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.

We played the Pharaoh's Chamber room at Espace Rooms, so my review will be based on this room…read morealone. It's a very central location, so that's a plus right off the bat! The staff were pleasant but seemed a little distracted to me. I've definitely had more enthusiastic staff at other escape games. The decor of the room looked cheaply made and not well maintained. I'm sure it looked top notch when it opened, but it's quite used and should probably get an overhaul. Some equipment pieces were dinged up and pieces were broken off. Other items were just about pound shop quality. The riddles and puzzles were interesting but not always logical. There was a lot of trial and error with some of them and a few didn't really make any sense, even once we figured them out. It wasn't always obvious when a puzzle was successfully solved as the system that lets you know you've solved something doesn't really co-relate to the puzzles, so it's an indicator that something happened, but not exactly what was solved. Once we actually solved one puzzle but didn't realize it had triggered something else until we were notified of this through the walkie talkie from the operations room. We managed to escape with just one hint used, but overall it wasn't as satisfying as a lot of the other escape rooms I've tried because it was more guess work than actual skill and logic to solve the puzzles. I hear their other challenge, Room 33, is a bit better, so I may try that one in the future. This one just didn't impress me.

This was so much fun however I think it lacks the refinement that I expected. It was quite chilled…read moreand the staff, although friendly, weren't very professional. When we first got in to the room I started to feel a little disappointed as the clues were really tough however we persisted and soon we really got in to it - he clues are tough but do-able. I do agree with other reviewers that the whole concept of the room didn't really make sense.The puzzles are all individual so you are just scrabbling around trying to see which clues are for which puzzles. Overall a kind of stressful experience. I would recommend an escape room to friends or colleagues however perhaps another venue/company?

This was my fifth escape room in 6 months. I have really enjoyed doing Escape rooms and this one…read morewas a great one! We did the Bank Heist and had a blast! There were 5 of us and we escaped just as our time ran out so it was really exhilarating! The room was well themed and challenging. The location was a little hard to find but very accessible by the Tube.

This was my first experience with an escape room, and it was an excellently organised event. The…read morespot is central and they clearly haven't skimped on decor - the place looks lavish and has traditional wooden puzzled scattered across the lounges. In terms of the actual escape, it was a teeny bit repetitive like the other reviewer noted, but still cleverly done. I would have liked the clues to be available on written slips of paper as the phone line wasn't clear and sometimes I think the exact wording would change when we asked for things to be repeated... I really liked the fact that they had a photo-themed booth at the end of it all to commemorate all the fun. (I think they could probably add a cafe or at least a little kiosk with refreshments to increase their profit margin too!)

OK, if you thought that was a movie blog coming up, you have been mislead my friend.. It is…read moreactually an escape room experience from London Escaped. London Escaped have recently opened two rooms and myself and a few bloggers from the Love Pop Ups London community were invited to come and escape The Prisoner. As usual, I don't want to give too much of the atmospheric build up away, however, I can let you know that this escape room is located in the east London venue, just off the Commercial Road. It's located in an underground parking allotment. Upon entry you'll find the slopy entrance, be careful its very steep so mind your step! So what does London Escaped say about their new room? "The Prisoner known as The Bloody Elbow. It is the time of the Holy Medieval Inquisition around the 14th century. You have all been accused of witchcraft and imprisoned awaiting your death by the hands of a executioner nicknamed "Bloody Elbow". He is infamous for his love of using horrifying torture to obtain confession of your crimes, this often lead to a slow and agonising death if you were lucky, "Bloody Elbow" has left you for a rest between the bouts of torture, this is your chance, you have 60 minutes to escape your hideous dungeon and change your fate forever"  The room can take up to eight players, however I would recommend a maximum of five as I felt that would give the players more to do when there are less people.I didn't feel that there was much problem solving involved. More finding keys and the right object to aid your escape. The first part of the game does require some team work and the game does mention sharp objects were involved.. And I totally vouch for it, but I would recommend no drinking before. As this is all for fun, so let's avoid all injuries OK!  So you have been accused of witchcraft and the aim of the game is to escape before the executioner returns to torture you to death.. With that in mind I would be the first to try and get out..  As the game is recently opened there are still some finishing touches that the owners are looking to finalise and whike speaking to them you can really picture their vision and I would be interested on returning to see what changes they have made to the room.  As I am writing this review you will be happy to know that my team and I managed to escape in 48 mins I do admit the first 5 mins was just a lot of screaming.. I will let you figure that part out for yourself. I would say that this is one very immersive room, so and I really enjoy the props the owners have put in the design of the rooms.  This is a 3* from me for the difficulty of the room but definitely a 4* for the immerse design.  Disclaimer: This is a sponsor post, but reviews are all my own.

This venue has a bunch of different rooms, and while not all of them are great, they do have a few…read morerooms suitable for two players, which is rare! The White Walker room was especially brilliant (though it's physically small, so wouldn't recommend for more than 3 players) and one of the best rooms I've played. Unfortunately some of the tech was being finicky, but that's easily fixable. School of Magic is a great room for junior players, but also suitable for a team of two. Not the most complicated, difficult room, but great for Potter fans and a fun challenge. Some of the props need fixing and a better clue system would be great. There's some really good rooms available here, especially for smaller groups!

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.

This was a really interesting find in London. Four of us looking for something fun to do together…read more This was perfect. The virtual reality used a customized Oculus with attachments for the weapons. We did a space mission with no weapons that was like an escape room. Then we did a zombie escape room. Which was a lot of fun. No matter what experience you try this is well worth your time!

This is a great starter escape room if you've never done anything like it before…read more We did the museum warehouse room, so this review is based entirely on that challenge. I have yet to try any of the other rooms they have. All the riddles and puzzles in this escape room are very straight forward, decently challenging but not too difficult. They all make sense, we overthought some of them though which made us take a lot more time than it should have. Sometimes the easy answer is actually the best answer! As a beginner, it was quite challenging to get through, but in hindsight with more escape room challenges under my belt I'd say this is not for very advanced teams as they might have too easy a time and be a bit disappointed at getting out too fast. It did take us 58 minutes as a fresh beginner team that had only ever tried anything like this in Yelp's Licence To Escape event, which features short, 5 minute challenges from several escape room companies. So if you're new to this, this is the perfect one to start with! You'll learn a lot about the techniques and details of escape rooms with this one. It was definitely a lot of fun to get through this one!

My first ever escape the room experience and something I'd definitely do again. Finding the venue…read morewas almost as complicated as escaping the room, especially as we had a much shorter time limit to do so. The puzzles were very logical, and it was a great exercise to see how well you do as a team. Our team was slightly on the weak side given we didn't really know each other, and we trusted that others had looked in certain places which is why we got stuck in the 2nd room, however there were some difficulties opening doors even when we had the correct codes etc. I can't say I felt particularly pressured however we managed it with 4 minutes to spare. The other team, doing a different puzzle had 15 mins left. Which suggests that certain puzzles are too easy.

We visited Escape Plan on our UK escape room tour in Oct 2019 and played their "The Battle for…read moreBritain - KENNINGTON" room. THE STORY This escape room is based on the Luftwaffe attack on Britain back on August 18th, 1940. We are the only survivors of the first wave of the bombing and we must strategize how to mobilize our full force of RAF to save London and successful bomb the enemies. We have an hour before they will attack again! HIT THE BULLSEYE -All the puzzles were unique in this room. They were all relevant to the storyline and very entertaining to solve. -The entire room was not linear so our group each had our glory moment to be proud of for solving a different puzzle. The great thing was that we still had a chance to come together for the end. -The "centerpiece" of the room was an impressive design. -The urgency was felt as game progressed, much like the story line. -Great mixture of combo locks and tech (only used at places that made sense). -Unusual way of "winning" the game. -Props used were all related to the timeline of the story. -Love the flow and the "flow tracking device". MISSED THE MARK -The hint system could be a bit off due the various number of puzzles being solved by different players at the same time. The game master's camera may not be able to clearly see the status of all the puzzle solving at one time. Maybe create a laser pointer that can be controlled from the control room to point to the puzzle that's being hinted on. -If only a bit more of a "wow" element could be added to the ending, this would have had a perfect finish! TAKE A SHOT? This is a great game to demonstrate that a room does not have to have an insane amount of tech or crazy movie set like set designs in order to be an awesome escape room. We felt immersed in the storyline and puzzles that none of the "fancy" additions mattered. If you love a challenge with tons of puzzles and want to test how you can work alone and/or with a team, you'll truly enjoy this room.

So you may by now experienced one or two at least escape rooms as these within the last few years…read morehas been popping all over the town. So how does one stand out from another? This is the question I keep asking myself and I guess I will only find out by testing as many of them as I can. Gladly of course. Myself and a couple of friends Bianca and Jamie (a few pulled out last minute) tried out Escape Plan's room. The room is based in the barracks of a P.O.W camp and you and your comrades (lets get into character here) have 60 minutes to escape! The story starts when you enter the room and you find out that only one person has ever escape, Bob Hails and to help you, he has written a journal which you find.  Once inside the room, you are faced with riddles, locks and puzzles which you have to solve. The one thing I like about this room is that each clue is linked to a particular lock, so this means that there can be lots of people to solve different parts of the clues within the room. As a three person group we felt there was more than enough things to keep us challenged. The game master is always watching as he tells you before you enter and will always help you out if he feels that you are struggling. I also love that every prop they have inside the room are real artefacts from the 1940 so please handle with care... apparently someone has dropped a real grenade once and I don't know why anyone would think of dropping that! The one thing which I think is very important to mention is that this room is very accessible to those with mobility issues, theres a lift to the room as well as enough space for a wheelchair to manoeuvre so definitely a plus in my books. I think as a group of three we was all challenged to partake in every part of the game and we escaped with just over 14 minutes to spare, I think the different level of experienced we had really helped and working together is very important. I think no more that 4 people would be a reasonable number to play this room without over filing with players. I visited this room with LovePopUp London and while the experience was kindly gifted to us by Escape Planall my reviews are my own and I would definitely rate this room a 4* out of 5. I really enjoyed the different clues and also the final puzzle was definitely one to experience!