Fantastic! We hired the Dinner Detective cast for an employee staff team training day and it was great! The cast did a great job at interacting with all the employees and our employees had a wonderful time and couldn't stop talking about it the whole week! We will def. do this again. read more

We had a blast at the Dinner Detective show this past weekend! While we had been to other mystery shows, this was in a class of its own! The show was clever, the detectives funny and engaging and it was a real challenge to figure out "who dunnit"! The other guests were friendly and down to earth. An absolutely unique way to spend a fun evening and get a real brain work out. We recommend to all! read more

My wife and I attended a show this past Saturday in celebration of her birthday. We have been to murder mysteries before and enjoy some of the other venues here in Denver. We came across this show after doing an intensive google search of other murder mysteries in Denver. From the website this one sounded fantastic, the first thing that really struck us was their adamant stance on dress code "No logo/printed T-shirts, shorts, ballcaps, flip-flops, or torn clothes are permissible." Upon arrival for check-in it became pretty clear that the dress code was not really that strict or strictly enforced as we saw patrons wearing all the allegedly prohibited garb. The evening starts out after check in with some billing about and three plates of hors d'oeuvres being circulated, I'm not quite sure how this constitutes an actual course of a meal. The hors d'oeuvres were not bad at all in taste but again pretty sparse to be considered a course. The bar is incredibly overpriced beer and wine and mixed drinks are pretty steep indeed. As well the website touts the show as "you will not find yourself staring at cheesy costumes, there will be no recited campy dialogue and certainly no hokey song and dance." Yet the performers are wearing plastic gun belts, handcuffs over the top bad ties, sunglasses, etc. cheesy costumes are part of the fun, but the fact that they drill home that they don't use it and then you get there and they do seems a bit hypocritical. And I would have to classify someone singing to the tune of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline "This wound of mine" would certainly fall under both categories as "campy dialogue" or "hokey song and dance"in my opinion. The main course was absolutely atrocious, my wife's chicken literally was more than half raw, as well as mine being really pink. And the accompanying vegetables were overly salty and very soggy. The dessert course was also disappointing as A lot of people don't really care for German chocolate cake, and even by that standard it was grainy and not good at all. Overall we left feeling incredibly disappointed considering how long we wanted to attend the show. read more

Hilarious! We will be going to our third one in August. The food is great, service was exceptional, and there aren't enough words to explain the quality of the performances. I paid to have my husband as a suspect. Totally worth the extra money. read more

My family gave this to my mom for her 60th birthday, and it was so much fun. The actors were awesome, and the show was really interactive. Everyone was laughing and enjoying themselves the whole night. In addition to the scripted pieces of the show, there was a lot of improv and off-the-cuff humor. Overall, it was a great experience, and a unique way to spend a Saturday night, and I would recommend it to anyone! read more

Just got home from the show. The good: the actors were excellent, the food was delicious, the bar was extensive. Opportunities to improve: The room was drab and was not conducive to feeling like you were in a mystery. Also, please make more than one copy of the clues for each table. We had a blast! read more

After reading the "advertised" reviews I was excited to attend and invited a friend as well. I was disappointed. The room was very small and cramped. Surprisingly, there were no props in the room. There was nothing that would lead you to believe you were attending a mystery dinner. The food choices were beef, chicken or vegetarian. We ordered chicken. All of the chicken orders had brown mushroom gravy. Everyone thought this was highly unusual and it tasted unusual too. We picked over the horrible meal - barely eating anything! I complained to the hotel and on theloom feedback form during the dinner. Obviously customers do not matter because noone contacted me nor demonstrated sny concern. The actors were good, but the humor was not. I could not force myself to laugh when the story line was so corny. The printed clues could have been more professional and in color. The copies were bad! This was not a professionally run organization. The MC read all of his notes. Would have expected him to know his parts. The fabulous advertisements are misleading. They only show the positive reviews. I wasted over $100. Save your money and go have a nice dinner at a great restaurant. This is not worth it. I will never attend again and will discourage others from attending. read more

My wife received tickets as a Christmas present last December. We decided to attend on the 14th of December of this year (I know, what took us so long). Interactive shows typically are not my thing but my wife needed a date so I obliged. Both of us are fairly introverted but rather enjoyed the show. It was interactive without being embarrassing. The people we were seated with were very friendly and enjoyable to dine with. My expectations for the meal were pretty low as I have attended other dinner theater and most food is pretty low standard. Also, my wife and I are vegans so we usually get a meal which is very much an afterthought. Boy were we surprised!!! The salad was a typical dinner salad with mixed greens and a vinaigrette. The main course was fantastic!!! It was an eggplant dish which was very good and very pretty to look at. They actually put some thought into the vegetarian (with cheese) and vegan (without cheese) dish. We were the only two vegans (there were also vegetarians) in attendance but we felt like they actually put a lot of thought into our meal. We couldn't have been happier with the main course. The other people at our table also had meals that looked very good. They all seemed very happy with their food as well. Our dessert was a fresh fruit bowl which was a nice way to end the meal. Others in attendance had a nice piece of cheesecake. The wait staff was top notch! Very friendly and attentive. The show was very entertaining! The actors all seemed to very much care and enjoy what they were doing. By all appearances they were having a great time. It was comical and highly enjoyable. The actors had terrific improv skills and were very funny. You can tell that they love what they do. Funny and odd things happened during the course of the evening which were related to the show but I will not spoil it for those who plan to attend as I am not sure of the show cycles. Considering the fact that I previously would have never bought tickets to a show like this on my own, we had a great time. We are planning on bringing others at a later date. Seems that a group excursion to The Dinner Detective would be a blast!!! I recommend attending. read more

The lady friend and I took in a performance of the Dinner Detectives primarily because we find a Groupon or Groupon-like deal for the show (making it a very inexpensive evening). Neither of us really knew what to expect, but went in with open minds. I had only been to a murder mystery once before, but one of the interesting things about The Dinner Detectives is that they planted actors in the audience, which made the evening very interactive and less of a traditional stage show. The performances were over the top (at times a little too over the top), and generally amusing. The whole show was well put together and fun. The food was typical hotel banquet food (edible but forgettable), but didn't at all detract from the entertainment of the evening. It's not the sort of thing I'd do every week, but next time I'm in the mood for a murder mystery I will absolutely come looking for The Dinner Detectives. read more

Bought ticket to the valentine's day show At the embassy downtown Denver. We had never been to a show like this so we were pretty excited. From the start April (the host) and all the actors in the show were AMAZING. The bartender was awesome. Everything about the show was GREAT. My partner and I had a BLAST. I can't stop talking about how much fun it was. I definitely would buy tickets again. FYI the food wasn't that great. But the entertainment is worth every penny. I'd recommend checking out the show for sure. read more

We attended the performance tonight and We did have fun but I think with a little more effort it could have been wonderful! I have to say the the appetizer ( course 1) was a passed half a spring roll. It was tasty but considering it a course was far fetched. The drinks were extremely expensive (7.50 for a beer a glass of wine was $9.50 and a Coke was 4.50. The dinner main course was not served until a few minutes to 8 and everyone was very hungry by that point. The chicken entree was very good and the pork was also pretty good. The murder mystery was very hoky but cute. It really comes down to not who guesses the murderer but who has time to write down all of their reasons why. This has a lot to do with who got enough time to look at the clues. The process of the clues is done by handing one laminated sheet per table of 10. I think if they actually provided a packet to each guest it would be more efficient. The actors are very obvious (you never see them reading the clues)! At the end it was very thrown together and it was very obvious they wanted us out of there. I do not feel they finished off the process very well. Than when everyone at our table was waiting for some of the clues they stared the count down of 2 minutes to hand in our papers ( I felt like I was back in high school) All in all we had fun but I just felt like it was good but not great! read more

My wife and I have always wanted to go to a murder mystery dinner and are new to the Denver area so bought a couple tickets for this last Saturday night. We showed up at 6 as suggested. On the website they seemed pretty adamant about the dress code, so we made sure to change before coming. Upon arriving at the Dinner it was obvious the dress code wasn't as strict as portrayed. After arriving at 6 you check in at a table outside of the conference room the dinner takes place. Then you stand there for about an hour while hors d oeuvres are being carried around on plates. Then after finally making it in and sitting down the show begins. It's over the top cheesy, I mean painful. After 15 minutes and before eating my wife snuck to the bathroom and texted me and the feeling was mutual. We went back to the hotel and ordered a pizza! I enjoy cheesy puns and dumb jokes but this was something else. Goodluck! read more

Our Board chose to attend the Dinner Detective as their holiday celebration. It was definitely a hit with everyone who attended. Love that they can customize a performance to work with your group and that you can even set the rating so it is family friendly or as racy as you want it to be. In addition to the fun of the performance, the food was good and the bar readily available. Parking is available via valet or in several lots around the facility. Be sure to give this a try next time you want a group to have a good time. read more

We hired The Dinner Detective for a private show for our office's holiday party. Steve was great to work with leading up to the event and made my work easy. All the actors onsite were terrific as well and very professional. The show was hysterical and they were able to incorporate many of our office's inside jokes into the dialogue. I would highly recommend them! read more

The Dinner Detective was in a conference room at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Denver. The location was good. Parking was not- we were going to valet but the valet told us we were not welcome in their garage since we were not staying overnight. We were able to pay the same and park next door. The staff running the show and the actors were fantastic. Greta, the main announcer, was clear and friendly. The actors were funny and informative. When it comes to the actual performance, I would have given them 5 stars. The staff at the hotel was also great, helpful and nice. The downsides- we had a hard time hearing Greta and the actors. If they had mics attached to them, it would have made it a LOT easier. We missed many things that were said because we just could not hear them. The drinks were extremely overpriced- $9 for a Fat Tire, really? And the food was not very good. Watching my mother try to cut chicken showed me that the chicken was not cooked correctly, The Vegetarian option was the same veggies as with the meat, with a slice of squash on top of the veggies. I would think a high class hotel would know a little more about vegetarian dishes than throw a bunch of veggies on a plate and call it an entree. So for the actual Dinner Detective group, they're great. Maybe they can pick a better location to offer it? read more