The episode showed a valet employee parking a car in a prohibited spot and the car later being towed away by a private tow company. "Eliot" was shown holding a video camera that clearly would have been noticed by the employee and was not hidden or disguised in any way.Īnother incident, that brought into the question the authenticity of the show, was on the episode, "Vicious Valets", where an alleged scam was supposedly caught taking place by two valet employees at a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. In the same episode, private investigator "Eliot", was depicted doing a stakeout of the property and catching one of the employees on camera cleaning up from a party. Using such technology to intercept someone's text messages without their permission would be considered a violation of a number of privacy laws and regulations and it is unlikely the show would've done such a thing risking legal action. In Season 9 Episode 11, Stiles claimed that the crew had a brand new technology called "stingray", that could intercept text messages from a person's phone and the technology was supposedly used in the episode. This show, which purports to 'expose' employees of restaurants ripping off their employers, contains so many implausible scenarios, inept actors and transparently fake denouements that it's really quite refreshing." Television reviewer Ben Pobjie wrote, " Mystery Diners has achieved enormous success on SBS Food Network despite making no attempt whatsoever to appear convincing. Certain events may have been re-enacted for dramatic purposes." 2.4 Four Months Later or Restaurant UpdateĪ disclaimer at the end of the credits reads, "The people and events depicted in this program are real.
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