First of all, I really think that the most popular review of Itaewon Class on MDL, written by user manicmuse, sums up pretty much everything about the show rather perfectly. I have always been lazy to write a lot, especially when someone else has already said almost everything I wanted to say. With that in mind, I'll try to spare as little effort as possible on this.

I'll start with saying that I'm no Kdrama expert. If anything, I'm a total newbie. That is to say that, I've no means nor any intention to compare the show or the actors to anything else. Now coming to the point, I did think of Itaewon Class as rather interesting in the start. But it went on to become unstable from interesting and then nonsense from unstable. While the first 4 episodes of the show builds upon the premise to give you hope, the final 4 epsiodes just ruins pretty much all of your expectations. I know it's called drama for a reason, but you expect it to satisfy the least of your expectations. On the contrary Itaewon Class managed to do practically everything I dislike towards the end. I actually do think that it's quite incredible in itself, not gonna lie. A story that could've become a lot with better handling and a romance that doesn't make much sense is self explanatory for everything the show did.

All that said, I actually do expect most people to like this, as I know my tastes are quite weird in itself and that the very thing that drives me to dislike this is what people usually love to see. But if I meet someone with my tastes and have to recommend it based on a scale of 1-10, I'll give it a 0, not because the show is particularly bad, but because I don't want someone else to feel the disappointment I felt. Just know that it's not everyone's cup of tea and watch without any expectations in particular, and that'll help you either really like it or at the very least not be disappointed.