StaceyF

Fantastic fun room with an array of puzzles in a much smaller space than their other room. Flowed beautifully and we didn’t need any clues to only just finish within time. 

Again, like Citadel, there’s a lot here for a two to do and we probably should have split up more than we did, but at least the way we did it meant we could experience each puzzle. 

The hosts were great and we look forward to coming back to try out their new room which opens next week. 

The last venue for our run of holiday escape rooms and it didn’t disappoint. 

I’m not the greatest fan of sci-fi rooms but thought this one was executed brilliantly. 

There was a lot to do as a two (especially when one of you has issues with counting… 🙄) and we did have to make use of the bonus extra time we were kindly given. That said it really was only one puzzle we tripped up on and it was because we were super over-complicating it. 

Loved the variety of puzzles and the signposting really helped it all to flow. Fantastic use of a hint system which was incredibly helpful keeping us on track. 

In one word, superb. 

Starts off standard although it is pretty damn cool you’re doing an escape room on a boat (although it is the second room we have done on a boat as we’d done the Golden Hinde.) 

The final third is monumental. I don’t want to give away spoilers but at one particular point I genuinely forgot I was playing a game. 

Absolutely buzzing when we escaped & enjoyed a well earned cocktail in bar opposite.

Accessibility notes - a couple of ladders and some clambering. One person will need to be a bit more flexible.  

Decent room which we only escaped by the skin of our teeth with mainly due to one extremely frustrating puzzle (and one search fail) which we were told no one had ever had the issue we had with it. We did fly through the other puzzles though which balanced it out. 

Nothing in this game is likely to wow an enthusiast but it is good fun nonetheless. 

I’ve marked as not scary but I imagine it could scare people who don’t like creepier rooms - they do have a record for best scream. 

This is Incognito’s newest room which we hadn’t realised had only been open for three weeks. This room could easily become five stars once it has ironed out a few tiny issues. 

First off, it’s completely unique. In my 260+ rooms I’ve not seen a similar concept. I’ve played Prohibition themed rooms before but not with this storyline of being a “reverse-escape room” as explained by our fab host Heather. 

There’s a mix of cool puzzles and a bit of searching involved. We are blaming our early ferry crossing on being a bit slow finding a few of the hiding spots. That said there were a couple of occasions where we felt the reach for the solution was a bit too much. Disappointed with the last puzzle as we weren’t sure how we’d got the answer right and didn’t get an explanation. 

The production value is great, the room looks beautiful. The only other thing I’d need to convince me I was in a 1920s speakeasy would be a shot or two of the hard stuff. ;-)

The hint system is fun although we did have points where Heather needed to talk to us over the intercom as they’d possibly not anticipated some of their potential reverse-escapers were going to be extremely daft in their efforts to pull the wool over the eyes of the law. If they can get those moments into the hint system that would really help with the immersion. 

If you’re in Dublin then you must do this room. Pleased to see they are working on a couple of other rooms at this new location. 

A first gen escape room that would be great to introduce people to the concept of escape rooms or if you are in north wales for a holiday and are jonesing for an escape room fix. 

It is quite a plain room but having worked in a post office I can honestly say that it is actually very like the real thing… thankfully it didn’t have Horizon…

I liked the puzzles - a mix of linear and non-linear at different difficulty levels. Everything flowed and we didn’t need clues. 

We took my parents along, it was my dad’s third and mum’s debut. They loved it. Really helped having them along because - as is usual - we overthought a few puzzles. 

If you finish with a lot of time left you can attempt another round of puzzles. We were going a bit slow to give parents chance to see/solve themselves so didn’t get to that part. The completer finisher in me was a little frustrated we didn’t get to do everything, although our lovely host Ella told us nobody has been able to finish 100%.

Only criticism is I’m still not 100% about what Spug is and am kicking myself for not asking! They do turn you around quite quickly if they have a team in afterwards. 

We will come back another time to try the prisoner room and the new room they’re building. 

Set in the council offices and up a couple of flights of stairs - poss issue for those with accessibility issues but you can take it slow. 

This is the best executed time travel escape room I’ve done; I loved it. 

The puzzles were unique and extremely enjoyable. We struggled with one puzzle in the first part but then everything clicked into place relatively quickly afterwards. 

There was a great story with clear objectives.

The craftsmanship was wonderful and even better once we’d heard the story behind the construction of the room. 

The star of the show is the Time Machine. I don’t want to give anything away but you might want to take your dancing shoes along…

A solid four and a half stars but I gave the five stars because of Charis’s superb hosting.

This is a beautiful room, no doubt about it, with a couple of unique—and amazing—features that we loved. The puzzles weren't as strong as the decor, however, which was a shame. This is definitely something that doesn't need a lot of work to make it a 5/5 game. I'd say the puzzles were 3/5, but the two cool elements (one of which we didn't get to see in the game as we did the puzzle right the first time, grr) are worth an extra star. 

 Frustratingly, we ended up stuck because we didn't see one of the clues in plain sight, which was definitely an "us" issue rather than the room's - we don't tend to do well with search-heavy rooms. 

Half of the group actually missed out on the final room and were elsewhere when the other half "escaped," meaning we missed a lot and didn't get a real experience of escaping. This is probably an "us" issue, too, although there was an accessibility thing here—but apparently, that can be worked around if needed. 

Overall, a must-do room for the experience but don't expect to be taxed by the puzzles.

This is the second plane escape room I've played, and it suffers in comparison to the other, which was on a real-life plane. That said, one particular piece of tech made this one slightly more immersive, and it is the only reason I've bumped this up to 3.5 stars, as the puzzles themselves were, unfortunately, disappointing. 

There are definitely some fun moments, but I must admit I was looking for a bit more - the ending, for example, is a bit odd; I thought we would have something else to do to properly "escape", but we just ended up in the corridor having clearly finished. The story itself didn't make a lot of sense, although I don't think it would take much to make it make As my partner said to me, it did feel like all the Dark Masters rooms were two-thirds of an escape room and al the ones we did seemed to all miss proper endings.

This is an excellent room with a fantastic array of puzzles and a unique theme. It isn't a "how fast can I get out" room; it is more about how many items you can collect. We got 13/15 and were a little frustrated as we weren't far off getting them all, probably needed an extra five minutes. I can imagine kids loving this one and it's a good first room as you can't really lose. 

Our final room on our first trip to Tulleys, and this one also didn't let the side down. Absolutely loved it. There's a lot to it, and having a bigger group definitely helped in some cases, but we did get in each other's way. The start was pretty standard, but there were some fun diversions as it went on. Yet again, we were foiled by a simple search for one item, but we'd have been disappointed had we got it straightaway. ;-)

If we wanted to make one criticism, we could query why this takes place in the future - you wouldn't be out of line to think that it could have taken place in the 21st Century.

A must do, I'd say as a group of four.

Nethercott was why we decided to do our Tulleys rooms in a six, as we knew it was pretty tough when friends tried to do it as a smaller group. And it didn't let us down. It was probably the biggest challenge we've all had in an escape room (if you don't count wall-mounted ladders - they're my biggest nemesis). And it is a massive challenge - it's a huge set and it's styled perfectly.

I loved almost all the puzzles I saw - inevitably, there will be ones you'll miss, but we did go through after as a groupto explain as much as we could to each other on what we missed. That said, I've never been a fan of skill-based puzzles, of which this room has a couple. I was tempted to take off half a star in the review but I can't justify it overall.  There are solutions if you're having issues, but they feel a little bit meh - apart from one genius Machiavellian one, which had me laughing and gutted I'd not thought of. 

When we escaped we all ran out having to catch our breath with a bit of a sweat on. I loved every minute of it - they say you need to be solving a puzzle every two and a half minutes in this, and they're not wrong. It is a must-do. I'm seriously in awe of the two-person teams who can do this within the hour.

We've been waiting to do Tulleys for years and it definitely lived up to all the hype. Absolutely brilliant room with fabulous decor and great puzzles. We don't usually play as a six anymore and while it gave us more puzzle solving power at times it was a little bit cramped. That said, other than the start there wasn't many puzzles that one or another of us missed out on. Definitely the best executed "wow" moment of its type that I've experienced in other rooms. 

As the pro review says, this experience is more an immersive experience with puzzles than an escape room and reminded me very much of when Pier Pressure took over Preston Manor. That said, it was good fun - who wouldn't want to pretend to be a pirate on a replica of a famous medieval boat? The puzzles aren't complicated, but interacting with the cast - and more brilliantly - the boat itself is pretty cool. Probably more for the family than enthusiasts - not something you'd be looking to get a decent time for as you're very much dictated by the pace of other groups in front and behind you - just enjoy the experience.

Enjoyed this - great idea to have a free game to introduce you into a paid version of a game. We will definitely play the paid version next!

Really don’t like to leave negative reviews especially as the hosts were so lovely. The puzzles didn’t click for me as there was a lot of reaching to make things logical. Of course it might just be us. We were tired and it probably took us longer to make connections than it should have done but it left me quite unsatisfied. I’ve given it an extra star as my other half thinks I’m being harsh.