Josh and Cath was so amazing at hosting us, definitely coming back again to try out more rooms, thank you once again

great place, well designed and helpful warm staff lile grace and merissa. we have so much fun here, will def come back!

We did our first escape room, Lost City, and it was great! The facility is really stylish, and snazzy. The Lost City escape room was a lot of fun. It challenged us but was really rewarding and we escaped! Kaz was a great host. It's in the paseo, on the ground floor beneath the theater. They validate parking. read more

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I came by with coworkers a few weeks back and I have to say the experience wasn't the best. First off, booking the experience wasn't bad. The ambiance and decor were really nice and on point. Now I wouldn't say we were the best at escape rooms, but the room we chose definitely had its issues. For us, we did the haunted house around 4PM on a weekday. Some of the puzzles were really bad. One required us to listen to what was being said, but because of the loud noises that's being circulated around the room, we couldn't even hear what the clue was! Another puzzle was so janky, that even if we had an item in place, it wouldn't read. We had to ask the game master multiple times for the same issue. Every part of the puzzle lit up which meant the item was definitely where it was supposed to be, but for some reason the next part just wouldn't go off. We had to keep asking for help. Eventually, they told us we had to repeatedly AND slowly slide the item across the table over and over and over and over again. When we finished the room, the ending was just so anti-climatic that we didn't even know we finished. Another issue was that our game master wasn't very enthusiastic and she was very slow in responding. There were multiple times where she didn't respond for 3 to 5 minutes. I'm pretty sure that she was helping out other people, which is understandable, but she wasn't even there at the ending. It was another game master that congratulated us. It felt disconnected and there was a huge lack of finesse when it came to the experience. Yes, the rooms and decoration were new, but everything felt corporate, commercialized, and overall disappointing. read more

My group had a great time at Escapology. The lobby is very comfortable as you wait for your room to be ready, and there are bathrooms and drinking water available. Grace was great at prepping us for the room and answering any questions we had before and after the room. You also get two short prep videos when you're in the room. We played two rooms: Lost City and Antidote. Both were reasonably challenging, and the set design is very high quality. Our group of four managed to escape from both rooms, with some help from the game masters. They give you "nudge" hints if they see your group struggling, but you can always request for them to omit the nudges. read more

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My wife has successfully escaped from about 15 rooms, while I have had over 100 escape experiences throughout the years. I am sad to report that Escapology Pasadena disappointed us with their rooms. We kept returning hoping the next room would be better, completing 3 of their rooms, but it only got worse with each experience. Escape rooms are one of my favourite things in life, trying places all over the US and some internationally. I cannot recommend Escapology Pasadena to anyone, though. First, the gamemasters seem to be running multiple rooms because they either respond to you after a few minutes of pressing the assist button, or they are giving you nudges/hints on puzzles that you've already solved. We've always found great gamemasters will follow your journey diligently, working to give you the best experience, but at Escapology, they do not seem to care for your experience at all. You do feel like just another number for them. It is especially frustrating when you have the correct solution, but the tech isn't triggered, so the gamemaster gives you a "hint" in the form of the solution to the puzzle that you have recently solved. It does not help your game progress, and you lose time. Second, the rooms were very dark (except Scooby), and you're only given one flashlight. I like the immersion, but if you have hints and puzzles hidden in dark places, then provide better lighting or more handheld lights for the group. Finally, there are average puzzles, and there are poorly-designed puzzles at Escapology. The staff repeatedly and enthusiastically expressed that "their rooms are hard." Nothing stumped us in terms of complexity. Puzzles just weren't great. Fun rooms will provide clear cues and clues to solve tasks and guide you to the next or other puzzles, eliciting problem solving from the group. At Escapology Pasadena, you either see it and try possible avenues of solutions or you don't and are left to wonder/wander. Too often you may feel, "Oh, that's the puzzle here? Why would I ever make that connection?" The positives here are that there is great decor in the waiting room and the halls, and the escape rooms themselves are nicely fabricated. Additionally, this location is a new opening, so it's still clean. If you do decide to do a second room, they offer 50% discount for a same day booking. We shall not be returning, though. It does not feel that they care for your experience and just want people to book rooms. Scooby was the best of the three rooms we did, but we were disappointed to find the puzzles weren't as fun as anticipated for such a great and colourful theme. read more

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I booked the reservation originally for 3 people knowing I can add more on the day of the event. Whatever price your event was booked for, the additional players will be charged the same price because it will be linked to the reservation. I just had them charge my card on file and everyone else just paid me separately. Came here again to try 7 Deadly Sins with some friends. The host was great and he mentioned to me that they read my previous review (thanked me and said I was the only one to notice it) and have corrected the starting videos for the rooms in regards to the hints and what not (you're welcome, hehe). This room does have flashing lights and fog machine! So please be careful if you have any sensitivity to these conditions. So far, the two rooms I've experienced (Scooby and 7 deadly sins), came with a notepad and a flashlight. The rooms are a bit dark making some of the things hard to see/find. 7 deadly sins came with a blacklight. They give you a 5 minute grace period if needed before your group enters the room. Also, late comers are okay! They can join in the room at any time because the door doesn't lock behind them. That doesn't mean that you can easily win, haha. What I also noticed that the hints given feel somewhat personal. Meaning the GM is "typing" the hints. We were somewhat stuck on a puzzle and the prompt said something "you're so close!..." I felt the hints took longer than 10 seconds to produce, lol... We broke the curse, and survived the 7 deadly sins! Most of us felt colorblind afterwards, without giving away too much of the room, but we all had fun! They got some props in for their photo backdrop! I will be back! Also, each room you experience, you get a bracelet to commemorate the room! read more

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had so much fun with the scooby doo escape room! would highly recommend thank you jocelyn and grace read more

Did Pirate's Curse as a party of 2 and had a great time! We didn't escape and were cursed forever, but it was super fun and the riddles were challenging and piratey. Great date night! They just opened last Friday so this is a great addition to Paseo. They have 9 rooms available and the waiting areas are themed. We will Definitely return to try other rooms and maybe even the same one to try to finish it lol. Cost is $49.99 pp but you are on a private room so that's cool. Arrrrr!!! Grace and Josh were awesome. read more

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What an amazing Escape Room! Our group of 6 had a blast! We will be coming back soon. read more

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Super fun, came with a group of friends, would definitely come back! We finished just in time with the Pirate's Curse!

We did Haunted House and 7 Deadly Sins escape rooms. The themes are professionally designed, but I thought weren't super immersive compared to past escape rooms we've done at different places. Of the two however, I would recommend Haunted House as it's the more immersive of the two we tried. The employees were very nice and offered us 50% off same day on our second escape room 7 Deadly Sins, so it was $25 per person instead of $50. I really liked the eclectic steampunk decorated waiting area; the chairs and couches were so comfy too. They also have restrooms that are very clean. read more

Super fun. The puzzles are all logical and the game master paces clues well. The decor of the rooms are definitely better than other escape rooms we have done. All of it lends to great experience. We did the Orient Express and it definitely had a great train and old time-y feel. read more

A lot of fun! Josh and Virgil took great care of us. Brought my 10 year old here. Fun.

Grace and Lance were amazing! Super fun experience :). Thank you! We look forward to coming again soon :)

I love this place - Lauren and Joshua are the best! The rooms are appropriate for all ages and the right level of difficulty

Highly recommend this place! My family and I planned to come here for a escape game. We did Scooby-Doo together and it was overall intense and hey, what an experience! Five out of five stars to Ben for helping us out and all the staff members here. Escaped Time 3:25 remaining. read more

We did the Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Castle Adventure - What a fun room! Did this room as a family with two kids and it was fun for all of us. Kids were able to help solve parts and other parts were difficult enough to still be fun for the adults. Included the bright colors you expect with Scooby-Doo mysteries. Definitely recommend!! read more

Escapology was a wonderful time! I came in for a booking on the weekend of my birthday and it was excellent. Not only were the puzzles both clever and fun, but our game master, Lance, was both helpful and kind. Being very timely when we requested hints and even complementing my outfit!! 10/10. Would escape again :) read more

Great experience! We were able to do two rooms, the lost city and the chemical warfare room. Grace was super nice and gave us a great experience. Escaped both rooms in one piece, no tears :) read more

We were so excited to see an escape room finally open in Pasadena! The venue is huge and ambiance is super cool. Hope helped us in our first escape room, Lost City. Puzzles are still challenging even though we are avid escape room fans. We also stuck around for a 2nd room for a discount! Hope recommended Pirate's Curse for us next. We really liked this one and puzzles were great too! read more

So fun for our family date night! We actually ended up doing another escape room haha! Definitely coming back again! Thank you!

We went to celebrate our colleagues Birthday and had a great time. We completed the Batman room and it was just challenging enough for us. We did have to ask for a few hints. Highly recommend going to Escapology Pasadena. The staff were great, environment was great and we can't wait to go back! read more

Escapology - Escape Games Near Me - Pasadena, California

My kids (7 & 10) and my niece really wanted to try an escape room for the first time. I saw that Escapology had a kids mode so I decided to try it! They all thought it was so much fun and would love to try a different one next time. Their only complaint was that they felt stressed out by the music and the timer haha read more

Lotta fun, Josh&Virgil were great game master & host. Whole family had a good time. Kids 14&11.

Great experience! Host was great and the place was clean. The puzzle and room we did which was the pirates curse felt so immersive. Definitely recommend. read more

I've done a few escape rooms before and this place is the nicest as far as cleanliness and updated facilities/tech. I can't wait to return and do other rooms here. The Scooby Doo room was great because it had no gore and lots of puzzles. The music got a little too loud at the end when we were rushing to finish, but I'd still some back! read more

This is probably the nicest establishment I've been to for escape rooms. Very well put together and intricate.

Grace and Kaz were super friendly with their assistance going through the instructions as well as giving any hints throughout the escape room! Came back with a friend to do different rooms and it was amazing! After our first room was finished, they also offered 50% off the next room at the same day which we also did! Will be back! read more

We just finished Mansion Murder, one of their harder rooms, and it was so much fun! The set design was solid and the room really forced us to put our heads together! read more

Went here for my son's birthday. Deb and Grace ran a great game. Very challenging and fun! We'll be back!

The game master was fantastic. Deb. Grace was very energetic and sweet. We enjoyed this as a family and getting to experience something new together. The kids loved it and we will return for more fun experiences. read more

Grace was Great! Deb was dynamite. The room was very challenging and fun. Thank you

Compared to the other escape rooms in LA, this might be the smallest and easiest one we've done with a very disappointing ending. We did the Lost City room and the black light flashlight wasn't working, and we signaled to the workers and cameras but no one came to help us. Luckily, we figured out the puzzle without it. Another puzzle that stumped us was an issue with a symbol not being clear or noticeable so there was no way we'd be able to figure it out without a hint. The rest of the puzzles were pretty easy and we wished there were more teamwork puzzles. Our group loves escape rooms and go often and we all agreed it was a bit disappointing. The workers were incredibly nice though. Not sure if we'll be back. read more

Great escape room! Very immersive and really challenged my brain. We did the scooby doo room and we barely escaped with 4 minutes left. We will definitely be coming back and will return with more people and hopefully will get it done quicker! Shoutout to Virgil for being such a nice and informative employee. read more

Great rooms! The staff is wonderful! Our group did 5 rooms in 3 days and we can't wait until we return to Pasadena.

It was a lot of fun! I would recommend. Jocelyn was great as were the rest of staff. Thank you.

Just had the most wonderful experience today with friends thank you so much to kat who was a wonderful host. Will definitely be coming back to this specific location!! read more

Experience was amazing and the staff was super accommodating. We had Josh and Virgil help us out today and they did such an amazing job making the experience seem as real and exciting as ever. Will definitely be coming back in the future :) read more

We did the Mansion Murder room with 7 people. We didn't get out in time, but we felt it wasn't our fault because there was one puzzle that was poorly made. The way the puzzle was set up made us feel like we were doing something wrong but we weren't. I felt the puzzle intentionally led astray even though we got the right idea. However, overall, we enjoyed the game and will likely come back to try other rooms. read more