Texas Star Dinner Theater

Went here with visiting family and we had a really fun time with a very good meal. The show had great timing and interacted with the audience really well. It was really funny and a good challenge to figure out who was the killer. Everything was excellent with a great price.

I decided to try this place for my birthday with some friends. The reservation process is very user-friendly and selecting your meal beforehand makes for quick service. Parking is not easy close to the theater due to the small location, so carpool if possible. The dining area is small, but that means that everyone can hear the actors easily. The food is nothing special, but it is good and I particularly enjoyed the mousse cake I got for dessert. The show is what makes Texas Star worth the price tag. The actors are very polished performers and do great improv with the audience. It was over-the-top, silly and overall a great show. My crew and I laughed through the whole story and agreed that it was a great birthday party. We'll be keeping an eye out for new scripts, because the cast really knows how to put on a show!

Most important things first: full bar with service before and during the show! The food is good - we had the beef (chicken fried steak, veggies, mashed potatoes) and the fish (tilapia, rice, veggies), plus salads and desserts. We weren't expecting much from dinner, but it was good and served super quickly!The show is hilarious and definitely worth a visit. The seating is comfortable, there are tables of 4, 6, and 8, so you may end up meeting some new friends, depending on your group size. It was funny and a good mystery, and there are no bad seats in the place. Servers were fast and responsive, actors and fun and interactive, and everyone gets a photo afterward (if you want one). Parking is the only part that not ideal. We got there early and got a lucky spot, but you may have to pay to park in the garage across the street or find downtown parking. They do have two lots for the theater, shared with the adjoining bar (Chill), but the spots go fast!

This place was so much fun!I usually have a pretty good time at venues like these, but I think most people will enjoy a cute bit of theater and a fun meal! The meal better than I anticipated. There is plenty of parking nearby.The "theater" Is also the dining area, so you are in the thick of it! Don't worry though - it is only mildly interactive, so even the introverts like me will be ok. The tables seat six, so be aware you will be meeting some new friends unless you are in a group of six or more. Just an fyi, they encourage small children to stay at home to ensure the experience is enjoyable for everyone. Fun times!

Came here for a show. The food was decent and not as memorable but I can definitely say that you stay for the show. The show and actors did a wonderful job and really includes the audience and are interactive with them.

This was such a fun date night! We had such a great time laughing so much and relaxing with great food and drinks. The area was very spacious, the food options were perfect and the actors were very funny especially with the improv. The interactions with the performance was classy and hilarious. We ended up guessing the murderer but the whole experience was really fun and we look forward to going back again!

This murder mystery was so much fun! The cast was funny, entertaining, and interacted well with each other as well as with us. The servers and service were both great, too. Parking isn't great, though. We had to park down the block and being unfamiliar with the area...it wasn't the best. The food was fresh and pretty good. I requested bbq sauce instead of a pesto. I wasn't sure if I would actually get it but I did! The venue is not too big and not too small but it did get pretty loud from everyone talking and having fun! If you're looking for a fun place to go, I highly recommend Texas Star Murder Mystery in Grapevine, Texas! I hope to take friends and family to an upcoming show.I would have given 5 stars except for the parking.

The food was excellent much to our surprise, the service was great, timely, and well planned. The ambiance for a dinner theater with a western theme was perfect. The improv was very intelligent with hilarious banter from the characters. It was a great date night with the wife.

In the unusual position of having an experience SO bad that after writing a long review on it elsewhere, I signed up for a Yelp account just to let people know what they're in for. And that was: bad food with an unfunny, shockingly racist stage play attached. Don't waste your time and money, especially if you're indigenous, queer, or a decent human being.After some stress, it was a relief to finally sit down at one of the things that my wife and I were looking forward to: the murder mystery dinner. The staff were friendly, the people at our table were nice, and it seemed like we were in for a good time.We got our food and it was mediocre. I was surprised at how flavorless and chewy the chicken that I got was. It literally tasted store bought. I ended up trading with my wife, but I think we both ended up feeling like it was underwhelming. The alcohol, at least, was good, although fairly strong.But we weren't there for the food. Before the show, I jokingly referred to the whole thing as Texas Chuck-E-Chees, "a Texas-themed restaurant in the already Texas-themed Texas." But I was excited to get to the interactive segments, and when the first act started my wife took notes!Ironically, Chuck-E-Cheese sets the standards way too high. The actors are enthusiastic and do a decent performance, but they make no effort to make you feel immersed in the story - one of them very quickly made a joke about Elon Musk firing people from Twitter, a joke that simultaneously feels like it's trying too hard to be fresh while also being completely stale (like the food.)They're also bad at improvising. It became clear that the performers have a strict script and aren't good at going off script. The performers made a running gag about someone at our table having an ugly shirt, but his shirt was a totally plain green polo with a plain red jacket over it. Nobody at any other table could see his shirt, so it was clear that they just pick a Shirt Guy every performance whether it makes sense or not. The guy at our table was funnier, because he kept taking the jacket off, making the performers actually have to improv. At one point, he was asked to sit, so he sat ON the chair instead of IN the chair, crouched on top of it. Thank you, shirt guy.None of this is a dealbreaker and we could have had a good night. But the performers INCESSANTLY went for dated, cheap offensive humor that made my wife and I feel alienated, even angry. There was CONSTANT "no homo" humor about men being feminine or gay. Things like two men fighting who break off with disgust because a woman tells them to "get a room," or a heavyset bearded man continually referring to getting emotional or being attracted to another man as if these things are inherently comical. Before we left, there was even an implication that a feminine female character might be male, which was immediately followed by a character calling a man a "sissy."The homophobia is also layered on a general gross mean-spiritedness. There was so often I felt completely uncomfortable, and so many times I felt it would have been worse if I was targeted by one of the cast. There are repeated jokes about sexual harassment, taking women home drunk, and cheating. The cast repeatedly insults everyone they interact with. At one point a female character pretends to make out with a male audience member, which I can't imagine is comfortable (especially if you're married.) And then she insulted him anyway.By now, I was ready to leave. Not wanting to have the performers say something, I waited to tell my wife we'd go until the intermission. Then one of the (all white) performers went into an extremely long and excruciating bit about his "wife." I knew where it was going as soon as he said "or my wife will scalp me - literally!", but it was agonizing hearing him spit out every imaginable racist stereotype about indigenous people, fake "tribe" names, reference "teepees." What century is this?I left worse than disappointed, but infuriated and upset. I wanted a refund but was so angry I just left instead. After an incredible day meeting wonderfully kind, friendly strangers, it felt like a reminder of Texas as its most insulated and conservative. Abysmal.(And they didn't even give us the fake mustaches we paid for.)

Really amazing. Good show and good food. Really well organized and highest quality.