This was my first ever experience at an escape room and I could not have been more thrilled with my experience. The space is really cool, the folks running it were incredibly friendly and helpful, and most importantly, the games were awesome. The puzzles were challenging and creative, and you felt a sense of accomplishment when you solved them. The rooms are even set up in a way that you never quite know what is coming next. I'll definitely be recommending Escape RI to friends in the area and I'm excited to go back and try another game. read more

The Escape Lounge in the Providence RI airport is super quiet, great food, beverages and great service. Chef Curtis was delightful. One of the best clubs in all the airports I've been in. Highly recommend it! read more

Escape RI is clever, entertaining, friendly and professional. It's a fun filled adventure for any size group looking for a memorable alternative to the movies or bowling. I recommend (1) filling out the waiver forms in advance online (it's one less thing to do when you arrive) (2) Introduce yourself to the rest of your group (beyond friends and family) before entering the escape room... It facilitates a better working relationship with clues and the sharing of hints once you step inside the room. (3) Have Fun - Remember, it's a game. If you haven't experienced the enjoyable giddy stress of racing the clock to free yourself or solve a mystery - it's a must do. read more

I came here with three friends for my birthday and it was so much fun! We chose the Speakeasy and ended up working with two other people. No one in my group had done an escape room before, but our other teammates were returning customers. The instructions the host gave us before we began were clear and easy to follow, and the atmosphere was generally really upbeat and positive. The room itself was full of interesting objects and clues, and the host periodically posted hints on a screen (with an accompanying sound in case we weren't looking), which meant we were never stumped for too long. There were never any safety concerns either because there's an unlocked exit available in case of emergency. We managed to escape with a little over three minutes to spare, and although we didn't set any records, the dramatic last-minute solve made it feel like we got our money's worth! Maybe escape rooms aren't for everyone, but this place is definitely worth a try. And for a puzzle-lover like me, it was a really great way to spend my birthday -- and maybe the next one too! read more

Escape Rhode Island - Escape Games Near Me - Providence, Rhode Island

I have now done ALL of the rooms and I love this place! It's just a fun activity and is definitely different, you use your mind a lot so be ready to think! I would have to say the Study & Gallery are the easier two of the 4 games available so keep that in mind depending on who you are going with. You also do NOT need the room filled (ticket wise) to escape. I actually have found it to be a disadvantage sometimes. For anyone wanting to know; - you are not actually locked in the room, the door you come in is always unlocked and you are free to leave if you need to. -There is plenty of free parking(on the weekends at least unsure of Weekday) - for the most part you do not need prior knowledge to figure out puzzles. Most of the puzzles can be figured out based off clues in the room and problem solving. I 100% recommend booking a room ASAP! Cannot wait for a new room to come out! read more

What a great time! Just myself and my daughter (14) played this past weekend. Without giving any of the clues away, we thought we had won at one point, and then found out there was a whole other set of clues we had to do to complete it! It was a lot of fun. what I will say is that the staff there is super helpful. They kindof pepper you with clues throughout the process which helps keep the game interesting and keep everyone on task. I liked the spy music they played in the room and it was honestly a lot of fun. I would highly recomend this ! Oh, and we did the study (red) if that helps! A really fun time! :) read more

Did the Mausoleum Escape Room with my family including three adults and three teens. Good fun with challenging mind puzzles, code breaking, and many activities that involve hands on figuring them out. The entire family had fun. The host was great - plenty of clues and clear instructions. It was definitely worth the price! read more

Had a great time solving "The Gallery"! Made it out with 5 minutes to spare. Great time, friendly staff, a lot of fun.

I have mixed reviews on escape RI. I know this review will be a little lengthy, but it's important they know that I would be a repeat customer every time a new room was launched if not for this one issue. For my birthday, I rented out the entire 6 person room which isn't overly expensive in my opinion, but not cheap either. Upon entering the room everyone began the dash and it was a ton of fun figuring things out. Then came the part that ruined the experience for my entire team. There was a chess board located in the room. Being an avid chess player and the only one of us capable of deciphering that aspect of the game, I spent time sitting and plotting the game out while everyone else continued unlocking and figuring out other puzzles. Finally, I finished the puzzle plot, and figured out (spoiler alert) the pieces left had numbers allocated to them. So we tried, re-tried, and re-tried, the number combination on every lock and nothing......we kept getting hints, over and over, that "it was the chess board" "you're close" "try chess again" after about 25 minutes my friend just mashed buttons until the lock finally came undone. We then began flying through the puzzles, into the next room but there was NO WAY we could have made it out in time with such a massive set back. Upon exiting, the very 1st thing I asked was WHAT WAS THE CHESS CODE! After telling me what it actually was I told him to go look himself.......He had put the Rooks in the wrong position on the board! Each having a different number associated with them meant we could not have deciphered the code if not for dumb luck from a button mashing friend. I was expecting them to offer us a free 6 person room next time for the screw up, and instead he just said sorry, yeah that was my bad......It was really upsetting and definitely put a huge damper on my birthday, especially considering I was the one working so long on that one puzzle. If we were offered something other than "my bad" I would give it 5 stars, because otherwise the puzzles were fun, difficult, and very brain teasing. I totally understand putting those rooms back together after having them ravaged and torn apart after every group must be difficult, but that was SUCH an important detail, I would have expected them to have double checked before letting us in, or at the very least just walking in and asking us when they watched us walk back and forth for 20 minutes on the same thing. Had they remedied the situation, either on the spot, or afterwards I would have given them 5 stars all day and wrote a raving review. Instead I am forced to give them one star, for terrible customer relations, and not even attempting to make the situation better for our then demoralized team. If they read this and reach out to amend the situation I would gladly re-review them, until then, I am still pretty angry I spent over $100 just to lose and get a "my bad" as a consolation prize. read more

Escape Rhode Island was awesome! We came as a group of 10, many of us who have done multiple escape rooms at different locations. This was our first time here. It was great! We did "the bunker" and it was very well designed with a lot of difficult clues and puzzles within it. We thought having 10 people would make it difficult but there were enough clues for different groups to figure out and they could be done at the same time, rather than everyone working on one lock at a time. Highly recommend--Definitely a challenging room! We can't wait to come back! read more

Great time we did the cellar and had a blast great use of mind skills and team work even though you know it is all being monitored and you are safe there is an element of unease which makes it all that more fun Saul the butcher is great we plan on going back and trying the green room read more

FIVE STARS!!! Put this on your list if you're in Providence. I've done them all! Without spoiling anything, this group has some of the most innovative rooms I've seen. They're rooms have a good mix of challenging puzzles, electrical cleverness, and team work exercises. Their staff is great and very passionate about their work. Their hint system is unique - they closely monitor you and carefully just give them to you to move the game along. No penalized time or limited bank of hints. I think that's great because they really want you to experience the entire game and show you the great work they did across all the rooms. Believe me, even with the hints the puzzles are so good, the players are their own penalty. If you plan on doing the rooms recommend this order: 1) Mausoleum, 2) Ex Machina, 3) Study, 4) Bunker. If you do the Bunker, bring a team and some experience. Like the Game Masters say, it's no joke. You'll need some experience do get through it. Sundays are a good time to go since parking is free and there's plenty across the street. Book your room today! It'll be worth it! read more

A friend invited us to join him in this activity I had never heard of..getting "locked" in a room and having to solve puzzles to get out! We did a particularly difficult one inspired by Lovecraft. I wasn't sure what to expect but it was really challenging and fun. I think a great idea for friends or team-building for staff too. read more

Today was our first experience in an Escape Room and all six of us (4 millennials; 2 baby boomers) had a terrific time. Each one of us said we'd do it again. We did Ex Machina and found it very challenging - but we made it out with time to spare! Our experience at Escape RI on South Main was great from start to finish, thanks to Joey, who introduced us to the concept and managed our visit in a humorous and professional way. read more

Went here over the weekend and had a blast escaping from the Ex Machina room! Highly recommended

Great lasting impression! This Escape Room was my first experience with escape games a few months ago. My girlfriend had done similar rooms before and wanted to see if I would enjoy it. It was fantastic! Since then we've returned to give the other rooms a try at Escape Rhode Island. All three rooms have been fun and had memorable themes to go along with them. Each room has been high quality and different from the others. The game masters also seem to be invested in the story and legitimately enjoy what they're doing. If you want to have a fun experience with an Escape Room...this is where you should start. read more

This was my second escape room experience and it was definitely an improvement on the DC version I'd done. The puzzles were challenging but not so much so that I was just frustrated the whole time. Escape RI found a happy medium between challenging and giving us hope throughout the hour. My group of four made it through the Gallery and we can't wait until we can go back and do the next room! read more

Went with a group of 6, had a lot of fun, even though we were seconds away from finishing it felt like we had accomplished a lot as a team. Would definitely go again. read more

This was by far the most fun experience I've ever had and the people who work here the best and nicest people I've ever met, my group of friends and I did the bunker, all though we didn't solve it within the 60 minutes our operator Mary was the best and very helpful. I had an overall great experience, I only gave 5 stars because I couldn't give 6. read more

We had an amazing time here! We did the Mausoleum and even though we didn't solve everything in time, it was the best experience!! Will definitely be going back. The puzzles are harder than you'd think, especially with a time limit. read more

Had a great experience on our first trip in. I'm looking forward to going back and trying the other games as well.

This place is awesome! I have come twice with a group of friends and though we didn't quite make it out either time, we always have a blast. It's very well thought out and clever; the staff is cool; and it's a very unique way to spend an evening. We're already booked for our next challenge and keeping our fingers crossed that we'll finally prevail! I would highly recommend this place for anyone who enjoys mystery, puzzles, or just a mentally stimulating challenge. We've even made new friends here that we now go with! read more

This is a GREAT concept executed incredibly well!!! Six of us (from mid-20's to 60) went on Sat night and had a fantastic, unique time. Staff was great in welcoming us, describing the adventure and then letting us go into the Gallery room. 57 minutes later we successfully escaped! Just a ton of laughs, the right amount of complexity and lots of playing off each other. Definitely recommend this everyone. In my day job, I do some team building consulting and would definitely do Escape for this. Do not pass up an opportunity to come here! read more

Had an awesome time escaping the gallery this past weekend. We ended up being the only four in the room, which made for a challenging but entertaining afternoon. The wide variety of puzzles and challenges were definitely a great way for all four of us to be involved with the different stages of solving the puzzles. read more

This was a lot of fun. Puzzles were challenging. Lots of high fives when we solved the puzzles. Will definitely be going back again.

Let me start by saying my husband and I are 68 years old. We did the Red Study room this evening with our adult children and our grandson, and we had an absolutely wonderful experience. We each brought different skills to the table, and worked fairly well together, save a tiny bit of controversy over the solving of just one of the puzzles, which took us so long that we ended up running out of time before we finished. The setting was ingeniously construed, and we look forward to doing one of the other rooms another time. What a fun time! Our staff person was wonderfully upbeat and positive, couldn't have been nicer or more helpful. I forget his name, but his hair was green, and he was youthful and energetic. read more

I booked a time slot for the Escape Room for my daughters 14th birthday. What a blast it was. It was amazing how the kids jumped right in and worked together to find and solve the clues. The organizers/guide knew exactly when to give them a clue to help move them on but yet made sure they were doing their part. We are all definitely hooked and can't wait for another visit. Thank Escape Room for helping make the birthday celebration one to be remembered. They are still talking about it! read more

Very well thought out. We had a group of eight people in the gallery for our first time here. The staff members were nice. I just think they should allow only 2 people per room. There were too many of us so some of us were just standing around when we were unlocking clues because physically not everyone can be doing the same thing at the same time. Some rooms did have more going on than others. read more

It was honestly a very fun experience, solving those puzzles is very rewarding and it creates good connections with the teamwork. The only down side is that the study has a few puzzles that did not have any clues whatsoever and when we actually found out about them at the end, they were in fact very challenging as well. But I would still do it again. read more

First time at one of these type of 'games'...a lot of fun, difficulty was just right and even though we missed by about 2 minutes, we STILL solved the puzzle and got out. Worth the money and time, great for families, friends, work groups.Would love to go again and try out the other rooms! read more

big disappointment. for $28.00 you get the privilege of being in a filthy room. no instruction is given. basically you look for keys and scraps of paper. I was bored in 5 minutes. read more

I've been to other escape rooms and had more fun... the "game masters" (or whatever they're called here) weren't really engaging, the rooms were lackluster, and it's hard to have 9 strangers in a tiny room with you. The clues weren't consecutive, there were too many technological difficulties, and overall, you can do better elsewhere. If you like awkward silences, being so close to strangers that your butts touch, and don't really care for fun or excitement, this is your kind of place. Alternatively, if you come from money and want to buy $440 worth of tickets so that the room is "private" for you and your date, it's sort of alright as long as you're okay with the fact that the employees don't care at all. read more