Happy to jump on the bandwagon. Got the recommendation from Reddit. So far after trying one of Myss…read moreTic escape rooms, I am really impressed. They knock the competition out of the park. 8 of us did "Montauk" and it was outstanding. Easily the #1 escape room in nyc and nationally in the top 10%. The degree of immersion and the thoughtfulness of the sets are a big win. Also minimal use of combo locks and the rooms did not feel linear, with people making progress on different puzzles at the same time. The mood is also fantastic with 1980s vibes and stranger things fans will appreciate some of the design elements. The tech was very creative and challenged your senses and forced coordination and teamwork! Puzzles 5/5 Tech 5/5 Immersion 5/5 Difficulty 4/5 Great neighborhood with awesome restaurants across the street.

What an amazing experience…read more My husband and I went for Halloween and had such a fun time solving all of the puzzles in our 1 hour time slot. While we didn't solve everything, we left feeling super inspired by the story and the design of the escape room. The mystery was so layered and cool! Gah, can't wait to go back!

This was outstanding! When our cruise ship had an unexpected 3 day stop at the Brooklyn cruise…read moreterminal (thanks to hurricane Erin), my husband and I ended up at Brooklyn Escape room. This was one of the funnest parts of our trip! The room we did was outstanding and very well designed. It was also GIANT! I wish we would have brought a larger group with us because I feel like the experience would have been even better with more people. The clues and puzzles were diverse and fun! We have done multiple escape rooms in the past and the secrets hidden in this room were much more elaborate and extensive than the rooms we have done in other cities (and you can't beat the price...a room like this in Kansas City would cost at least double.) It's also in a GREAT location! Just wandering in the area we managed to find tons of great shopping, a chocolate factory and a ton of places to eat! You could easily spend a day there! It even looked like they had a party room!!! We will definitely be back to try the rest of the rooms next time we are in Brooklyn!

It was five of us...a bit tipsy but coherent enough to know that something wasn't kosher about the…read moreclues We looked up, down, high and low for one particular clue to no avail. We ended up having to call for back up aka get help. The guy couldn't find the clue either! Come to find out, the key we needed was not there. We spent so much time looking for that key, we lost in the final few minutes of the game. I thought they could've given us extra time since it was their fault the clue we needed wasn't there ‍ Other than that, we had a great time! Don't arrive late and don't use your cellphone inside the rooms.

I slept on Shipwrecked for years, until I didn't. But even now I'm just now coming around to the…read morefact that it's a phenomenal place for kids' birthday parties. Let's run it down: 1. They have private party rooms where they'll bring in pizza and drinks and more for your kiddos. 2. There's built-in entertainment like mini-golf (obviously), a surprisingly extensive arcade complete with tickets to win and redeem for plastic that your kids will love and you will hate. 3. The staff is seriously on point. I'm telling you, they have headsets! They're communicating in real time about where everyone in your party should be, and what needs to be happening. I appreciate you people. 4. There's a BAR FOR THE ADULTS. I can't stress this enough. You know how parents just stand around awkwardly while their kids scream and play and run? Well, it's better when you have a drink in your hand. They've got a solid beer selection, frozen rum punch and pina coladas (see: shipwrecked), and some bottom shelf liquor that the bartender looked into my friend's (the parent of the birthday girl) dead eyes and offered him a heavier pour on the house. This is going to be a staple in my life for the next five years or so, and although I'm sure I'll get tired of it, at least there's a bar.

Staff here is so friendly and nice! Very helpful too! I came with my mom and son and we had a…read moreblast, my mom actually really enjoyed it. It's indoors and they decorate it beautifully for the holidays. Very fun and the restrooms here are very nice and clean. Also enjoy the music here and the arcade

We named ourselves the Baja Blast! We loved all the games (no I won't tell you what they are) and…read moreall the unique competition. There was so much teamwork involved! And a lot of it was in the dark too, to add to the mystery and difficulty. Overall I loved the soapy duds blasting all over me and would go back to get blasted again! 5 stars

Came here with my team and wow this was unexpectedly fun!…read more Good: - The four challenges were perfect for my team of four, we ended up beating way more challenges than we even expected! - The VIP package was definitely worth it - we got drinks after and a tshirt and it was a great way to cap off our adventure - The bomb experience was kind of fun and scary despite knowing that it was happening upfront - The laser maze was definitely my favorite, it was so fun to jump through the lasers and dodging the moving ones. Kind of felt like being a spy! And was a great workout - We ended up getting one of the top scores of the day and felt like winners - Not just your traditional escape the room, I liked how there were basically 5 in 1! Bad: - The place is a bit quiet and a bit gloomy to hang out in after you're done, but it wasn't a big deal! Overall this was so much fun and definitely recommend this to any team looking for an out of the ordinary team bonding activity!

Amazing experience, that's my second visit, me and my friends had a great time!…read more Staff is very competent and makes first timer experience very easy, took about 5 min to understand all controls 10/10 Game selection is great, from casual drawing to more hardcore zombie shooters. Make sure you bring out your friends, multiplayer is a must have experience!

We had just a terrible experience here. I don't think the owner is much into kids, and he was…read morereally impatient with our crew, despite the face we made reservations and everything. He even got into it with my husband when paying...and my husband never gets into anything with anyone. I will never go back.

An awesome team experience!…read more It's cerebral, collaborative, informative and an overall exciting adventure in the greatest city! I've done the GCC for two years in a row and plan on making it an annual tradition. You will rack up a lot of steps, work your brain and learn a lot about the rich history of New York City. Some of the challenges are hard, some of them are extremely hard (binary code and interpreting braille) and most are fun. There's even delicious treats that are added in the mix. I highly recommend participating in this amazing challenge and using the services of GCC for any of your team building needs.

I recently did their main scavenger hunt last weekend, but had previously done a shorter one and a…read morefew virtual events. A common theme was they were all incredibly well organized, and challenging without being unbeatable, and a lot of fun for me and my friends. Can't wait to do their next one!

I participated in the New York Amazing Race against my company. I compete against my coworkers. It…read morewas fun but I thought it could have been better. Read on for spoilers of the game. We met at Baked Melissa on 42nd street. The guide gave us instructions. I was late so I did not hear the instructions. The goal of the race is to find items on a list (movie poster, triplets, slide, dog with clothes, flag, big clock, guy with mets cap, bus driver), 3 out of 6 pictures (daily news globe, muppets at fab schwartz , apple at hudson river park etc) and a find of (12 different flowers or 6 different vendors that sell meet). In addition, for extra point, you had to check in with the guide at times square and if you choose to perform a specific task. The event was tiring. We had to run towards the end of the race to get everything. My team won of course. However, given that we paid $35 for the race. I expected more like water to be provided, nutrional snacks a the end of the race, some sort of metrocard for public transportation and better prize (i got a plastic medal and t-shirt).

4 stars only because we had a Dealist (think Groupon) discount and the event cost us $20 rather…read morethan $35 - otherwise probably wouldn't have been worth it. All in all a fun day, took us all over the city to places we'd never been. Also exposed me to the bus system which I've rarely taken.. pretty reliable & runs regularly (should I be yelping the metro system..?). Pretty well organized. We got plenty of e-mails beforehand letting us know how we should prepare (though they were a little ambiguous on the metro day pass- were they providing it or did we have to buy it? Good thing we bought ours just in case). On they day of they ran pretty smoothly, although registration was a bit of a bottleneck with one person doing each task (sign in, name tags, handing out paperwork). There were lots of staff though and they were all really friendly and seemed to really enjoy running the event, which made us enjoy it more. At then end they came around and scored our pictures by going through them with us (liked that - so we could make sure we got credit for all the items we found), and had us load our pictures on a computer being projected so we saw a slideshow with everyone's photos as they were scoring. Funny to see how creative some people were. Would've been nice to have a little bit of food at the start or at the end - annoying that we were basically expected to stick around and order Dave & Busters food since that was the start/end location. It's ok, we just ordered a small appetizer (as we were STARVING) and went off to a restaurant actually worth our time for dinner.

We just came back from Shelter R. I had high hopes because of the prior reviews, and the two stars…read moreare for set design - it looked really cool when we walked in! Unfortunately, it went downhill from there and this was probably the worst escape room we've experienced (we've done roughly 20). The room was very dark throughout (for atmosphere), but to the extent that we had to use the flashlight on our phones the entire time - which quickly became annoying. There were very, very few puzzles to solve and they had to be done one at a time. Several puzzles were broken - we literally wouldn't be able to see the relevant information because a screen was too scratched up or a telescope wasn't adjusted properly, and it really takes the fun out of things when you have to ask for the code you're supposed to be seeing because you know where it is but actually can't decipher it. There were very few context clues and the room was actually quite sparse. The communication with the game master was broken and we were given a walkie talkie which went in and out, and half the time we had to ask them to repeat themselves over and over. Don't know if the other rooms are any better, but I don't think we'd go back based on our experience of Shelter R.

This is by far one of the most fun nights I've had with my friends. Granted I'm in my 40s don't go…read moreout too much and never have done this before but the painstaking level of detail is astounding (the five of us did the dungeon). The family owned and run couple greeted us were warm friendly and explained the rules clearly how to play. Soon we were in a dungeon and had to WORK TOGETHER with our group to survive. From the level of detail with the design to the actual puzzles it was clear a lot of thought was put into each puzzle and there were multiple rooms. They are watching in case there's an issue or if you request a hint and give you time updates. The five of us didn't survive but we did make it to the last room and the owner actually still let us complete/showed us the puzzles. (We definitely needed more time lol). The only cons is better signage when u get to Industry City (the puzzle starts upon arrival to the building lol) and the speaker when the host was speaking was a little muffled. Net net if your looking for a unique experience, party, event this is a HIGHLY reccomended experience to do with a group and worth travelling to.

This was a fun experience!…read more It's a very different format than a classic escape room. You're on a team and essentially solving different riddles and puzzles. I had a lot of fun and the staff is extremely friendly!

Devon and Lisa were awesome! Our marketing team got together for a Christmas celebration, and…read morethis event was EXACTLY what we needed. Great questions, great teamwork, and amazing fun. Thanks guys and have a Merry Christmas.