Peter Hoare

Great room, great hosting. Some unusual quirks with the hosting at the start that we weren't sure of at first but the hosting was done in a very immersive way without being too annoying, so it worked out well and we loved it. 

The room itself was full of surprises, some good unique puzzles and a fun ending. 

A nice room with one particular surprising high tech element which was really fun and worked really well. An awful lot of locks and keys, but some original puzzles that were very satisfying to work through once we had worked out the solution. 

Nicely themed, with a good heist ending 

Great room, with some puzzles and ideas id never seen. 

Another great room, some very unique puzzles, good technology, some good plot twists and nice surprises. 

When we heard this venue was closing, we rushed over before it was too late. very glad we made the trip. One of the most high tech and immersive rooms ive seen, and not a single padlock, key or anything in sight. All automated, and everything worked. A shame its closing. 

Our third and final room here, and its a shame there aren't more. The hosting here is like nothing else, very theatrical, the games hosts are very in character and do not break at all. The hosts were amazing (Rusty and Brandy). The game itself was really well themed, well maintained, everything worked. There was one puzzle that made no sense to us, and even when we had been spoonfed clues, it still didn;'t make sense. When we finally got it, it was a bit disappointing to realise what the solution was, as it just seemed like a really badly thought out puzzle and I cant image many people get it without help (although maybe they do?!) 

The rest of the game was great though, great start, great ending. 

They also somehow remembered us from last time, and one particular incident involving a bottle of mayonaise that I had with me last time, and im not sure how because the two hosts we had today were not involved with that, but somehow they recognised us anyway and dropped a little private joke in, which is very impressive. 

A nice room, very well maintained, some nice automated stuff and technology, and some nice surprises. The puzzles were very logical and well signposted, we finished this witihout a single clue in 48 minutes. Im not sure if it was easy or if it was just so logical that it flowed easily. It felt challenging, had a good time. 

This is apparently the oldest room at Paradox Parlours, and I was nervous we were going to walk into a padlock salesman's showroom, but no, despite this being their first room, it has been well maintained, the scenario matches the surroundings and theres a good amount of automation and technology in there. A good storyline, and one particularly interesting puzzle that feels like it just keeps on going right til the end (but in a good way) 

I was intrigued about this room, and it turned out to be nothing like I imagined. Theres some very creative fun puzzles, some stuff ive not seen before, and some nice technology. 

Our first room at paradox parlours. I had heard about the high tech nature of this, so was looking forward to it. Others have said its small, but I don't think that feels obvious when you are playing. Its not cramped, and certainly dos not feel small.

Unfortunately for us, one of the main technological elements crashed half way through, it did not impact the game play but we did miss out on some of the interaction. The team at Paradox parlours could not have been more apologetic and they refunded 100 percent to us before the game was even over. Can't complain, still had a great time. 

A nice room, a good combination of locks and automatic stuff, a very interesting addition to the clue delivery system that id not seen before too. 

We found it quite easy and flew through it relatively quick, the puzzles are logical theres nothing confusing, no red herrings or anything that takes a frustratingly long time. 

A good well thought out fun room with lots to see and do. Will be back to do the other one. 

Our first room here, the theming is incredible, nice and high tech, lots of new areas to uncover. Great host who stayed in character throughout. We found it a little easy, it would have been nice if there were a few more elements in there to make it last a little longer, particularly in the final area. 

Our second Hounds room of the day. The host was more in character than anyone thats ever lived, an extreme level of being in character, she flawlessly delivered the setup and ran the room all without dropping it for a second. 

The room was great, good start, good end, some nice puzzles and quite high tech. 

This was our first EO room, and the whole no shoes thing was intriguing but made total sense when we got in there. Some unique and interesting puzzles, but of all the EO rooms we have done, this is the one that we felt the most disconnected from, some of the puzzles were simpler than we realised and we over thought and wasted a bit of time. We had a great time but there was some frustration which was entirely our own fault - learned a lesson not to over think stuff. 

A fun room with a split start, with some clever and unique collaboration puzzles between the two starting rooms. The main area of the room is really fun, well themed and again with lots of fun puzzles and a heist style 'puzzle' dump at the end gave a really fun tense suspenseful ending. 

I was nervous going into this, having always avoided 'scary/creepy/horror' rooms, and having one bad experience in the past, I was apprehensive, but I didn't need to be. The hosting was respectful, no gratuitous jumpscares or distractions, so you were free to get on with the puzzle solving without too much fear.  A great room in its own right, with great theming and hosting. 

Great room with a great start, some interesting unique puzzles, some nice surprises and great hosting from an absolute escape room addict, overflowing with escape room passion and care.

Our second room here after doing Pathogen. Again, a very high tech, well themed exciting room, with levels of technology ive never seen before in an escape room - and it all worked flawlessly. Some great puzzles and games, and great hosting again. 

Shame these guys only have two rooms. We will be back as soon as they open anymore. 

I wish more escape rooms were like this. So well integrated, so much custom technology which worked flawlessly. Barely a single padlock in sight. Immersive, clever, perfectly maintained, great hosting, some amazing props. 

I really wish more escape rooms were like this, this is the perfect combo of theming, puzzles, technology and hosting. 

Probably will rank among the best ive done so far. 

A nice room, although quite basic in its theming and mostly key and lock driven, some good puzzles and a rather unique start which was very creative and surprising. 

Great hosting too by someone who is clearly an escape room enthusiast - the best type of GM. 

The two parallel rooms is clever, and I think the first ive ever done where you go out of the room during the game...?! 

Think pudding lane is better, but this is still worth doing. 

The room initially felt like it was going to be an absolute nightmare, but turned out to be fairly logical and not too hard to get through. The second stage had the same feeling to begin with but as long as you read all the instructions you find, its not too bad. There was one glitchy bit of technology that held us up a bit though. 

Really amazing design, and a lot of very clever technology that all worked properly. Hosting was great from an actual live magical wizard in very convincing beard and green cloak, who looked similar but not identical to the guy that showed us in when we arrived. 

Quite hard, a lot of teamwork and communication required. Lots of yelling round corners and through walls. The music and effects ramped up as time ran out which was fun. Good hosting. 

Makes it to the top of the list for strange locations for an escape room - its in a kind of mezanine area overlooking a large family swimming pool, and you access it by walking through the pool room...! 

Nice room though, air conditioned which was very welcome as it was very hot everywhere else because of the pool. Theming was fine, not the kind of room you walk into and your jaw drops, but the game was fun, puzzles were mostly good, some were quite hard to understand. 

One weird thing though, the game master would just randomly come in the room to near enough help us. Never had that before. Clues were delivered via a screen, but sometimes, the GM would just walk in and give the clues that way. I thought that was rather strange. It breaks character and kind of ruins the flow. 

This is the second instalment of the same storyline, although a totally different setting and theme (which makes total sense within the context of the story). The theming is immersive, and has a great ending, as did the part 1 room. The gamemaster was excellent, clearly paying very close attention, and the clues were helpful without giving too much away. We felt the clues we did need still left a lot of working out to be done, so we didn't feel like we had cut any major corners by asking for clues once or twice. Apparently there will be a third part to the story available next year, and we will certainly be back. 

The third room of the day at clue cracker and just as good as the other two. I realise that diamond heist theme is quite common, but I have not done one before, and it feels to me like this one will be hard to beat. 

The puzzles all make sense, not too obvious but when you get it, you know youre on the right track. The hosting was great, immersive and well themed. Great ending too. Again similar to the other rooms, some great hidden technology that you don't know is there until it starts doing its thing, and it was always a nice surprise every time. 

Really creative theme and room, some of the best, most reliable and most well hidden and surprising motion and technology ive seen. 

The storyline and the theme is really interesting and unexpected, and there are several moments in the game where something totally unexpected happens, the plot twists and the room really shows off its hidden technology. 

Loved it. 

A difficult room to do with two people, a lot to do, lots of areas and lots of puzzles that all need to be completed at some point or another (not necessarily in a particular order). The room is very well looked after, everything works and the theming is all in perfect condition. There is some amazing projection and interactive technology too. 

The thing that really makes this though is the hosting, there is a a character that guides you through, voiced very well by the GM, and if you want, you can more or less have back and forth conversations with this character which was really fun.