MUST DO! We just finished the Tomb Ruins with our 8 yr old and he LOVED it. The cast were engaging and absolutely delightful. We chose our level (which aided in tailoring the experience to help us complete the full puzzle within the time - 1 hour. I highly recommend for a cold or rainy day activity. It was a fun and engaging way to spend our morning! read more

Gnome & Raven - Gnome & Raven storefront - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Thank you to Jasper for being the hostess w the mostest for our group today . This escape room was my daughter's birthday wish come true. We did the award winning "Magic Lamp" room ... on ADVANCED mode. We availed ourselves of every second of that magical hour and I'm proud to say we did succeed. This immersive experience provides many types of puzzles to solve and strategies to attempt. Nimble fingers for combination locks are a plus. Highlight of this particular escape room, in the opinion of the birthday girl & myself, has to be the Magic Carpet Ride; that imaginative touch was genius !! Yes: kid friendly read more

See all

We've done over 150 escape rooms, and Moth was hands down the best Game Master we've ever had! From the moment we walked in, her enthusiasm and attention to detail made the experience truly special. She struck the perfect balance of immersive storytelling, well-timed hints, and genuine excitement for the game. Not only was Moth incredible, but this was also the nicest escape room we've ever been to. The set design, puzzles, and overall atmosphere were top-tier, making it an unforgettable experience. If you're looking for an amazing escape room, this is the place to go--and if you're lucky, you'll get Moth as your Game Master! read more

2021 -There is nothing more thrilling that adds to the excitement of an escape room than when it's immersive and the props are out of this world! You've heard it before in their reviews, truly movie set rooms! It's nice when an escape room has the real estate to go big! I mean literally and figuratively! Even the facade of the establishment sets off a curious vibe beckoning you to come inside to see what adventure awaits. Tomb ruins was our choice of adventure. We were led by our extraordinary game master who greeted us by surprise while we were snapping photos in the lobby. Whisked away down a dark corridor and summoned with such energy to help restore the RaVen among the Egyptian ruins our guide led us to a huge excavation tent. An hour to solve the mystery, we unfortunately failed our mission, but we had a good time doing so but we were disappointed in our attempt. This room definitely requires at least three people which we had. 2022- We returned in quest to find the 1000th wish so Balazar, a dedicated genie wasn't doomed to work another 500 years of granting needy wishes. ;-) It looks like Balazar Bolderdash needs better organization skills. Just saying. Actually, once you enter the world of the magic lamps, you will find out that not all wishes are granted or are they?? Since we failed the Tomb Ruins mission last year, we decided we needed to take it down a notch to be successful. So, we dropped to an intermediate level this time versus advanced. Honestly, we kind of struggled, but we prevailed with the assistance of our Magi with two minutes to spare. I can't say this enough, but Gnome and Raven, the sister company of Ravenchase and now the Reveler are phenomenal and excel at what they do at all three companies. But I have to say, Gnome and Raven is outshining their older sister. No details are spared in these elaborate immersive rooms. From the moment you step into your "room" you enter a time machine and are transported into the world in which you chose to set free or find the object at task. Huge accolades to the employees, they really commit to character. The young lady who greeted us upon entering the establishment was friendly. She brought a huge smile to my face and I wanted to laugh so bad. She did an exceptional job of switching into character and staying in character as our Magi. High fives! This escape room company is superb and is truly my top fave, even if I do have to take the 1.5 hour trek out. They raise the bar for all escape rooms, immersive and in puzzle strength. So, if you want to ride some magic carpets and find some wishes or raid some tombs don't delay! Ps we still have shipwrecked and the wizard's castle to tackle. We will be back!! read more

So much fun, we felt like Indiana Jones on a real mission! The staff really made us feel at home. The game master gave us a quick rundown and turned us loose. We immediately felt like we were on a quest to find and release the Raven to its rightful place! You really had to be on every puzzle from the get go!! There was no time to spare! Plenty of puzzles to solve from room to room. It's definitely a room for three or more people because some moves require at least 3 people!! You're going to need at least 3 brains to figure this one out!! Great way to spend the day with family and friends!!! The staff was terrific and very COVID-conscious! So you felt very comfortable. The props and special effects were phenomenal! Definitely, get up and do this one! It'll have you coming back for more!! read more

See all

Gnome and Raven is the crème de la crème of escape rooms! We have come in on 2 occasions with 4 people (2 couples) and have been blown away each time. For 4 of us, it's about $37.50 per person, but it's worth every penny. Rooms are creative, impeccably decorated and staged, entertaining, and really transformative. Their staff is incredibly dedicated to their roles (costumes included!) and are very kind and funny as well. We were entertained, challenged, and we're very happy we spent our money and time here. We have been to several all over Virginia, and this is by far my favorite place. I would highly recommend to anyone who thinks they'd enjoy an Escape room! read more

Gnome & Raven - Outside of the place, Stony Point Mall - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

I've done two rooms here and the experience is nothing short of magical. It always feels like you are walking onto a movie set! The decor is so elaborate and the way the rooms are laid out they seem to utilize the space brilliantly! Located at Stony point mall, it looks intriguing from the outside and from the moment you step inside you are instantly transported to another world, surrounded by characters who are there to guide you through your journey! What also great is that you can choose your level so that the room suits your needs from the novice to the well seasoned. Now I'm no newbie to the escape room genre but advance is pretty difficult... if you are not solving most puzzles within 5 minutes there is a good chance you will not make it out! Good luck and have fun!! I know I plan on returning to do the rest of their rooms. read more

See all

Every thing is so good about this I hope they come out with more rooms! Me and my family went to all four of them and they were all so amazing! My favorite was the mummy's tomb (that also might be because I am an ancient Egypt nerd but it was heat all together!) read more

Fantastic experience. G&R was beyond impressive, we did the Pirate Treasure escape room and were thoroughly impressed with the game attendant, quality of the venue, and entertainment value of the adventure. We will be back for more! read more

Worst experience with a business ever. They don't know how to operate a business. I booked an escape room, and the website let me add options for birthday cake, and drinks, even asked the name of the birthday kid. After booking, I emailed the venue to double check and a rep told me, yes you have extra time, vanilla cake. When we arrived, I was told "I'm sorry, we don't have a cake available for you." No drinks. When I emailed the rep to express my dissatisfaction, she apologized for not checking the booking, because I hadn't selected a birthday package, but chose a regular escape room time with birthday options for cake, drinks, etc. (In other words, I had selected a combo that didn't match.) I pointed out that it seemed she was blaming the customer for THEIR website allowing me to book one event but leading me through questions for a another and offering options, which, again, were confirmed by an actual person. She apologized for not having an "extra cake" to offer me. After expressing my frustration that she was blaming the customer for a fault of theirs, and expressing no desire for them to make it right, she gave me a modest partial refund. I am confounded as to how this venue is still able to keep its doors open. read more

Absolutely amazing! Had my daughters 13th birthday party here and she had a blast. They escaped with 10 seconds to spare. The package included drinks and birthday cake. She has already asked to try a different room next year for her birthday. The girls couldn't stop talking about Cactus and the storyline for Tomb Ruin. read more

Holy buckets of Wanderlust this place is Uh*Maze*Ing!! I know what you're thinking it's an escape room- how can anyone mess up an escape room??!! People literally come to escape rooms to bond, solve a few puzzles and have fun. Well Gnome & Raven manages to check all of "let's have fun boxes" and kicks it up a notch. First of all we have to take about the ambiance- I LOVE it. Its warm, and inviting yet mysterious and wander lusty all at the same time! Oh and the game master needs to be nominated for an Oscar because homeboy is all the way committed. We did the Wizards Castle room and our Game Master was dressed up as a Wizard! His accent and enthusiasm about our "mission" made the escape room adventure an experience I will never forget. Look I could go on and on but why let me have all the fun??!! Come check it out for yourself!! read more

Gnome & Raven - Storefront - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

See all

What a great spot! We did the Tomb Ruins adventure and it was not only really fun, but the set was great, and there was a good variety of puzzle types to keep us busy. We were a group of seasoned escape room players and this one had puzzles and clues we haven't seen before in other escape rooms! The staff is also super friendly, and keep things interesting by playing a "role" as your guide (as opposed to most places where they kind of just read a script or play a video and let you in the room). Highly recommend! read more

Hands down the best escape room experience I have been to. The experience I had was very elaborate with tons of moving parts and 4-5 rooms within my one escape room. The guide is dressed up in theme with whatever room you booked and they are very helpful. There was a decent amount of themes I could choose from when booking. I can't wait to come back and do another one. If you do them all, you get a little prize. What I liked about this company was that you could choose the difficulty level for the room you booked, so depending on the experience level of your group you could change the room-solvability. There were packages you could buy for the experience, like if you wanted a birthday cake. For a group of 6, it was about $180, so about $30 a person. It is a bit on the pricy side but worth it. The establishment is in a mall, it is not a free standing building. Overall, a great experience and would 100% do again. read more

Gnome & Raven - My group in the experience. - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Wow! I've tried different escape rooms and Gnome & Raven is the best! Gnome & Raven gave me a complete escape room experience. Even game masters wore costumes and mimicked accents to match the themes. For example, my room, the Shipwreck, had a game master who wore a pirate hat and had a pirate accent. The rooms were very well designed, with fine details. Shipwreck room had sand on the floor to give the beachy feeling. Solving one puzzle unlocked a new room and led to other clues to "escape" the final room. As a group of 7 adults, we very much enjoyed our experience. The rooms were challenging enough to get every one of us engaged. I will definitely come back to try other rooms. I cannot wait to see how the other rooms look like. I recommend this escape room for kids and adults! Loved it! read more

Gnome & Raven is a immersive escape room experience that makes you feel like you are in a movie! I was worried it was only for children- but we went as a group of 4 adults and had a blast! It was not too easy and I think we only had 10 minutes to spare when we solved it. We did the "Tomb Ruins" but had so much fun we will be going back for the all 3 other rooms as well! read more

Gnome & Raven - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

Went with a group of 7 last night to the "Shipwrecked" escape room! What a blast. The puzzles were intriguing, elaborate, and gorgeously designed. They transported us to a delightful high-seas adventure; we seriously felt like we were on a movie set. Each puzzle led to unpredictable and delightful surprises - which is something I cherish as I can often predict where narratives go. I loved the humor, especially a certain diary. Our experienced pirate guide had the best energy, pirate hat, and was very helpful when we were more 'arrr?' than 'yarrr!'. If you're looking for a wonderful experience of any age to bond with friends that's just a humorously good time, I highly recommend going to Gnome & Raven. This otherworldly place will be the escape to fun you didn't know you needed. I can't wait to try the other rooms! Helpful directional hint: GPS takes you further away, but you can park in front of to the P.F. Changs, walk into the mall entrance, and take a right until you see the red storefront on your right. read more

All of the other Escape Rooms can sit down. They are cancelled. THIS, my friends, is an escape room. It's hard to review an Escape Room because I don't want to give anything away. Just know that I have done two of these rooms and I am no stranger to Escape Rooms. No lie, I have been to every escape room in Richmond. This is the best. Bar NONE. The only other one that holds a candle to it is Escape Room RVA on Three Chopt that is owned by the same people, so it makes sense. Anyway, back to Gnome and Raven. When you book your experience, you can choose the level of difficulty. It's also family friendly and they have kid birthday parties and kid friendly rooms. I LOVE that! As a child, I would have definitely had a party here. The themes and rooms here are over the top. The attention to detail is staggering. It is literally like someone dropped you into a movie set. It was such a fun experience and my husband and I can't wait to do the other rooms! read more

Our party of 6 (3 adults and 3 kids ages 5, 9 and 11) chose the Magic Lamp scenario for our first escape room experience ever. We had a great time, and completed our mission with 3 minutes, 8 seconds on the clock. There were a mix of kid friendly clues and a more adult puzzle or two, which was perfect for our group. Gnome and Raven was a great choice for our first escape room adventure, and we all look forward to returning for a second round! Highly recommended for families with kids, including younger kids. read more

THE COOLEST. Ok, I love escapes rooms, but this is a whole experience + adventure. It's got back story, MULTIPLE ROOMS and cool ways to solve the mysteries. I love how intricate and detailed the experience was. I can't wait to go back and complete the rest of the rooms! read more

This place is so cool! We stopped in for a bachelorette party and just had to do one of the escapes. Our experience was customized, since our group was only 3 and only 2 of us had ever been in an escape room before. They gave us a few sorely needed hints, but only once we'd asked! The story is really fun, and the inside is the perfect place to take some fun pictures. We'd love to go back some time and do the other rooms! read more

Gnome & Raven - Cool door - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

See all

Wow! This place has the coolest escape rooms I've ever seen! Each room is intricately decorated and amazingly detailed! The puzzles are mind boggling but so much fun! I'm definitely coming back to try more of the rooms! You have to come experience it for yourself! Highly recommended! read more

We had a great experience today for my 9-year-old's birthday. We chose the Tomb Ruins beginner level. There were more than enough things to look at and puzzles to solve to allow every kid a chance to shine. The kids were excited and engaged for the whole experience, including two six-year-olds who were along for the ride. I love how this activity encourages teamwork and creativity. It was a safe space for them to run around, and the set is loaded with fun details. The host was wonderful, setting up a fun premise and giving just the right amount of guidance when the kids got a little sidetracked. We got the birthday package and it made everything so easy- they provided the cake, drinks, plates, napkins, and serving tools, so all we needed to do was show up and have fun. We brought in pizza from Nino's (also in the Stony Point Fashion Park), and G&R gave us plates for that, too! Several of the kids informed us that they intend to come back for their birthdays. Thanks! read more

You know the kind of fun you had when you were a little kid? The kind of fun that had your imagination going and made you want to wait up all night for Santa, or try to find presents your parents hid for your birthday? Well. This isn't that.... Its BETTER! I've done escape rooms all over virginia, from near D.C to out near Roanoke and places in between and I can say that the rooms these folks put on are incredible. The hosts are in character when you arrive.... I'm looking at you... the young lady wearing horns and a cape, who in her delivery intro for the Dracula room today managed to use the conjugated version of 'yeet' (yote for the curious) and also had me dying of laughter. The rooms have both mental and physical puzzles and span so many great ideas. They are both difficult enough, and laid out well enough that even if you are a room veteran some of them will have you escaping only with minutes to spare. If you want to take a break from the crazy world and use the imagination and puzzle solving skills that inspire and delight, come here and enjoy. If I were a pirate I'd say "Avast ye, enter here at yer peril!! There be dragons here and the likes of which you have not seen! Treasure for sure but beware, only the most cunning among ye will live to see it back to port!!" If I were a wizard I'd say "From sun to moon and back again, what lies in between holds less wonder than the walls of the gnome and raven. Neither spell nor staff can conjure such visions as I've seen there. Open the doors and be amazed." If I were a vampire id say " I lost the sun so long ago, I don't remember the color....I care not. They think stakes work....lies and myth, wood was never my enemy for my heart was never the source. Wonder....that's what makes the long years possible....Tread carefully at the gnome and raven, for you are likely to burst from it..Wonder from a firehose....a waterfall...an ocean...wonder still lives, hard to find but find it i have!" read more

This is a great escape room in Richmond. It's good for kids and adults, so it could be a perfect family outing. The rooms are designed great and definitely add to the experience. The decor really makes you feel like you are really a part of the experience. The difficulty of the rooms are just enough to add a fun challenge, but can be adjusted based on the age of the group. There are 4 different rooms and each are brilliantly decorated and you are sure to have a fun time if you come! read more

Gnome & Raven - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

We highly recommend gnome and Raven. It's pretty challenging but when you really need the help getting through the guide will help you which makes it better. A very clean and professional place to go and the kids really loved it. I wouldn't be leaving a 5 star review if i didn't think it was worth it! I highly recommend and we are already planning to go back again. read more

If you're looking to have fun GO HERE!!! You will not be disappointed. Gnome and Raven has outdone themselves. The attention to detail from the second you arrive to the facility is awesome. We had a group of four do Nancy Drew and the mystery of the tomb ruins. Our game master was in character the entire time. The room was way larger than I expected, and honestly felt as if you were at a base camp and Egyptian tomb. I've done quite a few escape rooms and this one now ties for first. This room is large so I believe you could have a large group and feel comfortable. Highly recommend read more

Such a fun date night!!! We conquered the Tombs Escape Room in Stoney Point with another couple and had the best time. This adventure was amazing - secret rooms, trap doors, codes and locks. The best! You won't regret going here. read more

Gnome and Raven was an amazing experience! The escape rooms are amazing and so is the staff. It is challenging, but it reinforces the importance of teamwork, which was so much fun for our kids and the adults. This was definitely the highlight of our weekend, and we cannot wait to go back. Thank you Gnome and Raven! read more

Gnomes and Ravens in extraordinary. You can see that the owner paid extra attention to every detail of the experience. I took my daughter to the Escape Room for her 9th Birthday. We chose the Tomb Raiders room. It was amazing, complete with an Egyptian theme. We really felt like we were in the pyramids. It was great fun and an excellent team building experience. I would highly recommend this place. read more

We took our son to Gnome & Raven for his 10th Birthday Party with 5 other boys and they had a BLAST!!! The entire staff was FANTASTIC and the rooms were REALLY COOL!!! My wife and I do Break Out Rooms often and we were highly impressed with the detail and aesthetics of the room. We did the "Wizard's Castle". The boys did a great job figuring out several clues on their own with a little help from my wife and I and a hint or two from the "Wizard's Apprentice". My wife and I will DEFIANTLY go back and try the rest of the rooms. I would HIGHLY recommend the rooms for any and everyone. The room we did may be a bit easier for more experienced Break Out experts, but the experience and immersion is one of the best!!! However, for those first timers and/or younger Break Out folks...this room would be PERFECT!!! Can't wait to go back and try a new room...SEE YOU SOON!!! read more

Gnome & Raven - Boys ready to go... - Escape Games Near Me - Richmond, Virginia

See all

I've done multiple escape rooms and personally this was the worse one. The puzzles were majority theater props. The escape room didn't lead you well naturally - I suspect you definitely need help from the helper but I like the rooms to be doable with no or minimal help. Things seemed very linear and more independent than previous escape rooms I've done. I think some puzzles may require the helper pressing a button as I couldn't see how it would work naturally (I didn't see any magnets or things that could trigger things)- I dislike magic in escape rooms. read more

Simply yet magically - *the* best place to have a party for your child. Our party (ages 9-11) loved the puzzles and the interaction with the top rate set design (we did the Wizard room). I loved hearing them all work together, laugh together, and cheer together every step of the way. Even after they made it into the party room, they kept talking about this clue, this trick, this tough part, this solution, etc. The team at Gnome & Raven takes care of *everything* - pretty much all you have to do is bring the pizza and the kids. We loved that the last puzzle to solve unlocked a cabinet that contained the cake! Made it taste all that much sweeter... read more

Did the Egyptian ruins escape room and enjoyed it! I loved the host and our escape room helper! Def check it out! I'm gonna go back and do another one soon! read more