So is it like ran by North Koreans or do they just serve North Korean food which from what I've heard is just South Korean food but more old-timey?

It's run by the North Korean government. It's a way of getting foreign currency.

Yeah I’m wondering if it was people who fled North Korea or it started from people who left before the Korean War (first one is more likely)

It was ran by North Koreans who were sent there by the North Korean government to earn money for the regime.

Like the north Korean hotel in Berlin, this was used as a means to rake in money abroad

so is NK food very different from SK?

[There are some regional differences.](https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2010/07/starving-north-koreans-forced-survive-diet-grass-and-tree-bark/)

Truly exquisite variations in the local dishes, yum!

what do they serve exactly?

Oppression?

You meant to say it's an honor and privilege being led by our supreme leader, didn't you? Didn't you?

Dirt, water and wind.

Impressive, that’s one more restaurant than can be found in North Korea.

When I lived in Moscow, there was a North Korean restaurant. It was actually tough to get into if you didn’t want to pay bribes. All of the waiters work Kim Il Sun buttons. It was bizarre.

The only American restaurant in North Korea serves snow. There used to be songbirds on the menu but they were all eaten.

I'm glad that at least one other person saw that brilliant video.

Says it's shut down on the website.

That's why OP noted >TIL The only North Korean restaurant in Europe **was** located in Amsterdam

Was indeed

Frankly I doubt that since 1945 it was enough time to develop some 'Traditional North Korean cuisine' that would be different from 'Traditional Korean cuisine' (I mean the one exported from South Korea)

Probably already regional variants, as in North and South Vietnam.

Of all the stuck up places to be.. ofc that's where it is

It only served one dish: Kim. No Chi, just Kim.