4.5/5 stars! A very unique escape room experience! A group of 6 of us took on the room The Lab Rat. The theming is really great fun! Super unique and some of the special effects are fantastic! I've done a handful of escape rooms across LA and Orange County and this is definitely a memorable one. It is a wee bit pricey and I would say there are a few things that I think could be improved in my personal opinion! In general, I thought a few of the puzzles were not the most intuitive/logical. This room is definitely made for you to escape so you can get the full experience, so the game masters definitely assist when you get stuck. It feels like some of the puzzles were made for the players to get assistance rather than solve on their own. The priority is definitely to get you to end! Which some people may love and some may not. But to each their own! Also, the room is a bit tight (but it goes with the theme). It makes it difficult to work on the same puzzles at the same time and although there are definitely things to multitask on, I feel that the room was generally a bit linear as in one puzzle tends to be in play which leads you to the next puzzle. Once most puzzles are solved, it felt like only 2-3 people were working on a puzzle while the rest of us were kinda standing around. It was also a bit hot in there so some better AC would be totally welcome. Overall, what a fun and unique room! I'd say if you get a chance to try out Lab Rat, you totally should! I'd love to come back and try The Ladder read more

Came back to try lab rats. I must say that this escape room had it all! It required a LOT of communication and had a lot of brain scratching, out of the box thinking, and teamwork. If you are stuck, there is a "i am dumb" button. I think we had to press that about 4 times throughout the experience. Side note, I purchased their 3 volumes for Mother of Frankenstein. The game masters said that he just finished volume 2 and he's been playing it for over 10 hours. I will do another review for this when I start/finish. This was truly a fun escape room. read more

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Lab Rat was so fun! I was signed up for Hatch Escapes Lab Rat by Renaissance Club, and had no idea what to expect because I had never done an escape room before ever! We had a group of 5 from Renaissance club and out of the 5 of us 3 had done an escape room before and one other player had not other than me. Since it was my first time in an escape room I really didn't know what to expect. I had no idea what to look at or do first. I'm not sure if having a big or small group is better, but we were told 5 or 6 is a perfect amount. I spent a little time running around to see the whole maze, and then chimed in here and there to help solve puzzles. The puzzles were not THAT easy, they really had us thinking, but then when we figured out HOW to solve each puzzle, then it was like OOOOH yes it's easy. I LOVED it though, it really made us think outside the box and it felt so gratifying each time we solved something! Hahaha. So in the end one of our players was standing in front of the last puzzle, and I think there was too much overthinking going on in his head. This is where having so many people in the room makes it more complicated, because he was standing directly in front of it with a couple other people and I couldn't see so well. I feel that if he hadn't stood right in front I could have probably figured out that last one faster. I had so much fun though so I think my takeaways are, don't overthink anything, have fun, don't take it too seriously, and keep your mind open to the possibilities! I cannot wait to do another escape room soon! I want to try The Nest it sounds so interesting and like a good one! read more

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I came here with a group of half escape room enthusiasts and half newcomers to try out Rat Lab, which has a great variety of puzzles and rooms that any experience level could enjoy. Ben and Shiloh were great hosts for the game, giving a fun intro and keeping us on our toes with the commentary. The group overall had lots of fun and my friends who haven't tried an escape room before are itching to do more. read more

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I've finally completed all three rooms (+ bonus room for The Ladder!) Before I start my three-part review, I want to give a shoutout to Ben and Shiloh for being the best host and best dog host !! I've never had a dog host at an escape room so if I could give them 6 stars for the experience, I would! Lab Rat was an escape room I wrote a while ago, so if you're looking for a full detail review, check out that review. After doing over 50 escape rooms, Lab Rat is still among the best. The Nest is an experience unlike any other. It's more immersive theater than escape room. I CRIED in this room. It's so touching. Highly recommend! Finally, The Ladder. We beat it the first time, but we heard the bonus room was opening soon, so we knew we had to come back. 5 months later, we're back and did the bonus room! Super cool! Again, we beat it! Nothing can stop us!! Highly recommend Hatch!! read more

First time playing Lab Rats. Awesome props and set design. Very creative with the storyline and theme. Very challenging and fun too.

My friends and I played Lab Rat and it was a fantastic experience! Lab Rat is really campy and immersive. The funny storytelling and witty puzzles are thoroughly entertaining. I'm personally used to escape rooms being a bit frustrating and overly cerebral. This one didn't leave me feeling stumped or inadequate in my solving skills. Eliran was friendly, personable, and fun to talk to! I'm excited for us to come back and try The Ladder next. read more

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My husband and I tried the Nest, an intimate live experience that takes place in a storage unit. From the start to the end, the experience itself was very immersive and well thought out. It makes you feel like in a movie, making you forget that you were in an escape room building. Although there were a few puzzles, it was more about finding something new, rather than "escaping" itself. Although it was only my husband and I in the room, it never felt too empty, making it one of the few rooms that can perfectly accommodate only 2 people. I am so glad we found out about Hatch Escapes and tried the Nest. It might be a too cliche, but the experience changed me as a person. read more

How would I describe "The Ladder" by Hatch Escapes? If you fused "Clue", the board game, with corporate espionage and sprinkled in arcade games and Star Trek, you'd get a pretty close description. Confused you, didn't I? Pull up a chair and lend me your eyes for a moment. "The Ladder" is my first "Escape" room experience and I was floored. Screaming, cursing, and frantically rearranging items was how I spend 90+ minutes of my day yesterday while my 5 teammates scurried around me in a state of analytical panic. The background (without ruining the experience for you): 1. Make that sweet sweet cheddar. Heroism isn't free, we still live in a capitalistic society, right? 2. Get involved in uncovering some shady dealings at your company. That's it. To call this an "escape" room would be to pigeonhole the experience into a narrow genre. It is NOT a traditional escape room. You're not desperately trying survive a zombie apocalypse by matching shapes. You're not running from a psycho while collecting knick knacks. Nothing is threatening you except your own greed and your supervisors creepy smile. Yet we felt deeply pressured to perform our duties as the newly hired employee at the company. Our bank account and pride demanded it. It is within these duties that the true nature of the "escape" room fully comes into its own genre. If Baldur's Gate 3 had a one-night-stand with Overcooked and gave birth to a detective child, it would be "The Ladder". Are you chaotic evil and will stop at nothing to make money? Do you lend your time to uncovering corruption at the company at the cost of forgoing higher income? The choice is yours. I would recommend at least 6 players. There is just so much for you to do that any smaller group may struggle with the multitasking. Host: Ben Operator: Shira Mascot: doggo Hatch Escapes Team, if my review is too descriptive, please let me know and I'll edit it to be more vague. I've avoided listing anything specific about the room and kept it as high-level as I could. read more

I'm not sure if I've found another escape room that really puts as much pride into their escape rooms and experiences as Hatch does. (Though there are some others which are real close). I've done Lab Rat, The Ladder, and The Nest. The only thing that really makes me sad is that they don't have any other experiences right now. That said, all three of them are incredibly top notch and The Ladder has something nearly no other escape room has: replay value. These guys do it for the love of it and it shows in their work. If they ever come out with something else new you had better believe it will be at the top of my to do list immediately. read more

My friends and I decided to play The Ladder as our Christmas group activity mostly because I happened to receive an email saying The Ladder won a THEA which is apparently a very prestigious award including Disney parks. (Also, they happened to have a Black Friday discount.) So glad we played. The per person price seems like a lot until you walk into the first room. The production is VERY well done. The rooms are outfitted really well, the videos are professional and a lot of the games were more high tech. The premise of the room is very different from other escape rooms and I can totally see why you could play it over and over again. Each room had multiple games and puzzles going on and while I worked on whatever puzzle/game, I had no idea what my friends were doing. You definitely need a bigger group. We had seven people but we probably could've used a few more. If you've already played a bunch of escape rooms and are looking for something fresh, I highly suggest this one. My friends and I definitely want to go back and try it again. As for parking, it's street. We went on a Saturday morning and there was plenty. read more

Our host was stellar and the room quite possibly our favorite one yet. We went with Lab Rat based off of it's ranking in global escape rooms and it was a blast The theming, the challenges, and the amount of content far surpassed most of the escape rooms that we've done. From the production value in the room itself to the cutscenes in the videos, we thoroughly enjoyed the creativity all the way through The only thing we wished was that the riddles at a part of the game were more like puzzles instead of straight answers but overall, one of the best escape rooms we've done. We'll have to try their other ones! read more

SO much fun! We did The Ladder and didn't know what to expect. Great attention to detail, immersive experience, and creative story telling. The gaming aspect means lots of fun for everyone in your party, including guests who aren't puzzle people. Our experience guide, Manav, was awesome! He was engaging, helpful, and very funny. Would highly recommend him to guide you through your escape room experience. We'll be back! read more

Hatch Escapes - We climbed out way up the corportate clown ladder! Fun experience for parents and teens to do together! - Escape Games Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Jessie and Chelsea​ were awesome hosts! The games were incredible! Lab Rat and Ladder are a must try!

LabRat has been on my wishlist for almost a decade now and we finally played it and it does live up to its hype. We were immediately immersed into storytelling once we entered. The puzzles were straight forward, unique and satisfying to solve. The set design and the whole space were fun to explore. I was like a kid in a toy store. Thomas was our host and he was great! The place was easy to find but parking could be a struggle depending on the time. read more

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Wow wow wow!!! To put into words how I truly felt about my experience here would be impossible. Lab Rat is a room that has been on my to-do-list since 2018 and even after all these years managed to be the BEST escape room I have done! (50+ rooms so far). I've held this in my back pocket for a long time searching for the right group to do it with and I finally found them Lab Rat will forever be one of my favorite memories and if you haven't tried this room out or have been waiting to do it all I can say is.... DO IT. Now that all being said..... the other room we did that night... The Ladder... how is it possible that Lab Rat... which was my No. 1 escape room after tonight... WAS BEATEN BY THE LADDER. Holy!!! This room is INCREDIBLE. It's immersive. It's challenging. It's fun. It's stimulating. It's so good that I cannot wait to come back again with my full team and try again!!! For an escape room to be replayable is a crazy concept and I truly believe that The Ladder is going to be in my top 3 rooms TWICE. Thank you again Hatch Escapes for an amazing night and thank you Ben for being an absolutely AMAZING game master. I truly believe the game master can have a great impact on the game and you were an absolute blast to play with. Your energy is amazing and I truly can't thank you enough for the experiences we had in both rooms! You made all of our nights TLDR: BOOK THE ROOMS NOW AND GO DO THEM!! read more

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A very solid and fun escape room to do with a group of friends! The puzzles are fairly cleverly written to the point where you have to think creatively, then once solved, feel a bit silly for realizing it took that long to solve. Their technology isn't super advanced, but it was still enjoyable to go through. The staff is super nice and accommodating. Our party had some stragglers that were late and they fortunately didnt mind. We still got our full time and they were courteous to chat with us about other escape room places! Booking an appointment on their website was super simple. I did notice that slots get filled up fairly quick, but you can check again later and it might open up due to a cancelling. Thats what happened for me when I was trying to book a 2PM. It got booked in the morning but then tried later in the day and it opened up again! Parking and pricing are the only reasons why I dont have them at 5 stars. They dont have their own parking; its residential street parking so it was a bit difficult to find a spot. We had to park further out. Also pricing is a bit more expensive, though you can tell it goes to a good cause. (Great staffing that's super dedicated to the fun and in developing more rooms). read more

Hatch Escapes - We escaped the Lab Rat room :) - Escape Games Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Terry, thank you for making the matters worse. Instead of taking ownership of your employees actions you are throwing blame on the guests. Unbelievable. I will be reporting your business. I am a breastfeeding mother and to call me a "drunken bully" is WAY out of line. I completely understand the acts of your manager now if you are the co-owner. I will make sure to inform every single person I know about this experience. read more

Hatch Escapes - Rude. Ruined our special Occassion. ANTHONY IS A HORRIBLE MANAGER AND A SCAMMER. - Escape Games Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Lab Rats was an amazing room, definitely one of the best I have ever done out of over 80 rooms. The immersion was amazing, I really felt like a lab rat and the story and set was great!! Some of the clues were a little confusing and we weren't sure what puzzles they went with but overall the room was amazing, highly recommended! Update 7/29/24: Just played The Nest and it was incredible! More immersive theater than an escape room but the immersion is next level. This is a must-do experience, very cool! read more

The Nest is less escape room and more artsy environment storytelling a la Bioshock audio diaries. On the surface, it's simply cool to experience a narrative unfold by exploring a space but what truly elevates this room is the attention to character and detail in its set design. It's a powerful melancholic experience that is enriched by how much you surrender to its spell. The finale was a surprising emotional gut-punch that left me teary-eyed. Shoutout to Gil for making the experience special. The Ladder is next. read more

My three friends and I completed the Lab Rat escape room and had an absolute blast. The design behind the physical spaces and clues or riddles is superb, definitely some of the best I've seen out of all the escape rooms I've done! Would highly recommend this experience for a smaller group - 4 was perfect. Thanks so much for such a fun evening!!! read more

Went here with our group of 10 and we had such a blast. Ben was our host and had the best energy! We arrived early, so we chatted with him and he even let us get going a couple of minutes early. Shiloh was also very adorable :) There were some technical issues with Lab Rat, but we were able to switch over to The Ladder instead and my it was such an amazing experience. We all scrambled and screamed, the 90 minutes flew by. The puzzles were quite tricky, but there were some fun & simple mini games/tasks to go along with it. Everyone in our group had so much fun, and we will be returning to take on Lab Rat read more

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It is impossible to adequately describe the experience of The Ladder at Hatch. I had previously experienced The Nest and it was truly magical. I come from a theater/events/immersive professional background and I had never experienced anything quite like this. The emotions and sense of discovery it brought about in me was magical. It was a while ago so is not as fresh in my memory and I have more "feeling" memories than detail oriented ones, so I'm going to switch back to The Ladder... The Ladder was truly time I could bask in curiosity and discovery and delight. It was time I could bond with my friends. It was time I could forget about the world around and play pretend in a practical and analytic way which suits my personality. Play is therapeutic. And so is problem solving. But, again, this is not your typical escape room experience and to reduce it to such would be reductive. One of my favorite part of it was that one of the goals is to simply "make money" and the activities we did to make money were so intensely satisfying. I loved the "flow" I felt when a "job" suited my personal aptitude. The amount of content and replayability packed into The Ladder is astounding. The production value is at the highest level-- game play, story, A/V content and execution, the build of the environment, the staff. The Ladder is worth every penny. I can't recommend it more. Thanks to Ben and Shira who were our host and operator and created a personal and flawless experience for us. read more

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Lab Rat escape room was such a great experience! I've done about five different escape rooms so far and I have to say this is my favorite. Highly recommend!! read more

My fiancé and I did The Nest at this location. It started as an immersive experience that existed in several other spaces before it landed here. This is more of an experience with escape room elements where you inherit a storage unit from a woman who had no other relations. You learn about her life through listening to cassette tapes and looking through memorabilia. The setting is intimate, dark and a little dusty as you would expect a storage unit to be. Keep the cassette tape player with you through your exploration of the unit. You will have phone calls with tips to help you find your way. It was a unique and touching experience that left me feeling nostalgic and sentimental in the very best way. Please don't hesitate to book this experience. read more

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One of the top escape rooms I've done. We did the Lab Rat room and Hatch Escapes does an amazing job creating an environment that is very immersive. Even the video narrations are well produced and add to the experience. Also, huge shoutout to Ben who was our game host. He made it fun and didn't give out hints too soon even when at times I know he saw us struggling at times. The Lab Rat room is fun for both experienced and first time players. I don't even live in LA but would make the trek to LA to experience their other rooms! read more

I can't recommend it enough - I was completely burnt out on "escape rooms" after showing up to one too many dull, unadorned office suites filled with FB marketplace props and a bunch of combination locks. This is definitely not that. It's not even really an escape room, it's in a category all its own. We played The Ladder, and everyone in our group was blown away by how engaging, immersive and elaborate the experience was. It's a multi-room game, and you actually progress through a storyline that evolves based on your choices and achievements throughout. You actually feel the connection between the puzzles and the story - all of the minigames make logical sense as to why you're doing them and are actually thematically relevant as opposed to the typical "walk into a room, pick everything up and look for numbers to input into locks". I don't want to say too much more because it's best experienced fresh, but I definitely plan to go back read more

Literally the BEST escape room I've been a part of! The Ladder was so thorough and interesting and if you want to try it again u can and it'll be completely different. DEFINITELY TRY THIS ESCAPE ROOM, ITS WORTH THE PRICE. plus Ben and Shirah are so slay!! read more

Came here with my family and friends to escape the mouse trap maze! Without giving anything away, it was a ton of fun! Super immersive and just really great to figure out puzzles with your friends! Completely worth the trip going down! Puzzles overall weren't too hard, but we did request help a LOT from our overseer and are thankful for it! I was very happy with the experience and hope that we can plan another time there again! Was so glad I could do an LA escape room! read more

Had a blast playing Lab Rat recently at Hatch Escapes. Great games are created with love, but the love here stretches past the design and continues straight through the gameplay. Our game master was fantastic, staying in character while giving gentle nudges, making the experience even more immersive. Definitely want to go back to try one of their other experiences. read more

Lab rats was a fun but not too challenging room. The puzzle were super interactive and our game masters Ben and Shiloh were awesome! Highly recommend read more

Hatch Escapes - Labrats escape room - Escape Games Near Me - Los Angeles, California

First escape room and it was AWESOME! So immersive, and my friends and I had the best time. We did "The Ladder" escape room, I highly recommend. Shout out to Manav for being an awesome "janitor". Can't wait to come back! read more

Loved The Nest! Such a immersive and well-designed experience. Ben (and Shilo!) was our host and he did an amazing job. Definitely will check out the other rooms at Hatch! read more

Anthony should be fired. No sense of customer service or hospitality. We arrived a five minutes after our booking and after he gathered everyone said he was refusing service because he "smelled" alcohol. We were there for a birthday and arrived after dinner. He ruined our birthday. read more

The crew was amazing and welcomed our group warmly. We tried the Ladder and it was a very unique concept. It's not really an "escape" room but more of a choose your own adventures kind of game and there's various endings depending on your choices during the game. 90 mins flew by quick. The Ladder is replayable so you can come back and explore various endings read more

Phenomenal experience with Lab Rat escape room. Really appreciated the detailed and immersive escape room experience -- and won't give any specifics away here. I can certainly understand the rave reviews and will echo these sentiments. We did our room with 3 members total, which was sufficient to complete the challenges and fun for everyone. The staff member was wonderful. You will get your own private room for your party (the minimum charge is for 4 people). There is ample parking within the block of Hatch Escapes. You can complete the consent form online ahead of time to save time when you arrive. read more

So fun! We did the Ladder with a large group of 10. The rooms, puzzles, props, storyline & whole production value was high quality! It was different from other escape rooms I've done in that it's kind of like a choose-your-own-adventure...the storyline changes depending on player input, so it's cool that we could come again, but have a different outcome. For your helpline, they even had a live "character" come into the room scenes with tips...Manav was awesome and made it an excellent experience! Will definitely come again! read more

This is a review for Lab Rat which was a phenomenonal experience. I've done 20 or 30 escape rooms so I have a fair bit of experience and I would say this is the best I've ever done. Great theming and design with excellent and interesting puzzles throughout. Most of the puzzles were challenging without being annoying. Our game master Anthony was also an absolute delight who really made the entire experience fantastic. Highly recommended. read more

The Ladder is so good. Genuinely so immersive and so fun to play. Eliran was SO wonderful!!!

My experience at Hatch Escapes was not the best - especially since I've only ever done one other escape room in my life. My friends and I signed up for the Lab Rats escape room. We had a total of 5 people. The escape room itself was not intuitive, extremely dark, there were words written very small (and were difficult to read in the dark), and we had to ask for hints multiple times. After each hint, we were surprised by how anyone would've been able to guess the next step/answer. A lot of the escape room wasn't really puzzle based either. All in all, I just don't think the escape room was made very well. We did not escape and the escape room host told us we were very close (only about 2 minutes away) to escaping. She proceeded to tell us that she would've let us continue had she not had another party right after us - but she spent more than 5 minutes talking to us after the escape room ended. So I'm not really sure why she couldn't have given us an extra 2 minutes. But to be honest, I don't think 2 minutes would've been enough because all of the clues just weren't very clear, helpful, or well made. For $59 per person, I felt kind of like I wasted an hour of my time and a lot of money. I don't really think my friends and I got to bond very much in particular either because the escape room isn't very collaborative. Some pros is that they have 2 gender neutral bathrooms, the host is friendly, the escape room is pretty large, and there is AC. read more