different smaller stories and viewers will find it a bit difficult to eat anything while watching this one go down!
First things first — the series is absolutely stunning. The practical effects will make your stomach churn as people cut their thumbs open, chop their and a goat’s tongue up and do many other disturbing things that will make you feel squeamish. These sequences add to the horror elements of the story because some of them, as one can imagine, don’t always make you feel horrified otherwise.
The storylines themselves are a hit or a miss. Mixing folk horror with the sins angle, the series weaves intricate sequences which aren’t just horrifying but are also quite dramatic. The series weaves together these human stories involving greed, anger and other difficult emotions well, leaving us to ponder over the situations and their consequences. However, I must mention here that the series definitely has its drawbacks. Although it creates a very creepy atmosphere, complete with a fantastic opening sequence, the series is unable to make us feel truly scared.
The body horror sequences are great, but the stories themselves sometimes feel a bit unrealistic or conveniently written to complete the episode quickly. The stories do have potential, but they sometimes feel silly and half-baked to truly make an impact. I must say that Le Quoc Nam is terrifying and mysterious throughout the runtime of the series, but each other leaves us wanting a bit more. Of course, that also means that every episode does not leave an equal impact. Sometimes the outcomes are a bit expected as well which will leave viewers a bit disappointed.
However, one great thing about Devil’s Diner is that the performances are simply fantastic. Everyone on-screen does a great job of bringing out whatever is expected of their characters, so much so that you can’t help but feel emotional for them and understand their desperation and plights. Some of the stories are just so heartbreaking that they are difficult to get over and might just bring a tear to your eye and it’s all because of the splendid performances of all of the actors.
Final Thoughts
Devil’s Diner is an interesting watch that brings out a lot of emotions in its viewers. Although not all of its stories are as impactful, it sets itself apart from other shows that are all jumpscares without anything truly horrifying. In spite of not being the best, I think this is a series worth the watch for horror fans.
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