I signed up myself, my partner, and our friends for the computer chip heist scavenger hunt at the…read moreComputer History Museum. Although we enjoyed the general plot of the scavenger hunt and liked the experience of narrowing down who the culprit was, we felt that the clues were excessively specific, as we had to skim through every label in each area of the museum to get the information we needed. I think we would've preferred more general clues where you could still enjoy the information in that area of the museum without having to work so hard to search through each line of text. I also felt like the clues given were not very connected to the objects in the museum, and the plot of the mystery didn't seem very relevant to the setting of the museum. This took us out of the environment of the museum and made the experience less enjoyable. I felt that the length of was too long at 2.5 hours, although if the clues hadn't been as specific, perhaps we would have been less mentally exhausted at the end. We felt that it was fairly easy to narrow down the culprit with a handful of clues, so I think it would have made for far more intrigue if the clues were more directly tied to the plot and involved more thinking rather than just piecing together tidbits of information. My biggest qualm was the price of the scavenger hunt. I felt like paying $60 for to cover the cost of the museum admission, the video at the beginning of the scavenger hunt, and the website that was made for the scavenger hunt was very unreasonable. An average escape room in the area is about $40 to $50, and escape rooms have much more upfront expenses for the organizers, including the cost of renting the space, the elaborate props, and the staffing. This was a fairly enjoyable one-time experience, but in the future I would just go to an escape room.

Reached out to Bay Mystery Scavenger Hunts to plan our team offsite. Got a response from Tal and it…read morewas breeze from then on. Tal provided accurate descriptions of how each experience would be and what are the available options. Tal was very patient while I sorted out the date of the event and also the experience we wanted. Not going to give any spoilers on the event but we chose the Escape from haunted mansion. The event was held in Sports Page Bar where our team of 17 members split into five groups. The puzzles to solve were very creative and simulates your brain. Also is good team building experience where we need to work as a team and individually to escape within the time. As part of the experience we all got a drink/snack as complimentary. To top it all Tal gave a nice prize/gift to the winning team. Lastly I would like to highlight the amazing customer experience where we booked for 19 people and only 17 people turned up. Tal was able to get us the refund for the two no shows. I will be definitely excited to try out their other scavenger hunts in the upcoming years.

I've done a few rooms with friends and kids, and we all loved the experiences. The rooms are very…read morehigh quality with lots of unique puzzles and fun things to look at in general. It's like being at Disneyland. Every room we've been in had three rooms to solve. The stories to the rooms were creative and weren't strictly about escaping. My favorite was the baby kraken. I wish they sold a plushie version of it!

We were looking to do an escape room for the kids and we found availability this Sunday and booked…read moreour reservations!! Staff was very friendly and friendly and receptive. Just a minus star on the reservations - we were expecting to have the room to be just our family but we received a text before our time so indicating that another party was joining us. I guess my feel is that if it says 5 spots free - it meant that we had the room to ourselves but we were grouped with another family (mom and two young kids). No issues with the other family joining in the experience but you never know who you would be paired up!! We did the cosmic event. The room was clean and functional. It was hard to hear Hermes in the space ship but outside of it. We had a wonderful time and escaped!!

I find it absolutely wild that this place has nearly 5 stars on Yelp. The puzzle flow is confusing…read moreand/or non-existent, partially because it's not obvious what is a "main quest" puzzle and what is a "side quest" puzzle and therefore it's super easy to get sidetracked, and partially because the tech is so poorly maintained that it's not obvious if you actually solved something correctly or if the GM just felt sorry for you and let you progress forward. A lot of the parts of the room are just straight up broken (like missing hooks) or look broken with chipping paint or loose screws. Even GM-controlled devices like music volume and other tech don't work properly and caused us to have a frustrating experience. We did think it was kind of fun to do non-puzzle things to solve clues, but with everything else working as poorly as they did, that didn't make up for the rest of the room.

I've gone to EDscapade at least 10 times over the past years and every experience has been superb…read more Tonight tho was another one and our game master was the main star of hostage. I've done hostage 80 percent of my trips here and this is the first time meeting the guy on the poster. He was definitely a great gm and funny too, and definitely catered to helping scare our group of friends that never been to an escape room before. Really hope to continue bringing more people here in the future and excited for the many other experiences that's soon to come. Best horror escape room in the Bay Area!

Always a fun experience with friends. Recommend the Special Ops game at Valley Fair…read more Cosmic Crisis recently joined the lineup and is a fun game too. Might need more than 5-6 ppl for that one though.

The Escape Game is a fun, well run escape room right in the Vale Fair mall…read more It is a bit more expensive than others, but it feels polished and it's relatively new. We did a Western themed room, and everything was designed well enough to keep you engaged without overcomplicating things. We ended up with the fastest time of the week. It did not feel especially hard, so either we were way smarter than we thought or the room was a bit easier. Either way, it was a good time. The staff was friendly and kept things running smoothly. They stay on schedule, which helps the whole experience feel organized. Overall, a fun stop if you are already at the mall and want to do something a little different. One star less cuz it was easy and therefore short.

First went to this escape room in 2021. Mechanics, storyline, interactiveness, and production was…read moreall great and fun to do with a large group of maybe 8 and under. This was one of the first escape rooms I did with a live actor and that was a game changer at the time a few years back. Most people find this escape room by word of mouth or via Yelp, and they seem to be doing well as far as I've heard. Definitely try this escape room if you're an enthusiast. It was fun and one of a must-add to your Morty list! Just keep in mind, the location of this escape room can seem kind of sketchy driving up to it, but don't worry - there's actually an escape room there, lol.

EXCELLENT Escape Room! Oh What Fun!!!…read more We had an amazing time tackling the Heist escape room in Fremont, CA! Here's a tip: bring a diverse group of people for a mix of strengths, arrive early, and split up into smaller teams to cover more ground. We had ages from 11 - 70 years old. The challenge was real--we needed quite a few clues--but thanks to great teamwork and asking for help when we needed it, we managed to escape!!! Big thanks to Kevin for making it such a memorable adventure!

What an awesome experience for my first escape room! Our game master Chris went all out to make us…read morefeel welcomed, elevated our time from walking in the door to leaving and truly made the game come to life. We may not have beaten the record but man I felt like we could have gotten close. Really fun spot to check out with friends or colleagues

I've only done a handful of escape rooms, and what I liked about this was they really put effort…read moreinto making a higher class lobby area as well as the intro/scene setting room. None of it looked cheap or amateurish. It did seem to be initially understaffed with a poor young lady having to deal with clues for an ongoing group, checking us in, and resetting our room. So we got a late start, but got the full hour. A young man showed up shortly before we started, so I'm sure that helped. We did Conspiracy of Silicon Valley, which is one of the newer games. Once we entered the actual room, it was charming and took you back into the era it was trying to portray. Here, things looked like a step down from the lobby/intro area. More like it was put together a little more DIY, but it didn't really detract from the experience. We had 5 people and split into 2 groups, which made the puzzle solving more feasible. The clues and puzzles were overall good and doable. There was an issue with not properly resetting a critical prop in our room - again, probably due to being understaffed, but we had to get a clue in order to figure out something wasn't right. So took one star off for that. If not for that, it would have been 5 stars. Initially, it looked quite small, but it expanded a bit into some other smaller rooms. It was really quite well done overall, and I think they did a really nice job. And the other great thing is that it's very reasonably priced compared to other escape rooms. For 5 people, it worked out to be $35/person, which is more than reasonable for an hour of fun. Would come here again with friends. Can recommend the experience!

We hosted a corporate event with Escape This Truck and it was awesome! Greg is responsive, helpful,…read morefun, and so easy to work with. My entire team had so much fun and although the escape room was challenging it wasn't frustrating - he knew when to provide clues and when to let us struggle. It was so much fun!!!

What a unique and fun way to celebrate a birthday. Escape This Truck really elevated our birthday…read moregame! Greg hosted our 11 and 12 year old guests who had a blast solving the escape truck clues. The kids started with a pregame puzzle followed by a backstory of the mission. It was never a dull moment. Greg was also quick to respond and easy to work with. We highly recommend this cool experience.

This place was pretty rad! Located in downtown San Jose with easy paid parking lot next to the…read morebuilding 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!

My family and I did the 'Secrets in the Attic' escape room for my mom's birthday last month. This…read morewas 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!