The Murder Express Whitechapel immersive dining: Review

Set within a former railway arch in Pedley Street Station, this immersive dining experience transports you back to the 20s, where you as guests get to climb aboard The Murder Express, created by Funicular Productions.

Guests get to climb aboard The Murder Express, created by Funicular Productions. (Image: Emily Davison)

But with a name like that, you can imagine that things don’t exactly go according to plan, with the guests being thrown into a murder mystery with more than one person being a suspect.

The experience first begins with you collecting your train ticket and entering the station, which has been decorated to look like an old-fashioned platform with Victorian lamp posts, train signs and cases.

The immersive experience is set within a former railway arch in Pedley Street Station,. (Image: Emily Davison)

There’s also a photo booth and a chance to buy souvenirs from a Cockney paper seller, who will begin by telling you all about the train and what to expect.

The station has been decorated to look like an old-fashioned platform. (Image: Emily Davison)

You can also be served drinks including a good selection of cocktails, beers, ciders and wines, both at the platform and to your table when you board the train.

You can be served drinks, including a good selection of cocktails, at the platform and when you board the train. (Image: Emily Davison)

After a short wait at the station it was then time to board the train, where you are shown to your table, which has been created to resemble the glamorous dining carriages of the period.

The train has been created to resemble the glamorous dining carriages of the period. (Image: Emily Davison)

The evening was a mix of entertaining acting and dining, with a cast of actors who take on the roles of guests and train staff, including a wealthy and displeased aristocrat, a flustered conductor and unexpectedly a Texan cowboy.

The evening was a mix of entertaining acting and dining, with a cast of actors who take on the roles of guests and train staff. (Image: Emily Davison)

During the evening you’ll be served a three-course menu created by two Michelin star chefs, currently they are serving their Hero Menu featuring some of their most popular dishes.

During the evening you’ll be served a three-course menu created by two Michelin star chefs. (Image: Emily Davison)

The food was delicious and definitely some of the best I’ve had at an immersive dining experience, including dishes like edamame bruschetta, roasted cauliflower curry with caramelised onion, chicken parcel with sun-dried tomatoes and black garlic, and finishing with apple pie with brandy snaps and ice cream.

They are serving their Hero Menu featuring some of their most popular dishes. (Image: Emily Davison)

They can also accommodate different dietary requirements, however guests are advised to notify their preferences in advance.

The food was delicious and definitely some of the best I’ve had at an immersive dining experience. (Image: Emily Davison)

We also ordered some cocktails which were extras, they had a really good selection ranging from martinis to champagne cocktails, with prices beginning at £11.

They had a really good selection of cocktails ranging from martinis to champagne cocktails. (Image: Emily Davison)

There was so much attention to detail and the performance was fun, entertaining and at times very comical with a lot of adult humour thrown in.

There was so much attention to detail and the performance was fun and entertaining. (Image: Emily Davison)

If you enjoy trains or solving a mystery, this experience is definitely a bucket list thing to do with friends or family in London.

Ticket prices start at £79.60 per person, with slots bookable between Wednesdays and Sundays from 6pm to 8pm or 8:30pm to 10:30pm.