Dinner theater is an entertainment that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play.

Sometimes the play is incidental entertainment secondary to the meal, in the style of a night club, or the play may be a major production.

Audience participation may be a factor in dinner theater, in which the diners may be encouraged to sing or dance with some of the actors. In some cases, diners may be included in a minor way in the plot by exchanging small talk or otherwise interacting with the actors.