I had gone this years ago with a group of people but went again a few weeks ago for my husband's birthday. It was real easy to book online, and they made adding more people to our party on the day of the event pretty smooth. We did the one taking place in France (sorry can't remember the name of the room right now) and they really put a lot of work into the rooms! It was a pretty hard room though (30% something pass rate), so we asked for a handful of clues. The game master was also nice and professional. I also have to say with the rise of escape rooms, this is one of the more affordable ones in the area so that is also a plus ! read more

Great place for an escape room experience! Went here with 2 of my other buddies to meet the 3 person minimum. We booked the same day for The Spy Room. I was surprised to see how cheap it was compared to other places in the area. Tickets here are $35-37 per person. The room itself was quite challenging. The puzzles were really good and some gave us a run for our money, but we managed to escape with ~5 minutes left. Overall, I think this is a great place for an escape room experience. read more

My family and I did the 'Secrets in the Attic' escape room for my mom's birthday last month. This was my first escape room and it was so much fun! Our host (I want to say his name was Skyler) was such a treat! He gave just the right balance of a spooky/fun vibe. I gotta say, it was somewhat difficult but we got through it with a few clues from Skyler. I definitely would book this again to explore a different room! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

This place was pretty rad! Located in downtown San Jose with easy paid parking lot next to the building thats hardly full on a weekend plus there was a sharks hockey game that night. I went with a group of 8 and we did the Silicon Valley room in what is a jail cell. A ton of super cool brain teasing tasks to complete. We decided to try "hard mode" which only allowed us to get 3 hints from the game master. Pretty cool, they give you a walkie talkie to ask for hints if you get stuck. We came to find out that 3 hints was not enough about 20 minutes in haha! We went off hard mode and had the game master help us a few more times. Very cool experience and almost everyone in our group had helped in some way shape or form. Nice job with this escape room! read more

We wanted a quick weekend activity for a group and found Beat the Lock had openings (maybe for a reason). The puzzles were difficult but not impossible. My main gripe was the room was not reset properly (locks were left open, things were possible to bypass with force). It felt less professionally made than other escape rooms I've done. By the end, the game keeper didn't acknowledge there were mistakes. I liked some aspects of the External Forces room overall, but I felt other companies do a better job. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - We beat the lock! - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

Small escape room located in San Jose. Has a lot of parking in their back lot. Didn't seem busy on a Friday at 6PM. I called ahead to ask if they offered any discounts or promotions. The lady who helped me was so kind and was able to extend a 20% off promotion for my booking. Was about $32/person (not a bad price at all!). Booking experience (online) was 10/10. However, when I went in person for my escape room experience, the "game master" assigned to us did not seem very enthusiastic and the overall vibes felt off (when compared to my other 15+ experiences at other escape rooms). The escape room we did was a little disappointing as it was only 2 "rooms" and anticlimactic (you don't "escape" the room, you're let out by the game master), but there were clever puzzles/riddles. You communicate with them through walkie talkies. Escape room experience 4/10. read more

I've come here a few times now, always keep coming back. Great games! Great time! For today's game, "Sound of Murder", every clue was well designed and well thought out. Jessica was a wonderful host guiding us and helping us in time for the hard clues and at times we were going on a tangent. Thank you very much! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

We came with a group of 10/11yo girls for my daughters 11th bday. We did the spy room, and had a good experience, but I did not find the escape room necessarily appropriate /leveled for this age of kids. It felt like an adult escape room but with unlimited clues via the walkie talkie. Kind of obscure things in different parts of the room that didn't seem to go together if you'd never done an escape room before. They needed a ton of clues & repeats. read more

Our family doesn't escape room every time we go out of town. Found this one online with a lot of wonderful reviews, and thought we'd give it a try before lunch on our last day of Vacay in the area. The host was great, came to the door quickly, greeted us, and gave us all of the information and instructions we needed to get started. The room was more difficult than we anticipated, and we needed all the hints. Some of the clues didn't quite make sense, but that is likely just a personal issue lol. read more

Though we arrived 15 minutes as instructed, our room was not ready until 20 minutes after our scheduled start time. This was fun - Person who helped us, Jake was very kind and patient with us. We did the spy room. We asked for quite a few clues 6-8 as we were overthinking a lot of the items. Barely made it out! Would go again! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Our time - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

Came to Beat the Lock for a corporate event with a group of about 40-50 people. Parking is a little hidden, there is a narrow path off The Alameda street that takes you to the parking lot in the back. We were split into 5 teams of 8-10 people. Each team got assigned to an experience - our team got the Adult Spy Room and we had 60 minutes to solve it. It was tricky but after getting some hints from the game master, we were able to get out with less than 3 minutes to spare! Overall I liked it. It is more of a simple escape room and nothing too fancy about it but I would consider coming back. read more

We went there for a 10th birthday and the kids had a blast! The game was aptly set up for maximum age-group satisfaction - it was the perfect balance of fun and challenge. The staff was cordial, courteous and helpful. The gamemaster especially made sure the kids look at the right places and keep the Escape going. I would highly recommend the place to all age groups. read more

What I thought would have been a piece of cake, definitely was harder than I expected. We did the attic room, and super fun. Good brain teaser. Anthony was our game master and gave us the hints we needed, won't say how many.... lol will be back to redeem ourselves read more

been there a handful of times and so much fun all the employees are so cool and helpful. They always have a good variety

We had my daughter's 12th birthday party here in the Spy Room escape room and the kids had a blast. It was well calibrated for kids (not easy but not impossible either) and the guide provided a walkie-talkie that the kids could use to request clues. The guide also provided periodic updates (you have 30 minutes left etc). We had 7 kids and 1 adult providing supervision to give a helping hand in a few instances. The customer service was great, easy to book and they were right on time. I would highly recommend for anyone looking for a kids birthday. read more

The staff was really nice, but overall this was probably one of the worst escape rooms we've done. You can just tell the overall production value of the puzzle and clues were very low compared to other escape rooms in the area. The room was also in desperate of a cleaning. read more

As an avid escaper, I thought that the Attic room here was actually fairly reflective of the price (~$38). The overall feel of this escape room is one step above low-budget--not a bad thing, especially because it seems they made the most of what they could with the decor, the locks, and the puzzles. What I liked: - fair price - relevant puzzles streamlined to the theme (no random gimmicky, unrelated, time-suck puzzles) - clear objective - friendly, observant-during-the-escape staff - big parking lot What could be improved: - the background noises were WAY too loud (hard to hear teammates, hard to hear necessary audio beyond the background noise. This made us waste a lot of time just listening over and over to each other and the other audio) - the room was slightly too dark (they let you bring in your phones to use as flashlights) - having certain clue pieces hinged onto the scene so if it does happen to get messed up, there's no time wasted second guessing if the clue is set up correctly or not Overall, would book again and would recommend to others! read more

Great time! This is a great option for private rooms and we had so much fun. 2 of us did the Spy Room and the puzzles were challenging with great theming. Good balance of clues and twists! We went a little over time but were allowed to keep going for a few extra minutes and solved it which was super nice. Would happily return! read more

The staff were nice enough to be able to accommodate our group running late, since no one booked the room after us, which we really appreciated. But that's probably the only thing I appreciated about the experience. That and the fact that the pricing only came out to about $37 each (on the cheaper end for most escape rooms), but we got what we paid for -- a cheap experience. We do escape rooms on a regular basis (our current favorite is Omescape in Sunnyvale! Go there instead), so we have many other experiences to compare this one to. We did the Xternal Forces room. I hate having to ask for hints, but we had to start at some point because the reference map for one of the puzzles was so difficult to understand/read. The game master was showing us clues on the screen, but the screen in the second room was disconnected so they had to send someone in mid-game to fix it. And there were so many clues per puzzle, which shows that there are many other groups who encountered the same frustrating issues -- the puzzles were not clear enough nor thought-out enough. I don't want to give away any of the specifics that went wrong because I wouldn't want to spoil the puzzles for anyone who does come. But just know -- it's not worth it. We passed, but instead of feeling accomplished, I left just feeling frustrated. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

First time going to an escape room and definitely not the last. We arrived early checked in and filled out forms on our phones. We had to wait 10-15 mins to start bc there was a large group ahead of us. My group was 5 people but would have been 7 if two didn't cancel. The game master took us to a murder mystery room and explained all the rules and let us start. We took a long time in the first room and finally asked for a clue to move forward. Once in the second room we finally got a hang of it but still asked for more clues. She was a bit hard to hear sometimes but we figured it out with THREE seconds to spare. A win is a win . We had lots of fun and found the clues to be very creative. I would definitely recommend this location for small group events. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - 3 SECONDS TO SPARE - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

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If you want a challenge, this is the escape room for you! If you're running late, there's no way you can adjust your reservation. We were roughly about 10 minutes late and our time already started. Despite being late, they still let us in and try to finish the escape room with the time we had left. Unlike other escape rooms, the escape room master here was quite absent throughout our entire experience. We were lost for a majority of the time and the escape room master would only give us hints after a significant amount of time being lost. The second and last time the escape room master gave us a clue was literally a minute before our time ended. Not sure if they were understaffed that day, but I wished the escape room master was more present. The escape room we did was Secrets in the Attic which I thought had some really cool elements. Even if we were not late, I think the extra 10 minutes still would not have been sufficient enough to resolve the entire puzzle. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

It was a fun and just an amazing experience!! The people working were very friendly (I believe we were introduced to the room by Max). The clues given were top notch and everyone was just very helpful in general. Would definitely pick this place to do an escape room again since the experience was so affordable and would definitely recommend!! :)) read more

We had a birthday party for my 10yo son. The room was challenging and engaging for him and his friends. We booked the birthday room for pizza and cake. The older siblings and adults enjoyed a different escape room at the same time. It was all great! read more

Oh my goodness. 100% do NOT recommend. I went to an event here with a small group of content creator friends and we were sorely disappointed. I have done several different escape rooms and multiple locations and this was, by far, the worst experience I have ever had. Check in process was quick and easy. It was probably the most enjoyable part of the evening. When our gamemaster came out, he was nice, but had the LOWEST energy. It's hard to get hyped when your gamemaster isn't even excited about the intro. The clues in the first room were promising. They made sense and we were able to make some progress without asking for any clues. However, we were still looking forward to the second room where the gamemaster said we would have access to a walkie-talkie to get hints. When we finally make it to the 2nd of the 3 rooms, there was no walkie-talkie to be found. The clues given to us on the screen were either super convoluted or already existed in the room, and we were jumping up and down in front of the camera trying to get the gamemaster's attention, but had no luck. When time elapsed and the gamemaster entered to debrief, we informed in that we never got the walkie-talkie. He apologized, but had nothing else to offer us as penance. As he continued on to explain the clues, we quickly realized that there were pieces of a few clues missing. Oooookaaaaay. How are we supposed to solve puzzles that we don't have all the pieces to? NEVER AGAIN! Save yourself the horror and go to Omescape, PaniQ, or anywhere else instead. So disappointing. We didn't even bother recording content even though we were given the okay to do so within the rooms. read more

Wonderful time! A group of 12 of us went into the Spy Room in hopes of escaping.... It was super challenging and a whole lot of fun! The clues were great and solving each and every step was such a great time! We had people ranging from 95 years young down to 17 years old working on escaping. It was a lot of fun and everyone involved had a great time! For the past few years we have been making Escape Rooms the day after Thanksgiving a tradition. We hope to be back to this wonderful place next year! Please come to this place and have fun, we sure did!! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - We got out in 47 minutes!! Freedom! - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

Nick was super friendly and helpful. He had great vibes and made the experience very fun!

We came here for our first in person escape room since COVID started and we were super psyched to play! We did the Spy Room. For reference, our team was comprised of people who regularly do escape rooms, so that certainly affects this review. The room was very clean. I've definitely done escape rooms that weren't just disgusting by design, but downright filthy, and especially in these times I really appreciate how well kept and clean all the surfaces of the room were. The escape game itself was...fine. My guess is some of the aspects of the room, like items being locked behind covers, are a product of it being covid times, but they unfortunately contributed to a less immersive experience. The production value was okay; it didn't seem to work well enough to feel like we did thing A that caused thing B. Minor personal gripe about the locks being boring (I like directional and letter locks!). That all said. This is a pretty good room for a newer group of people, or for a group of people who haven't been spoiled by high production value escape rooms (which I totally am). And ultimately, I still had a great time getting to do a thing with my friends!! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - We did it! (That white board has our time on it but the reflection made it unreadable.) - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

Came here for some team building with a group of nine people! We had a wonderful time solving one of the "mysteries" (45 minutes with a 60 minute limit). The rooms were big enough to have nine people inside, so it didn't feel crowded. The clues were also something you had to think about so it wasn't a walk-in-the-park. The props were great and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. This is my second time going to an Escape Room but some of my colleagues have gone to four or five and they said Beat The Lock was one of the best. The staff was friendly and there were multiple waiting rooms that could have hosted a dozen people. If you want to be challenged and have fun at the same time, I highly recommend this place! read more

Great experience overall. We booked a private room for our group which consisted primarily of 11-12yr olds. The kids had a lot of fun! It was the right amount of challenge for kids. read more

I'm always on the lookout for escape rooms. Omescape didn't have any last minute bookings available, but I came across an opening for the attic room and easily convinced my group to venture out for some spontaneous fun. We were a bit underwhelmed by the experience. Our game master was pleasant and helpful, but we didn't like the puzzles itself and the fact that everything was all about locks. I didn't realize we would be split up into 2 rooms, so that was interesting. The clues themselves are also strange. They're located outside and correlated with the numbered puzzles in the room. You aren't allowed to take the clue into the room though. If you need more help, the game master can prompt you. I've also never experienced any bookings asking for tips before. To the owner: if you truly value your employees and think they are doing an exceptional job, just freaking pay them more. read more

Great time at Best the Lock (Spy Room) for our 13 year old's bday, and Jessica was a wonderful game master. Good balance of support and encouragement that allowed them to escape! It was the first time for each of these teens to experience an escape room and they loved it! Some really good oh wow, aha moments and it didn't disappoint. They are ready to take on another. Thank you from a happy parent. Notes: their website states it but one adult is needed in the room, and remember the waiver. Spy Room is a good first one for tween/teens. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Fun photo ops - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

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Visited this place back in 2018 with my team for a team activity. Ah, the good old days! Must say it was really great and I loved the entire experience. Our team was divided up in 2 rooms and I believe we solved the same puzzle. The goal was to find out which team would solve the puzzle first. They had a lot of swag to take your photos with. They do give some hints on how to solve it. There is swag for winning and losing teams both and taking your photos. This does make it a good experience especially when you are solving the puzzle with the team. Highly recommended for team outings or group activity, whenever that becomes normal again! read more

Cool escape room experience but not the best in the South Bay. They give you a free hint (they give you two without checking in) if you check in on social media (which meant Facebook when I asked) which is cool but also kinda meh cause most places give you three anyway and not everyone has Facebook. If you're looking for an amazing/sophisticated escape room, look elsewhere. If you're looking for a good time with friends, check this place out. read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - We escaped! - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

Came here with a group of 9 for a team bonding activity. We did the adult spy room. I would say the ideal number of people for this kind of room is probably around 5-6. Nine people was okay but we ended up duplicating work when we kept getting stuck since people didn't have things to do. The video beforehand wasn't working for us but our game master explained the game. We just barely finished under an hour. Very satisfying to finish the game and escape the room! Definitely a fun time for a mid sized group of friends. read more

This place was totally fun. We've been getting into escape rooms these past few months and found this spot and decided to give it a try. The puzzles were a little more straightforward than other places - we beat the room in 3/4 of the time allotted, which was nice. This place felt a little easier than some others (which can be a good or bad thing...). The host was extremely nice and the puzzles were all clever. All in all, a fun place! read more

Beat The Lock Escape Room - Solved it! - Escape Games Near Me - San Jose, California

A fun experience with the family or a group of friends. It's a little simple in theming, but one can still get invested with the story. They're generous with clues so don't forget to use them if you're stumped. One room could use some maintenance since the walkie talkies were low on batteries and reminding my group throughout the second half of my experience. One puzzle was unintentionally able to be solved in more than one way because of previous players tampering with it. Despite these minor hiccups, my group was able to escape in time and our game master was understanding. I would recommend this as an afternoon activity and may return for more. read more

The staff was nice and the escape room was challenging and different, but I think the quality does not match the price. The pricing is on par with all other escape rooms in the area but the quality of the props, ambiance, and puzzles is way lower. We did a Xternal Forces with a group of 6. read more

I experienced my first escape room at Beat the Lock. For a fun and challenging way to enjoy something different, do yourself a favor and try this. I must admit, at times I felt like the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, wanting to sing--if I only had a brain! Our game master, Skylar, directed us, gave us clues when we needed them most, and made the whole experience awesome. Make sure you ask for Skylar! read more

Great experience!! Super fun activity. Location was convenient with easy parking. It was hard too! Which made it fun. The Hosts were great also. read more

This place was great for first timers on the younger side Our 11yr old celebrated his bday here and it was hard enough to challenge the kids, but not too hard where they got frustrated. The game master gave plenty of clues when asked and just enough hints to help solve the puzzle. Only complaint was the introduction video wasn't working so it wasn't really clear what the point of the whole thing was! read more