Pretty good experience and always a great activity with friends. I Took a buddy for the first time and we beat it with 5min to spare. The staff was great and took us in on a walk in basis. If I am in the area again, I would come here. read more

My wife and I did this room with my 9 yo daughter. It was just doable at medium difficulty and a couple of hints. It was quite fun. Here is my daughter's review: I am giving this escape room a 5 out of 5 stars because the story was amazing and super interesting and the unlimited hints. "Recommended with 3 people / or it's very hard" would be recommended for a lot of people. I hope you like my recommendation and have fun. read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Us, having completed the space room. - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

What a fun evening! Tucked away upstairs above a restaurant in Escondido Clue Avenue Escape Room is a great evening out with friends. We had a group of 8 (ages ranged from 11 to teens, to us adults) and got out of the room just in the nick of time to save the day! Our goal was to save the day before the evil scientist released a nasty toxin into the air. We had so much fun searching for clues to help us escape. There is help if needed but not always necessary. The room seems small at first but opens up. They offer various scenes and we are excited to go check out and have another adventure. There are plenty of places to grab a bite to eat or a drink after. Make sure you let them know you visited Clue Avenue, many offer a discount on your bites and drinks. A great date night, friend date, or even family fun! read more

This was a really fun escape room. It was the easier one but still challenging even though we got out with about 13 minutes to spare. It seems as if you can choose a difficulty level which would be employee initiated hints. We chose easy. We'll definitely try medium next time. I would love to check out the art hatch location next time and we will be back for the other rooms as my husband is pretty addicted read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

we had so much fun! we barely solved it in the nick of time. It was difficult enough to keep us on our toes, but not impossible so that it would be boring if it was way over our heads. the next time we visit we will have to try one of the other escape rooms since we enjoyed this one so much. thanks so much, it was great!!!! read more

Great time with our family at Cinema Escape Rooms in Escondido! Puzzles were challenging enough for us to have fun figuring them out but still had time to escape. read more

Great experience!!!! I came here for the first time with family and we all had a great time. I highly recommend trying this place out. It was a great brain teaser and I'm also 9 months pregnant so it's not strenuous and I was still able to do this experience and still had a great time ! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Our time! - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

Set on a quiet street behind an unassuming art gallery, Clue Avenue Escape Room provided my friends and myself with a super fun hour (or less!) of mystery solving adventure. We work as a team on a daily basis - but we really came together in this room and finished with 8 mins to spare! It was my first time, and I would definitely do this again. I enjoyed it so much! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

So much fun! My wife and I did Dreamscape and it was challenging but fun and very different from other escape rooms we had done before. The host Serena (spelling?) was FANTASTIC, and made it fun by helping us plenty when we needed it. Even when we asked for hints and obviously needed help, she did a great job of guiding us to the answers instead of flat-out telling us what to do. We'll definitely check out some of the other games the next time we're in the area. Highly recommend you swing by if you're around! read more

We went for my 10 years old daughters birthday party. Everyone had fun. Some had a difficulty following the concept and kept trying to figure out things out of order. Lots of reading and math. But over all everyone really enjoyed it. Unfortunately we did not get to escape.... But still had so much fun! read more

Went thru Annie's Room and had lots of fun. First timer and solved it with only a few minutes to spare. read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - The four detectives solved Annie's Footsteps and saved a lot of other children along with Annie. - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

We had a great time as a family! Well worth the money. It was challenging and fun. The clues were not overly difficult but very clever. And we got a couple of clue from "Buck"! read more

The family and I had a great experience escaping the Villan's lair! We will definitely be back! It was a kid friendly space with challenging puzzles for the entire family to figure out! Friendly staff and in the heart of DT Escondido so lots of shops and restaurants in the vicinity! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Complimentary group photo emailed to us! - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

Please add closed captions to ALL the videos and rely less on audio (recommend one-way audio from players to employees). As someone who's hearing impaired, I had an extremely difficult time understanding what was happening especially with the way the room started and anxiety-inducing environment. Please be mindful of visual assistance. read more

It has been a while since our last Yelp review, so this is us again: we are empty nesters who enjoy playing for fun and playing just as a duo, and we make it a point to try an escape room at least once a month, and in a different city every time we do. We do return to the businesses we enjoy, to do other rooms they have, especially when, as in this case, we had been en route to the lovely town of Julian, CA, our final destination for the weekend, where there's no escape room at all in town, and only so decided to stop off in Escondido instead, for our fix. Needless to say, we plan a return visit, and for longer this time! Clue Avenue / ArtHatch has to be one of the best examples we have seen of small businesses working together to provide us with a totally unusual and highly enjoyable time out. Clue Avenue is actually in two locations, and we were really lucky to have started our adventure with them with Annie's Footsteps in their ArtHatch location. ArtHatch is an art gallery, with a small bar, located right in Grand Avenue, the quaintest strip of businesses in Escondido, nestled amongst great restaurants and cafes. Street parking was free when we arrived on Friday afternoon, and we were pretty bummed we did not have time to look around. To get to Annie's Footsteps, which had been designed by the late owner of ArtHatch (this was not actually made clear in ArtHatch's website, but was what we were told), we had to go through some of nicely surreal visuals that carried into the room, and that totally put us in the right frame of mind for our game. Our waivers had been done ahead of time, and we were in a little bit of a rush, so it was great that when we arrived about twenty minutes early, our room was ready for us. Apparently, it is not unusual at all for people to drive 2.5 hours to get to Annie's Footsteps, because Deputy Drake, our boss in solving crimes, was able to get us started right after we checked out the restrooms (which also have sinks for cleaning brushes)! Annie's Footsteps was designed by Sam W., who had owned ArtHatch before, and the backstory seemed familiar enough: for several years, many children have gone missing near the woods, including Annie - and now Annie's mother is missing as well! As part of a Search & Rescue effort, your team comes across a mysterious locked cabin in the woods - are the footsteps we hear really just Annie's? A little rusty since our last game was a little more than three months ago, we were quite ready to be beaten by the room. A little to our shock, we managed to get out of the room with a very respectable time of 45:47 - but, unfortunately, we were not able to take advantage of the many restaurant partnership discounts offered at this time. The room is as authentically decorated as you could want, and is a good combination of high-tech and low-tech puzzles. The story may have started simple enough, but it got weird and deliciously creepy quick! We loved that there was a timer in the room and Deputy Drake was with us every step (haha) of the way. It was a little unusual for us to not be able to take photos with our own camera, but the photo that Deputy Drake did take was nice and a fun reminder of an adventure that takes you not just through space but through Time, so you may start off as a couch potato but end up going through a wormhole to victory! As indicated above, we did not have time to visit Clue Avenue's other location this time, but we certainly plan to, when we stay longer in Escondido itself. It is the perfect place for a weekend getaway, and with four rooms to choose from just from Clue Avenue /ArtHatch itself, not to mention the gallery works and other businesses in the area, plenty to keep busy with, mind, body and soul. We cannot wait to try the other rooms - and soon! read more

We will definitely come again as they have a lot of different rooms going on. We did Dreamscape this time and it was the one I felt was best suited to kids as far as storyline options. Really fun setup. We bumbled a bit, but our host was really good at monitoring us so the clues would be as helpful as possible. Someday we will escape without any clues! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Less than 5 min to spare but we escaped! - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

This is my third escape room but our first time at this one. By far this has been our best experience. The host was fantastic. He was fun ajd helpful. We did Villiain's Lair. There were six of us. We had a blast and it was challenging enough. read more

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Thank you Clue Avenue Escape Room for the most awesome experience today! We loved it and will definitely be back! Love, Team Waffles read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Team Waffles - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

Great place to take teens for a birthday party. This was our 7th escape room. Pretty badass. Lots of locks and things to tinker with. Conner was our game master, really funny and witty if we needed help. We're coming back to do them all. Great job! read more

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It was challenging and fun. We had a grandpa, some adults, a 12 year old, 6 year old, and 4 year old Everyone had a blast read more

I had a great time there, they even let me add myself on, even tho I was a last minute add-on to our reservation. Our "hosts" were awesome and super friendly. The Head Trip room was a lot of fun, and challenging, but not so that we couldn't beat it! The art in the hallways is amazing & makes for positive ambience. Great atmosphere. read more

Brought my 12 year old son and 7 of his buddies (11/12 year olds) for a birthday party. They had a blast in the Villains Lair. So much fun.

My team had a blast doing the Villain's Lair escape room. Our room was pretty challenging and we got close to escaping, but ultimately failed. Connor was a great game master and provides lots of hints (when we asked) but still left it up to us to figure out. It was a great team building activity and I highly recommend it! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

This was so fun! We went as a family for my sister's birthday and we had a total blast. The whole set up is so creative and fun! Dylan was a great host; he explained everything well, got us all hyped up, and was with us every step of the way if we needed hints. read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Sweet sixteen celebration! - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

We did the Villians Lair and beat the mad scientist with time to spare. Drake was our game master and gave clues if needed. We were a group of 8 and liked how you didn't feel smooshed when you got both rooms open. You definitely need to be able to communicate well the bigger your group is but the clues are not too hard and the challenge was fun. read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

This Escape Room was SO FUN. It was appropriately challenging, you are allowed unlimited clues with no penalty to get you along. The staff was AMAZING, very enthusiastic. I would recommend a group of 4-6 as 10 people felt too chaotic. Everyone had so much fun! Excited to try the other rooms! Will definitely be back! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escaped with 7 minutes to spare! - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

We brought 5 people here for a casual team-building event and it was so much fun! Our moderator was in training and he did a terrific job getting us into character and guiding us through our escape. Will definitely be going again! read more

We had a fantastic experience here with 2 adults and 3 children (ages 12, 7, and 5). We were worried that the younger kids would be too confused or unengaged, but that was not the case at all. They were highly engaged and even useful with solving some of the puzzles. The staff member was very kind and helpful to our group as well, which made for a great experience. read more

Fun, fun, FUN!!! Now, our family is pretty dysfunctional in a happy and loving way; so the puzzles and deadlines this place put us through had us both excited and laughing the whole way. The greeting room feels a little cramped when you first show up (but we're a pretty big group, plus we're loud - so maybe that may be our own doing), but the friendly atmosphere and mood-setting lead in hyped up our own anticipation to tackle the room we were scheduled for. Perhaps it was our pride, but we didn't ask for hints as much as we probably should have, and the staff of course didn't want to "give up" the answer - so we got to the point of needing just 5 more minutes to escape the room. Once we were presented the solution after our time was up, we immediately figured out our mistake. The sophistication of the puzzles were perfect for the size of our group (it would take forever to solve individually!), so teamwork is a must. We have already booked another room - and will try to not make the same mistake twice! read more

Jeanne, Nick & Gamemaster Dylan (pictured w/us) made our girls' last day of school for 2021 celebration fun & exciting!!! Thank you so much for the good times -- we look forward to our next adventure with you! read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

We really enjoyed Dreamscape and ended up doing Villain's Lair a few days later. None of us had done an escape room before so we had a lot of questions. We had Andres as our host both days. He was very helpful and made the experience very smooth. We definitely recommend Club Avenue. read more

Fun, fun, fun. The facilitator is super friendly. It wasn't hard but it was hard enough to leave us stomped a few times. When we needed a clue the facilitator was helpful enough to leave us to figure it out. I recommend. read more

We went on Monday evening and it felt very Covid-safe. We were just our immediate family household and did Villain's Lair. Everything was sanitized and the only other person there was Brad, the game master, who was awesome! We wore masks the whole time and so did he. So we really enjoyed a very safe family activity that was, for once, out of the house...yay! As for the game itself, it was very clever. We found parts difficult and got a little help, but they were the kind of difficult that make you feel great when you "get it." Also, when you leave, you get a list of restaurants around the corner that give a 15% discount if you eat after your game. I had the best brie and fig jam grilled cheese at Burger Bench. We would love to go back to Clue Avenue! read more

First time in an Escape room! It was awesome. 4 of us went for my sister's birthday and had a blast in the Head Trip room. Went for hard and didn't quite finish but I'd like to think we were close. Cute little bar in the front for chill time after. Amazing art lines the wall and makes for a very creative space. Definitely recommend and will be back! read more

First time participating in one of these events. Had so much fun! Can't wait to go back and try a different room, eventually our group would like to do all the rooms. read more

My 17 year old son, his 15 year old brother and 4 friends in the same age ranges all did the Villian's Lair to celebrate my son's 17th birthday. They were skeptical at first as none of them had even done an escape room before...but they all had a blast and they keep talking about it. My 15 year old wanted to tell me every little detail and how they finally solved it. My favorite part was how much they worked with me. The first time we scheduled, my son got sick the morning of the event. We were able to reschedule for 2 weeks later with no problem. The second date rolled around and 3 of our group were sick. Again, they let me reschedule the day of the event. Finally, the third time was the charm. I can't tell you how much I appreciate their willingness to work with us. It took the "fear" out of committing to this even. I would absolutely recommend Club Avenue Escape Rooms. read more

Cinema Escape Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - Escondido, California

this place is just ok, these escape rooms are pretty low budget feeling. We played all of them at both locations, the best one they have is the villain lair one. They did have one stand out puzzle in that game that was pretty fun, but the rest of it was more typical escape room fan fair, but this game did flow pretty well. The dreamscape game seemed very cool at first, but was tarnished by a mood killer poorly implemented audio clue that left us frustrated more than anything else. staff was very friendly no complaints about them at all the other 2 games were really low budget and very forgettable read more

We had a group of 6 and all but one of us had never participated in an escape room. It was SO much fun! Definitely want to do another room soon! read more

Our group had a great time solving the Villain's Lair escape room! It was challenging and fun! We enjoyed Michael; he was a great host who helped keep us on track when needed. Thank you for a fun time! read more

So much fun! We went for my adult sons birthday. The employee who led us on our quests was awesome. The rooms were set up with creativity. Definitely recommend. read more