The Murder Mystery Company in Columbus

We received tickets free due to previous foul up with a private party for my dads 75^th birthday party. I was very happy that the company cared that we had a bad experience and they wanted to make up for it. We got 4 free tickets to the show in Dublin. We went on a Friday night on May 29^th. The Food was cold, I had the fish, my husband the chicken, and our guests, the ravioli. All if it was cold. For the most part, seasoned well, but cold. The corona I ordered came as corona light and told they were out. The beer my husband ordered came as a light and told they were out. Our guest got the Blue moon, he ordered a 2^nd one and was told they were out. The waitress forgot about us on several occasions. The show was decent, but still not as much acting and too much audience participation. I have been to these types of showers before. This company doesn’t seem to understand what you spend so much money on, a show! If you are ok with paying the bill, getting cold food, bad service, and also being one of the actors, unpaid, then this show is for you. I don’t want to follow a script. I want to have a good dinner and see a show. My previous experience with these type of shows… you see a murder played out, and at the end you have a chance to solve it. The audience is involved in a way that still allows you to eat dinner, have a hot dinner, laugh and enjoy the actors. It still seemed the actors were mostly there to interview the guests. When the guests that they appointed as actors didn’t answer the questions correctly, they were asked if they read the binder they were given explaining to them what they were supposed to say and do. I thought it was humiliating to the guests who were not really wanting to become actors in the show. I know I didn’t want to. I wish I could give a better review the 2^nd time around.

In Kentucky we have a murder mystery company and cast that I’ve witnessed several times. Their scripts rotate monthly, but I became a bit bored after watching them about three times. Soooo, I was excited to learn that The Murder Mystery Company was coming to Equus Run Winery from Columbus, Ohio.
Their production was way different than the other one. Some can interpret that to be good, but I didn’t. I want to sit back and relax, enjoy my wine and dinner and entertained. This show was way too interactive for my liking.
I think there were only 3 different cast members and they started their act by mingling way before the show, while we were still up doing our wine tastings. It was then, prior to the show that they chose one person from each table to act as a «suspect». What do you know, I was chosen. They wanted me to go from table to table and ask questions in exchange for the bribery dollars… which I didn’t quite understand, because I seemed to won at that and had about five of the paper bills and hadn’t a clue what to do with them at the end. What was the prize or recognition?
The wine was good (as always). The food was catered by a different company and was good too. So luckily, the night prior to Valentine’s Day wasn’t too much of a flop. I definitely wouldn’t recommend it or bring a friend.

I went with a group of friends to this event on Saturday night. The seating was quite cramped and from some of the tables it was not easy to see what was going on. The actors were entertaining and made the show lively.
The food was good. Better than I expected it to be. But I used a Groupon and thought that was a fair price point. If I had paid full price I would have felt slighted. If you are asked to be part of the show, one of my friends was, you can expect to have to get up and leave the table as soon as your food arrives. On all 3 courses my friend came back to cold food and melted ice cream. She didn’t seem to mind. But I would have been annoyed.
If you choose to do this event I recommend going with a large group. We were a party of 3 that got sat with strangers that did not really seem to want to interact with us much and left us out on most of the group decisions to solve the mystery. Overall it was still an enjoyable experience and I am sure we will do it again.

Here’s the short review: please don’t go here.
I went here with a group for a birthday party and it was a painful experience. The room is not well set up for a theater production so it is hard to see at times and the sound system is poor, so it is nearly impossible to hear what is going on unless you are close — plus it’s super crammed. No one at my table or near us could understand what was going on. The performers were mediocre at best, but they really hardly spoke at all.
The low-​budget performance relies on random people from the audience to act as characters, but they are relied on too heavily. Random people at the show can’t effectively communicate the story they are given and the overall effect is a yawn-​incuding, confusing performance. The «real performers» end up badgering the audience volunteers the whole performance to say certain things. Who killed who? Who cares.
The food was mediocre at best — dry chicken, a pasty dessert. The entire thing is incredibly overpriced, even if you have a Groupon. I could look around the room and see the dull look on everyone’s faces; somehow we all made the same collective mistake.
I rarely complain about a business, but this one needs to go out of business quickly so no one else has to endure this awfulness.

I read the previous review and must say I disagree wholeheartedly.
We came with a groupon with two tickets for 54. A good value. If I had paid 120 I would have been disappointed.
The location is an adorable looking country home with standard antiques. (sort of like a cracker barrel without the rockers). The place is called the Morgan house. Parking is plentiful and free.
My mother and I attended July 21, 2012. We arrived 15 minutes late as we drove from Akron.
Yes. The seating arrangement is long Amish style dining. But the murder mystery is meant to be solved by teams sitting at the tables.
The food is fair, although not gourmet. But that is what happens at events with 150 people. (the food is fine. Think of rubber chicken political dinners). The staff is polite an very helpful.
The event is fast paced and funny. The people are proud to be there and are doing there best to be entertaining.
Here are some suggestions for improvement:
1. Some of the tables cannot see the action at the center of the room. This makes it hard to follow the story This is especially true of the table near the gift shop.
2. Please turn down the speaker system. It overpowers conversation for back tables.

The only reason I’m giving this «Murder Mystery» show a «2» and not a «1» is because my husband thought the acting had ‘sparse moments of entertainment’. I think he was just in a good mood because it was his birthday and the Buckeyes were winning. Truth be told, dinner was shabby, service was slow and unorganized, and the show itself was mediocre. Sounds very consistent with the other reviews, except the «5″ star rater… My dinner (chicken) was so overcooked that I was afraid I’d put someone’s eye out if I kept puncturing it with my knife and fork. Make no mistake, the venue, The Morgan House, is nice… been there several times before. It’s actually a miniature cracker barrel, styled with a charming front-​end made up of unique gifts, crafts and one-​of-​a-​kind homemade items. But the area reserved for the „Murder Mystery Co“ was dull and gloomy, not exactly ‘theater-​like». The cafeteria-​style seating made for a cram-​jam fit, yet there weren’t many other options. In saying all of this, my grandmother once said, ‘keep negative words short’ for they do not speak nearly as loud as simply not paying another dime to the company again. Thus, would I ever recommend this company to a friend, family member, or recommend that Groupon continues to co-​promote this offering, Absolutely NOT. It is by far the worst Groupon I’ve ever purchased, and I’ll be sure to triple-​check the merchant before clicking the BUY button, henceforth.

This place is terrible! My boyfriend bout a Groupon for it so we went to it last night and needless to say we only stayed for 15 minutes. First off it’s literally in an old house, we thought it would be more of a theater type atmosphere. Upon entering the house there is random crafts just placed everywhere for people to buy. When we got to the «theater» part of the house we had to wait in line to get a picture taken for a wild west theme and the actors forced us to put on cowboy hats and other items that were of theme that was the first strike of the evening. We were seated with 7 other people at a crammed table talk about awkward. On the table was a card stating how the crowd is supposed to interact during the show and are required to get up and ask questions to random strangers, I felt like I was back in school on the first day of class getting to know my peers. At this point my boyfriend and I were both unhappy with the whole scenario and the cheesy attempt to make this a fun thing that we got up and left. I’m telling you don’t waste your time or money on this place.

This was an absolutely miserable experience. We were forced to sit with 7 people at what clearly seats only 6. We were in the very back in which we could not see and depending hear what was even going on. Our waitress was rude, brought us a different bottle of wine that what we ordered, and seemed completely annoyed to even be there. The food is horrendous (I couldn’t even eat the chicken) and we ended up leaving early because it just wasn’t worth our time any more. Save your money and don’t do it!

The food was horrendous. Had I not used a groupon I would have been fuming mad at the price given the food and mediocre service. That being said the murder mystery part of it was really well-​done. The cast was very good, rarely if eevr broke character were enthusisastic and did great improv work. The set up integrated the diners/​audience into the mystery.

I have attended 2 shows by this company and loved both. The actors were great, easy to interact with and the themes of the dinners we’re fun!
Added bonus is they have acquired their liquor license so beer and wine are available. The food isn’t the best I’ve had but it isn’t the worst.
I enjoyed getting up and going around and «interviewing» suspects. It gets your creative juices flowing.
It’s great for nights out with friends or just a date with that special someone.
Looking forward to attending another show!

A group of friends and I went to the Morgan House last night for dinner and a show. First, the location was cramped and not planned well for a play. Our table was in the back and couldn’t see anything that occurred to the sides of the main «stage» or anything below the actors’ chests.
Ads for the show claim it to be interactive, comedic, and fun. Well, it’s hard to say it was any of those. The actors snapped at audience members throughout the evening for not memorizing lines and for talking when they were talking. At one point, the actors asked audience members a HIGHLY inappropriate question regarding their relationships, which I found to be distasteful and cheap for only a couple of laughs. The jokes were simple, uncreative, and sometimes redundant. Many of the actors had trouble with improvising when speaking with audience members, sometimes even getting angry when they forgot their lines. The play may as well be 100% scripted and noninteractive then. In addition, the play had nearly no action at all, but only interviews. No clever jokes, no visuals = no fun!
Dinner was a limited menu of stuffed red pepper, cheese manicotti, or chicken divan. The couple bites of manicotti from my friend were dry and tasteless. The chicken divan was a slightly soggy breaded chicken breast, garnished with a very simple cheese sauce. Even the bread rolls and brownie dessert were only cheap, store-​bought quality. The brownie tasted like Duncan Hines mix, perhaps two minutes overdone. While I try to give leeway because they have to produce so many meals, it’s hard to overlook the cheap quality food that came with a $ 60/​ticket. I expect better from a long-​standing restaurant. The food seemed more like something that even I, a college student, could have whipped up.
We used a Groupon for 50% the ticket prices, but it still wasn’t worth it to me. This is one show for which I would NOT pay another penny and I suggest others skip it as well.

My husband and I went to the Morgan House on Saturday night for the murder mystery dinner theater. First of all, this is not theater. There was no «acting» per se. It was a show based on a huge amount of interviewing. The space was totally not equipped for this type of performance. It was cramped/​uncomfortable seating arrangement. We were encouraged to get up to interview suspects, but there was no room in the place to do it. The food was okay, nothing to write home about, but edible. We were very disappointed as we had been looking forward to this date night. We were seated across from one another instead of next to each other and had to ask another couple to move to make space for us. We also could not hear what was going on or even the people at our table (who were supposed to be our team). Save your money! Not worth the money or time.

Great evening at The Granville Inn with this troupe. The food was delicious and the restaurant had a full bar available. The room was spacious and offered plenty of room to move about between tables gahering clues. The regular cast did a good job of greeting people as they came in, interacting with them and then using that frame of reference to select one person at each table to play a role. Each character had a binder for reference and you worked together as a table to solve the mystery. We definitely plan to attend again at The Granville Inn.

I went last Thursday with 3 other girlfriends, and had a great time! The story line was fun, and the actors kept the show moving along. I don’t think that I would recommend it for children under 16 or so. There were a lot of sexual references at times. All of us had the chicken entrée, and really enjoyed it. The servers kept the drinks refilled and were quick at clearing the tables. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars is the lack of a liquor license. Although from what I hear they are getting one in the next couple of weeks. Will definitely be going back for the next show!

My husband I went to the show at Morgan House in Dublin, OH. We have been to several dinner theatres/​murder mystery dinners, and this is the worst. I only gave one star because 0 was not an option. To begin with we were herded into a small open room with Amish «family style» seating at long wooded tables. It was so crowded that the servers (terrible service too!) were squeezed to get to the first half of the table, and had to «hand down» plates person to person (it was single servings, not family style portions). I think my husband nailed it when he said «It was the cook with the pasta!» Not only were the meal choices lame (stuffed pepper with potatoes, dry chicken cutlet with potatoes, or linguine), but it was terrible! We couldn’t even eat our pasta, which was undercooked fettuccine with a generic bland tomato sauce and three little meatballs. Of course there was the store bought brownie with a scoop of sub par vanilla ice cream. Aside from the food (these tickets were supposedly $ 60/​each regularly), the performance was horrendous! It was difficult to follow, was centered in a 6×6 open space of the floor or down the access hall to the restrooms (also inadequate) and out of view. This is an audience participation performance with one person from each table is chosen to be a suspect, and ultimately one is the culprit. However, it so crowded and discombobulated that you can’t circulate, and THEY choose the person randomly. Some people are just not good in front of a crowd, and about half of the «chosen’ were so uncomfortable or surprised that they couldn’t «play» the part of their quickly thrust character bio that was forced upon them during the salad course (they get a binder the whole table is then asked to read as you have salad and pass bread). Another two major faux pas’ of this group is they don’t have a liquor license, so no wine, beer, or cocktails (although the add clearly states Plenty of Speakeasy Cocktails) and as there several children in the crowd, one of which was chosen as a «suspect» player, there were some sexual or adult innuendos that were uncomfortable (the Don’s 2^nd in command is Dixon Cox as they make a point of stressing, is just one example). Finally, your nonalcoholic beverages are not included, and after nearly 2 and half hours of drudgery, the troupe wrapped everything up, and as people are leaving the wait staff comes rushing out trying to stop people who already leaving, and hand off $ 2,50-$ 4.50 beverage bills and collect money and tips for service that would have prevented me from returning, if not reporting to the manager, at any other establishment.
To sum it up– DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! Go to Cloak and Dagger! Or the Spaghetti Warehouses dinner theater. Cheers!