Code to Exit

Marvin Baker

5.0

May, 2025

We had a great time. Plenty to do and very imaginative. Some very clever puzzles and some easier ones but all solvable with a bit of joint effort. The group was aged 15 to 71 and it worked very well. I'm sure we will back again for one of the other scenarios.

Moomin Pye

5.0

Apr, 2025

Had a fantastic Easter Monday with the escape room the games master Chris was fantastic and explained everything for everyone to understand and helped build up the excitement for the kids. Originally booked for 4 but was allowed to add and pay for the extra person when arrived which was great. Went with three children 5,10 and 16 and 2 adults we did the holy grail room and it was great and interactive for all ages it kept everyone’s attention would definitely go back.

Jenni Wang

5.0

Mar, 2025

I completed all three rooms with my brother, the location was great as it was a short tram journey away, and we could get lunch nearby beforehand. The rooms were lots of fun with creative themes and related puzzles. Lots of helpful tips were provided so we could complete all of the rooms when stuck. Definitely would recommend and would come back in the future if new rooms are released.

Hannah

5.0

Jan, 2025

We did the Dark Ages room with two grown ups and two eight year olds. It was absolutely fine for the eight year olds, even though the website suggests it's for slightly older children - they had no problem at all solving the tasks (well, no more than the two grown ups did, anyway). All of us had a fantastic time - it was really good fun!! And the people we interacted with were fabulous. We called at 3.30 to ask to play at 4.30 and the person we spoke to sorted it out for us within 30 minutes, which is a pretty fantastic service. Then we had the loveliest person, called Lukas, running the room for us - he was very pleasant, helpful and enthusiastic. We paid over the phone when we booked. For anyone who doesn't really get the concept: you either get locked in a room, or -as is the case with the dark ages room- locked out of a room, and have to solve puzzle games to get out or find the treasure. There's no real sense of peril or threat. After your allotted hour, if you've not completed the puzzles and found the grail / escaped, then they'd just release you into the world, cap in hand, embarrassed and wondering if you've got dementia and no-one has mentioned it. Or they have and you've forgotten. I think Lukas would be kind about it but if your friends are numpties who'd laugh at your incompetence and follow your around with a bell, then that might cause some consternation, I guess. I'd highly recommend this particular Escape Room venue. I've done an Escape Room in Newcastle as well and I've decided they're probably all quite similar, based on a huge sample size of two (ahem) but I'd definitely say this was what we thought It would be and we weren't disappointed - there were plenty of puzzles and quite a few different types of puzzle so it kept us interested. It was a nice environment. Nothing to fault. The only thing I would say is that it involved lots of moving around the room, picking things up from low down places and reaching high up to get to things and you had to go down some fairly steep steps to get to the Dark Ages room, so it probably wouldn't be a good room for a wheelchair user or for people who are quite mobility impaired - I'd suggest you try one of the other rooms instead, which I think are on the ground floor (this needs fact-checking) and I don't know if reaching things would still be an issue? It took us about 52 minutes to complete (shaaaaaame...) but I suspect with a few more adults and not holding back for the children (*clears throat suspiciously) we'd have done it a little bit quicker. That said, if the adults were fairly drunk then I imagine they'd be more hindrance than help. If you're thinking of this for a stag or hen party then do this early on so that the one fairly sober person in the group doesn't end up murdering everyone. It cost £88 for the four of us (you pay per person), which was about the same as going bowling in Altrincham. When did things get so blooming expensive?? I remember when you could buy a house for £88. (That's not true but my point still stands - everything is very expensive nowadays, bah!!) But it didn't feel like a rip off - you are paying for someone to watch you suffering and send you hints when they can see you all standing around like a bunch of poptarts looking clueless. And the cost of business rates in Alty are ridiculous so fairs fair in my humble one. The eight year olds said they much preferred the Escape Room to bowling (having now done both). There's no parking specifically for the venue but if you park in the Homebase carpark or the Kentucky Fried Chicken/TK Maxx carpark you're pretty much on the doorstep. There are no barricades for the KFC car park so you won't get locked in if you're in there until late - can't remember if there are barriers on the Homebase one, don't think there are. Or it's a twenty minute walk from the Navigation Road tram stop. If you decide to go for it - hope you enjoy it!!

Samantha Clarke

5.0

May, 2024

My partner and I did the Forgery room yesterday. We've done a few escape rooms previously, but always in a group of 4, so it was nice for it just to be 2 of us, as we both felt that we got involved in every puzzle rather than missed out on some of them. There were a good number of puzzles, and a good variety of different puzzles. We were given about 4 prompts during the time we were there, perhaps a little too quickly though, as we completed the room with almost 19 minutes remaining. Next time we do a room, we're going to ask to not be given any prompts unless we specifically ask, or unless we're going wildly off course and are very behind the expected timeline. We really enjoyed this room, and look forward to completing the others at this venue.