My friends and I have been doing escape rooms pretty much every weekend in the city and in NJ (yes, we're a bit obsessed). Last weekend, we decided to do another last minute, and this was the only place available that had an opening for the 6 of us on a Saturday night. They do have a Groupon so make sure to get that if you're coming here.
We did the horror themed room. As another reviewer stated, the place is tiny. Also, you only get 55 minutes to escape the room, not an hour, which isn't a huge deal. We were told that if we escaped within the time allotted and only used 3 clues or less, we would be put on the leader board and get a chance to come back to do the other room for free. The competitive sides of us came out and we were all set on completing it with less than 3 hints.
As we got started, it was fine. However, we got stuck on a box and our game master gave us our first clue. We were sure that the code we got was correct, but it would not open the box. We tried for at least 10-15 minutes on this box and nothing worked. We asked again for the clue to the box, and he gave us the same exact hint. At this point we got frustrated and someone in my group decided to try that code on another box....and it worked. We were so confused how this worked. There were a few more mishaps along the way, but that was the biggest one that completely threw off our game a bit. In the end, we did get out in less than 3 clues, but we weren't happy about it. We were told the locks were on the wrong boxes.. Although we did get out with 6 minutes to spare, it would have been A LOT faster had that not happen.
Overall, the quality of the room was just okay compared to others we have done. There definitely is potential for this place, but it's probably not one of the rooms I'd come back to again. read more