Escape The Room
Escape The Room
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Escape The Room is a live escape game designed for groups of 2-5 people per game and located in Lisbon. You get 60 minutes to find your way out from the room you are locked in. The goal is simple yet challenging: get out in time! The games require brainwork & team thinking. Escape The Room is an excellent team building or family/friends event.
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Sangmoosa
Isle of Portland, UK135 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
This is probably the best two hours of fun you could ever spend in any City. I was unsure what the experience had to offer but as soon as the timer starts you are transported to another age and place. Pit your wits against the room and escape. It all sounds simple but you need to think laterally and don't jump clues follow the order and they all fall into place.
Written May 5, 2015
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Rais
Kailua, HI96 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
I discovered this place when Groupon was running a voucher for a 50% discount. The price is normally 50 Euros per game (comparable to similar businesses), which you can split between 2-5 people. My two friends and I decided to give the Prison Room a try since it had the added challenge of being handcuffed together while trying to escape.
It's conveniently located in downtown Lisbon near Avenida da Liberdade. We parked adjacent to Parque Eduardo VII and enjoyed a pleasant walk down and burgers at American Music Burger nearby. I expected the place to have the glitter and glitz of typical entertainment style businesses but was pleasantly surprised that it was set in what appeared to be a more traditional Lisbon apartment building or old house. The only indication of the business was a small sign next to the door which we had to buzz to enter. A flight of stairs later (which unfortunately makes this inaccessible to wheel chairs), we arrived to Escape the Room's portion of the building and was greeted by our warm host who spoke Portuguese and English fluently.
Instructions and game clues are provided in English and Portuguese which makes this game traveler and local friendly. As the business is careful to not publish photos to give away the game, we were instructed to place our cell phones in a locked box for which we retained the key. The business is safety conscientious, providing us with a walkie talkie in case we needed our host's help, watching their guests via web-cam, and providing an emergency escape key in case guests need to quickly end the game and leave the room.
We were then handcuffed together and led to our cell. After being oriented to the emergency key and items marked as not being part of the game, our 60 minutes began. There was a screen indicating how much time we had remaining, which also sounded every fifteen minutes or so to provide visual clues of where to look so we were not stuck floundering for too long. With three minutes to spare, our three-person team successfully escaped!
We absolutely had an amazing time. Full of clever puzzles and a neat setting, the hour just flies by way too fast! Without hesitation, I recommend Escape the Room as a great way to build teamwork and enjoy the camaraderie of friends and colleagues.
It's conveniently located in downtown Lisbon near Avenida da Liberdade. We parked adjacent to Parque Eduardo VII and enjoyed a pleasant walk down and burgers at American Music Burger nearby. I expected the place to have the glitter and glitz of typical entertainment style businesses but was pleasantly surprised that it was set in what appeared to be a more traditional Lisbon apartment building or old house. The only indication of the business was a small sign next to the door which we had to buzz to enter. A flight of stairs later (which unfortunately makes this inaccessible to wheel chairs), we arrived to Escape the Room's portion of the building and was greeted by our warm host who spoke Portuguese and English fluently.
Instructions and game clues are provided in English and Portuguese which makes this game traveler and local friendly. As the business is careful to not publish photos to give away the game, we were instructed to place our cell phones in a locked box for which we retained the key. The business is safety conscientious, providing us with a walkie talkie in case we needed our host's help, watching their guests via web-cam, and providing an emergency escape key in case guests need to quickly end the game and leave the room.
We were then handcuffed together and led to our cell. After being oriented to the emergency key and items marked as not being part of the game, our 60 minutes began. There was a screen indicating how much time we had remaining, which also sounded every fifteen minutes or so to provide visual clues of where to look so we were not stuck floundering for too long. With three minutes to spare, our three-person team successfully escaped!
We absolutely had an amazing time. Full of clever puzzles and a neat setting, the hour just flies by way too fast! Without hesitation, I recommend Escape the Room as a great way to build teamwork and enjoy the camaraderie of friends and colleagues.
Written March 8, 2015
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Caty L
9 contributions
Oct 2014 • Friends
What a great idea. Good for team building.
Lots of fun great location.
Definitely tell all my friends to participate.
Lots of fun great location.
Definitely tell all my friends to participate.
Written October 28, 2014
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
14madalenac
Lisbon, Portugal5 contributions
Jun 2016 • Friends
We tried the Serial Killer (6 people, 3 in each room) and found it overall wanting.
The concept of the game is good, having to separate rooms work together to find the solution.
The game master, however, who was very friendly by the way, spoiled half the game before we even entered the rooms and the other half when explaining the rules inside the rooms. The "little tips" she gave were the answers to all the riddles. Besides, when 22 minutes were left on the clock (also, plenty of time to solve the rest of the game, at the stage we were at) she began to shout unsolicited clues through the door so that the final part of the game lost all potential fun. A loot of the riddles are not logical and the game lacks a sequence. Some of the riddles are not essential to escape, which made us feel like we lost time with things that weren't important. Also I would expect that there would no be a lot for each person to do if we were more than 3 people in each room.
There are much better options in Lisbon in the same price range.
The concept of the game is good, having to separate rooms work together to find the solution.
The game master, however, who was very friendly by the way, spoiled half the game before we even entered the rooms and the other half when explaining the rules inside the rooms. The "little tips" she gave were the answers to all the riddles. Besides, when 22 minutes were left on the clock (also, plenty of time to solve the rest of the game, at the stage we were at) she began to shout unsolicited clues through the door so that the final part of the game lost all potential fun. A loot of the riddles are not logical and the game lacks a sequence. Some of the riddles are not essential to escape, which made us feel like we lost time with things that weren't important. Also I would expect that there would no be a lot for each person to do if we were more than 3 people in each room.
There are much better options in Lisbon in the same price range.
Written June 8, 2016
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Franck L
Paris, France85 contributions
One of the family escape game that is bad for the reputation of the concept. Communicating with a walky talky, we could not understand the clues given in a poor English by the game master. The déco is very poor, the story confusing, the players got bored. Without saying the rules of security are not respected with no safety fire escape, apparent electric wire, etc..
Written April 30, 2015
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David D
Miami, FL11 contributions
May 2017 • Friends
One of the worst of the 65 rooms I have tried. Poorly organized. Some illogical enigmas. Gamemaster was not helpful and we received spoilers before room started which took away from the fun.
Written May 28, 2017
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Pipehitter
Chester, UK538 contributions
Dec 2016 • Friends
This seems a little poorly organised with the host speaking not much English.
We did the prison game and were not particularly impressed.
The concept is good the execution poor.
We did the prison game and were not particularly impressed.
The concept is good the execution poor.
Written December 1, 2016
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Alan
Dublin, Ireland18 contributions
May 2018 • Friends
The worst scape room I've been so far. I brought a friend with that never done that before and she got frustrated. We did the Hoffan Virus room. I rather pay a bit more and go somewhere else.
Written May 30, 2018
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Jacco Z
18 contributions
Nov 2017 • Friends
We've been in a lot of escape rooms but this was the worst ever!
We played The Hoffman Virus. It's only a single room and all the riddles are totally ridiculous and make no sense.
There hasn't been any effort in the making of this game.
The worst thing about it was that at a sudden moment the host-lady stepped into the room to intervene in our game.
Don't ever go here!
We played The Hoffman Virus. It's only a single room and all the riddles are totally ridiculous and make no sense.
There hasn't been any effort in the making of this game.
The worst thing about it was that at a sudden moment the host-lady stepped into the room to intervene in our game.
Don't ever go here!
Written November 29, 2017
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JKayron
Almada, Portugal1 contribution
Sep 2017 • Family
The worst escape the room game I have tried in Lisbon so far. We did the Dracula room, and found riddles that did not make sense, frustrating silent opening "doors" and very poor narrative immersion.
Written September 16, 2017
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