So much fun! We were in London on vacation and looking for something more exciting than another…read moremuseum for our 15-year-old daughter. Secret Studio was it! We've done escape rooms before, and many are so ridiculously hard that it feels like you just fail over and over until they give you all the answers. But while Secret Studio was tough and we needed our share of clues, we also had stretches where we felt like we were figuring out a lot on our own. The other great thing at Secret Studios was that when you need help, they just give you a small hint. We've been to others where they just tell you what to do next and that's no fun. There are great (creepy) surprises throughout and some inventive stuff that makes it really fun. Finally, out host was SO NICE! Super friendly and made our daughter feel like she was really contributing. Highly, highly recommended.

This is one of the best escape rooms I have done to date. Basically without giving too much away…read morethe story is based around a murder. You have to work your way through by working out puzzles to solve the mystery. Sometimes some of the puzzles need all of you to work on it at the same time. There is more than one room that you get to experience and solve clues in. Its all very retro. If you ever get stuck with any of the puzzles then Oscar is on hand to help and guide you just ask him a question and you will see his typed up response on a monitor. He also praises members of the team or the whole group if you are doing particularly well. We escaped the room in 57 minutes. I highly recommend to anyone that loves escape rooms, a good story and retro items.

It's true what they say, spontaneous nights out are by far the most fun! I was coming to the end of…read morea long work day when I got a call from a friend saying he was in London and wanted to know if I'd like to go to Hint Hunt with him. The answer was 100% yes, as I'd read a few of the other reviews and it sounded awesome - and it was as good as I expected! We were allocated a game master who explained that we'd need to THOROUGHLY check for clues everywhere in the room, there would be a mixture of codes and keys, and we had 1 hour to solve the mystery and escape the room! 5 of us escaped from the murder mystery room with an agonising 41 seconds to go - although without all of the (sometimes sarcastic) hints popping up on the screen, we'd still be in there now. My one hint for you: go and give it a try, you'll love it!

Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wish I could be locked in a room for an hour with two to four…read moreof my awesomest friends in order to solve a bunch of amazing puzzles in order to escape the room"? Yeah, it's not really something that a person probably thinks on a regular basis (or at all), but I think Hint Hunt is out to change that! Once I heard about it on Yelp, I decided it was definitely on my list of things to do, so I rounded up a group of people (Alex S., Shamaine W., Andrew M. and my awesome partner Tom) and booked us in for the office puzzle. I'm not going to say anything more about the puzzle because spoilers, but what I can say is that from start to finish the hunt was amazing. Clues everywhere and puzzles to be solved. And the people who work there are amazing. They give you just enough clues to lead you in the right direction without actually giving you the answer to things. And my favorite part? When i was looking around the room and shouted, "Spoiler!" and spoilered a spoiler from a spoiler and spoilered my way to the spoiler to spoiler the spoiler. Awesome. And go. Seriously. Find a group of friends and give it a try. It's a bit spendy, but we were talking about it the rest of the night, and when you solve some of the puzzles, you get an amazing sense of satisfaction and glee from it. Especially when I spoilered! It was so much fun, that I immediately booked the Zen room for us to try. I really don't imagine there will be anything Zen about it while we're in there, but it will be fun!

We had a great time at Cluequest. Escape room was just the right level of difficulty, quite varied…read moreand logical puzzles. Our game masters Jommie and Nel were superb! I would definitely like to come back!

Guess who's baaaack…read more This time trying the new room CQ Origenes. The Mad Professor is back and you and your team will need to prevent him to enter the lab's firewall and save the world from his evilness! As usual clueQuest has created a room full of diverse and inventive puzzles. Perfect if you like a challenge with their combination of linear and non-linear puzzles. I keep coming back and so should you!!!

Hangover Deja Brew…read more This 18+ only escape room is fun, strange and kinky at times. Perfect for Hen/Stag do's but not exclusively. Now to the game: it's Wedding day but the groom has vanished. Will you be able to trace his steps during the wild stag do and found out what happened? The puzzles are various and super fun to solve. Definitely one of the more original game and storyline Ive played lately. I would advise to play this room with a group of 4 (no more, no less). Finally I'm only putting a 4out5 because I thought the conclusion of the game was a bit underwhelming but it won't keep me from coming back!

I've done a number of escape rooms and was really excited for this one. I think the problem with…read morethese new high tech escape rooms is that the technology can be very temperamental. I did the Patient Zero room and found that one locker door didn't open and set me and my partner by 10 minutes because we didn't find a decipher for the code. The code itself was hard to distinguish -without giving too much away. At the end, there was a keypad of sorts on an ipad and it was so sensitive that it would only register with a very light touch which was not obvious during gameplay. This meant that we didn't get out in time and questioned our own deciphering of another code which was actually correct. Disappointing.

We did St Angelos castle at Covent Garden, and Sherlocked at Vauxhall and both are fantastic,…read moreespecially with a special price on promo's they run The staff are friendly and their experiences are very much recommended. The rooms are well thought out and among the best I've been to I would say. There's always room for improvement, but these here are great!

I was invited to play Komnata's Doctor Frankenstein room by Love Popups London the other day. The…read moreroom's premise is quite simple, the Professor has been trying to create artificial life, but just as he was close to a breakthrough, he has gone missing. We have one hour to unravel the mystery of what happened to him. The room itself has a very steampunk feel to it, which is really well done with lots of details and decorations. It's a bit dark in the beginning, as finding the light source is part of the game, but once you've gotten past this first hurdle, it's a quite well lit room with lots to discover. The storyline is very linear with lots of hints and instructions built into the room itself, which makes it very suitable for beginners, younger players, or couples. Children from 12 years are allowed to play this room without adult supervision, and it would definitely be solvable for a group of teenagers. So many different puzzles, riddles and clever machinery are part of this room, we didn't feel bored or stuck for a second and blasted through the plot in just 34 minutes. As all four of us have played A LOT of escape rooms though, we didn't think it was too easy at all. As experienced players I would just recommend having less players on your team. An experienced couple will likely get a good 45+ minutes out of this gorgeous room. The props and decorations all looked really well done, well placed, and within theme. A very solid room that was a lot of fun to play! I just wish there was a little more to do so we could have stayed in it longer as it was just so enjoyable!

Lady Chastity's Reserve - The Four Thieves (Room 1), Clapham was my 156th escape room. I'm from Los…read moreAngeles, CA and I've played a number of rooms with live actors. Sometimes I'm weary of live actors, but they integrated their live actor/game host well. Ford, I believe her name was (or Gabriel, in line with the character everyone meets) was fabulous and fun. This was also the first time I've played a room where you win a bottle of wine and it was located in a bar establishment. That alone was well worth it! I've consider this room to be a first generation room (no tech), but they did a solid job. Escape rooms have become more and more elaborate, but if you can make a solid first generation room, I'd take that over finicky tech based rooms. It was dark, however, but you do get flashlights. Also, it's a creepy room and my group and I hate creepy, but it was a lot of fun for my group and I. Can't think of any jump scares. I'd definitely recommend them and would love to be back for more!

This escape room is quite something! It was very enjoyable and really well done. Don't worry,…read morethere's no spoilers in this review. You can gather and chill in the Four Thieves pub downstairs and wait for Gabriel to find you. You'll easily recognise him by his old timey garb and creepy stare. This escape room has an actual storyline you have to follow, a bit like those classic adventure games. Randomly searching for clues isn't as helpful as it is in most other escape rooms as only the storyline will help unlock the clues. The room is really well done, very dark and moody, slightly creepy but not too scary. Decor and props are fantastically made, the room tends to get quite hot though, so be aware of that when you dress for the day. The clues and riddles make sense and are all solvable if you stay on track. Overall a really good experience, would definitely recommend this one!

I was invited to join Love Popups London to test out the brand new escape room The Cabin at Escape…read moreLondon. This exit room company has two locations, one in Shadwell, and one in Shepherds Bush. This new room, set in a spooky cabin and camp site, is located in the Shepherds Bush venue, which is short walk from Shepherds Bush Market station. Here's my spoiler free review. The experience starts innocuous enough, with our full team of seven being gathered inside a large tent in the first room. This one is a very small room, barely holding our team, with very few hints and puzzles to solve. What we do find out though is that the premise is that a hunter has stolen goods from our camp while we were hiking and we had to find his cabin to get them back. We set off to quickly solve the first puzzles and burst into the second room, which is much roomier and as thus gave the entire team enough space to fan out and find things to do. We quickly set to task and seemed to blast through most hurdles quite quickly, obviously helped by our vast experience shared out amongst the large group. Every puzzle and game made sense in itself, though some were harder to find and put together in our minds than others. At no point did we feel stuck or artificially held back in any way. The props and decorations are very well done, though some of them could be utilized as clue hiding places more efficiently. For a brand new room that just opened two days before, it was incredibly well put together and very cohesive. Experienced teams will find many familiar elements, but also a few new and surprising ones that are a lot of fun to work on. Newcomers and very small teams (teams of two or three people) will probably face a steep challenge with this one as there is just so much to do, find, uncover, solve. We blasted through this room with a new record time of just 28 minutes, but do keep in mind that we are seven experienced escapees, that definitely makes a difference. I enjoyed this room very much and look forward to trying out this company's other rooms on offer.

This was my first escape room, having been invited by Love Popups London to give the new Overthrone…read moreroom a go. Being a bit of a Game of Thrones/fantasy nerd, I jumped at the chance. Besides, I'd been wanting to try an escape room for absolutely ages. The location was interesting to find, and I liked that one of the staff members joked that it was the first challenge (it's on a high street, just there's no flashy signage). Speaking of the staff, I have to say (and I'm sorry I've forgotten her name), but she was absolutely brilliant. Enthusiastic, supportive, and extremely friendly. It made me feel very welcome, and I would gladly return here to do more rooms and I just felt very much at home. So, onto Overthrone. Now I don't want to give away any details and spoil the experience for players. I will say that it was really a brilliant laugh, and some of the tricks were just fantastic (one in particular which was just genius, and I would really really love to tell you about!!). If you've not done an escape room before, this is a brilliant starter room. There was a photo on the wall that some team had done it in 16 minutes - they must have been a professional escape room team or something as we managed to just complete it with a couple of minutes to spare. Now I just really want to get another team together and go back and do more rooms. I think I've got the bug!!

I was invited by Love Popups London to try out the new Project D.I.V.A room at Escape Rooms' Angel…read morelocation. This room is set in the future. On Mars! And, of course, there's a rogue computer AI system that is trying to kill humanity. Fun times! The reception room is a bit on the small side, but there are toilets available and ample seating, and you won't wait for very long, as long as you're on time. After a short briefing, we were handed three smartphones with custom apps that are necessary to solve this escape room, as well as the standard puzzle room issue walkie talkie and pad of paper. This was promising to be fun already as we were told there would be no padlocks, but a linear story to work through. I love immersive escape rooms like that! While running around finding random codes and clues is all fun and games, a realistic experience is absolutely fantastic. And no spaceship would have a number padlock which is opened with a code found through a chess game. Without giving away too much about the room, this one is really well done! The first room is dark, full of electronic devices and futuristic lighting. It's unfortunately a bit on the small side with devices on the floor, so not suitable for a wheelchair. The first clues and codes were deciphered quickly and upon solving them, drawers slid out of walls and hidden doors opened. Everything is automated and I absolutely loved it. The riddles and codes all made a certain amount of sense for the setting, the smartphone apps were exciting to work with and it all felt very immersive and interactive.  Later on in the game, there are secret passages and lasers and a whole lot of other exciting challenges! You definitely need to be comfortable in confined spaces and like working with interactive technology, then this game will be an absolute delight! The only negative points I can find are that you also need to be able bodied, or at least have several able bodied people on your team, and the room is incredibly dark with no torches provided, so sight impairments might be an issue as well; unfortunately accessibility tends not to be a huge consideration for immersive rooms in this industry.  The other point is that the computer voice is very quiet and we couldn't understand what she was saying, it didn't seem important though, as we still managed to escape with 18 minutes to spare!  Other than that, it was one of my all time favourite rooms! Definitely not for beginners, but those with a few escape rooms under their belt will love this one!

Wow what can I say but last night I played Project D.I.V.A. which I was transported to the future…read moreto a space station set in Mars. It was up to me and my team (Love Pop ups London) to destroy a corrupt D.I.V.A (Defence Interactive Virtual Assistant) whom sent us a cryptic message warning us of immediate death to all humanity. Us agents had to intercept ER-27, get on board and destroy D.I.V.A and regain control of the station by infiltrating her core and removing her 4 hard drives to disable her. I loved this room with it's high tech technology gadgets and the puzzles. Most puzzles involve lots of numerical coding so if you love codes and maths you'll love this. I would most certainly recommend this room but highly recommend 4 or more players. This is now one of my top 5 greatest escape rooms.