Omescape

I have to preface this review by saying that I didn’t actually try out the escape game myself but from a service perspective I would give this place more than 5 stars if I could. Let me tell you why…
My sister’s boyfriend chose Omescape as the perfect proposal venue after reading the overwhelmingly positive reviews from other Unilocalers. Since my sister is a big fan of escape games, he knew that she would love Omescape’s rooms which boast ‘high tech’ features and are said to be very well-​designed.
When he asked for my help to arrange the logistics, I reached out to Jimmy, Omescape’s manager and event coordinator. Jimmy was actively involved in the planning process from day 1 and made the whole experience stress-​free and enjoyable. From drafting a fake promotion email to setting up the room, he went above and beyond to make sure that the proposal went as planned. He also made himself accessible to us in case we had any questions or additional requests leading up to the proposal. Fast-​forward to the proposal day, Jimmy managed the whole registration process and game set up personally. He even crafted a creative storyline to go with what’s to come. Needless to say he deserves an Oscar award for his convincing performance!
While we were waiting for my sister and her boyfriend to finish the game (and get engaged), my husband and I kept ourselves busy with the boardgames which Omescape has an impressive selection of. Seriously if we didn’t know better we’d have thought it was a boardgame place and not an escape room. We also got to try the onsite bubble tea, Presotea. I have to say that this is by far the nicest escape room we’ve been to in the GTA — there’s something for everyone. Whether your a game fanatic or just like to lounge around with friends, they’ll have you covered. They have long tables that can accommodate larger groups as well. If you’re planning a birthday party or some special event, I would highly recommend Omescape.
Without the help of Jimmy and his team, my sister would not have gotten such an amazing and memorable proposal. I didn’t get to experience the escape game but as far as I know my sister was quite impressed with the puzzles and the techy bits (I will leave it to her to provide a review on that. fyi, they did the Kingdom of Cats). She and her fiancée managed to escape without receiving any hints and were given ‘elite’ status! That being said, I’m definitely coming back to try out the escape game and see if I too will be able to achieve elite status and have my picture taped up somewhere for future generations to admire :)

First time coming here and it was so much fun! My friends and I chose the Joker. It was a multi room conquest. We had to work together as a team to solve all of the clues in order to escape. I would definitely recommend this place for a fun night out with family or friends.
There is also a place where you could play board games while sipping on bubble tea while they sell in house. First thing upon arriving would be to check in with the reception, sign your life away… joke joke! and pay and have fun!

Not worth coming here just for board games.
1) It’s $ 11.25 to play (compared to $ 5 at Snakes and Lattes). It comes with $ 4 of drink credit, but drinks are $ 2 more than usual.
2) The amount of board games is very limited, there’s only one big shelf, Snakes and Lattes has probably 5x the amount of board games. They don’t have any duplicates so it’s pretty hard to get a popular game.
3) There’s no people walking around to explain the games to you.

My favourite place out of all the escape rooms I’ve been too (which is quite a few)
Briefing is thorough
Staff is on point
Rooms are absolutely amazing
Intense, get you thinking overall an exellent time
They have board games and BBT so you can chill before your room escape.

Soooo much fun. Very impressive rooms, so many multiple rooms in the themes, high tech, deigned wonderfully.
Did Cat Kingdom (which sounded lame but it actually we really enjoyed it and it was so cute), dark altar and the study (highly recommend this one and cats)
Has old school game systems and board games to play while waiting. Has a photo area with props and the staff are so nice and friendly.
Multiple rooms! So you’re not confinded in only one room to escape, so high tech and I can’t spoil anything you just have to see how great it is for yourself
One of the best escape room there is, coming back to do all the rooms!

This place has a few escape rooms and board games! I’ve only came here for board games and they have a great selection of board games. Even though it’s kind of pricy, we paid $ 20 each. But, at least it came with a free drink or yogurt! The board game area is pretty big and composes of very long picnic-​style tables so it could sit many groups of people. Haven’t heard any issues of anybody not being able to find space. And if you can’t find space, you can always jump into the escape rooms!
This place was the first time trying Dead of Winter, which is an amazing game, and makes me consider purchasing it for myself. I can imagine they just have a plethora of games to try here!
I’ll definitely be back to try the escape rooms and see how it compares to other places. After that, I shall update this review!

Super fun! I went here with my team for an off-​site and we had the most amazing time. It’s an escape room + board games + Café combined. Highly recommended and I may return with friends.
Escape Room: 4/​5, the room was very interactive with sliding doors and fun puzzles. I would like to try the others if they are going to be as fun as what we had.
Café; 2/​5, the bubbletea was not as good as what I’m used to in the area and you kind of have to pay more on top of the package which is not really free.
Board games: 3/​5, not as many collections and the condition of the games is not kept well but the seating is great — bench style.

Omescape is definitely one of the better escape game locations found in Markham. We tried the Joker’s Asylum room and it was very challenging. The best part of this room is that your group is split into two rooms and you communicate to each other through and intercom.
The atmosphere of this place is very casual and you can play board games, video games or have a bubble tea before or after you do a room escape.
This place is a little pricier but you can save $ 5 if you check in on Facebook or Unilocal.While convenient having a Presotea inside, I found the quality of drinks to be quite mediocre. I had a Milky Mango drink and it was way too sweet despite asking for less sugar. They made the drink twice for me and it was still too sweet.
Definitely go for the room escape. Go somewhere else for the bubble tea!

I’d say out of 6 different escape game venues that I’ve been to, this would be my top 2 favourite venues to go to. The challenges are creative and flowed very well with the game. Props and effects are very well done. My friends and I had the best time. I highly recommend it. I’ll definitely be back!

Can’t go wrong with board games, video games, escape rooms, bbt (presto) and frozen yogurt (Yogen fruz) all in the same place. Service is excellent and the interior is suitable for small or large groups.
Only downsides if I have to name some would be the limited parking space that’s actually close and it’s slightly priced above average.

Omescape is probably my favourite escape room place, and I’m not just saying that because it’s the only place I’ve actually managed to escape from LOL. It is a little bit on the pricier side ($ 25 on weekends after the FB check-​in discount), but the rooms are very high quality and have some neat features (i.e. doors sliding open automatically… each escape room consists of multiple components/​rooms/​areas) which enhance the overall experience. They also have an area with board games/​game consoles and you can add an extra $ 4 which will entitle you to a $ 4 drink/​food credit and unlimited board game play, which is pretty neat.
The two rooms I did were Kingdom of Cats and the Mysterious Study. Kingdom of Cats was my absolute favourite obviously because it was adorably cat-​themed, but I thought both games were well-​done (again, the décor/​room features were great) and all of the tasks in the room were very reasonable and doable. My group of 4 managed to escape the Kingdom of Cats, but struggled a bit more with the Mysterious Study (honestly this is supposed the be the easiest room, but we were just being super dumb.) We were on the last task when our time was up though, so one of the staff members was nice enough to just let us keep working on it while the employees cleaned up the rest of the room and in the end we did figure it out and technically did escape… but I really appreciated that!
They have a great variety of board games, and will let you sit here for hours on end playing to your heart’s content. Plus the N64 console is a nice throwback. Bubble tea isn’t anything special to rave about, and they have Yogen Fruz which is standard, but be warned that they don’t have a lot of food options (basically they have instant noodles, nachos, and one other thing, I forget), so consider eating elsewhere. But otherwise it’s an awesome place to just come and chill, there’s honestly something for everyone to do here: D

Board games, console games, room escape, bbt and froyo. It’s pricier than the other room escapes but it’s the best ones we’ve been in so far, so it’s worth it occasionally IMO. And they close late (2am) and the employees are really friendly!

I Went to this place at Sunday 5:00pm., we had a large group of 14, and we made reservations for escape room, for 9 of us, and 5 of us were doing just board games,. Now i’ve been to this place before and it didn’t leave a good impression the first time, however this time it was beyond terrible.
The escape room itself. our group had booked the reservation that we were told 5:15. they did not enter till 5:30. and even though we had to wait on a reservation which was not good, the ridiculous part, was that the staff kept rushing us to pay early when some of us arrived at 4:30 to wait for others. they kept repeatedly rushing us to pay early yet they knew they were going to be late. thats just not good.
Now that was not the reason this was a one star review. The next thing was how they earned their 1 star status.
the 5 of us that were doing board games, we went to order the drinks from the vouchers that were included. While we were waiting in a line with nobody the 2 staff members who were working on drinks, it took them 15 minutes to even acknowledge us before taking orders. and the ridiculous part was that the whole place had only 2 tables of 6 ppl filled. and they were taking that much time before even acknowledging us just to place an order. Once we finally managed to order, which that in itself somehow ordering drinks for 5 people. took 10 minutes to do. so we just spent 25 minutes just to order drinks in a place that was almost empty, where there were 2 staff dedicated to just drinks. and there was no line. This would not even be the worse thing
of the 5 of us who ordered, they had managed to get 2 of our members the drink wrong, and 1 members and this is the truly amazing part. they got her drink wrong you can be ready to be amazed, it was a wait for it… Legendary 5 times. 1 person, they managed to get her drink wrong 5 times, and each time it was something different wrong. and on top of it, originally they had even forgotten and lost her order. Of the two servers, one of them the front order taking person he was nice and kept apologizing, however getting a drink wrong 5 times is just amazing in and of it itself, however the person who made drinks, he was plain rude. when we were ordering he kept telling us the reason they couldn’t take our orders faster was because it was not all placed in one bill… this was a takeout style bubble tea order station, so that reasoning was just…
2 people in our group also ordered French fries, since their menu consisted of very few things, and the comment was the oil was heavily reused and it smelled very wrong.
It seems like the staff is poorly trained at best, there were 3 other staff who had nothing to do, who just sat there and twiddle their thumbs at the front desk. and could not even help the two drink people. and also who don’t’ even teach games.
This place was nice looking, organized and clean, however their biggest weakness and this i noticed twice being here, is definitely their staff. The people who work here have no idea what they are doing, its no wonder most people who come here are just for escape room, since there is no service required.
I would advise against going here for all people who plan on ordering drinks, or anything requiring service. just do the escape room at best, because that part i heard was well built. I will definitely not ask anyone to come here, especially given that of board game bubble tea places, there are plenty around the area which are a lot better.

Omescape gets ⁵⁄₅ stars!
It was the first place I’ve ever escaped the room — soooo happy. FINALLY! haha
(I’ve been to other escape places before but I’m always a clue/​two away. urghh)
We tried the MYSTERIOUS STUDY room.
All the clues were sequenced so we were able to escape — without any hints! My friend enjoyed the walkie talkie conversation. Whenever we used it, they asked us «Did you want a clue?» and my friend said «No, time check please.» Haha
Don’t want to give any spoilers out — but I can say that this room is very techy and the way they «unveil» the next room is super cool.
They have a very spacious board games and bubble tea area too — I like how the set up is more spaced out unlike typical bubble tea places (usually packed together).
We will come back for more board games /​escape the room games!

This place was recommended by a friend who has completed all the room at this escape room location and said that this was the best location. I must say this location is pretty fancy and sophisticated! However, similar to other reviews — I found the price to be pretty steep. Since our group decided to go on a weekend evening (Friday — Sunday & holidays tend to be more expensive) it was more expensive (around $ 25 – 30) as suppose to going on a regular weekday night. You get $ 5 off for checking in on Facebook. If you don’t have data — there’s free wifi for you to check in with a smart phone! They were okay with me checking in on Unilocal — so for all you Unilocalers, checking in should be okay!
Something I was bothered about was the $ 20 deposit when booking the room online. Don’t worry, it’s not extra, but when you pay for your room, it’s going to be accounted for in the price. I understand it’s for security.
The room we chose to do was the Penitentiary. I’ll try not to give too much away but I thought the beginning concept of the room was interesting. They said to split our group into two as we were going to be separated at the beginning and then they blind folded us into the rooms which was a bit bizarre for me. Apparently, this room was a sequel to another room, the Mysterious Study which we have not done before. It’s not a big deal if you’ve done that room or not but I think it would’ve been nicer if we did that room first instead of the Penitentiary. Speaking of which, I had no idea how you could’ve completed everything within the one hour as there was so much to do! Unless you want to be elite (which is when you complete the room without any hints) I suggest to call for hints when you need them instead of waiting last minute.
On a plus side, there are laser beams if you’re interested?! Also board games and drinks in the lounge area if you want to chill after wards.
«Preach Omescape»

Came here for my first escape room experience. I like the idea of bbtea and board games that they have in the main room.
I’m not going into details of the rooms itself and although it was a fun new experience and pretty challenging, I felt like $ 30 per person for an hour is a pretty steep price.
Also, there was a $ 5 off promotion if you i) check in on Facebook and ii) like the post. I understand that it’s part of their marketing but what we didn’t like was when some people in our group didn’t want to do it/​doesn’t have Facebook they were pretty persistent and kept saying we can check in on another form of social media. Came off as being too pushy.

Came here on a saturday night as a walk in with a group of 5. Luckily there was 1 room still available and we did the The Penitentiary theme (⁴⁄₅ difficulty). For almost $ 35 you get 1 escape room, board game time and a drink token worth $ 4, most drinks are over $ 4 so you will have to pay extra for your bubble tea (which was mediocre). altogether it felt a bit expensive.
Our group of 5 was divided into 2 smaller groups, we were blind folded then the game began. The escape rooms are much more elaborate that others I have been to there were moving parts, spraying fog, tablets and lasers. After an hour we didn’t get out, the staff came in to explain the answers and process — it was very (very) difficult I really don’t know if anyone can solve all that in an hour…
The game selection is great, lots of variety and lots of large tables to play and felt clean, but some people do hoard the games on their own table which isnt very nice. It can also get quite loud in there, which is understandable.
The staff was ok — they weren’t super enthusiastic to be there, they cared more about eating their sushi banquet dinner behind the desk more (which is in full view when you walk up) ps. its in the back around the building which was a bit tricky to find as well.

The staff here are so eager to please that it’s kind of cute — they’re eager to make sure everyone enjoys their experience! I came here for a fun board games night, so next time I hope to try one of the Room Escapes. I wish they offered more comfortable seating, but I guess that’s pretty typical with these places. Perhaps they could add a few cushions?
The board game pass for $ 10 isn’t bad, especially since you can redeem it partially for a drink. Note that alcohol isn’t served here.

Omescape is pretty interesting in the sense that is is a bbt boardgame shop but ALSO has escape rooms as well.
i only came for board games so I’m only giving a review on that portion of the business. although i’ve heard that one of the escape rooms they have has moving walls. maybe i’ll verify some day.
there are a lot of different board games here. some that i really want to try out, such as the Game of Thrones and Marvel ones. To play board games u need to purchase the board game pass which is $ 10 +tax i think? and then there’s the drink token that lets u get a drink up to the value of $ 4 and anything more you just pay the difference for.
I had the blue berry, aloe vera, basil seed drink. They were out of basil seeds though so they substituted that with jelly with my consent of course.
not somewhere you want to stay for too long though because the wooden benches tend to hurt your ass after a while. this is something they could easily fix though.

As a Room Escape place, they are pretty good.
As a Board Game place — they are, also, pretty good.,
So as a room escape, Omescape is pretty good as they are part of an international franchise — Currently they only have two adventures up and running, but supposedly will be up to 5 different scenarios up and running once they get up to full steam.
Currently, they have Joker’s Asylum and Kingdom of Cats and while Joker’s Asylum is supposedly harder — I’m not giving away spoilers. In comparison to the two previous escape rooms I’ve been to, the puzzles in this more are bit more in line with the overall theme of each room escape and definitely more of a logic oriented puzzle; so that is different. Now I think Joker’s Asylum is probably best experience with 8 people rather than the 10 that we had, since with 10 people there wasn’t enough to do for everyone.
The staff is very friendly and are pretty good with explaining everything at the start of the game, only thing is that we didn’t get a debrief at the end — which would have been cool — since I would like to see the stats on it in comparison to other teams.
Boardgames — they have a good selection from Tokaido to the Resistance and there was plenty of room to sit down and play with largish groups. Plus the games were in excellent condition too, so that helps.
Food wise– it is kind of basic, with Presotea and Yogen Fruz on offer, with a smattering of the options (like 5 other items) but not too much to write home about.
Pricing for a room escape — it isn’t the cheapest, but it isn’t the most expensive either. I would recommend that you get their all in deal — which includes choice of 1 room escape with a 3.99 token for a beverage at Presotea (tax not included) and the all night unlimited play board games token for about $ 40 (Friday night and weekend pricing) after taxes — but if you «like» and check in on facebook — you get about $ 5 off so over all not a bad deal.
Boardgames — the unlimited play pass is about $ 10 per person for all night long (until 2am) and comes with a token for a $ 4 small drink, bring about $ 1.50 to cover off the taxes and a bit; which isn’t too shabby either. They, also, have cheap Tuesday’s — which is 50% off the boardgame cover fee and still includes the drink. Also, it comes with in and out privileges.
They are a bit hidden from the street, so locate the Carmelina Italian Restaurant at Esna Park and Woodbine and drive around to the back of the building and Omescape is right there.
New to them is the stamp card — you come 10 times you get your 11^th free game pass — But I think they have a similar one for the room escape too.