We do a LOT of escape rooms. Like a lot. So on this road trip we decided to do as many locally…read morethemed rooms as possible. So after a day of seeing his grave and at the museum of the American Revolution we did this Ben Franklin themed room. And it was AWESOME. To be fair, I like a room that lets you wander around instead of forcing you down a path...and I like a room you get rewarded for looking at random things instead of having everything spelled out for you. I also like a room that has a lot of spaces that don't do anything. And this room had all of that. We ended up not needing any clues but got REALLY close to being stuck a few times. It just felt like a really good payoff for the puzzles in this room and a very cool story.

Team building activity! Good thing we escaped with about 5 minutes remaining, because I declared in…read morethe beginning that I would resign if we didn't make it out. Not that my boss would hold me to it, but I should refrain from my dramatic declarations. The Olde City Escape Games is located in an office building, but there was a sign that pointed us to the correct building. Once inside, look for them in the name of the tenants and ring it like a doorbell. That felt like step 1 of the test. Once inside we were all in their lobby and encouraged to use the restroom before we get started. Our game master was awesome. I blame the Sangria. I wish I remembered his name! He was super fun and engaging throughout the experience. This is an escape room so I don't want to give anything away so I'll try to stay high level. Since we were in Philadelphia we decided to do something historic themed. We did their "A Quest for Freedom" escape room where you explore Benjamin Franklin's study and operate his print shop on a mission to help the American Revolution. Each clue or item is used only once, so be sure to track what you have used or what you have not used, cause it would mean you still need to use it. My team and I had a blast and I definitely feel closer to them after successfully escaping together. We might have been sharper and solved the clue faster if we came here before dinner and drinks... Lessons Learned for next time.

Was able to make a last-minute booking for a group of 6 on a Sunday and was glad they were able to…read moreaccommodate us even after some of us made it in late! We ended up with a little less time in the room because of that but honestly that kind of made it more fun. A few of the puzzles in our room were a little unintuitive, and the room was pretty hot, but we still had a great time and it ended up being more satisfying than another escape room I had done in the city. Noiz was also a great host and a lot of fun!

Been here a few times and it's always a good experience. Everyone is super friendly and helpful and…read morethe rooms are so much fun! Whenever someone asks for a recommendation, I suggest this escape room!

Wow! The challenges were amazing. We took a group of Scouts and they really worked well together…read more It's a great activity for developing communication skills and out of the box thinking.

Great experience nice and helpful staff and so entertaining and fun want to go back again I really…read morerecommend it brought two kids ages 12 and 8 and they loved it.

Great spot -- friendly staff! We've done other escape rooms in the city that are more strict and…read morefocused on leaderboards whereas this place is fun and casual. The Jack The Ripper room opening is immersive -- the room itself was okay 3/5. The aesthetic and ambiance is perfect -- but that also is problematic with the darkness. Artistically it is a delight, love the brick wall and the picture frames -- but the puzzles themselves were confusing during the experience to me. The Alice and Wonderland room was enjoyable. Silly experience. Straightforward in terms of progression, just difficult puzzles in themselves. Been to other escape rooms in this city and they weren't as friendly.

Had a great time at this place! I did the Thai Prison Escape with just my partner and I, and we…read morewere able to escape within the time limit with just two hints. Lee was a fantastic gamemaster and made the hints and room fun! Looking forward to trying their other rooms in the future

Happy to see they've updated their website to indicate which rooms were borrowed partially from…read moreescape room companies that sold stories and which ones were totally their own. Because of the interest of my friends mainly, I was curious to see the differences between Blind Tiger Speakeasy here and the one in OBX escape rooms. The setup and price here is much better. I don't remember all the nuances, but I know the modifications done with KOP are much better. The beginning puzzle, they let you solve it intuitively in parts rather than expect the entire combination to be correct. This helps with playability and the fun factor. They have wonderful employees that work here. Jaden was no exception! I did catch on to some clues faster because even though I didn't remember exactly what I did with my group at the OBX one, I did have a faint inkling. At the OBX one, we didn't solve it but had help from a guide in the room as I was only in a group of 3, the room there required a minimum of 4, and we had to pick rooms that could serve physical accommodations there. I'm still "waiting" for some escape room in the general area to do escape the 90s. The closest one from my area right now seems to be Rochester, which is too far. I do pass by that way once in awhile, but being only one person makes it tough. . .

Excellent rooms. Creative escapes and puzzles. The staff is very engaged and supportive…read more Competitive environment for friends or families. A fun time across multiple experience levels. Different themes that range across the years. Well done!

As of March 2026 not only are tickets on a Sunday now FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS EACH, there is also a 10%…read morebooking fee online, making them FIFTY TWO DOLLARS EACH. Listen, escape rooms are fun, and I know Philly is an expensive city, but this is next level outrageous. I don't even know what to say anymore. From $25 to $52 over a few years time is just... *shrug*

We went with "The Attic" escape room because it had jump scares which we thought was unique. And it…read moreindeed gave us quite a scare! I liked how this place had some horror themed escape rooms that I don't typically see. The puzzles were well thought out and required lots of thinking. Our host was kind and helped give us hints when we got stuck. I would definitely recommend coming here, especially around Halloween!

The games are fun for both kids and adults! We went with family and friends for a birthday…read morecelebration, and everyone had a great time playing. The front-end experience was fine, but once we got to the bar to order drinks and food, things went downhill. We waited about 10 minutes to be helped. I don't blame the bartender -- she was clearly doing her best and working hard to keep up. However, another employee came over and instead of asking who was next, he chose a couple of people to help and then walked away, which was frustrating. I understand that Fridays can be busy, especially with lots of reservations, but better staffing or having a manager step in to help during peak times would make a big difference. The food and drinks were just ok. Overall, the games were the highlight, but the service and food experience could definitely be improved.

We went while in town for my son's birthday (out of state). Amid the "boring history stuff" this…read morewas the one thing he really wanted to do. We had four athletes and a computer programmer. We all do escape rooms regularly, including the kids. We've only not made it out of maybe one or two escape rooms so this is right up our alley. We booked in advance and didn't have to wait long like others have stated, so that was great. It was pretty empty for a weekend afternoon. There was one birthday party going on. A lot of employees hanging out but not surprised because it wasn't busy. Our game hostess was fine. Just told us that the screens would tell us what to do and don't move to the next room until the room you're in tells you to (because there was a party in front of us). Also the doors aren't locked so feel free to leave anytime, but the clock won't stop. She also told us to take absolutely everything on us and put it in a locker. Told us she "highly recommended" that we took nothing with us in the game rooms. Again, really common for escape rooms because they don't want you to give it away or take photos. Made sense. It took us at least two tries on each game in each room to understand what we were supposed to do, which wasted time. The instructions weren't amazing, but we figured it was supposed to be hard so didn't think that was complaint-worthy initially. Got to level 8 or so on most rooms, not much higher. Nothing to compare it to since there's nothing like this near us. Screen kept saying we were doing "alright". The room we thought we did the best in said we did "abysmal". Eh, okay, all part of the gag we thought. Maybe no one gets "great" or "nice work". Then we got to the laser room where things went downhill. The screens were supposed to let you switch the laser pattern, but only one screen on one side worked. We did our best and still tried to make the best of it. All in the name of having fun for my son's bday. At the end of the laser room a 10 minute countdown started and a voice said "feel free to take photos while you wait for the next room", which would have been amazing if we weren't encouraged to put them in a locker at the start of the games!!! Waiting for the bomb (foam) in the hallway and are the only team on the screen that chose foam when our team's name disappears from the list. The team in front of us goes ahead and I notice our team name is on their video screen and they are playing as us with our remaining bomb time. And they are going to get foam, not what they actually chose. I flag down a worker and he starts running around to his coworkers who are all chuckling at the mistake, not sincerely worried at all about giving the team already in the bomb room the wrong experience or the wrong amount of time. They got foam - and I don't think they got to do it again. I would not have been happy, but that's up to them to talk to the staff about. The worker then tells us he THINKS he can get us the foam we asked for but that he doesn't know how much time we had on the bomb, so we needed to give him a number. He also says we might have to email for our photos/video since the team before us will be attached to our team name. He tells us that his coworker was supposed to check the team's bands before us to confirm who they were and their bomb type, but forgot. Meantime, the workers behind him continue to be completely unconcerned and are chatting and laughing about it, hanging out, no big deal. No apologies, no concern over the screw up. That was disappointing. We get into our bomb room and everything is covered in slime including the controllers we need to use. We get our controllers and the whole thing shuts down. Computer .exe error. They get it back up and running pretty quickly and we realize as we start to play that at least two of the controllers aren't doing anything. Foam starts to come out before the bomb even goes off and at least one mask fails and we can't even see to finish the game (we were at five completed when this started). I ended up having to just take off my mask and turn around because foam is covering my mouth and I can't breathe. Photos and videos are terrible and we got someone else's video because they went under our team name. I hope they got their stuff eventually! The manager fixed it to our satisfaction, which is why I'm giving it three stars. He asked if we were staying to do other games, but didn't even know that was included or an option, so better communication too would have been great. I wish we could go back and try again to give it another chance, but there isn't one within four states of us. Hoping everyone else has a good experience because this could be amazing! We found another fun experience to finish the birthday and honestly believe you should give this a chance. Leaving this review more for the manager and staff so they know where it all went wrong.

First time at an escape room and had a lot of fun. Clean place, friendly staff and perfect…read morelocation. Will definitely go again.

This is def the best escape room I've been to! We won the time travelers room. Best advice is to…read moreread everything, don't skim over it, read everything. The level of commitment to offer value to the customer is high here. Everything is interactive, it's not a room that anyone can put together with some locks which in my opinion matters a lot. Customer service here is amazing and rooms are well kept. I would def recommend and we will be back to try another room!!!