The Monkey

This room immediately jumped in to 2nd spot of the 130 rooms done. The story of Jumanji was completely captured with interesting non linear puzzle routes. There were a couple of really difficult puzzles to solve which really frustrated me asking for a clue as it was so obvious when you know but it was such an enjoyable room to play! I really think this could be turned in to a longer experience and would work

This is easily my most favourite Christmas room ever. The story, the puzzles the flow just all worked. There were wow moments and for my son, who's 8, it was genuinely a teleportation to Santa's workshop

I loved it!

Just became my number 1 room. I literally could not fault it. Well worth the reputation and the only way anyone can give this less than a 5 star is if they struggled to understand the room. You have to separate and you have to work continuously for the full 60 minutes. Very clever way to win the game, very clever way to move forward. So worth the visit and the travel! Thanks for the great hosting. 

The best themed room by compendium. Everything in the room worked with the theme. Puzzles matched the theme, decor matched and the whole story worked. Other than UI-55, this is my most recommended room at compendium. Loved the end, a Haha moment. 

Completely immersive room. Very good use of a small space. Story driven and it genuinely feels like you are locked up in a padded room. Another highly recommended room from compendium.

CLever lab style game. Few quirky elements. Partly physical aswell as mental. Some easy puzzles that you still slip up on. Not completely linear but enough for you to still work together. Highly recommended

I feel a little harsh with the 3 stars because this was our 5th game in 5 hours. I think I had had enough at this point. In comparison to the other games here it isn't as good but I think if I had played elsewhere and didn't play last of 5, I would have rated higher. There was nothing wrong with the room at all, puzzles fit, theming was great it just didn't live up to the other amazing rooms this place has. 

Loved it. Best Christmas room I've played. Everything you need is available from the get go but it is constant from minute 1 to minute 60. This is a collect type game and its a choice to save or ruin Xmas. My son chose ruin for fun and unfortunately we were the first group to complete every puzzle so we ruined Xmas for all. Really enjoyable for kids and adults alike. 

Perfect room for kids and families. Brilliant entrance and exit, some clever puzzles i hadn't seen before. Very worn room though and could do with some updating and fixing up. 

Once again, issues 2 days in a row with Houdinis which surprises me for how highly rated Houdinis is. Turned up early again due to the email, didn't get spoken to until our exact start time. Fail to understand why put it in the email but never have staff there. 

Anyway, GM was friendly and funny and tried his best to get into the role, I don't envy these guys trying to play a character all the way through but he did well.

The room was amazing, fully immersive, puzzles seemed to fit, the only downside was the failed reset and the skipping of a couple of puzzles. It is perfect for kids despite the website under 14 notice. 

I would fully recommend the room but the overall experience at Houdinis has left me wondering why they are so wildly raved about. 

We arrived 15 minutes before scheduled time as the email mentions, along with the if you're late you will lose game time. By our official game time our GM wasn't there and we saw a different GM apologise to a group that their GM hadn't turned up and a refund would be given (after they had been sat there almost an hour) this worried me. Our GM turned up 5 minutes past our start time. Flustered and doing the pre game talk out of breath. It kind of threw me, once in the room the room was immersive and the puzzles simple enough to solve but hard enough to miss first time. Alot of the puzzles were solvable with sound clues which was a little disappointing as you were always trying to listen and if you missed something you had to wait for the next sound clue. This should be a lower score but the in game live actor (the same GM who hadn't been great pre game) was amazing. I think her name was Vicky and you could see her transform in to the character required. She made me smile all the way through how well she transformed in to her character. 

Genuinely want to give this 5 stars because of the original puzzles and the immersion and just the room itself and for me the only thing that let it down was the do not touch stickers. Now with  how much effort that's been put in to the build I completely get it, but it kind of directs you away from everything you don't need to use and points you to everything else making it a little easier than it could be. But I completely understand why because that's some money for repairs because even I tried touching two things with a sticker on. I will probably come back and change this to a 5 star when I do another Alice room that's nowhere near as good! 

Yeh I changed it

Good room. Great jump scare, great ending. Very immersive despite being a common theme. The lighting through me a little as I kept getting every colour possible wrong but that's my bad eyes not a bad room great hosting

I can imagine this game being better for enthusiasts than first timers. I played this in my early escape room days along with my wife who had never played. It just wasn't enjoyable due to the separation. Theming was brilliant however

A very easy Cluedo based room.  Not very challenging but enjoyable. Nothing to tell ypu you've completed the room. Once we'd Said our answers out loud we stood for 10-15 seconds saying are we done, and then the door opened. 

I didn't really get the flow of the room. Seemed to be a bit to do that just didn't seem fun. Puzzles worked but was a little tedious completing them. 

At the time I played this I would've rated it low, I hated tech games but I've grown to love them so would enjoy playing this game again. One flaw with the piano as I think you have to have a taste for.music or previously played an instrument to understand but other than that, a really good room

Padlock heavy, interesting start to the game but nothing special compared to other Prison escape games. Could tell you were in an office style room converted to an escape room rather than feeling like you were in a cell.

This is escape Skegness best room, one of the better Pirate themed rooms I've done with some original puzzles

Very simple room, could be brilliant but too many broken elements. Part of the room looked fun but didn't work, kept saying I know what to do but it's not working to be told there's a pole, use that instead. I have to admit this was a long time ago and may have been updated. I have only just joined escapethe review

Nothinf really special and nothing to set it apart from other wizardry Harry Potter themed rooms

Both great hosting and poor hosting

 Started off amazing. So in character, the slap I got when I said they can't touch you really shut me up (pre covid) but then the running of the room was so flawed. Not many puzzles in the room either

Picture escape rooms from 4-5 years ago ... that is Zoltan. It hasn't progressed or developed. It is still the escape room with random letters and numbers all over the walls that just doesn't feel right. It still looks like an old office with a random coffin on the wall

Floved well but very easy and very small

Qunite a tough room for 2 but very enjoyable and unique. Similar premise to Curio (almost) but much better looked after than curio

I nearly didn't review this room. As I didn't know if I'd done it. That's the issue with one franchise having so many similar rooms. This was a more basic wizardry room but not the most basic so has to be down the middle in terms of a rating 

Loved elements of this room just wish there was a bit more to it! 

Very simple room but well put together. Happy with the flow and puzzles but again, standard sherlock room. 

Qunite an easy room, well thought out puzzles, allows you to consider what it would be like cuffed in one but dissapointed you can see outside. 

Also, the steps are dangerous, I had to catch my mum who nearly fell down because the steps where not covered. 

One of my favourite prison escapes! Who am I kidding  I love all Prison escapes! The original escape room theme! 

Elements of the room were interesting but other elements didn't seem to fit. They fit the theme but didn't really fit the story or the puzzle path. Without spoilers its hard to explain but something fit the theme of overthrone but didn't quite fit with the objective. 

Standard Sherlock room. Nothing more to it than other Sherlock rooms but as usual with escaoe, definitely immersive

End game ruined it for me. Classed as successful escape but didn't complete the bonus despite having 15 minutes left. Doesn't quite sit right with me. Feel like had 15 minutes stolen from me. 

Unfortunately the worst room in Lincoln for me. Boxes stuck in carpets, room smelt damp. Puzzles were unoriginal. I feel bad being so critical, it just wasn't for me.