The Great Escape Room

Locked in a room as the clocked ticked away. Our only hope was to find the key that would open the door to the outside. A great time was had by all as we worked together to find clues and solve puzzles. Great for church groups both young and old. Bring a group of friends or family. It was awesome.

I tried booking through their site twice, it even looked like I might have been charged, but after waiting until the next day I was confident I wasn’t. I said to my self «no big deal, I will call them…». When I called I got an answering machine message saying they will get back to me in 24 hours. Well, we wanted to go tonight so that will not work. Very disappointed, my family and I were willing to make the 45 minute drive to go to this escape room because the pics looked so cool.
They did call back after leaving my first Unilocal review, it did not take 24 hours and were able to take my booking over the phone. It was a very nice room, the puzzle qualities were definetly above par. I thought it was a good room and was fun. Nice large rooms.

This was such a blast! We attended the President’s bunker soft opening. That room is CHALLENGING! We almost made it out, but we ran out of time at the last challenge.
I totally recommend it.

If you’re looking for something fun and different to do with your friends, this is it! Absolutely loved the concept and our experience here. We celebrated my brother in laws birthday and were able to solve all the clues to escape! (We did need to use three clues bc some of them were really hard). Would definitely recommend and go back again to try the other room!

This place SUCKS according to my kid. She went to a birthday party there last weekend. The supervisor that her group got was very rude and obnoxious and kept screaming at them, not something I want to hear from my kid when I ask if they had fun. It’s very hard to find the entrance of the business. This is an improvised business I could tell with very low budget and very lame options. If you have the time (1 hour), next time take your kids to the Perez Art Museum on Biscayne Boulevard which is not only fun, but it also teaches something of value.

THE ROOM DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE PICTURES ON THE WEBSITE. Yes they have a disclaimer but the room looks closer to a classroom with kids games than anything you would hope for. The employees open the door throughout the entire time and play on their phones.
The puzzles consist of broken computer chair wheels and other garbage.
This is not what you expect. You will be disappointed.

Booked a time but entrance was locked. Called their number amd got directed to their vm. Left to the movies instead.

I went on a date here and while we opted to decline a reschedule due to being warned about the heightened difficulty posed by attempting a room with only two of us, this was definitely one of the most exciting experiences available in Miami. Come with your wits about you and prepare to have an incredible adventure!

Great experience and lots of fun! We didn’t get out but we still enjoyed it a lot! Shoutout to Gabriel for helping us out! Would definitely go again!

If you’re dying to get back to class after graduating high school, you’ve found just the place! This is practically a big, well-​lit classroom jam-​packed with equations, geography, and all of the rest of the subjects that make me want to throw up just thinking about. Okay — let me try and say the things that I like about this room first because I don’t particularly enjoy only being pessimistic.
Some of the clues were cool. I know that sounds vague and unhelpful, but that’s exactly how I feel about them. They were just «cool.» I’m very much into engaging, thrilling escape rooms so maybe I’m just biased because this is the exact opposite of that.
Okay, now on to the rest. You have two employees sitting on chairs at the other side of the room the entire time. Don’t worry, they’re on their phones. And don’t worry some more — they come in and out of the room whenever they want. So just pretend with all of your might that that door they keep coming in and out of us locked. Okay?! GET INTO IT.
The story. Sherlock Holmes is testing you to see if you are worthy to be a part of his league. That’s it. You are not in the middle of one of his mysteries, nothing happens if you escape or don’t escape. It’s riveting.
The clues. There are too many and they are far too long. You will more than likely miss out on most of it. I hate that. One of my favorite parts of escape rooms is coming together as a team and solving things as a unit. There is NO way to solve this while doing that. You have to split up, and in doing so, none of you will know what the other is doing. You’ll just see them solve a puzzle and try to do the same for your own.
I personally solved the blue puzzle. It was… underwhelming. I still don’t know how I solved it. I think I just started guessing numbers at one point and crossed my fingers. But, I did! So… there’s that.
Another downfall was they didn’t let you make your own mistakes! The entire time they’ll say things like «No! You don’t need that clue yet.» GEEZ LET ME LEARN FOR MYSELF! I just couldn’t get into the experience with them hovering like that. Or being on their phones. Or coming in and out of the room. Okay, I already said that. Moving on.
Some of the equipment they used to keep clues in was seemingly bought at the 99 cent bin at Home Depot. Yes, I know there’s no 99 cent bin at Home Depot but I really need you to use your imagination for this mental picture. We were stuck on the last puzzle so I literally opened the bin far enough and just reached my hand in to get the clue out — all while it was still locked. It was made out of plastic so this wasn’t too hard of a task. They quickly told me I couldn’t do that which was really out of character for them because it’s not like them to hover. Or be on their phones. Or come in and out of the room.
Even when they told us the last thing we needed to escape the room, I was underwhelmed. There is no thrill — and although some clues are «cool», I don’t recommend this room. And no offense to anyone who liked it — but I really believe it’s because they might have been first timers not knowing what to expect. Anyone with any escape room experience would find this very bleh.
That’s what it should be called. The Bleh Escape Room.

I had a group of 10 friends book The Great Escape Room for my birthday. The room fits 12, and we had a couple also in the room working with us. Out of my group, I was the only one who had previously done an escape room… and this one just didn’t have as much of a fulfilling or exciting experience.
In The Great Escape Room, you are given instructions to find the pieces to the puzzles you have to solve, put them together, and then solve the puzzles to escape the room within the given hour. I don’t want to give away too much about the puzzles, but what you experience in the room is a challenge to solve independent riddles that are in no way connected to each other. There really isn’t a way to have cooperative team work when your group gets split up to solve puzzles that have nothing to do with each other. I would spent 15 minutes trying to solve puzzle A, try to switch over to puzzle B to help, but have absolutely no idea what their line of thinking was, and there would be no time for them to explain to me how they had progressed in the time that had passed.
The workers stay in the room with you and will give you hints if you get stuck. Sometimes we would get stuck because the clues were physically broken or too worn from previous players ravaging the props.
I do like puzzles, and it is very challenging… but there was just no cohesiveness or reasoning behind what you’re doing to escape the room. I think the experience could have been more thoughtful in the creativity, instead of trying to solve random brain teasers.
I was disappointed in my experience in this escape room, and it probably didn’t help that I’ve been in better ones. I felt bad making my friends pay about $ 30 to get outsmarted in a locked room.

I can tell it was made with good intentions. The thing is, after experiencing a few different escape rooms now, this one just doesn’t match up.
To start with the positives:
The people that work here are nice and willing to help.
There’s a few cool moments with the puzzles that are creative and fun. They had some music and some cool audio bits from Mr Holmes himself that added a nice touch.
On to the things I think can improve:
First of all, I would say this is more of a «buckle down and solve puzzles that could have very easily been word problems you’ve seen in high school» and not the blood pumping, thrilling experience filled with mind-​bending interactive puzzles that you might expect from an escape room.
The room is well-​lit and looks very very much like a classroom. The idea is that Sherlock Holmes is putting you through this experience to see if you’re worthy of joining his league. If you lose, you aren’t worthy. So off the bat, the stakes aren’t very high.
The puzzles are extremely spread out so chances are high that you won’t even get your hands on 2 or more of the puzzles which kind of made me feel like I missed out on a big chunk of the room. The puzzles themselves were… kind of brainy. Like I said, it’s a lot like trying to solve high school word problems.
The guys who run it were in the room with us the whole time, sometimes they were on their phones. This was distracting and just reminded me that I’m in a room with a bunch of people pretending to be locked in. In other words, it took me out of the experience. They also kept over-​controlling what we did. Like, if I was going to use a tool incorrectly, they would say, «No, you don’t need that yet!». Part of the fun of an escape room experience for me is finding things out for myself. I would much rather use the tool incorrectly and realize it’s wrong for myself. It’s more realistic in my opinion.
One of the puzzles (the green puzzle) just grinded my gears! I obviously won’t get into the specifics but it was the last puzzle we had left to solve and the one that we got stumped on. Even after we failed the room and were told the answer, I just thought the puzzle was soooo bleh. I’m obviously biased but ugh! It was one of those puzzles that made me go… that was the answer?! Bleh.
I’d add on some stars to this experience if:
–At least one of the employees got out of that room! I understand at least one is needed as it’s the way that this particular experience gives you clues, but the more employees in there, the more distracting for us. And please have the employee that is in there stay off his phone.
–The employees stopped micromanaging what the people are doing. Let us fail, let us figure things out on our own. It’s part of the fun.
–The price of the experience was lowered. Honestly, considering the production value and experience as a whole, this is just not a $ 28 experience in my opinion. I feel $ 20 is fair for the service here.
–The plastic boxes holding the main tools were replaced with metal boxes. Our group could literally reach in and grab what was in there without cracking the codes on the locks. It was a bit amateurish.
–The puzzles were clearer. The blue puzzle and green puzzle come to mind. The red puzzle was really cool. It’s puzzles like this that make you excited when you figure out the answer because it all comes together nicely when you solve it.
That’s about it I think! All in all, a cute experience but definitely not for anyone who’s looking for an adrenaline pumping time. Hope this helps!

My daughter celebrated her sweet 16 with her friends here and it was a total success! It’s been days and they are still posting and talking about how much fun they had. The staff is amazing and super friendly. Nelson is great and walked me through the process to book our spot. If u like puzzles this is the place for u! This is fun for any age. highly recommended that u spend an hour of ur time here u won’t be sorry. Can’t wait for more rooms! Thank u for all your help in making my daughters 16 a memorable one. ~Lindsay

Tons of fun, went with a big group of about 20 people and they were able to accommodate. Staff was friendly and they even tried stalling for my sister who got there late — even after she got there really really late and we had already began they still let her into the room. The puzzles were hard as hell, use your imagination, random knowledge of everything, and creativity. Definitely worth every penny, going back soon. The parking situation was a bit annoying — very limited had to park metered, and also hope they have different rooms available when I go back, but totally worth it!

My friends and I booked the whole room for ourselves to celebrate my 35^th birthday. I honestly don’t think I would have enjoyed it if I were teamed up with strangers. But to each his own. I cannot tell you how much fun we had. This place is totally outside of the box and something I would highly recommend to anyone not having done something like this. And when news came at the end that they’re making other rooms, we were even more excited about the idea of coming back! (Because otherwise you’d already know the answers… or at least you’d remember how to get to them anyway). There were tons of puzzles and brain games to solve to get to the end. We were SO close… just ONE clue away from getting out… and I can honestly say I wasn’t disappointed that we didn’t make it. It was just that fun! And it motivated me more to come back when they let me know the new rooms are open. Can’t wait!

Tick-​tock… Tick-​tock… Tick-​tock…
Time is running out!
This is all you are thinking about while you are trying to Escape the room. Are you good at solving puzzles? What about codes and riddles? Geography?
I absolutely loved this experience!

Came here with my family and new friends after my cousin’s rehearsal dinner. There were around 15 of us ranging from teens to adults in their fifties. They give you an hour to work as a team to find clues and solve puzzles to get out of the room. We almost made it in time (in fact we were so close they gave us an extra 5 minutes to finish!). The owners and people who work there were really nice and accommodating. I would definitely recommend it for any groups looking for something fun and new to do!

Great experience and lots of fun. Too bad it’s only for one hour.
This is a great plan if you want to do something fun and different with friends. Just set a group of 6 – 8 people (I recomend) and spend an hour of pure smart fun, just like when you were kids.
The idea is to solve puzzles as a team in order to break the clue and win. You just compete for the pride of saying: «we did it».
Too bad there’s only one room so once your’re done… The funnis over because you already know the answer. Ideally, there should be more rooms (different games) in order for customers to be able to go back for more fun.
Great stuff guys. Thanks

Inspector Gadget (do do do do doooooo) Woo Huuuuuu! I came mentally prepared to take on the role as lead detective but boy oh boy, I was not ready. ]
First, the location, this takes some detective work too, this establishment is located on the corner of Le Jeune Road and Aragon Ave (right beside LaSalle Cleaners). There is limited alley parking beside the entrance for establishment and you may see neighboring business workers taking there smoke break. The Great Escape is located on the second floor so be prepared to climb some stairs.
After getting inside, you will be asked to sit in a room with the group you are going to be with, this was a great time to introduce yourself and have some causal conversation. You will also be asked to sign some paperwork for things such as giving the business the right to take pictures of you. This is also the part where if you need to use the bathroom before going into the room — you should.
As you enter the room, you will notice how well it is put together, you will then be introduced to the rules of the game and will listen to a recorded message (make sure to listen carefully). You will be given ONE HOUR to get out of this now locked room. There are things that need to be taken apart, puzzles that need to be put together and boxes that need to be unlocked. This game also requires alot of mental strength and making sense of what is just not making sense (lol).
This is something that is fun and is great for groups and team builders. Unfortunately, my group did not escape as we were literally stumped on the lastttttttt thing before getting out of the room. You will end up leaving appreciative of teamwork and the use of knowledge that you will obtain. I will most def be returning once they change up the room or add the second one that there currently working on.
This was alot of fun and I highly suggest that you check it out.

Wow!!! What an awesome, unique, and crazy fun experience! I went with my sales team for team building and we had a blast! I can’t wait to come back again!