Xcapade Entertainment

My boyfriend and i did the Lost Kingdom room with an ancient Egyptian theme AND it was ridiculously fun. We had an absolute blast. There were four rooms to get through and we did a great job working with our team. We failed to get out in time but we enjoyed ourselves. The room we did had a 3% success rate and it was definitely a challenge. I LOVE LOVE LOVE escape rooms. I’ve only done 2 so far (this being the second) and this one, hands down, was by far the most fun.

This was my first experience with an escape room and it was a lot of fun. I went with two friends, and we were paired with two other people, so five in total. Don’t worry about being with strangers because you’re working toward a shared goal.
Me and one friend had the groupon $ 35 for 2, regular is $ 30 per person.
The location is pretty interesting, inside an antique shop, but there’s an Xcapade sign outside. We took a minute to find the owner because there was a video game tournament going on, but the owner is really cool and willing to help.
Gameplay for the most part within the rooms were very well done, we got hung up on a couple clues, and one we had to ask him for because there was a technical issue with a device. Some clues are intuitive but many are HARD you really have to take everything into consideration. But overall really cool!

Location was a bit hard to find, the escape room is behind a shop that sells everything/​tea room/​Internet café. But once you enter the game room it is where the fun starts.
Puzzles were challenging and well designed. With one extra hint we were not suppose to get we were able to solve all the puzzles and got out the final room.
This is the day we almost escaped the room!

It’s fun and challenging. We have a group of 6, it’s for my son’s birthday. We can almost finished to the end except the last part is the most challenging.

We loved this! It’s a tough one — and there were 4 of us. Creator was kind and helpful. I recommend it.

Very fun experience, came here for my daughters birthday and had a good time. I would definitely recommend going in a small group.

This place was awesome. From reading all the mix reviews I was a little worried about coming here thinking it’ll be either good or really bad. Turns out it was really fun. It was my first escape room I ever did but it was the best so far. Most definitely would recommend this place if any group of friends want a fun time or a nice team building exercise. Just keep a cool head and don’t get heated up cause things do get frustrating.

Really fun, great rooms, props and challenging
Save time to check out the fun bars and shops nearby.
Parking is easy and free!

Group of 8, we had so much fun!!! Used all of our brain cells lol. No idea when we stepped in the door that such a great space was hidden in there! Hope they change the theme pretty soon so we can go try again! We were about 15 minutes away from getting out of the third room :/​but was super fun experience! Def recommend it!

As a group of 7, we ordered the groupon + a regular priced extra ticket and split the cost. It ended up being about $ 20 each. Super easy to redeem and was able to make a reservation the same day. I actually reserved, let them know I’ll be bringing a groupon, and THEN bought the groupon.
It’s so oddly placed in an antique shop/​restaurant/​gaming room. So weird. Once our whole group arrived we were led to the back where the escape room was.
There are 4 rooms you have to get through: the training room and 3 of the real rooms. You can stay in the training room as long as you want and ask your guide as many questions as you want so take advantage of that time! Once you get into the real rooms, your hour starts and you only have 3 hints.
I won’t ruin the secrets for you but you must pay attention to EVERYTHING the entire time. Things in the training room will be useful throughout the real rooms and tools you found before will be useful at the end. Note ALL of the details.
It was really difficult, but I’ll def try one again — even if it’s a different one lol. Need more prep for this one.

We bought a Groupon to do this escape room with some friends. The room is in the back of some kind of antique/​thrift shop and not related to the game room in the back, but that’s where we waited. So weird because we were really early and the guy said that we can play some games while we waited until the guy working the game room came buy and said we need to pay… wth? Anyway, you get to the escape room and throughout the room, things are no secured properly and wallpaper is falling off. Also, some of the clues were weird and not-​replicable. For example, you have to use a scale, and of course a scale’s numbers are not going to be completely replicable. We even tare-​ed the scale and couldn’t get the right numbers. WHAT! That was dumb. Overall the items in the room were not great quality and it was odd because the guy who made the puzzle room would be right in there with us and trying to fix/​holding down the loose ends…
It was difficult to find parking.

Great escape room puzzles were difficult but done really well. We did not escape fmthe final room but we were so close!

I bought a Groupon for 6 people, and had no problems redeeming it or making reservations. Note– if you go the groupon route, you have to call in to make the reservations, you can’t do it online, and just bring the groupon the day of the event.
This location is kind of hidden– when you’re walking down B street you see a café/​antique vintage store. Thought this was weird at first, but found out the room is in the back.
We did the «Lost Kingdom» room, and it was rated ⁵⁄₅ hard, and it really was hard. I recommend going in a larger group. We had 6, and maybe could have escaped with more, but thats still up for debate considering only ⁵⁄₁₆₀? escaped– but don’t let that number discourage you!

This was our fourth escape room in the Bay Area. We bought a Groupon for four people, but what the Groupon doesn’t make clear is that you have to share the room with other people. However the owner does explain that to you when you call to make a reservation, though I wish it had been more clear on the site when I bought the Groupon.
Anyway, this escape room was very well made. It was the most difficult one we’ve ever done, and it shows since only 3 out of 135 groups have escaped so far. We were a minute away from escaping, and I felt that part of the problem was that even though the room is advertised on the website as 4 – 8 players, we had 10 people in our group. Although it might have been hard to do as 4 people, it was extremely difficult having 10 people because there was not enough stuff for people to do, so you ended up with people just standing around playing on their phone and being obstructive to the people who are trying to solve puzzles. It felt deceptive that what had been advertised originally to me as a 4 or 6 person Groupon, became a 8 person room with strangers when I called, then turned into 10 people when we actually arrived. Other than that, it was an intellectually challenging and thorough puzzle room that was obviously made well.
FYI: the room is in the back of a very strange antique/​wedding/​food/​event/​LAN store… we thought we were in the wrong place. It made the whole business of it all seem even more sketch, but again, it’s balanced by the fact that it is a great puzzle room. I would recommend that you try to buy out the entire room for a group of 6. I think that’s the most ideal number of people you should have in this room.

What a great experience. Bought a Groupon and called and made our reservations — totally easy process. Tao the owner was super nice. It was a bit odd walking into a restaurant, antique store and or a gaming room there is an escape room in the back of the building. It was a great first experience for me and my friends.

I’m super disappointed with my experience. I’ve done several room escapes and was excited to try this out, but it was clearly not to be. To sum it up: website fail, voicemail fail, & Groupon fail.
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Their website is super confusing, and when I tried to buy tickets today, it kept adding fees onto the order for no reason. I couldn’t purchase 6 tickets for $ 30, like the website said, the total would show $ 240 or $ 360 or $ 420, but without any indication of what the charges were for. I can’t imagine why the room would ever cost more than $ 240 anyway, since the max # of participants is 8.
Next, I noticed that there was a Groupon offer online for $ 149 for the entire room, so I tried that route. Bought a Groupon and went to the website to book the room, but there is no way to process Groupon online. It says you have to purchase by phone. Okay. I called the number and got a voicemail, which instructed me to let them know the date/​time I wanted to book and they’ll call me back. Except it hangs up without giving an opportunity to leave a message. *headsmack*
In the meantime, someone else somehow booked the date/​time that I was trying to book, because when I went BACK to the website to see if there was anything else I could try, the date/​time that I wanted was showing it was already booked. I’m so aggravated, I just requested a refund on my Groupon.

From a person who has now done 20 escape rooms, Lost Kingdom is on the top portion of the list. The things to look for in escape rooms are the design and the puzzles. They are both very well done.
This escape room is not very well known. So, I hope everyone goes out there to play and encourage them to create more escape rooms!

No. 1 room escape place here so far! Rooms are well designed and the puzzles are so challenging which took us a while to solve but with such fun!!!

Rooms are very well designed! The owner is very nice! Lots of puzzles! Lots of puzzles! You really gotta think outside the box. Bring your thinking caps… The thinking process is advanced.
I’ve escaped many other challenge courses in the Bay Area, but this is one of the hardest by far.