The Codex

We organized a birthday party for a 14-year-old teenager and chose the “Tears and Sorrow” room at Funky Monkeys Escape Hub – and we couldn’t be happier with our choice!

The room is perfect for teenagers 14+ because it combines mystery, emotion and a slightly gothic atmosphere without being too scary or heavy. The story grabs you from the very beginning, and the puzzles are fascinating, logical and varied enough to keep the group of 8 teenagers interested the whole time.

The decor is impressive and creates a strong immersion – the perfect backdrop for an exciting experience. The children left with shining eyes and lots of emotions, sharing that it was “the coolest birthday party ever”. The Funky Monkeys team was extremely kind and prepared, with attention to every detail, including suggestions for themed photos after the game.

🎉 We highly recommend it for a teenager’s birthday party – both fun, exciting and different from the usual celebrations! https://funkymonkeys.bg/escape-rooms/tears-and-sorrow/

Very cool concept for an escape room. It's a trailer placed outside their venue, the game is mostly inside the trailer but also has some puzzles outside. It is probably the most story-driven ER we've played before (you have to solve a murder in Hollywood) and all the puzzles are beautifully and cleverly integrated, some quite surprising.

It's a very difficult game that I think could easily be extended to 75 minutes instead of 60 but they did let us finish it, as we were quite close to finding the solution.

The creativity of the game really stands out here. The puzzles, decorations and effects are perfect for the story and we completely forgot we were in a game. Would love to see similar games in the UK too

Second room we played from Codex and the best one in our opinion. The space is not very big but it's full of surprises and the atmosphere is awesome and creepy and perfect for the story.

Loved the special effects, loved the puzzles, loved the unexpected twists and the ending. And there is one part in the room that was purely brilliant and we haven't seen anywhere else before. It's not an easy room, I think it works best for advanced players, but it is unmissable

Had a blast! We played the non-actor version (they told us the live performance is not available anymore) but the game was really fun.

Loved the fact that the puzzles were not only integrated in the story, but they were actually steps in the story themselves. Each puzzle had us doing something that brought us closer to our final goal (to steal the gangsters money and booze) and everything made a lot of sense in a prohibition bar from the 20s. Fun, clever, well designed and great atmosphere. The game master was very nice and added to the 'true feeling' of the game.