Murder Mystery Dinner Cruise

If you want a fantastic meal with some great sights, while also being entertained in a different way than before, this is definitely the option for you. Great service onboard, with some fine dining thrown in, I can highly recommend this experience.

OMG! What’s load of rubbish! So firstly our booking was messed up - not a problem they seemed quick to resolve it. I guess they wanted to secure their monies The boat is a lot smaller than I though but was very nice inside. The tables were laid our very nicely. Unfortunately my seat was really broken it dropped too low so I couldn’t sit up properly. We paid a lot of money for a window seat so I was a bit upset by this. The head waiter was really nice about this he offered another seat which wasn’t much better but as an alternative offered us extra champagne - mind you he had tons of extra welcome drinks so it wasn’t anything special but a welcomed gesture. In fairness to him He was very kind. The food was nice - nothing spectacular but decent - before you book there is a menu which gives you the option for a selection of one or two items eg for a starter you can have a salad or salmon mousse. It’s not extensive but clearly states either or option. However when we got on the boat you weren’t given this option it was one starter for everyone one main for everyone etc. if you had a specific dietary request gluten free vegan etc then you had to make this clear before. The service was a bit hit n miss they waiters seem to start at random points then miss people out completely it was a bit odd. Eg they would serve coffee n tea one side without any milk the bit come back to you for 10 minutes. Now we’ve been in city cruises in London and had ok food on boats before so for us it was really about the murder mystery entertainment. Whilst the actors were nice and did ok. No one intersected either us at all this is a valid point as again the advertisement was that they would. Also a quarter of the customers on board had pre printed murder mystery story details - we had nothing. A few people around us also looked a bit confused so whilst you got a little gist of what was going on you couldn’t really participate. I’m not sure if this happened because our initial booking was messed up. I did query this after by email but no one got back to me. On the way out the waiters were lined up at the front to say farewell holding their begging bowl of tips which I felt was abit tacky. If you were ordering drinks some people tipped then. It’s £95 a ticket so I didn’t think that was very good. Best advise - get a water boat taxi in the day or early evening to see London - it’s far far cheaper. Use the money you saved to get a nice meal somewhere. Don’t pay for murder mystery on a boat. It really wasn’t worth it. It doesn’t matter if you pay extra for window seat as you can walk around boat for view or photos. You won’t really notice scenery whilst eating. Also head straight to Tower Hill station it’s the closer train to the activity and you want to look out for Tower Millennium Pier.

We attended this event to celebrate our anniversary and it did not disappoint. The food, service and entertainment was excellent. We were fortunate to be on board with some very talented budding actors ( also dinner guests!) who really went for it and played their parts well. The views from the Thames were breathtaking!