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    Escape Hilo

    4.9 (49 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    We did it!!
    Kevin M.

    Ryan is AMAZING!! Visited a little over a month ago with family. We took visiting family to the escape room. We had 3 adults, 2 teenage boys, 3 younger boys and girls. It was my first experience with an escape room, and Ryan you have set the bar HIGH! Don't know if others can match this one. Ryan has a caring heart and wants the best for the competitors. He's not out to just take your money and hope you lose. He did everything he could to make our time a memorable one, and it still is a highlight of their visit! We will DEFINITELY send more here to experience this room. We'll done Ryan!

    Trefethen and Halvorson team escaping the unescapable!!
    Mary H.

    We had an awesome time at Escape Hilo! It was an Hawaiian theme and full of talking Tikis, fun surprises and locks and locks and locks. Seven of us entered the room and seven of us escaped with 1 1/2 minutes to spare! From 20 year old young, sharp minds to older (up to 97 years old) more devious minds we deciphered the clues in noisy boisterous fashion. This is a well organized event and well worth a visit by tourists and locals alike. Thanks for a great time!

    Kaliko K.

    Big mahalo to Ryan, our host extraordinaire. His masterfully designed puzzle rooms are filled with creativity, magic, mystery, thrills, chicken skin moments, laughter, and scream-inducing adventures that are sure to excite the soul. I felt like I was in a mystery movie. This was indeed an unforgettable experience! I highly recommend everyone book this asap! Take your family, friends, coworkers, everyone! Wow, wow, wow! And we loved the Christmas theme!

    Victory!!! Another escape room conquered!!

    5 stars, Two Thumbs up, Absolutely exceptional! Our family of 4 tries to do an escape room on every vacation and this was our shot on the big island. Ryan is super excited about his room and obviously spent a lot of time planning it. There are two big surprises, one of which we have never seen in another escape room, and apparently very few groups actually figure this surprise out. We were so surprised by it, in fact, that I don't think we utilized it very effectively. There are a lot of keys and combo locks, and a few other physical tasks that make this a difficult and fun room. Our family of 4 (2 adults, 2 teenaged boys) escaped with less than ONE MINUTE left, and only needed help with two clues. Ryan, if you make another room (and we're back on the big island someday) we will absolutely be knocking on your door. Thanks for a really great time in Hilo. -#TeamRachac

    Cici C.

    Hilo, Hawaii is our first stop on our Hawaii island cruise tour back in April 2019 and "Escape Hilo" is the only escape room available on the island of Hilo. Hilo rains a lot and we experienced that first hand when we got off the cruise ship. This island makes a great escape room location for an indoor activity. Escape Hilo is located on the second floor of a building complex built in 1912. Inside the complex, there are quite a few selection of stores and restaurants providing plenty to do. The complex also has plenty of parking. It may be hard to find "Escape Hilo", but follow the sign and keep walking left all the way down until the end of the building (you will have to go down half a flight of stairs in the middle section). It'll be the last door to your right at the end of the hallway. We were grateful to have met the developer and owner of the location and at age 23, he's probably the youngest owner we have out of all the escape room locations yet to date. The lobby was very cozy and serves complimentary local drinks to the players. We can tell that he has a great passion for the island and escape rooms and how it was all incorporated in this first room. The room that we are attempting to escape today is called "Plantation Escape". Right from the start, we felt transported to a Japanese immigrant's home. There were many plantations then on the island and this one so happens to be built over an ancient Hawaiian "menehune" wall. We won't divulge into any of the surprises that we've seen as the story developed, but we were pleasantly surprised at the turnover of events. He cleverly used many island-inspired puzzles in his escape room theme. The puzzles weren't all linear, so you can get a group in there and divide and conquer in different areas although we suggest probably 4 people would be a perfect size. There's a puzzle in there that you could get stuck on if you don't have prior knowledge of a certain skill, but the game master will definitely help out if you have any issues with that one. Overall, we really enjoyed the game as the puzzle flow went well with the storyline until the end. We hope that if you are ever in Hilo, definitely give them a try and we also hope to return to try out his new rooms in the future! * Check out our YouTube video for a sneak peek of the location, interview with the owner, the room and more on our website: www.escapetheroomers.com

    First attempt...we will be back!

    Super fun!!! Very challenging. Ryan created a room that was really creative. Even though we didn't escape, we will be back to try again. Great job and we will be back!!!

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    SO fun! Love the different holiday themes! Went for our work holiday party and now wanna go back with fam :)

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    Definitely worth it! We almost won and had a ton of fun.

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    Very fun experience with the family in Hilo! If you are looking for something fun and cultural to do I would highly recommend.

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    Ryan was the best host out of any store ive been in, all escape room hosts should take lessons from him.

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