Escape Rooms Beverley: Mystery on the Yorkshire Express

Fun room with some nicely themed puzzles.  The only thing we found a challenge was the searching elements.

Theming is quite good, but a soundscape would have helped with the immersion.  Puzzles are a good mix of physical and logical with some potentially hard UV searching to be done.

A solid, lock-heavy room with good theming and decent gameplay. We tore through it as a two but that's not to say there weren't a few bits where we had to stop and think.

Saying that, a lot of padlocks with scant signposting might not be to everybody's taste, so something to bear in mind.

My first thoughts about this room are more about the company in general. I don't like to say negative things about individuals, and I wonder if the staff member was new, but this felt like the least welcoming company we've been to. The lady seemed really shy so I felt a bit sorry for her, but it just felt very unusual to arrive at a venue and have very little discussion with the host. We had a little bit of direction about padlocks, weren't asked the usual things like if we'd like to use the bathroom or escorted to the room. We just got told it was at the top of the stairs and left to our own devices. Similarly, after it finished there was no offer of a team photo, just 'you did very well' and hardly any conversation. It just felt very impersonal, and if it's staff inexperience then they could at least give her a bit of direction about how to welcome players and what their needs might be. As it was, we felt a bit awkward in the communal areas and couldn't wait to get out of there.

The room itself feels a bit dated. It reminds me of the older rooms we've played, maybe in need of a bit of tlc but the bare bones of something nice is there. The train theme works and it does feel a bit like you're in a dining carriage. The storyline works somewhat, but lacks a bit of a wow factor. Despite that, the puzzles are mostly fun and logical, and if you like old-school padlock rooms then this should be fine. At times we did feel like we'd missed things and were wandering around looking for things, but an occasional hint pointed us back on track. The last couple of puzzles look a bit newer and added something different. 

This one could be reworked and updated maybe to add a little mild scare and pizzazz, but it's ok.  

Fairly basic in its theming which had potential of being a lot more. Loved the personal touch To have players’ names appear within the story. Love a room with a few locks, but having all the locks pretty much the same, a lot of time is wasted trying all of them before you find the right one. A little more signposting needed. 

As we did this room when it first opened, I'm probably being overly critical, changes have probably been made to improve but was very standard for what could have been

This room had a lot of potential. Nice use of space and visuals.

It's a padlock heavy room, which we do enjoy, however most of the padlocks are the same, so it got quite tedious trying the same code on a multitude of 3 or 4 digit padlocks. 

Overall, an easy game, good for beginners.