The Apollon

What a fun and unique experience!
We had a great time coming here for my birthday! Got a group together and dined in first class. We loved having new identities, but were less excited that we couldn’t all sit together (first come first served seating-​wise, so we divided), and that some of us had dressed for the wrong part (I have no problem playing a male role, but it’s hard to pretend to be Walter when wearing a fancy dress — or at least you get some strange looks when your fellow performers ask your name, and then they forget to invite you for cigars on the deck!).
The ticket ordering system needs updating — none of us could figure out how to book, and we all ended up in and out of the ordering system enough times that one managed to book the wrong date once they were attempting for the 8^th time. Turns out the multiple ticket option is available once you get to paypal. There was no way to explain food preferences (veggie had to email ahead, which was a blessing because the kitchen would not have been prepared otherwise). Plus if we could indicate our gender, maybe playing our roles would have been a bit easier!
All that aside, it was wonderful! They helped us get around the ticket problem, which we were all very thankful for. Dinner was good, and it was fun to play our parts — we weren’t given much to go on though. I’ve done murder mystery parties where they tell you what to reveal and discuss — this was a bit more awkward with us needing to Google some historical facts to stay accurate, and we never got to know our true dining companions. Trying to pretend to be a high society member when you only have a name and knowledge of where your fortune comes from doesn’t give you many conversation starters.
The décor and experience were great fun, although it did seem evident that the actors were trying to herd cats the whole time. They did it well and we tried to play our parts and pick up on their cues.
Ultimately it was fantastic, but suffered a bit from not enough planning. Gender-​specific parts, making up character traits even if they had to stretch historical accuracy, and a generally less-​chaotic performance could have made it a 5-​star night!
Excellent deviation from the normal night out. I would highly recommend checking it out.

So I haven’t put up my review I wanted to do from my first Unilocal elite event here about a year ago, which was actually 4 stars, but tonight pushed them up to 5 stars! They have really come a long way in a year’s time and their current show about the Titanic (April 2015) was so amazingly done! The characters that you’re asked to be are real passengers on the Titanic and they served the exact dessert that was served to first class passengers the day the ship sank (which was actually the anniversary date of the night we went). It was so good we are thinking of going back to sit in the «steerage» section instead of first class to check it out from another perspective! Both times we have been there the food is excellent and the price is pretty good for a 3 course dinner and a show! Oh and we got our own stereo card picture for $ 5 as a souvenir at the end of the show too!

We went to A Steampunk Christmas. $ 30-​some dollars to choke down cold ground beef while listening to some guy talk about his steampunk hobby? It’s really hard for me to review this since the «performance» was essentially non-​existent: two girls sang a few carols and a mad-​scientist guy did a card trick – other than that it was awkward silence as the entire audience was waiting for something to happen the entire time. I’m not sure who or what I was supposed to be interacting with at the performance. A group at the table next to us left early, and I wished I would have too. They ended by handing out self-​hardening clay (the interactive part?)…but they didn’t even give some to everyone! Come on, we paid for SOMETHING and all we got was cold dinner and no clay. The actual art on display was good, and the bar across the street has cheap drinks and fast food isn’t too far away, so that was a plus!
*you’ll notice this is my first, and as of now only, review. The Apollon needs so much improvement that it drove me to create a Unilocal account. They need to at least have comment cards on their tables because they could benefit from some help.

I was disappointed in the cost of this event. I think is was over priced for what you received. I think if you have an interactive audience, everyone should be involved; especially if the event is based on reservations. I will not attend this venue ever again. I was very disappointed in the whole experience.

What a fun evening! My wife and I came to the Apollon for their dinner performance on Valentine’s Day. Bravo, bravo, to the whole team at the Apollon. The food, cocktails, and the interactive performance was excellent. We will be back.