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    The Dinner Detective

    4.2 (46 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    Great Show!!! Very entertaining!!! Great food and cast! The venue was great. Loved it and will definitely come again.

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    Leah S.

    Such a fun evening full of twists and turns! I was a little leery to attend because I wasn't sure what to expect, but it definitely exceeded the limited expectations that I had. I won't ruin it for other participants, but you are literally a part of the show from the moment you walk in the door. I sprung for the suspect package and had fun watching my son realize HE was being accused of the crime. Pay attention, there is a prize for the person who solves the crime, which just happened to be my kid. #proud The food is average hotel fare, but there is a limited bar in the room where the show takes place. Additionally, there is a better bar directly outside of the room. This is a fun night and I would do it again in the future when the storyline changes

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    This was such a great time!!!! I would highly recommend doing this with a group!!! We had an absolute BLAST! I have not laughed so much in a long time AND the mystery was totally interesting and engaging. So glad we did it and am excited to do it again!!!

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    Funny show and great atmosphere . The actors were very funny. Two suspects of the crime were sitting right next to us, and we had no clue. The entire experience kept us engaged and guessing. Highly recommend.

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    Had a great time at the dinner. It's very engaging. The people were so much fun. The food was excellent.

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    We had such an amazing time! On our toes the whole time and laughing ! This was a gift to us and we enjoyed every moment!

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    Thanks Keri! So glad to hear you had a good time!

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    Went with my husband and parents. It was so much fun! Totally not what I expected. Real life Clue!

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    Great dinner with a FUN murder mystery woven between courses. Very reasonable price for dinner and a show.

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    Thanks for the review Bruce!

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    Thanks Sarah! We are so glad you had fun!

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    Very entertaining, made for some good laughs with fun people! Really entertaining, and delightful.

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    You rock Sarah! Thanks for sharing your experience!

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    We had a really good time , not big on having to socialize with a group of people I dont know. But show was entertaining.

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    It was alot of FUN. The food was pretty tasty. My only complaint is at times it was hard to hear. I would definetly go back to another show.

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    Very entertaining and well done! The food was good and the act was funny and well thought out. Highly recommend.

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    Thanks Matt! What a glowing review! So glad you had a great time.

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    So fun absolutely loved it!!! So entertaining ALL THE WAY THROUGH! Food was AMAZING!!! Servers was on top of it!!!

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    You rock for this amazing review Donny!

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    Super fun, engaging experience. Food wasn't great, and a comp drink would go great. but over all would do it again!

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    The show was great. The actors were funny and engaging. The clues kept us guessing until the end! Was a great way to spend a Saturday.

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    Thanks for the review Deanna! So glad you had fun!

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    Super fun experience to celebrate my friend's birthday, I got the suspect package to have her called out which was definitely worth it.

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    This is a fun event where you can laugh all night being entertained by comedians and also enjoy…read morebeers so many beers. Lagers shandys sweet beers and IPAS. I tasted a lime shandy so so good and a beer called little buns. Very refreshing. There are food trucks with food such as steak sandwiches empanadas bbq sandwiches. I ordered the potato and eggplant empanada and it was very delicious. It's a a night for of laughter and beer. Life is good.

    While I'm not a partaker of alcohol of any kind, I am a connoisseur of stand-up comedy - and this…read moreevent allows for an overdose of laughs from a variety of different comics. With four different stages set up, there's a little something for everyone. Observational humor, hilarious stories, and sometimes just plain weird stuff - it's all at Brew Ha-Ha. I did sample a few of the food trucks including a Burger truck and a BBQ truck, which I'll review separately. Soft drinks were only available at one specific stand, which I guess makes sense given this is a beer festival but it did make things inconvenient for a non-drinker like me. My favorite comedian, Chad Daniels, flew in to town from Minneapolis for this event and destroyed the stage under the tunnel. I didn't catch Preacher Lawson's set on the main stage, but he was on last year's America's Got Talent and did well there so I'm sure he was fun to watch. Many of my favorite local comedians took to the various stages and I was able to enjoy sets from some of them like Ran Barnaclo, Anna Mazza, Lee Kimbrell, Grant Stiles, and many more. The weather was perfect, the comedy was funny, and the crowds seemed to be having a great time. It was about as perfect an event as you could ask for!

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    A weirdly located little gem that I hope to visit again and again!…read more I went to see a comedian by the name of Greg Fitzsimmons. He had been plugging his upcoming date in "Dayton". Well, I kept checking his website and the website of the main comedy club in Dayton, OH, and couldn't find anything. So, I emailed him and asked. And that's when he said, "Sh*t, you're right. It's Dayton, KY. I need to tell people that!" That's when I learned there was a Dayton, KY and a comedy club in Dayton, KY. Using Waze, as I do, I set my course for Commonwealth Sanctuary in Dayton, KY. Fairly straight forward....driving along.... Waze says I'm almost there. A few turns later, I'm smack-dab in the middle of a neighborhood. There it was. In the middle of the block, on a residential side street, was what looks to be a former church. A small church, but obviously once a church. Residential houses on each side and across the street. But that was it. I walked up, confirmed I was in the right place and that was it. Upon entering, you're asked your name to get checked in. Then, someone walks you to your table. It's a small room. Very small room with a small altar....I mean stage, at the front. While walking up, the person seating me pointed out where the restrooms were and the exits, in case I needed either. She then pointed out their menu and order cards. She explained that each item has a number (kind of like ordering sushi) and said just write down the numbers and someone will pick it up. She pointed out they do silent ordering and silent check drops in order to not interrupt the show. THIS IS BRILLIANT! Every comedy club in the world should take note of this and make this the standard. There is nothing more aggravating that getting asked, or hearing the next table get asked, if they're "good" or God forbid order a bunch more drinks or food. Then, there's the dreaded check drops and payment at the table. I cannot think of a worse interruption than the check drop at my table and surrounding tables. Commonwealth Sanctuary does it right. They had quite a few hot food items, sandwiches, snacks and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to choose from. It was actually a nice menu. During this visit, I simply ordered a Snapple Iced Tea. The club is small and intimate. This is good and bad and I witnessed both. The good - the comic can easily do crowd work and go back and forth with audience members, if they choose. The bad is when you ALWAYS, have the person in the crowd who then sees this as an invite to be part of the rest of the show. The level of severity of these people is always related to their level of intoxication. So, there's that. No comedy club is free from that element. Would I go back? 100%! Nice little place. Weird location, but a very cool discovery. They have open mics, local comics and national touring comics coming through all the time. It is literally so small and intimate that it feels like you're at someone's house. But, that's not a bad thing. Ticket prices are fair and quite low as are the food and beverage prices. Commonwealth Sanctuary really has it going on. It would have been nice to see more people at this particular show, but you can't blame that on the club. It could be a number of things. My biggest hope is that word gets around about this little gem in our area because their friendly staff really go out of their way to make this a nice and fun place to come and see a good show. Check it out!!!

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    They don't open up the seating area in time to order food. But service is good when they get…read morereleased. Food is comparable prices to fine dining and I don't object to that, but an automatic 18% gratuity is ridiculous. I generally tip 20-25 % but do not like being made to tip automatically. The fish and chips had twice as much fish as I expected and was excellent. Craft beer is super cold and very good. first come first served is kind of a joke. The host and warm up guys were not good but Dale Jones was excellent! I use a rollator and need to sit in it and they were very accommodating. Finding the place is hard if you have not been there before and Buffy was great at guiding me street by street till I was in the right place. I was impressed and will be back when a comedian I know is performing there.

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