Our Girl Scout troop had planned a team-building outing to Lock Chicago. We did the Matsuri room…read morewith a group of 8 kids ranging from age 10-12. The puzzles were clever and engaging, and there was a perfect mix of challenges that kept all the girls involved and excited. We met with Ty when we arrived, and he was great at setting the scene for everyone. He was encouraging when they needed help, without giving too much away. It was a fantastic team-building experience, and the girls loved working together to solve everything before time ran out. They solved the case in 50 minutes! It was a few sneaky tricks, cool puzzles, things that stumped us and over all a whole lot of fun!! Highly recommend for groups of kids or scout troops, familes or adults looking for a fun and memorable activity! I'd love to go back and try the other rooms sometime soon!

We brought our family of 5 as a fun experience in celebration for twins' birthday. Our Game Master,…read moreTy, was the perfect balance between providing context and being "hands off" to let us figure things out for ourselves. We have very different types of thinkers in our family, so this had something that allowed each of us to shine in our own way. I really appreciated the experience given all but 1 of us had never done anything like this before. Highly recommend.

I have only done one other Escape Room before so I don't have a lot to compare it to but I had a…read moreblast! Huge shout out to game master Nick; he was awesome even though we were the only two people there on a cold, weekday night. Can't wait to come back and solve (ish- we did it with a LITTLE extra time bump) another room!

So much fun - we did Lawbreakers with Nick! We escaped and had a blast! We got some great clues…read morefrom Nick when we needed them, but he didn't give everything away and figured it out for ourselves.

My wife and I visited The Escape Game Chicago last week and escaped our prison with just one second…read moreleft ‼ It was the perfect mix of thrill and challenge, and our game guide, Nathan, gave excellent clues that kept us on track without making it too easy. Afterward, the staff surprised us with thoughtful anniversary and birthday cards (which we had mentioned beforehand), signed by Nathan and Julez. Such a classy touch. This was easily the best escape room experience either of us has ever had

I had a great experience at this Escape Game location!…read more We did Legend of the Yeti -- a new room that just opened this past Saturday! It had an 8/10 difficulty and boy, did that definitely feel difficult HAHA. I mean that in the best way though, it was such a fun escape room with twists and turns that I was not expecting at all. The puzzles were challenging but all made sense to the story. I HIGHLY recommend this room! also the staff and our game host (who i forgot both of their names) were SUPER nice and helpful!!! loved it, great experience

Organized, quick check-in, fun activity for a small group. Cool rooms with varying difficultyread more

PanIQ Escape Room Chicago never misses!…read more My fiancee and I were in Chicago for a memorial. We had done one of the PanIQ Escape Rooms with him and went in his memory. We chose to do The Red Wire. The room itself was very well put together. Upon entering the room, you're transported to a small street in London and the game is afoot. We found all the puzzles fun and a bit challenging. There were a couple of times we needed hints, arguably we were trying too hard. Our game master could tell we were seasoned "operatives", and actually made us work for one of the hints. We enjoyed our interaction with them in this way. Overall, the room was great. We got out in time and felt like we did our buddy proud. 10/10 recommend

Me and my cousins went to this escape room and it was their first time doing one while I have done…read more2 others. Overall we had plenty of fun with the puzzles but the reason I gave it 4 stars was because our room had a window wall and a creepy man walked up and started staring at us, he went away in about 2 minutes but it was definitely scary. This was a great experience though and I would recommend coming for a difficult but fun room.

After escaping the room (with only 46 seconds left...*pants), I was blown away by how creative and…read moretechy this place was. Out of maybe the 5 or 6 different places I've been to for an escape the room (some out of state, some around the area), this was my favorite one. With only 3 reviews seen on Yelp, I was a little hesitant to choose this place over so many others in the area. Groupon gave us a good price, so we went with this, and I'm glad we did. We did the "my crazy ex" room, which was great, and I hope to be back for the high school reunion, which the owner said had some scary features added to it. He said he used to work with haunted houses too, so I'm pretty interested in seeing what that one is like. It is similar to other escape the rooms where you find clues and input it in the locks to unlock the various locks in the room, but this was was so techy that they used other creative tactics to unlock boxes, drawers, etc. To be honest, I at first thought it was a little lame because I thought the person watching us just opened things with a press of a button when we did different actions, but I asked later on, and he showed us how different things worked. Hard to describe without giving spoilers of the room, but I'd have to say I was seriously mind blown about how creative things were and how fancy the technology was here. I loved this factor added into it. They have a 10 minute game that's only $5 a person on certain hours of weekdays, so we will most likely be back for this too! I definitely was hesitant at first to come here due to a few things (barely any Yelp reviews, homemade looking winner/loser signs/a few things that made it not look as professional or techy (the Hotmail email address :D....sorry, break escape for throwing you under here), but after experiencing their room, I'd really have to say there is a mastermind here who made these and put these rooms together. Not sure how this place only got 3 reviews, but I'd highly recommend coming here and I'll be back for sure! Thanks break escape!

We had so much fun!! Highly recommend. Staff was great, especially Aubrey!! We did the bank heist…read moreand it was hard, but a great time!

This was my first escape room and I had a ton of fun! We did the Sorcerer's Secret, which was…read morechallenging! I totally don't remember the name of our game master, but I felt that she wasn't really watching what we were doing, because when we asked for clues, she mentioned things that we already did at first. Also we had to take a few minutes to explain why a clue wasn't working, which ate into our time. Despite that, we still escaped with 10 minutes to spare! I definitely enjoyed and want to go to more escape rooms now!

I came here last Saturday with a small group and we had an amazing time the entire experience was…read moresmooth from start to finish and it was great being able to collaborate as a team the hints were super helpful when we got stuck and added to the fun without giving too much away we tried the Mystery Manor escape room and absolutely loved it definitely planning to come back

Second time here! First was for the mystery mini golf, second for an escape room. The mystery mini…read moregolf was brand new at the time I went. The concept was unique. In addition to playing mini golf, you're trying to solve various riddles at each hole to solve a mystery. I was hoping the prize for solving would be more interesting than a sticker, but it was still a pretty good time. I'd probably stick to Puttshack next time I wanna play mini golf, though. For the escape room, my boyfriend and I did Mystery Manor. With the additional price of unlimited hints (I think this helped), our price for two was around $100. I thought it was pretty expensive, but after the experience, I do think it was pretty worth it. There were many nuances to the escape room, which included various rooms and additional spaces you unlock by solving each part. At the end, they offer to take a picture for you and give you a little envelope to open (if you get out). Overall, positive experience! I'd return for the escape room.

Such fun place we went few times already! Definitely a great…read morebirthday or just friends get together idea.

We went to this escape room on a whim. As a walk in, they were able to fit us in easily. After…read moregetting the options, we decided on the two hour room "escape the colosseum". As a mythology nerd, it was pretty fun to see this theme! While it was a linear room and not terribly complicated, as a party of two, we did need a couple hints to finally escape. Some of the puzzles were a little bit on the not working side (I won't spoil what they were) but our game masters were able to step in and help. Some of the puzzles were definitely user error on our end if we missed something obvious lol. Overall, it was a lot of fun and we appreciated be able to play last minute!

Great home feel/atmosphere. We had calamari and cheese curds for an appetizer. The group ordered…read morecrabcakes, duck, pork chops and the shrimp dinner. All of them were excellent. The staff was very nice and the service just enhanced the experience.

My newly turned 10 year old was all over the place for his bday party. First he wanted a sleepover…read more Then a Northwestern basketball game. Or maybe a hibachi party? Then he went to an escape room party and had the best time and threw that into the mix. Finally we opted for a Mobile Escape Room followed by mobile hibachi in our garage. Basically 2 parties in one....but you only turn 10 once...right? Jason and Amy were super responsive and provided lots of info about their escape room choices and other mobile adventures as well. My son was all about the Super Hero escape room, which could hold 9 kids ma. When every kid responded yes to fun we realized we were going to need a 2nd option so opted to bring 2 escape room trucks. The other one was an underwater experience. We had the option of an hour in each truck or 30 min in each (so the kids could experience both). My son opted for the latter. The kids divided into 2 groups and did a condensed version of one escape room...and then did a switcheroo. They enjoyed both escape rooms, but all seemed to prefer the Super Hero one. One group was a closer group of friends than the other group and they seemed to solve everything a bit faster. I have noticed from other escape rooms that when a group is used to working/playing together things work out a bit better. Both gamemasters were super friendly and enthusiastic. We didn't have to do anything, but sit in our house and wait for them to come out which was definitely one of the easier parties we've thrown. They all came out excited and hungry for hibachi!

My husband and I went to try our first escape room together at Odyssey and I thought it was pretty…read moregood! It's located across from Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, in the 999 plaza next door. There's plenty of parking which is always a plus. As soon as you walk up to the entrance you'll see a sign for Odyssey. We came 15 minutes before our reservation time. During this time they just want to review the safety guidelines with you before they taken you into the room for your game. We did the "Towering Inferno" and unfortunately did not make it out alive. The rooms are clean and the staff are all friendly. I don't have other places to compare to but in my opinion I can say this place is low key in technology. When we first entered the room, a staff member gives you the plot by reciting the story. I guess I wanted a more dramatic storyteller but it felt like a low key lecture I guess? 2 people can definitely solve it but it would've been better if we had at least 3 or 4 people. For this challenge, I would say about half of it is solved on computers. The other half are lock combinations. At the end we were told the last bits of info of how we could have finished and escaped. They will take a picture for you inside the room at the end and also offer a group picture with signs in front of their Odyssey sign in the main lobby. I felt like this was a pretty good experience. Again, the space is clean and I am interested in coming back to try their other escape rooms. Don't try to walk-in, make sure to make a reservation on their site! Google for a discount code before you reserve a room. I also saw people mention something on Groupon for deals.

The Titanic was a decent escape room but it didn't flow well. A lot of back and forth. Interesting…read moreconcept for an escape room though.