The Dinner Detective eschews campy costumes and plots for an exciting evening of food-accompanied mystery and paranoia. Actors hide among the diners, making everyone a potential suspect and every bite an ominous one. To solve the crime, guests freely interrogate one another, chivvying out clues about the murderer and determining who has a bloodthirsty look in their eyes. The diner who comes closest to solving the mystery through their snooping goes home with a prize basket to show off to their friends or split with the murderer as per their shadowy conspiracy. Prop guns and gunshot sound effects may be used during the performance.