The Dinner Detective True Crime Murder Mystery Dinner ShowReviews of thedinnerdetective.com

Of all the murder mystery dinner shows I've seen, this was absolutely the worst. Almost half of the people didn't get to eat until 8:30pm. The actors kept saying the same thing! I forgot the clue!?!? The tea was horrible and I felt guilty because I was one of the people that got to eat on time.

We have been to several different murder mystery dinners in the past, and this one was absolutely the worst experience. There really was no plot at all, lots of down time where nothing happens, no story at all. The food was not very good, and portions were controlled. not one appetizer although it was in their. Don't waste your money, Have a good dinner somewhere else.

Awful! First, we attendees were locked out of the building and had to wait outdoors with thunder and lightning. When we got in, my party of 3 was told we were assigned to a table that only had 2 chairs available. It took a person from the host site (on food duty) to help. It was like pulling teeth. I had to keep asking for things like the salad, silverware, the detective form, the pencil, etc. There were only 2 young guys in the "cast." They had juvenile humor--the one put on an Elmer Fudd speech impediment which no one could understand, and joked with his buddy that his name is "Deep Johnson." There was no skit. No story line. Nothing to solve as it was so discombobulated with unrelated pieces here and there. Took forever and was torturous, especially when the host "actor" (who didn't care about resolving our seating issue that they created) turned on a loud boom box and just stood with nothing going on. We desperately wanted to leave but since I paid extra for my daughter to be a "suspect" I wanted to see what they would do as it was getting later and later. Guess what being a suspect meant. The host "actor" (he never acted, just improvised quips) just asked the "suspect" to stand and he asked what you do for a living. Pretty lame. If you absolutely have to go for some desperate reason, don't pay extra for a suspect. Food was ok but minimal. Would not recommend. Nothing at all like a murder mystery.

I took my cousin along with 3 other family members on Saturday, October 10, 2026 to the Double Tree Hotel in Palm Beach Gardens. Your ad was false advertisement. It stated that pass  around Hors d'oeuvres were included & we never received them. The acting was so unprofessional with a lot of screaming because the microphone did not work. The food which I had the chicken breast, was so dry I couldn’t eat it. Then desert was never served by 9pm and we had to leave. The whole show was very confusing. Nobody at my table understood it. For the money we paid it certainly was not worth it. Would not recommend this to anyone.

Gentlemen, I attended this Dinner Detective event last night (Oct 10) and it was not a very good experience. To begin with we were a party of 12, Ten people from the group were seated together and I, along with my companion were placed at a different table. We specific requested that if you would not create a table for 12 (other than just 10), to break us up into two groups of six so we could sit with friends, which did not happen. Im a pretty social guy and probably would have accepted the situation had it not been for the fact that the other 8 at the table were all friends (They were a total group of 16 who were broken up into two groups of 8). The others at the table were gracious, but since we were not .in their group were not included in much of the conversations (Some thought we were planted by the event organizers). Additionally, as part of the menu hors devours were to be included, they were not. Bottom line, as a result of not being seated with our friends and left at a table where we didn't fit in , microphone problems which made it difficult to hear and some issues with the food, I would like a full refund of our 2 tickets. This was a very negative experience. Gary M Schnabolk (Order number 82829143)

The food was inedible, the performance wasn’t much better. If this was a restaurant I would have walked out, left the show so I could go home to have dinner. Very disappointing to pay $100.00 a person and leave without eating.

I am a 100% Disabled Retired Veteran and was visiting my mother on the East Coast from Las Vegas and wanted to treat her to something fun, I figured this show would be a good solution. The day after I arrived I felt very ill, went to the ER and was diagnosed with Covid-19 in which a few days later my mother got it as well. I contacted The Dinner Detective a few days before the show with proof of the diagnosis from the ER and information. I requested a credit and/or refund under special circumstances and was denied and charged the full amount for both me and my mothers tickets in which we both were quarantined with Covid-19. I would never recommend this show/company to anyone based on how I was treated. Completely DISGUSTED and recommend staying far away from this show and company if they treat people like this. There should be special circumstances under certain conditions like this to take care of their customers should emergencies like this happen.

Not worth the price or the entertainment. Food was awful. There was too much talking and not enough interaction