The Virus

I just got out of the experience and all I can say is that for my first escape room this one was pretty amazing! We didn’t make it to the end but only had one more puzzle to solve. I was a little hesitant at first but now I am addicted to the thrill of racing against the clock to make it out alive! You definitely should check this place out if you get a chance! Shout out to Dr. Ben for hosting me and my family!

We went today as a Father’s Day gift! We had a blast. We did not finish the challenge in time but we were very close! Loved it! We highly recommend it!

This was so much fun! Great puzzles, and the VR element really added to the experience. It’s a great date activity, or with a group of friends.

Even though we all sadly perished due to an unchecked deadly virus, we had a great time. My friends and their kids and I all loved the puzzles and clues and it was awesome to see who was good at each different one. Basically this was a fab experience — go do it!

I took my son who is 13 years old with me to this escape room and it was our first time to an escape room. I got discounted tickets last minute from Goldstar for Memorial Monday. My kid and I got the whole room to ourselves — guess no one wanted to get up early on a holiday! It was nice though to have it to ourselves.
Anyway, I don’t have any other escape rooms to compare to, but I think the puzzles were challenging and fun. It felt like a tough escape room (and we failed the mission, haha), but again I’ll have to try other rooms to be sure. Customer service was very good. We had Bob and Larry who were both fantastic. Bob was funny and very clear in his directions. Larry was in the room with us and he was helpful but he tried not to give things away. Overall I would recommend it!

This was a lot of fun! Took a friend for his birthday and a few others came along. Unfortunately we died but we came close. Not too bad for first timers.
It starts you off with a VR introduction giving you the scenario (virus is ravaging earth), and then you start off the puzzles. They were challenging forsure but it was a great experience. The person in there with us was helpful but didn’t give away too much in terms of hints so I thank him for that.
Definitely recommend to anyone interested in escape rooms.

Holy crap. This is one of the most challenging rooms our group has done. We are a very experienced group and this is a superb room. The atmosphere and story are top notch. Virtual reality part was AMAZING. The puzzles were interesting, fresh, and well thought out.
Definitely worth checking out.

My boyfriend and I did this escape room last night. We were in a group of 7 (one person was a no show). This is a fantastic and super fun escape room, however, I left disappointed. Unfortunately, the VR system was not working. From the reviews I have read, this is the highlight of this room and what makes this room standout from the competition. Now why 5 stars when I left disappointed?
Despite the fact that the VR system was not working, we had a blast doing this room. From the puzzles to the host. they were all amazing. The puzzles are all linear however, there are so many of them, that everyone has something to do. There was no standing around. I have done around 30 escape room and this one was in my top 5.
The host were fantastic. We had two as one was in training. This did not take away from the experience. They were very apologetic about the VR system and offered us to come back for free. I am not sure if we will due to the fact that we escaped and due to the drive time but I do give credit for awesome customer service!
If you have never done an escape room… I highly recommend this one!

My partner and I (also escape room owners) were referred to GTFO by Escape Key Entertainment and decided to go this past Sunday.
The actor/​host was fantastic. Remained in character the entire time, was very funny, and did a excellent job of not laughing at our «thought process». Having an enthusiastic host brings Escape Rooms to a much higher level and improves the overall experience. The Owner is also apart of the acting as well and was a delight to meet. Both members were fantastic.
The setup is very well built, intricate, integrated, and almost brings out the kid in you with one particular task.
This is a great time and worth every dollar! I would highly suggest bringing a group as there is a lot of tasks and so little time. None the less, whether you get the f out or not, you will have a great time rest assured.

SUCH a good time!!!
First, the staff at The Virus/​GTFO are extremely friendly and accommodating. Our group could only make it to one particular time slot on one specific day as part of a bachelorette celebration. It happened to be fully booked, so I gave GTFO a call to explain the situation. Not only was Bob friendly/​understanding on the phone, but with the date in question only ~1 week away, he somehow worked his magic and changed around their schedule to fit us in!!! I couldn’t believe that they went out of their way to accommodate us!
Second, the actual experience was AMAZING! Even with varying levels of experience with escape rooms among the group, we all had a great time. The use of technology in The Virus is unparalleled and very exciting (don’t wanna give it away!). There’s a «lab assistant» with you in the room who gives you a gentle push in the right direction if things are looking dire, but definitely lets you do the problem solving. He was also extremely encouraging, funny, and enthusiastic. The puzzles were just hard enough to be super entertaining without being frustrating. Many of the puzzles were SO creative and tap into different skill sets from different people!!! Everyone will be able to bring something to the table, which makes for a wonderful bonding experience.
The Virus is one of those experiences that you and your friends will be talking/​laughing about well after you get out of the room! Couldn’t recommend this enough!

What a fantastic escape room with great use of tech! The best escape rooms blur the lines between interactive theater and puzzle game. The team at Get the F Out definitely hits all the right notes to blur that line.
Let’s start off with service. Bob and his team were fantastic introducing us to the story and preparing us to the experience that we were going to have. This is one of the most important aspects of any escape room. If they haven’t let you be part of your world, then how can you enjoy the world you’re about to enter. The staff let us in with a virus laden red carpet.
The puzzles were intricate and allowed multiple puzzles to be solved at once. It was linear but not in a way where the entire team is working on only one puzzle. Multiple puzzles are open to you at most times of the experience There’s fantastic use of technology throughout the room and it’s worth the price of admission.
The staff mentioned a new concept that sounds really intriguing and if this room is any indication of what that might be, it’s going to be a fun experience.

Before I start, I just wanted to say I had never been to an escape room. I had heard of them but I never had the opportunity to go.
I am so glad this was the first one I went to. Honestly, at first, I was a little worried because I thought that not all of us would have something to do. Once we got in, all my worries went away and I was filled with adrenaline.
There was so much to do and time was flying by very quickly. All the puzzles were fun and made you really think. The great thing was that even though the puzzles were a little difficult, they weren’t too hard to the point that you wanted to give up.
We started off with 8 people and we ended up having another person tag along and they were completely fine with it. They do allow more people but they only have a certain amount of VR headsets so the other people might not get the full experience of the escape room.
If you have the chance to go, I highly recommend this escape room. Whether it’s your first time or if you’re a seasoned escapist, you will enjoy this place, trust me. We were 90% close to escaping! :(

Had a great time here with friends a few weeks ago!
They were very accommodating about letting me join as a last minute addition, and were also able to work around my tendency for motion sickness.
I really liked the story presented as well as the variety of puzzles needed to solve. I also liked that we had a guide in the room with us to help ensure that we didn’t go too far down the wrong rabbit hole.
We successfully solved the mystery and I’d happily recommend this escape room to others!

This has been my very first escape room and boy, was it fun ! I had never experienced anything like it before !! You definitely had to think outside the box when solving the clues and you are kept on your toes the entire time.
Too bad you can only do an escape room once, otherwise I’d constantly come back for more. I heard they are working on a new room and so I will definitely be on the look out.
For now, I’m going to go ahead and try some more escape rooms. I think I’ve found a new fun weekend activity for my boyfriend and I.
Thank you Bob!

Never even heard of this Escape Room until a friend of mine told me. Thank goodness he did (thank you Mike from
) because this is hands down one of the BEST escape rooms I’ve done. No spoilers here, I’ll just say that the introduction is nothing I have ever seen before. The production value was really high up there, making the immersive experience of the room all the better.
Plus the start of the game was hilarious.
Okay so on to the puzzles. They were challenging but not so incredibly challenging that you just stood there going «I dunno what they want me to do!». There was one particular puzzle that I thought was just brilliant, I really like the use of technology in this room AND science! It was like nerds paradise in that room. :)
One down side is that there was one puzzle that I think was inoperable or just not part of the game but I almost immediately spotted it while exploring the room. I would just cover it up with butcher paper or something because it was distracting and I think throwing a few off whether it actual relevant to the game.
Thankfully a very helpful and lovely guide is in the room to throw some advise if you’re doing something stupid, something that was already stated in the rules or if you’re just stuck (god damnit, I was told there were signs to not do a thing but I still did it!) but definitely won’t just give you the answer.
This is an escape room not to miss. Plus the parking is GREAT so, bonus!

Spoiler Free Review
Just completed and successfully escaped. I highly recommend it! It was a very challenging room with plenty for our group of 9 to do. No one was idle for very long.
The set up of the «world» of the escape room was so unique and extremely well done that that element alone is worth checking it out. I’m not going to tell you what it as but I promise it’s good. I also loved that the puzzles were relative to the theme of the room (where sometimes you feel like you’re just solving brain teasers in different rooms against a clock).
I can’t speak highly enough of the production value of this room. Having done several rooms and a yearly attendee of the Delusions houses this escape room is certainly high on my list! It’s too bad you can’t repeat the room!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Ok, we wound up as dinner… but we were SOOOO CLOSE! This was one of the best that I’ve done. The guys (Ben and Chase) were awesome and very friendly. The VR was INSANE!!! So fun and imaginative; thanks for a great time!!! I can’t wait to come back: D

Extremely fun family event. Much more challenging than first thought. Would stay on task in order with teamwork next time. We had a lots of laughs and brain teasers. Would love to do a different scenario again. Very creative and very intelligent creator. Thank you!

This escape room was amazing. Went with a group of friends and it was only the second escape room for most of us (and someone’s first!). I was pretty intimidated cuz I heard this one was challenging and it totally was but we escaped! The story is great and the puzzles are insanely cool. I get motion sickness so I was concerned about the VR intro but it didn’t faze me at all. We only had a group of six and still had a blast. Get over there and do it now!

My wife, son and I had an amazing time at The Virus! we made it to the last puzzle just as our time ran out. Definitely an awesome way for a family to spend an hour. Great staff and challenging puzzles!

Absolutely amazing! If you love escape rooms and haven’t tried this one yet then do it!

Terrific, helpful actors and challenging puzzles that help produce a HOPE of winning, a great plot that not only justifies the puzzles but also why there’s a countdown in the first place (a nice touch lacking in any other escape room), walls that move in as time goes on and the ONLY escape room I know with Virtual Reality. One of the best I’ve ever experienced. Can’t WAIT to do it again. Well done, Escape Games!

From start to finish, this was an amazing experience.
Once your group is together, you’re no longer customers, you’re «doctors,» brought together to save the world from virus that’s destroying the planet. The whole experience reinforces that– the VR presentation does a wonderful job of making you feel like you’re entering a secret government lab, deep in the bowels of the earth. The room itself was expertly decorated, and while you recognized that this wasn’t *really* a multi-​million dollar lab, it also didn’t feel like something that was thrown together in a weekend to cash in on the escape room craze.
The puzzles were quite varied, ranging from high-​tech trickery all the way back to old-​school ciphers. We had a roller coaster ride of going from banging our heads on the desk trying to figure out what was going on, to rapid-​fire knocking down a series of challenges, only to wind up banging our heads against the desk again. But we never felt stalled for too long, and when we did appear to be out of ideas, our guide was there to gently get us moving again.
There were enough things going on that we were able to work in parallel, a lot– some members of our team realized early on how to solve a certain type of puzzle, and they would knock those down as they came up, so that when we needed that answer, it was ready. Other people just floated from puzzle to puzzle. The ever-​shrinking space certainly did make it a challenge to work around each other at times, but for most of us, that just added to the adrenaline rush.
I do need to specifically call out how awesome our guide was– not only did he stay in character the entire time, he was amazing at knowing when to speak up, and when to keep quiet. He also did a great job of watching the entire group, and when an opportunity came up for someone who had been less involved to be able to do something, he would turn to them.
He found the exact right balance of letting us figure things out on our own– and letting us suffer an appropriate length of time when we got stuck– while at the same time keeping us moving forward without feeling like the solutions were being handed to us. And when we came up with ways of attacking puzzles that no one else used before, he went out of his way to tell us that, which really added to our sense of satisfaction– not only did we beat the puzzle, we did so differently than anyone before us.
He didn’t break character until we’d solved the last puzzle, at which point he became like another team member– he was celebrating right along with us, and was as excited that we won as we were. While we were sweating trying to solve the last few puzzles, *he* was sweating because he knew how close we were to winning, and he really wanted for us to succeed.
We were only in the room for an hour (well, 48:45, if I can brag), but we were still talking about it for hours afterwards– how we solved some things, how we got tricked, how we would have approached things differently, but most of all, how much we wanted to do this again.
I can’t recommend this highly enough, and we will certainly be back for their next room!

The Virus was my 41^st escape room and GOOD LORD it was incredible. In my top 3 for sure (essentially tied with Cross Roads in Anaheim and the Krampus room downtown).
This is probably the best collection of puzzles in any room in LA. I went with a group of 8 last night (and we smashed the record). Before we entered the owner told us «8 is a perfect number. There will be plenty for everyone to do.» I was very skeptical — I’ve played many a room advertised for 8 – 12 that should have been 4. But I’ll be damned if he wasn’t right. EVERYONE was busy. It was a mad scramble at all times — had a hard time sleeping afterwards from all the adrenaline.
Several other reviews spoil (IMO) one of the craziest parts of the game, but rest assured, there’s an element right off the bat that’s just SO unexpected and fun. Easily the best pre-​game story of any room. The production value of the room itself is stellar and includes one feature that is so shamelessly absurd that you can’t help but love it.
I will warn that this room is HARD. We only escaped because of our experience doing so many rooms, although almost every puzzle was brand new to us.
If you’re anywhere near Burbank, go do this room right now!

This is a VERY well done escape room! Inventive and awesome looking setting, very cool use of technology (VR goggles!?!) and the puzzles were challenging and imaginative. The whole experience, from start to finish, was well thought out and put together.
What really set this room apart was it’s sense of fun. It has a good humor about itself and feels more like stepping into a high paced adventure movie then a post-​apocalytic «Twelve Monkeys» type scenario. The «guard» was a blast to have around — a really upbeat character and a great addition, who stepped in just enough to keep the team moving when needed but was never «holding our hand».
Unfortunately, for the fate the world, we came close but didn’t solve the puzzle in time. Sorry «everyone». Hope some other crack team of scientists can pick up where we left off and get the job done… ;)

Unquestionably the best escape room I’ve ever done. The puzzles were fun and inventive, the technology was exciting, and the environment was immersive. There weren’t any annoying red herrings or dead ends, and the actor did a great job of keeping us on track with gentle verbal nudges. We played with strangers and ended up working really well together — everyone had something to contribute. Ultimately we escaped with about five minutes left.
I’ve played The Basement, PanIQ, Captured, Countdown, and a variety of other Los Angeles rooms: this tops them all. The puzzles were so clever and creative that the fun wasn’t just in solving them — sometimes the fun was just admiring the elegance of puzzle mechanics that we’d never seen before.
The Virus was a joy. Fingers crossed for more escape rooms from Get The F Out!

Such a great experience! The puzzles were clever, the VR was really cool and it definitely added a star to the whole experience, but the host was my favorite part. He was entertaining — very funny and helpful. Highly recommended!

This was our first time doing an experience room and WOW did we have a blast! The puzzles were challenging, our «Guard» was enthusiastic and our group did the best we could! Sadly we didn’t escape the room, but we got very close. Just a little advice… EVERYTHING/​BODY is a clue

This was my first escape room experience and I have to say it was amazing. From the VR to the room itself; every detail stood out. I went with a couple of friends that went to the Basement and they said The VIrus was waaaay better. I would love to do it again and bring more friends.

The best escape room! The use of VR and other tech, made this room so different than my previous escape room experience. We had so much fun, it wasn’t easy, and you definitely need to work as a group. I was lucky to be with such smarties and we got to escape! It was create, fun, and I would recommend it to anyone.

This is one of the coolest experiences in town. You have to experience this for yourself!

The VR is really cool. I haven’t seen any other room use it quite the same way. The story is good. There are a lot of locks and puzzles that can keep a group busy, however I do believe two people could succeed in this room. The puzzles are creative, although a few are a little tedious. The set looks good. I especially enjoy the way they make the story of the room come to life.
Overall it’s a fun room and all of the technology seemed to work properly!
I’m not a huge fan of the use of actors in escape games. Bob is very interactive as the actor in the room. I can tell he is very passionate.
My husband and I have played over 75 escape games in the past two years. We really love escape games, but we rarely enjoy playing with strangers. We waited until late morning to book the 4pm time slot in hopes of playing alone. It looked promising, but alas we were playing with two other «doctors» that were friends of the owners and that had never done an escape room before. So with that being said, if you are like us, then either book with friends or buyout the room because otherwise you may be playing with strangers.

Holy cow! I just experienced «the virus» and it was amazing. Without giving anything away, I highly recommend this experience to anyone who wants to be challenged and who likes to work together as a team. I have done several escape rooms and this one is my favorite. It was technologically incredible. It was hard. My team and I really had to work together to figure it all out and kill the virus. Bring your family, bring your friends, bring problem solvers because you are going to need them! This is an experience not to be missed!

Wow!!! Pretty intense! Difficult! Thrilling! Technology involved… think critically! A lot of clues to solve more than any other escape game I’ve played. Tough!
I enjoyed it. I was pretty lost though. Didn’t know what to expect. The first part is really really cool but I don’t wanna give it away by saying it…
Drive into a long driveway and plenty of parking spaces in the back.

There are few times in life I can remember having this much fun!
Check this place out, the puzzles are awesome and the staff is incredible.
Be sure to ask about their other games too!

In the past 12 months, I’ve become addicted to the Escape Room craze. After escaping from nearly 2 dozen different rooms, I’ve learned to recognize the standard and expected styles of puzzles. Get the F Out’s room «The Virus» has mastered the art of «Expect the Unexpected… No seriously… There’s no was I could have seen that coming».
I won’t spoil the surprise, but the opening segment of the game is worth the price of admission alone.
As the game and story progresses, the puzzles can be maddening until that delicious moment of «aha!» and things click into place. As the time ticks down, the tension builds in a way totally unique to any game I’ve experienced.
With so many escape rooms flooding the market, I know how much of a let down it can be to have lackluster set design, poorly constructed puzzles, ill though out story lines, and staff who aren’t invested in optimizing your experience. None of this is the case with «The Virus»: superb artwork, top of the line construction, state of the art technology, clever and original puzzles, and a staff that lives and breathes to make your escape room experience as memorable as possible.
Not everyone will escape «The Virus» but no one will leave disappointed.

Having done pretty much every escape room in the Greater LA area over the last three years, I’m always on the lookout for a new one. The premise is the same for most of them and our team of 6 has escaped every room except one. Our success rate is 98% and we have been asked back by some of the companies to Beta test their new rooms.
This room, The Virus, is clearly the next evolution of escape rooms! The integration of technology is superb and cutting edge. The team behind the room is top notch with a great resume. No expense has been spared and it shows.
I won’t give any spoilers but my expectations were exceeded by this room.
Hats off to the team and their room!