This was my third escape room - a group of us went as an early birthday celebration and I had a great time! The guy running the place is clearly passionate about what he does and puts a lot of effort into his rooms. He gave us a clear overview of how to approach escape games in general, as we had a few newbies with us, but also gave us the rundown on our specific mission. Their largest room holds ten people, so the eight of us were comfortable in the Speakeasy game as we worked our way through the clues and puzzles. I liked the set-up of their assistance program - a simple tone to catch our attention and a screen on which they could type messages to us. Although we made it out with 16 minutes to spare, we weren't quite fast enough to place on their lobby leaderboard. I guess that means we'll have to go back again for a different room experience to try to break the top three! read more

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This was my first escape experience and it was so fun. We had a family group ages 13-72 and we all enjoyed our "escaping Black Beard" game room. Lots of puzzles, think outside the box and team work. They also have two rooms where two teams can compete against each other, that sounded super fun as well. Hope to be back! read more

Our scout troop had a fun time. They escaped the new kid room in just over 30 minutes (we anticipated they would take a full hour but they were given additional clues to help them along). The kid room was geared for about 3-4 players but we had a group 7. They also gave a lot of clues to our scouts because they really do want want groups to break out. LOCATION: This escape room is a good option if you want an indoor, non-touristy activity in St. Augustine. The escape room is located about 15-20 minutes south of historic St. Augustine and about 30-40 minutes south of Jacksonville. The easiest route is to take 95 to the SR206 (Crescent Beach/Hastings exit) otherwise you can get stuck with all the lights on US1. The strip is located behind a Walgreens. They offer great group prices if you're looking to have your kids try out an escape room but don't want to drop too much $$. They also let us sneak a peek at the two other escape rooms. Looks fun! BTW - You can celebrate your escape with ice cream at the Cold Cow just two miles up the road (gotta love when you can rely on Yelp to find an ice cream spot when your troop finishes earlier than expected!) read more

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If you have done an escape room, you know how much fun they can be. That being said it is an even better experience if the staff is invested in you having a good experience. We booked a room for Christmas Eve morning and Kevin could not have been more fabulous. He suggested a change to our order given our experience level which was great. We did the Speakeasy Room and it was so much fun!! Great first experience for my folks and a nice way to start our holiday. read more

We did black beard and had so much fun! Lots of different types of puzzles. Very immersive. We had a great guide who was kind enough to let us finish the last part of the game. We are a team of 2 so it was pretty difficult but I think if you had a couple more then it would be easier (the other pair can work on a diff clue). Definitely want to go back for the other two rooms! read more

Xscape Our Rooms - Very immersive and fun game! - Escape Games Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

We thoroughly enjoyed our room and the staff. We were a group of 6 with two wheelchairs and found the room to be large enough for everyone to move around and all of the puzzle components accessible. We had been here prior to the pandemic for the other room they have. The axe throwing lanes were new and the owners have plans to add a bar! Look forward to their success! read more

3 couples enjoyed a great/fun night out. We love that the owners care about their customers having a great time (and are willing to give as many clues as we need). We had a lot of laughs and a lot of fun making memories. read more

My husband and another couple chose "The Speakeasy" for our challenge and loved it! I would definitely visit Xscape Our Rooms again. You do have to reserve your time a little bit ahead of when you want to visit, but the website is easy to navigate. There are three different challenges available currently. Just be sure to bring your thinking caps!! There is a limit to the number of people per challenge at one time, so be sure to read over everything on the website so you can plan accordingly. read more

Xscape Our Rooms - Our crew at the end of the challenge. Unfortunately we did not beat the clock solving this one. - Escape Games Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

As an avid escape room goer, I was quite disappointed with this escape room. The rooms were very straight forward, not a lot of decoration or immersive, and a little too easy. Not sure if it had to do with the employee working at the time or what, but we were given clues on every puzzle within a minute of working on a clue. Kinda ruined the whole "figure out what we're doing wrong" aspect. The one clue that looked more exciting in the last room was broken and we won without knowing it, which wasn't a fun experience for the newbies. We went with 6 people where 2 were brand new to escape rooms and we set the record... I don't think that should be possible. read more

There were 8 of us, and we very much enjoyed our game. Almost seemed like we had multiple rooms in one game. Very challenging, as we always have fun in these. Prices were also very affordable! We recommend the Speakeasy, but the Queen's Revenge is unbeatable. Enter if you dare! read more

Best escape room I've done. Kevin made the experience that much better. Definitely a must do.

WHAT A BLAST!!!! We had soooo much fun!!! We were 3 couples and 2 kids and we all had a great time! We didn't escape, Black beard got us, ( but we did have a BLAST!!! Lee was AWESOME!! He even let us finish the game. read more

Wonderful experience and service. My family's (ages 11 - 79) 2nd experience with escape games. We LOVED it. Kevin, the owner, was great at helping us navigate our game and providing feedback and help as needed. The game and room was interesting, well designed and very engaging. We are here visiting family for a week and will likely be back for another game before we leave. HIGHLY recommended!!!! read more

The staff were really kind and funny, had tons of fun with my family, will definitely go again! They have a kids room for younger ones if needed! read more

Xscape Our Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

This was my first experience at an escape room and I was amazing! My cousin and I went and brought our kids as well (5, 6, 7, & 8) and we had the best time! The owner, Kevin, was so helpful and made it so engaging for the kids and challenging enough for us too. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a fun mind game! read more

I reached out to the business, but was rudely dismissed. My mother in law booked "The Chamber #1" Unfortunately, our experience was far from satisfactory. After booking, someone from Xscape called asking if we wanted to switch to a different room because they noticed we had a child in our party and that "The Chamber" is advanced. We declined. After a few minutes into our experience, I started to wonder if the attempted switcheroo was due to full knowledge that this particular room was not up to snuff. To begin with, the Walkie talkie was seemingly defective, which led to our cluemaster frequently entering the room, often to give clues that were not asked for, which completely took us out of what is supposed to be an immersive experience. Several of the puzzles were defective, including one lock that opened without entering a combo, and a locked box that was practically open before opening the lock. The flashlight was low on batteries and when we made this known, the cluemaster disappeared for a few minutes and then returned saying no, it's actually fine and doesn't need batteries (the light was really too dim to easily decipher the clues).All these defects aside, many of the clues really did not make sense.I've done other escape rooms which are well thought out and don't have so many "red herrings".Our dissatisfaction with the experience was expressed as soon as we were done, but the "cluemaster" (who I believe to be one of the owners) did not care. I reached out by email requesting a refund.After being refused and expressing my disappointment that a business would be comfortable offering no make good on such an unsatisfactory product I was met with condescentation,being told we "were warned the room was too advanced for kids" and that "others have solved the room just fine" both of which have nothing to do with the nature of my complaint. As I write this, Xscape appears to have 0 bookings so far today(A Friday).I wish we had taken the extensive availabity on a peak day as a clue that this was not the best show in town. I hope this review helps inform someone's choice and the seek out a better experience elsewhere. read more

My girlfriend and I are big escape room fans, so on our visit to St. Augustine we had to try a couple of escape room businesses. There are only a couple of escape room businesses in this area, so we read some reviews on Escape Crusaders and decided to make Xscape Our Rooms one of our two stops. We've been to a lot of small, locally-owned escape room businesses and a lot that seemed a little disjointed. This one in particular seemed quite different in terms of the overall experience from the moment we walked in the door. We don't usually book ahead unless we know that the business is very busy, so we showed up unexpected and one of the owners had to hurry up to the front to greet us. He was very friendly and welcoming and took us immediately into a room with a big table, a TV and a bunch of seats around the table. He had us sign the waiver before paying for the game, which is obviously no big deal but we were a little confused since we've always done it the opposite way. I realized after this was because they have no real system for taking payments for walk-ins. We just filled out the form on the Bookeo site ourselves on his laptop circa 2006. We were then shown the intro videos, and I was surprised by how professional they were, just because I have been to many businesses that were much more polished in their overall presentation but, being locally-owned, had more "homemade" introductory videos. The clues are distributed through the game master typing on the TV screen that has the countdown on it, something that I have had trouble with in past experiences, but it worked well at this location. The first room we did was the Lucky Duck Speakeasy. I was excited about this room because I have had a longtime fascination with prohibition and gangster history (so much so that I have a shelf in my library dedicated to gangster history books), which is why we decided to do it first. The first thing I noticed when we went in to the room was the drop ceiling. Nothing takes me out of an immersive experience quite like a drop ceiling. It may seem like a small thing, but the lights are so bright and it just screams "office building," which doesn't really work when you're trying to convince someone that you're... anywhere but an office building. The scenic could definitely have benefited from some kind of disguise for the ceiling and some more creative lighting. Overall the scenic did read as pretty cheap, but there were some cute decorative elements that I enjoyed. I also enjoyed most of the puzzles in this particular game. There was at least one red herring that I remember in both of Xscape's games, which I generally dislike as I think it's a bit of a lazy puzzle choice. But oh, let me pause on the critical analysis of the games themselves. Because none of that really matters. It's not the business owners' fault--they didn't make these games. When we finished Speakeasy, we were pretty pleased. Here we are, thinking these local business owners had designed this game. We were talking to the owner about what we liked about the game and he mentioned that another game, Blackbeard's Brig, was "made by the same company." Pause. Suddenly I'm not as impressed and everything makes sense. Why the puzzles were so well-connected when the rest of the experience was relatively disjointed. Why the intro videos were sleek and professional. This is one of those pre-made escape rooms, probably from Russia, that I've heard so much about. Go ahead--Google "Lucky Duck Speakeasy" or "Blackbeard's Brig," and you'll find plenty of results for these escape rooms' various copies across North America. It's just disappointing to know that you're playing a game mass produced for distribution as opposed to playing something that someone put their heart into. Suddenly I was less excited that we made the leader board. Despite this, we played Blackbeard's Brig as well. It was more challenging than Lucky Duck Speakeasy, but I didn't like the majority of the puzzles as much. They just weren't as interesting, with the exception of one in the final room, which I did like a lot. But overall, I felt, who cares? I didn't really care about critiquing the room itself because it wasn't the owners' doing. I don't consider three stars to be a bad review. I'm not someone who's afraid to give a one or two-star review if I feel it's deserved. Three stars is "just okay." We had fun, but was it great? Nah. It was just fine. My advice to the owners would be this: if you're really passionate about escape rooms and aren't just in it for the "business" side of things, I would implore you to make your own rooms. It's more interesting, more impressive, and you can tell when someone made something out of their own creativity and passion rather than out of a box. If you just want to make a couple of bucks for a couple of years, then this will do, but this business is exploding and if you want to keep up with the competitors, you have to step up your game. read more

My wife and I have played a number of escape rooms at a number of different places, but this place was by far our favorite. The puzzles are creative, fun, and challenging. However, it's Kevin, the owner, that makes this particular place so remarkably fun. He's professional, laid back, helpful, and operates his business with the following ethos: "I just want everyone to have a whole lot of fun." Needless to say, everyone in our group had an absolute blast. I definitely recommend this place to everyone. We've tried other escape rooms in Saint Augustine and this place is by far the best. read more

I had a lot of fun in the Speak Easy tonight. I highly recommend coming here for escape rooms. The clues were a lot of fun to solve. There were four of us to do the escape room. Two of the four of us were kids and it was fun to see them really get into the game. read more

I came with a large group and we were split into several rooms. Our game was challenging but fun. We didn't win but we sure came close.

We just left Xscape! We did the Black Beards Brig it was so good! We have done other escape rooms and this by far was the best! We had a group of 7 with a combo of adults and kids. The whole experience was such a challenge and very well thought out! The customer service was great from the first phone call to the end of the experience. We will definitely be back and recommending to others. The passion that was put into the room speaks volumes! Thank you for the experience. read more

Xscape Our Rooms - Escape Games Near Me - St. Augustine, Florida

Must-do for every Escape Room junkie like us! We we're more than pleased with the room we did today and can't wait to come back for the others. Kevin was super friendly and helpful. The room we did (Lucky Duck) had some of the coolest puzzles we have seen in escape rooms. See you soon for another room! read more

This escape room was really cool, but some of the puzzles weren't as fun as other ones we have been to. With that said however- the workers are so sweet and really helpful and their rooms are COOL, but compared to other rooms we have been to some of the puzzles were boring. Overall really cool experience, but not the best escape room we've been to! My suggestion is to make the puzzles more fluent and maybe instead of the screen commentary, make it so that you announce things over the whole room like with a speaker. That way the people completing the puzzle won't have to go back and look at the screen every 3 minutes! read more

Three words...AMAZING ESCAPE ROOMS!!! We consider ourselves escape room gurus having done them across the country and I can honestly say that this company is up there with the best! The level of detail in the stories and surroundings really make you feel immersed in the room. The owner was our game master and he really knows his craft. He helped us when we needed it and gave great clues that didn't give too much away. If you're looking for a great way to spend time with family and friends, book with Xscape Our Rooms! read more

Had a great time at Xscape Our Rooms! We did the The Lucky Duck Speakeasy. The room was clean and very nicely designed and the clues were creative and well thought out. The host was super helpful and we enjoyed piecing together the mystery. One of the best escape rooms I've done yet, thank you for a fun afternoon! read more

Kevin was awesome. This the best escape room we have ever done, and we have done a few throughout Florida. The props and game rooms were in impeccable condition. Everything was very clean and it was super cool. We did the Brig room. It was tough, but so much fun. Kevin gave us clues and helped us. We were able to escape just in the nick of time. We highly recommend this place. Thank you Kevin for your great customer service! read more

Amazing atmosphere, fairly difficult games with plenty of hints should you need them, and the people working there are amazingly friendly. A fair amount of choices for different escape scenarios that will challenge anyone. I went with my boyfriend's family and had lots of fun with the Brig Escape, and strongly recommend that one even for the newest escape room goers. It will definitely make you wanna try the other ones. read more

We took our family during a vacation and I can't say enough about how much fun we had. The room was just the right level of challenge for our large group. Our kids had a blast too and loved helping out. Very creative and a great way for all of us to work together. Highly recommend!! read more

Kevin's rooms are very original, both in themes and clues. We did "the chamber"--unlike any escape room we've done before. Kevin was really helpful and nice. A fun experience! read more

This place is amazing! For about the same amount of money it would cost you for a trip to the movies to see something you don't even know if you'll like this is a GUARUNTEED great time that you will remember for the rest of your life, with an INTERACTIVE experience! Truly a great experience for any age, I cannot recommend Xscape Our Rooms highly enough. I can't wait to go back again, and again... read more

My husband brought me here for our anniversary and we had so much fun, we did the Brig and really enjoyed solving the riddles and clues....I can't wait to check out the other rooms! The owner was so nice and great about explaining everything very well. The rooms were very cool and beautifully staged. The rooms were also incredibly clean, including the bathrooms. I also see they even adding a kids room so we are looking forward to taking our kids here too. read more