Amazing Escape Room

Didn’t really know what to expect, but ended up having a lot of fun! I will be going back again!

First time doing one of these things. Had 4 people in our group. There were a few options. You have 60mins to escape the room while finding clues to help you unlock door. Need to do a lot of thinking and problem solving. It was fun and different. I would go back and do another room. Decent price. Friendly fun staff. Could work on the businesses appearance though.

I have played room escape adventures in several other cities and decided to take my family (my wife and I plus three teenage boys and one girlfriend) to share in the fun on New Year’s Eve. I saw a groupon for the Amazing Escape Room online which made the experience a little more economical. We had an awesome time!
Amazing Escape Room is conveniently located just one block North of City Hall and near Love Park for all you tourists out there. We made a day of it by including a visit to a Center City restaurant, pictures with the Love sculpture, the Macy’s holiday light show, the Comcast holiday show, and dinner at a Center City restaurant. Other options would include ice skating on Dilworth Plaza or a tour of the City Hall clock tower.
The interior of the location is a little shady and the reception area is definitely shabby chic, but don’t judge a book by its cover. What you are really there for is what is happening inside the room. Our group of 6 joined with 3 other people and attacked the Philadelphia room. We were successful in completing the challenge in 48 minutes. Without giving away any secrets, there were a couple concerns that dropped the stars from 5 to 4. First of all, the «Philadelphia» theming was very weak — if you are going to bill yourself as the Philadelphia room — then the theming should be stronger. Secondly, there was one puzzle that you needed to complete midway through the challenge that was a roadblock. Only 1 person in the group could complete it, you knew it was the next thing that needed to be done, and it took an overly amount of tedious repetition to complete it. The other 8 people were left to just watch the 1 person complete it. This challenge is a nice addition, but could be shorter to completion.
All of the pieces were in working order, the hosts were friendly, and the adventure started on time. The Amazing Escape Room is not the best room escape adventure that I have played, but it is worth your time if you are in the area and would like to include a room escape on your itinerary. Great family fun — it is not often that you can get three teenage boys to agree that something is so fun that they want to do it again, but that was what I heard at breakfast this morning — sweet sounds to any parent.

The short version of this review: Don’t go. These guys need to step up their game BIG TIME.
The long version:
This is the eighth escape room that I’ve done from various companies across the country. I had a bad feeling as soon as I walked in the entrance, after seeing a ceiling that had apparently fallen out and exposed the plumbing with no signs of repair. We walked into the main check in area that was cluttered and small. They didn’t even realize that we had booked a game that day, but luckily they weren’t booked by anyone else.
On to the game. We were walked down the hall to the «Mojo Room» and were asked what difficulty we wanted the game. We felt confident in our escape game abilities so we went for «Hard.» This mean that we would only get one hint to start and one clue along the way if we got really stuck. The attendant let us in the room and gave us the first hint, and said «Good Luck.» He didn’t know that we had played games in the past, but if it were our first time doing it, this would have been terrible. There was NO direction whatsoever.
We started searching for clues and found several items broken. One magnetic cabinet lock was completely broken, and the «tare» button for an electronic scale was broken. The couch had holes in it, and several vinyl records were broken. There were only about six clues we had to figure out, but they were so poorly done that it made it difficult. There were a lot of random items that lead nowhere on purpose — a tactic that was more a waste of time than a fun experience. We got out, but had to have some help with the electronic scale because the code to the next lock was given in fractions of an ounce.
We left feeling very unfulfilled and disappointed. This company should send their team to some of the other escape games across the country to learn what an escape game should look like. It just seems like someone hopping on the bandwagon because of the recent surge in escape game popularity and trying to make a quick buck.

My fiancé and I have done 8 escape games across the country and this was the least impressive company we’ve done them with by far. The puzzles were more physically difficult to get to rather than intellectually challenging and the room was obviously not taken care of. On more than one occasion the game master had to clarify the clues so we could get the correct numbers from our calculations. The props were simple at best in the mojo room, not even interesting to look at. I haven’t tried any other escape games in the Philadelphia but I wouldn’t recommend this company.

There was NOTHING AMAZING about Amazing Escape Room.
Kana K and I booked Philadelphia Room. Seriously? Philadelphia Room. Unfortunately, big disappointment.
I’m so glad we bought a deal on Groupon. $ 49.00 for an admission for Two to 1-​Hour Room Escape Game. Otherwise, I’d be more pissed if I have paid the full price.
As soon as we got there, I knew we were about to be disappointed. It was a very underwhelming and shady place. For Real. No Lie.
Who they are kidding?
— Located on the second floor in a building on 15^th and Arch street.
— The room was very poorly designed with no sense.
— It would take more than 60 minutes for the average player to solve it
It is NOT worth the Trip.
One and half Unilocal

I think my biggest issue with this place is the cost. Even with a Groupon, we ended up paying $ 23/​person. Not a huge amount. .. but I’m not really sure why it does cost that much. You’re basically in a room for an hour looking for clues amongst random objects. There’s a lot better things I can do for $ 23. This experience cannot possibly be worth more than $ 10/​person. Also, I went with 8 people, which is way too many. Eventually you all just start getting in each other’s way. They should limit to 4 – 5 people.

There was not enough space in the waiting area for all of the groups that were waiting. Staff was friendly but they were running 15 minutes behind. Staff also did not provide any back story for the reason for needing to escape the room; they just brought us to the room and told us we needed to escape. Finally, when asked for clues, staff just told us how to solve the puzzle instead of giving us clues on how we might think about solving the puzzle differently. They also were setting up part of the room for the next group while we were still working on escaping. Overall, not very professional, and not super fun. Won’t return.

Although we didn’t make it out, our group of 6 had a blast! It was very challenging and fun. The staff made the experience great, they were funny and down to earth. I would definitely recommend this place to others. It would be a great team building exercise, birthday outing, couples date, or just something to do for a fun night out. It’s different and I can’t wait to go back to do a different room!

This place was such a good time. The ladies were really nice and helpful with everything from the time we entered into the establishment up until we left. It was not as easy as I expected and you find yourself getting super excited with every clue you solve to help you to escape! Perfect for groups families night of with friends birthday celebrations. I will definitely be coming back can’t wait to escape from one of their other rooms!

Took a trip to visit friends in Easton and end up spending the day in Philly. We browsed through LivingSocial and came across this sweet deal. They honor the deal on weekends (some others did not) and also managed to get us squeezed in between bookings (it was full) for the mojo room (70s themed) right at that moment. Fate!!! The staff was super friendly and very fun. The puzzles were very challenging, yet oh, so fun. Although we didn’t escape the room (we had one puzzle left), we did have a blast! But the best part is that our antics made the staff laugh so hard, they couldn’t correctly give us hints. (We had to do the Doug E. for a hint, lol) If I’m ever in the city again, I will be returning to try out the other two rooms they have available.