The Strategy

Not quite sure how to rate this one. It's the room which broke our long escape streak...

Perhaps the timing wasn't great, being locked in a shipping container mid-summer, with a flashing light and loud noises for an hour may have been an oversight...

There were some enjoyable parts, along with some illogical puzzles, but in the end we struggled from the off and didn't find the whole experience overly enjoyable.

A really unique collecting room with plenty to keep you busy for the whole hour. It all revolves around collecting as many stars as you can within the hour, with a huge variety of puzzles to solve: some linear, some non-linear.

An enjoyable experience I'd recommend to anyone!

Now this one is an absolute winner! It's not an escape room in the sense that escaping isn't necessary and it's a collect-what-you-can situation but it does have all of the trappings and fun of an escape room and a puzzle-fest escape room at that. This room is - for us - proof of two truths: that family-run, independent escape rooms really do beat franchises hands-down and that the best escape rooms have excellent puzzles at their heart.

If you love padlocks, codes, running around frantically and cool little quirky things that you probably won't have seen before, this is an absolute choice. We used the entire hour to win enough stars to top the leaderboard, but we went right down to the last few seconds... What a superb way to spend 60 minutes!

There is something so delightful about an Alice in Wonderland escape room that it is tricky to think of one we've done and mot enjoyed but the real boon for this room is the main set, which exudes creativity and provides a lovely escaping experience. Granted, there are slightly less puzzles in here than in The Box and The Vault, but the enjoyment factor in here and the inventive nature of the puzzles was a real winner for us.

It is evidently crafted with care and the puzzles are all really well put-together.

It's not often we get the chance to be locked inside a shipping container so it was great to do something a little different. Some inventive physical elements to this room were the real standout for us but that's not to say that the rest of the puzzles weren't both solid and enjoyable; with a focus well away from the decor, the puzzles needed some substance behind them and this room delivers that. There are plenty of locks for even the most avid padlock aficionado and a nice use of technology for those of us who remember that technology being cutting edge!

Plenty to do in this lock-heavy escape room that packs a punch in a fairly limited space. There were some innovative little physical bits and bobs that we really appreciated and - although it looks a little tired now - it provided enough stuff to keep us going for a decent time. Very enjoyable.

Lots to do in this room, nicely themed too. Very enjoyable