Secrets at the Table

Secrets at the Table is the immersive dining experience at the Windmill Village Hotel, and it's running on Saturday 14 November. It's a bit of a hybrid: part three-course dinner, part mystery game, with a professional actor hosting the whole thing in a private dining room. The evening unfolds across the meal, so you're eating and playing at the same time rather than one after the other.

Every guest is assigned a role, and the hotel's pitch is that no one can be entirely trusted. The night mixes team-based challenges, secret decisions, exiles, murders and dramatic reveals. If you're exiled or murdered, you aren't out for the night — there's a chance to be resurrected into a new role towards the end, so you can keep playing even after you've been knocked off. The food comes from the hotel's Loft 18 restaurant, which caters to all dietary requirements, so you'll be looked after on the plate regardless of what's happening around the table.

Numbers are kept small, with a maximum of 12 guests per date and a minimum of eight players for the game to run. The hotel pitches it as a date night, a girls' night out or something different to do with friends. It runs from 5.30pm to approximately 10pm, and it's not a one-off — there are dates throughout October, November and December. The 14 November one is just one of several, so if that doesn't work, there are others to pick from.

It costs £90 per person, or £140 per person if you add an overnight stay, based on two people sharing a room. The hotel is the Windmill Village Hotel, Golf Club & Spa on Birmingham Road in Allesley, Coventry, CV5 9AL.