This drama started with a promising story but the writer decided to make a cliche conflict which destroy the future of this drama. I really disappointed with how the writer depicts the exes of both lead. Also, other downside is from the music cut. The music transition between scenes is not that smooth.

At first, i really like the female lead character because she is not a weak lead, but a strong one. Her character is a rational one, until...her ex comes in (first ex). The male lead character is a gem in K-drama land because not many male lead character is as mature as he is. Dr. Kim is a mature man with a great amount of patience for his girlfriend. Whenever the female lead starts to get anxious, the male lead is there to guide her. The male lead is always there for her, but is she? She is a selfish girlfriend and always pushes the male lead away no matter how hard the male lead tried to get close to her. The male lead, never, for once, had a doubt in their relationship, even from the first time they met. But the female lead had nothing but doubt, and that only goes away in the last 2 episode (after the exes conflict).

I get it, I understand her, at first, because she just got cheated on by her 2nd ex. But as the story goes on, I don't think that her way of trying to make it better by hurting the male lead is right, by trying to push away the male lead. I really hate the misunderstanding the female lead feels. She feels like she brings nothing but problems to the male lead which by the way, the male lead is okay with it. So, what's the problem? It's just a problem the writer wrote when he/she did not have any other brilliant choice of conflict, "just use the same old tricks, here comes the exes problem that will put your relationship on a test".

This drama had so much potential to make it to my best drama list along with It's Ok It's Love, but the conflict just take it all away. It's such a shame cause the leads chemistry is like no other. I rarely see the lead chemistry as mature as they are. That's why I put It's Ok It's Love as my first choice of best drama i've ever watched. The lead's relationship (in Dinner Mate) feels real, even if there is not much kiss or hot scene between the leads, but I can feel the warmth from their relationship. The kiss feels real, the touchy scene also feels real, except for one specific kiss scene (you'll know which when you see it).

My last thought of this drama, my regret for the writer is that it would’ve been better if the conflict is the build up of the leads romance. Because the two lead is someone who got hurt by their past (twice for the female lead), it woud've been better if the writer put more focus on the process of the lead getting to know each other. The exes story would be better if they are just one of the conflict not the main conflict. And it will be even better for the ending to show the leads marriage, not just a proposal. Actually, for me, it may be even better if the two lead got married throughout the story and the conflict are them trying to build a family together. Because, marriage is not the real ending in a relationship, and how they maintain their marriage is a great ordeal for this kind of story (like Tomorrow With You with less dramatic story).