Escape The Room AZ

Did the Apartment with my family. Had a lot of fun! Great group activity. And we made it out. Not too hard but challenging enough to still be fun.

Did the bank heist room and it was cool but 12 too ppl is way too much and it seems like a cash grab. One of the puzzles wasnt set up properly and that ruined some of our gameplay. There are definitely better ones around the valley id visit first.

I have done all 4 escape rooms here. At some point they felt a little repetitive in finding number codes and opening locks. The biggest problem with this escape room is the number of people allowed in one game. The rooms are just way too small for the maximum number of people. I have only felt crowded in this escape room compared to all others. They need to lower their limit by 2 – 4 people.
If I had to rank the rooms I would say in order of best to worst:
Bank Heist
Apartment
80’s Room
The Dig
Bank Heist — This room was nice because it involved alot more props and physical activity than just writing down numbers and opening locks. There was alot more involved in the decorations in this room. Way too small for 12 people.
Apartment — This was basically a bunch of finding number codes. What I did not like was where some of the keys were located. Basically they gave up on making codes and said, we need to just hide keys randomly so that there is more to find. Felt ok in size for 10 people.
80’s Room — Pretty straight forward escape room. Decent room for 8 people
The Dig — I did not like this room at all. First of all, it is way too small for 10 people. The first portion of the room you are stuck in this tiny room until you solve the first few clues. The second part had horrible décor. Just felt very cheap and rundown. Also, the dim lighting and strobing effect was annoying.
My overall opinion is that there are much better escape rooms in the valley.

One of my family members was visiting Phoenix after having taken part in several similar Escape the Room experiences back in her home city. She recommended that we all spend time as a family together at the Escape the Room in Scottsdale. We have all heard of Escape the Room (or the concept) though none of the rest of us have tried it.
The customer service was great and we received personalized attention from a staff member who was assigned to watch over our group. We then spent an hour (or in our case, a few minutes less than that!) team-​building and solving clues in the 80s Room as bonded over our trials and tribulations. There was no feeling of claustrophobia even though we were locked in a room as the room was spacious, time flew by, and we could easily flag a staff member down as needed. All in all, a very fun experience that we certainly look forward to doing again in the near future! Highly recommended!
There are also some great deals online for Escape the Room and other similar experiences across town. We’re excited that Escape the Room will be opening a new location in Central Phoenix in the near future.

Our accounting office decided to do something different this year for team building and tried Escape The Room AZ. We participated in the Bank Heist! It was a great team building experience for our group to work together to solve clues within the allotted time. I loved seeing how we each interacted with each other and helped one another out when clues were found.
When we first arrived, we were greeted and they allowed us to go to the restroom since we would be in the room for an hour at most. Then we were given brief instructions and showed to the room where we would be solving clues. The host was very nice and seemed to enjoy what she did. The room was very well put together — I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but it was good quality. The clues were just hard enough for us and we completed the room within 50 minutes out of the allotted 60 minute time.
I would definitely recommend this for anyone looking to have a different kind of experience with friends and family and definitely for those with a small group looking to do a team building event.
Thank you for the great team building Escape The Room AZ!

I went to two rooms here with a group of friends.
The first room we did was The Dig. This was my favorite room and I highly recommend it. The room was very well themed and they definitely put some thought into the room design and the puzzles.
The second room we did was Escape the 80’s. While we still had fun doing this room, it was a complete letdown after completing The Dig. The room was just not very well thought out or themed well. Maybe I hyped myself out too much, but I thought the room would be exploding with nostalgia from the 80’s. Some of the stuff in the room wasn’t even from the 80’s, such as a Suns jersey from the late 90’s/early 2000’s, a current Mountain Dew can, and a game of pong that uses an xbox controller. The room did have 80’s music playing which was fun.
The other problem with the 80’s room was the puzzles. While The Dig had more varied puzzles, the 80’s had way too many number locks. The Dig had three: One at the start, one in the middle, and one at the end. The 80’s room had 5 or 6 locks that were all in plain sight when you first enter the room. This meant that whenever someone came up with a number to try, we had to try them on all locks which was annoying.
The other problem we had was with broken and poorly designed puzzles. For The Dig we were specifically told before the start that we should not use force for anything. Without spoiling anything, there is an object that we tried touching to another object. Nothing happened so we kept going. Near the end of our time, we had 3 of the 4 final clues to open the exit door. A clue came up that said «KICK THE OBJECT». Afterwards we were told that we did the right thing but the magnet lock was broken. It would have been nice to know that ahead of time.
Overall, we had a blast. If you go I would highly recommend trying The Dig. I would imagine the bank heist room is also good assuming it is similar to The Dig. I would stay away from the 80’s room and the Scottsdale apartment, since those are more generic rooms.

An interesting, family-​friendly way to spend an evening. Being locked in a room with friends/​family/​colleagues and trying to solve puzzles to escape is a pretty good time. Most of the puzzles are intuitive enough that any group will know how to make progress efficiently to keep the fun coming. Just in case you do get stuff, a moderator will provide you clues to help move things along. It’s more interactive than going to the movies or most other standard non-​drinking types of events, and is something you’ll all talk about for the next few weeks.
However, it’s not without it’s draw backs. I found that while most of the puzzles are intuitive enough for people to solve, in some cases only a limited number of people can work on it at a time. Some puzzles only allowed enough space or items (e.g. a map) that only one or two people could be working on them, and at times found myself just waiting until they solved it so that I could help with the next one. Sometimes, I would be the one working and had friends wait on me.
The clues will help speed things along, but in some cases (I’ve now been here a total of five times), the moderators were too generous with their clues, and it soured the gratification of solving the puzzles on our own. When spending about 30 dollars for an hour of entertainment, you want to maximize that enjoyment.
All in all it’s different, fun, and an engaging thing to do with old friends or new colleagues.

BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. Had such high hopes having just done an escape the room in florida. Came back to az and saw this place had high ratings so i booked a reservation for «the dig» room. Checked in and found out we were the only ones who were going to be in the room. Were waiting for our host and notice a girl crouched down staring down at us from the 2^nd floor. the person who checked us in noticed we were looking up and then saw the girl too and turns out she was the host wed been waiting for. Kinda weirded me out thay she was just staring down at us instead of coming down to get us setup for the room.
Our host marissa began the introduction with «this room is usually done with more than 2 people so i dont know how well your going to do» wow. Talk about discouraging from the get go. She seemed like she was drunk or something too, her eyes were glazed and she was just very awkward.
I wont say anything about the room but i will say the clues she gave us were horrible, she kept mispelling everything and telling us things that made no sense. During the hour i had to use the restroom really bad, i had gone before i went in but i have a small bladder so
I had to go again. I made a signal to the camera that i really needed to go and to pause the game but she never allowed me to go. This made the rest of the time completely unenjoyable and miserable because i was just focused on trying to hold my bladder until the hour would be up so the door would unlock.
we obviously didnt complete the room, and as soon as she opened the door i said «hey why didnt you let me use the bathroom, i know you were watching us with there camera in there?» And she says «well didnt you go before?». EXCUSE ME. how rude are you. I dont need you to question when i use the restroom. Horrible customer service. I feel like escape thw room games are totally dependent on the host. We had a horrible host so we had a horrible time for almost $ 70. And this place doesnt even do military discount like most escape rooms. WILL NOT BE BACK.

So much fun. A great challenge to use your senses as well as working with others to unlock clues! You definitely need to bring your thinking cap and take nothing for granted. Anything could be the key to escaping!

This escape room is nestled in the arts district of Scottsdale Arizona. Our group was in town for spring training and had some downtime, so we decided to sign up for an escape room. Apparently, we chose the hardest room to participate in. We had a group of six, and another additional 4 strangers to help us out.
Honestly, I think it would be better with less people. It became hectic because everyone began uncovering all kinds of clues; clues that sometimes were intentionally placed sequentially, thus slowing our progress down.
I’ve gotta say, it was definitely difficult and there were times where we were just standing around not knowing what else to do next. Luckily, the game master would throw out little hints here and there through a projector.
Even though it was difficult, I think everyone still had fun doing this room. The only complaint I had was the scavenger hunt for the last 2 keys. It was just kind of… stupid.
Just be warned… there is no parking lot. You need to find street or metered parking.
Oh, and we managed to escape!!! Supposedly, the room we did only has a 20% success rate… but I feel like we got a lot of hints lol.
I would definitely hit this place up though if you’re ever in town and have nothing to do… and believe me, there isn’t much to do in the AZ.

Out of all the room escapes I have tried, this one has been my favorite!
It’s in a nice part of Scottsdale and there is plenty of parking nearby. They offer a bunch of different rooms with different themes. So far I have only tried the apartment one and we figured it out with a minute to spare. There was a lot of cool interactive features in this one compared to other ones I have tried. I wish I could tell you more but it would ruin the secret of the room.
This place is the cleanest out of every single place I went to and you can tell that they take care of this place. They even went on to talk about how they change things periodically so if you come back, it will still be challenging. Okay, after writing this… I need to sign up for another one!

My very first escape room experience, and I loved it! I didn’t know what to expect, so I was very excited.
Our group (plus another group of 4 strangers) were given instructions inside our room — The Apartment. The room looked like a normal apartment with tons of locks. Our goal was to open up 6 locks, which was definitely a challenge.
Luckily, throughout the hour, we were given clues by the worker who was watching us from outside. If we did not receive those clues, we would have failed to escape. We received so many clues I felt like we cheated, but we were told that we received the same amount of clues as every other group. This experience really challenged me, but I liked it! I’ll definitely be trying out more in the future!

So much fun! Came here on our first night in Scottsdale with my girlfriend and her brother. We did the apartment room which is suppose to have ten people in it, but the other 7 backed out last minute because of an emergency. Our guide was very helpful though and provides hints to you to help you along the way. If you can’t tell by the other reviews here basically you’re locked in a room and have to use the clues throughout the environment to figure out how to get out. It’s a nice puzzle solving kind of environment and requires teamwork to get through it all. We completed it with ten second to spare and it was a very satisfying experience. Overall, a fun thing to do and something we will definitely do again when we are back in the area!

Came here with my wife and 8 friends for «The Dig» and had an absolute blast! The escape is challenging in that you all have to work as a team while receiving clues. While one person may interpret a clue one way, another person may have a different approach to things. If you want to get out within the allotted 60 minutes, you need to work as a team. Luckily, we got out in 58:59!
Just an FYI: while you can use cell phones, I recommend turning them off and putting them away as I didn’t need it for any purpose during the escape. That and the fact that if they catch you taking pictures, they will confiscate your phone and delete said photos.
At the end, you get to take a group photo with your team to share. I personally loved «The Dig» and will definitely be coming back to try escaping the other rooms!

SOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!! Dallen, thank you so much for making my moms Bachlorette party such a good time. So excited I found this place on Unilocal months ago and was finally able to go. Basically you get locked in a room with friends or strangers depending on which room you choose and you all have to work together on finding clues, figuring them out and getting out of the locked room in just 60 min! We were able to get out of the rec room in 53 minutes, just in time! The way everything is set up, the way they do the clues and how everything works is really fun! I dont want to give anything away, that would take all the fun out of it! This is a good time for team building for businesses, or just a night out with friends, you will have a blast trying to figure everything out! Highly recommend!

My rating is based off of my personal experience there. I came with a small group of friends and we got placed with a larger group. First complaint, is that the whole group was way too large to be in that room. It would have been much more suitable for 4 – 5 rather than 11.
Second complaint has to do with the other people we were placed with, and not the company. The other people cheated by pulling the arm off the mannequin, and thus skipped several steps. I didn’t go there to cheat. If we lose, it’s better than winning by cheating.
Third complaint has to do with the company. The guy in charge realized that the cheating had occurred, and forced us to «escape» before we truly had completed all of the puzzles. He was, understandably, upset about the cheating, but the way he handled it made me feel as though he was upset at all of us (my personal group of friends had nothing to do with the cheating).
I’d give the experience another try, but I wouldn’t do it again if we were to be placed with random people. Definitely damaged the experience for me.

Such a fun 60 minutes of your life spent here. Yes, I paid $ 30 for someone to lock me inside of a room. But it’s exciting and challenges your brain. I’m a fan of both and so the hour FLEW by way too fast.
My bestie and family did «The Apartment». I gotta say, it was tough. I mean, I thought I was a pretty sharp knife in the smarts arena, but this game started to insult my intelligence. And, I thought bestie had some brain matter too. College-​educated w/​a finance degree, Accountant for a Fortune 500, etc. Bestie just wore a deer-​in-​headlights look for the hour. Thank God we had 2 other ppl (strangers) who happen to be nice, cool and very keen to the clues. Ummmm… they essentially carried us… (tail tucked between legs)…But I think they had done another room before.
I was overjoyed when I finally shouted out a possible «next step» and happen to have been right and we got another key for the 6 padlocks.
The set-​up was elaborate and monitor spitting out clues worked. I can’t wait to try other scenarios.
So, we got 4 of 6 clues solved to unlock the 6 padlocks. The moderator/​host person unlocked our room to de-​cage us and reviewed our unsolved mysteries. One was very very easy, which was a careless oversight, and the other — pretty obscure, IMO. Booo!
They led our defeated team to hold signs for a group pic which indicated our non-​victory. I’m a very poor loser and it took every ounce of me to smile and be «okay» with not winning. I get pissed off losing to ppl at Scrabble even. Yeah, I have issues…
Bottom Line: Money well spent for a different type of entertainment, bonding, and team-​building experience.
Tips:
1. Go potty before you’re locked in the room. Yes, it is possible to be released in order to relieve yourself (they have microphones/​cameras in the rooms), but the game would be paused while you went potty. And who wants to be «that» person?
2. Look presentable for the free group pic after your search (i.e. consider bathing, running a comb/​brush through hair, etc).
Smart phones are permitted in the locked rooms, but no photography (for obvious reasons). I took mine w/​me bc I would definitely start twitching if confiscated.
In a smaller group and joined w/​strangers for new team mates? Be nice, don’t be a stuck-​up asshole. They could really be smart and be a strong contributor. Plus, it’s just more enjoyable that way. ;)
5. Make sure you get plenty of rest the night before your search. Speaking for myself, I only had 3 hours the night before and my thoughts were a tad «grainy». The mission is to solve the clues.
6. Only 20% of participating parties actually succeed. I didn’t let the low odds get in my way, as I like to defy odds and be the minority. Come with a positive and optimistic attitude.
Happy Hunting!

Tons of fun!
This place is definitely good for a family event or for a work team-​building event. We decided to celebrate my brother-in-law’s birthday here and we had a group of 9 to escape the apartment. I’m happy to say that we got out with just a few minutes to spare!
Definitely worth the money as it’s an overall fun experience. I recommend it.

This was one of the coolest and most-​unique experiences I’ve ever had! I’d only heard about Escape Room as a location in Indianapolis had opened up briefly before my departure to the Valley. Unbeknownst to me, hidden in downtown Scottsdale is another location!
I give lots of props to two of my coworkers who arranged this for the «mystery fun» team-​building part of our company’s annual sales prep and training conference. We honestly had no idea where we were going until pulling into a parking spot! Since it was a Tuesday midday, the place was empty except for our group and some employees. After splitting us up, they went over the rules and locked us away. My group went into The Apartment, the other competing group went into The Bank. You’re given 60 minutes and know exactly how much time you have left throughout the entire experience.
One of the employees told us their success rate is 20%. To have BOTH of our teams escape in less than 60 minutes is quite a feat (although I like to note it was MY team that was quicker)! I definitely want to return and try a new room!

So I didn’t even knew that this Escape the Room existed. My sister bought all the nephews and nieces this experience as their Christmas present. She bought it for ten people and so I was able to join in this experience.
We tried to escape the apartment. They give you the rules and a big screen tv to give you clues. You get 60 minutes too. Oh yea, someone is watching you the whole time. Without them giving us clues we would have been totally lost. You have to figure out clues to open lock to open more locks. We missed it by the last lock. Arghhhh but I have to admit it was fun.
This is a really good team building activity and really fun. I have to admit that I probably wouldn’t come here again without someone paying for me. But overall, very cool experience.