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    Lara's Labyrinth

    4.9 (187 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Frankie M.

    Hands down one of the best escape rooms ever! We had such an AMAZING time celebrating my cuzzins birthday! Originally, we wanted to do the Mummy escape room, but our group was too large. So, we ended up doing the Sheepshank Redemption! By far the most challenging! We definitely had our work cut out for us, but in the end we mastered the art of escaping! Such an awesome experience! Lara's Labyrinth takes the escape room to a whole new level! Beautiful set designs, innovative puzzles and unlimited clues. This immersive experience is one you will never forget! Highly recommend it!

    Brittaney L.

    I really was reluctant to come here; I did an escape room once before and hated every second of it. This place was so different. I left here saying I will come back and do it again! First, you check in with your host who winds up being your person through your whole experience. Said person can and will give you clues when you become stuck at figuring out the next move. They really want you to win here which made it so much more fun! Super creative rooms and very well organized!

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    Clara C.

    I just finished the Sheepshank Redemption room at Lara's Labyrinth with a group of 5 people. The time limit is 90 minutes and we got out with time to spare!! Everyone in our group had a lot of fun!! We can't wait to try the other ones. One person in our group spun the wheel and got the jackpot! So now they can bring a minimum of 4 people, and get 2 of those people free. Parking: free street parking but there are a couple labeled spots in the garage. The gate was closed when we got out around 8:30 PM, so there's a walkway further down to get into the garage. The gate will open when the car approaches. PS they are on the third floor. LOWKEY elevator is haunted. Use the stairs. Thank me later. I do have one suggestion. We tried one mechanic over and over (early in the game) that we found out later didn't work. This was really frustrating. After having done several escape games, you know something is wrong when you're stuck in the beginning. It made me question whether everything else in the room was functioning or not. We had issues with the mirror too. Also the game master said they do prompt certain things - just fyi for people who don't want hints.

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    Erica C.

    Did the Heart of Bastet escape room on 7/9/25. This is one of the BEST escape rooms. It was an amazing room and escaping was very satisfying.

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    Cecille N.

    My first time doing an escape room and I had doubts about this place if management forced customet to leave a review thats why it is high. NOPE! I am posting rhis review freely as I am impressed with the setup, servive and ambiancd. Would donit again the other ones they have. Highly recommend

    Felicity D.

    Absolutely so much fun and super interactive! Super kind and fun staff! They were really helpful in a way that's still fun!

    Bobby D.

    It's been about 10 years since the last time my friends and I did an escape room. When we had tried solving an escape room for the first time, we didn't solve it in the time allotted and this was when we were younger. For our second escape room experience, one of our dear friends planned for us to conquer Lara's Labyrinth and we were attempting this with some of the same people we had done our first escape room with. You would think that with us being older, we'd be wiser and would be able to solve Lara's Labyrinth (LL). We didn't solve it in the allotted time, but we all had a blast trying. LL is located off of the 5 South freeway exit Old Town Avenue. The escape room is near Old Town, Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), and the San Diego International Airport. It is next to the rock climbing center Vertical Hold, next to Advance Repro Graphics, and it's in the same building as Culture Shock, Cali Auto Sales, and Make Good Coffee Co. LL is on the 3rd floor of this building, so you'll need to ride an elevator, and it's next to World Mission Society Church of God. As you enter what looks like any normal office, you immediately notice elaborate props and feel like you're about to be teleported into a different world. On walls you'll see escape room memes, advertisements about the different escape rooms, and different rooms with really cool looking sets. Before starting any of the escape rooms, you'll need to take a pic of a QR code, so you can fill out a waiver. The staff here were really friendly and provided quality customer service. They answered our questions thoroughly and made us all feel welcome. My biggest complaint was their muffled speaker when we asked for clues because at times it was hard to understand what our Gamemaster was saying. Our group consisted of 7 people and we were ambitiously attempting to solve Davinci's Challenge, which was the most difficult escape room they had. As I indicated about their elaborate sets, Davinci's Challenge was no exception. For this escape room, you are separated into two groups where you initially go into two separate rooms to start off, but you end up getting access to both rooms. I really enjoyed seeing the intricate props, the design of the rooms, and experiencing all the different surprises. I'll be honest, at times I felt like I wasn't contributing and was just wandering around, but that's the fun of it. We definitely needed all 7 of us to solve this escape room because I honestly don't know if we could have done it with less people. Although we wanted to solve it utilizing the least amount of clues, you are going to need to ask for help and don't feel bad. If not for us asking for all of the clues, this escape room would have been impossible to solve. Once we acted upon the clues, it was exhilarating to see the results of us solving the various puzzles. When we had done our one and only escape room 10 years ago, this was during the infancy of escape rooms. Doing our second escape room at Lara's Labyrinth, escape rooms are now more common. Although we didn't solve this escape room in the allotted time like our first time, the best part about doing escape rooms is the quality time spent with longtime, dear friends.

    Jeramey W.

    First Escape room I have done. Me and my wife had an amazing time! We absolutely loved doing the bewitched room. Highly recommended this! Whitney was our game master and she was the best!!! Fantastic time, will be coming back!!!

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    Lyda Mae Y.

    The heart of Bastet was amazing! Great details and puzzles. We want to go back and try another room.

    Jessica S.

    Labeled as "Next Gen" games, the escape rooms at Lara's Labyrinth incorporate 3rd generation escape room mechanics and design. The top tier production values places players in immersive sets to solve thoughtful puzzles which do tend to be more interactive and physical than mental. It is a different experience but an appreciated one! I've done most of the rooms here -- Cannibal, Bewitched, and Heart of Bastet -- save for the DaVinci Challenge. The aforementioned escape rooms utilize the 3rd gen elements heavily while I hear their DaVinci Challenge room has more traditional puzzles with locks and decoding challenges. I did their Cannibal room with a group of 7 people and when they employed a live actor. Highly recommend to do this room with a big group to get the full experience. The live actor greatly enhanced the scary aspect of the room and delivered in creepiness. Heart of Bastet is now one of my all time favorite escape rooms which seems to happen to most enthusiasts. With the exception of one puzzle, this room was EVERYTHING; it had an immersive set, intriguing backstory, brilliant mechanics, and non-formulaic flow between the different rooms. Bewitched, while fun and offered in an "Adult" version, was a bit too childish for me and with some malfunctioning puzzles, but I digress because the rooms, overall, are in a class of their own which is a must visit for newbies and enthusiasts alike.

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    Leslie B.

    Two of my friends wanted to take us to do something fun and different for my birthday, so they took me for my first ever escape room experience. I had been curious about them so was excited to go. Lara's Labyrinth is located in the warehouse district of Hancock Street. Parking was free and easy on a Sunday evening. It is located near Old Town, making it a great spot for a dinner and escape room outing. My friends and I had chosen the "R" rated experience, which I didn't know existed, but basically just meant that there was a bit of adult humor and a few 4-letter words. We were invited to get into character by putting on hooded robes on our way into the escape room. Jonah was our tour guide for the night, and I think he is the owner. He told us a bit about the storyline of our experience and the mission that we had to complete, as well as a couple of escape room rules. We were notified that we had one hour to complete the mission. Once inside the escape room, it was very dark. We took out our phone for light in the beginning, but later came across a lantern that served as a black light to help uncover clues. Our escape room guide played a variety of characters, sometimes just as a voice, sometimes as a puppet, and sometimes in a full costume. He had a variety of voices and accents, and was entertaining. He was a one man show! As we hadn't been to an escape room before, he fed us some clues so that we had some idea how to go about solving the puzzles. I'm not sure if we would have made it out in time otherwise. We ended up making it out of the escape room with a little under 2 minutes left and an angry witch chasing us. I'm not sure how typical this escape room was, but we had a great time, and it was an original way to celebrate with friends.

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    Mario was an amazing game master and the escape room was crazy fun. Highly recommend!

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    Bastet room was suuuuuuper fun. Definitely tested our brain power. Would recommend 10000 percent!

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    Such a fun time! The people are super friendly, and the rooms are very detailed and immersive!

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    Hung out with Nassir and had a great experience at the cannibal room. It was really fun it's not too scary but still gave us a scare

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    Took my kids ages 5 and 8 to the bewitched room and had a blast. Really fun for everyone! Both adults and kids!

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    Red beard was an amazing game master. 10/10 experience will be coming back in the future

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    Griffen is a really good host! The set design of the rooms are super intricate and cool! Very immersive!

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