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This program goes to great lengths to "catch" people in the act of criminal behavior. Then... there is a very energetic and emotional confrontation between the owner and the person committing the crime. At the very least Theft. The person ends up quitting or being fired and leaving the restaurant to go out in the world and DO THE SAME THING AGAIN!! No consequences other than possibly being seen on this show as an untrustworthy, unethical employee or outright thief . If the person can't be prosecuted the show should explain that. Otherwise, the manager of the program just seems to excite agitation in the owner with no fall out.

This is the worst show on television. It is so insanely obvious that the show is faked, that it is insulting to the viewers intelligence that the producers even try to pass it off as real. The people are horrible actors and any person who takes the time to audition for this show has placed a black mark on their resumes for even showing up. I want to watch shows about cooking! Not terrible actors pretend to be terrible employees. Please no more!!!

FOOD NETWORK when you good this show the first thing that shows up is the shows website, only quickly followed by a web page entirely dedicated to people's frustration about this show being fake. Even simply typing the words 'mystery d' prompts Google to auto-fill the words 'mystery diners fake'.

Want garbage, then watch this. Want entertainment, then check out Ralphthemoviemakers video on this. RELEASE THE DRONE.

The show tonight unfortunately proves it's a fake and a reenactment.

The episode was about a sommelier who had wine sales drop during the year he had working at the restaurant. I was watching the camera angles and when they cut to a scene of him pouring wine for a couple the camera angle would have put the camera at chest level in the wall behind the table. They cut to a long shot and there was nothing on the wall except paint. In another scene the camera shot showed the subject walking past the "hidden" camera which was at eye level less than 3 feet from him and only a little smaller than his head. The camera was attached to a post on the top of a divider wall. Hard to miss something that big that's swiveling around, especially when you've worked there a year. Impossible.

I watched another episode about a pub. During the set up summary they claimed they had 3 cameras installed and showed the locations. They also were supposed to have one of their undercover operatives wearing a camera mounted in her eyeglass frames. I counted 10 completely different camera angles during the alleged operation while I was watching the playback on my DVR. They also had a close up shot of the woman wearing the glasses. Unless they managed to come up with a camera with no lens that's less than a millimeter thick there wasn't a camera on the frames.

Too bad, I liked the concept. I wish they had a real show like this.

Only 1 star as there is no zero. Why oh why is this even on a food channel, nothing to do with food, completely fake, terrible acting, set up situations, a million camera angles from a few supposedly secret cameras!!! Even a quick google will tell you how fake it is, and as unbelievable as it is so far 4 of the 19 reviews have been positive...so I guess that explains why they get away with such a blatantly bad show. This show and its brethren Restaurant Stakeout have no place on a channel that is supposed to be about food. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that a food channel is going to be watched by serious foodies who like to see different recipes and cuisines being prepared and tasted, not this pap!!!

The fact that Cooking Channel has the audacity to pass this off as "reality" is an insult to their viewers' intelligence. Everyone on the show is an actor (most are laughably bad) and the entire show is nothing but a poorly-staged ruse passed off as reality for the enjoyment of only the most tragically gullible of TV viewers.

Why on earth would anyone ever want to watch such a blatantly scripted fraud of a show? Bad form, Cooking Channel. There's no place for this kind of trashiness on your otherwise decent network. All it does is undermine the credibility of the rest of your programming.

P.T. Barnum once said that there's a sucker born every minute, and judging by the fact that this show is somehow still on the air, his estimate seems far too conservative.

My name is Charles Stiles. For over 20 years I have helped thousands of restaurants eliminate their problems, but people are becoming sappy, so we're going deeper undercover using private investigators and unleashing new technology. This is Mystery Diners like you've never seen before.

Quit scamming people Hollywood. It's why I no longer pay to see your SHI*T!!!

What legal implications are involved with producers who offer no disclaimer and charade their programs as pretending to be real. It is ridiculous they are not held accountable.

I don't understand why the producer can't be sued considering he does not offer a disclaimer that the program has faked scenarios.

Just know something people ---You can't make a "reality" show without making it fake. It's impossible, because what you see takes careful planning and organization. Scenes have to be edited, actors have to know what to say (scripts), scenes have to be re-shot, they use make-up artists, caterers and times of events have to be arranged and scheduled FOR EVERY PRODUCTION, whether it charades as a "reality" TV show or it's a feature film

I've been watching this show for a while. I've always been skeptical of the show being real, but I simply contributed that to it being a reenactment of the events.

Last night I watched an episode that confirmed it was fake. This episode one of their new tools called a "Stingray". This device is real, but it is available to law enforcement only and only under strict non-disclosure from the FBI. In addition, it is likely illegal to intercept the communications without permission from one of the two parties. I also suspect it would be illegal to transmit on the frequencies used for cell phones without an FCC license.

When this show came out, I used to watch it with my young daughter, and she thought it was real, so we had some laughs and discussions together about food hygiene. The episodes I recall included a lady who rubbed the hamburger buns under her armpits because she did not like the mystery shopper.

Unfortunately, after a few episodes the show turned more towards harassment of employees, and theft. I did not like the fake creepy stories, so it was back to SpongeBob for us.

I love mystery diners with all my heart. If I need a good laugh or a break from reality I boot up this show, and I can't help but get a smile when I hear him say CHARLES STILES WITH A COMPANY CALLED MYSTERY DINERS. I highly recommend this show as long as you don't take it seriously. It's dumb. Let it be dumb.

I have to admit I am NOT a reality TV fan. I've never watched ANY of it, from Big Brother to Dancing with the Stars. Not. Even. One.

OTOH, it's no secret that I watch House Hunters and rehab type shows. I'll also watch true crime re-enactment like "Cold Case Files" when I'm bored. But I know that those are re-enactments, I know to take it with a grain of salt. I expect the bad acting.

Why on earth do they call this "reality"? These are actors, and not even good actors. Unless "hamming it up" is what they were shooting for.

I won't be making that mistake again.

When it comes to investigative tactics, Charles Stiles & Co do a terrific job.

With a minimal amount of cameras, his team make it look like the action is really 'live' and 'active'...they create the illusion that the camera is following right behind the 'person of interest'.

Although there is a disclaimer at the end which says some parts may be re-enacted for illustrative/dramatic purposes, it's often very difficult to distinguish the dramatized from the actual...simply amazing.

Charles Stiles, as well as being an exceptional host, lends his 'eagle-eye' to cases when observing the goings-on on the security cameras..he is often seen leaning toward the camera monitors and squinting (somewhat like Steve Austin, the 6 million $ man does when he's looking at distant objects). Whenever I see Charles squint, I know there is an impending coup de grâce moment to ensue.

Charles is THE man!

If you're a fan of WCW/WWF/WWE, you'll love Mystery Diners! Just like World Championship Wrestling is 100% authentic, so too is Mystery Diners. Simply brilliant.

I love it & I'm sure you will too. Enjoy.

This is the worst staged show I have ever seen..! Charles Stiles needs to go to acting school along with his so called aids...! It's just unbelievable in so many ways... The shamed employees just take it & then are apparently re-employed not long after.... Don't think so... & that the disgraced & dishonest employees would let themselves be named & shamed on TV.... Come on ..?! Do you really think the public is this stupid?? They would never get another job after this was aired if it was actually real..! Absolutely rubbish Charles is ridiculously unbelievable Could be a good show if it was real, who would seriously put themselves out there like that

This show is sooooo awful I feel sick to my stomach any time it comes on and ruins the Food Network for me while I could be watching other good shows on there. It's completely fake if anyone couldn't already tell and the acting is horrendous. Please for the love of God remove this show completely from TV. And put some other better show in its place. If there was a 0 star I would have rated it that. I don't know why they would bother putting a show on air like this one. I really hope enough people complain that they remove the show completely. Don't waste resources to air this show when another one would get much better ratings.

This show at first seemed new, until I saw that Restaurant Stakeout already aired before this. Mystery diners is no different in ANY way.I do not find watching cameras on people doing stupid stuff amusing. There is Restaurant Impossible which isn't that relevant to food network since it is more of an HGTV show, but there at least is some cooking involved. Restaurant Stakeout isn't interesting, except for the fact that he is a very successful restaurateur. What I find worse is that all of this is fake. The people are just actors. To think that directors and producers could've made something new and interesting... Hmmm. Guess not The FOOD network should be about FOOD.