Escape The Room NYC – Midtown

Super fun event, went with a group of 6. They didn’t add strangers to our group. We did the agency. It was pretty difficult but having everyone scramble to the very end (which we were able to escape) was priceless! I would try the other themes as well if we can get everyone together.

Visiting from Los Angeles, decided to try out this escape room with my brother as part of my vacation. It was just the two of us and we had another party of 6 that we joined. We got along well right away, thank goodness because having quiet groups makes thinks awkward while attempting these rooms (speaking from experience).
We did the Agency Room. Can’t say much so I don’t spoil. Having a full group of 8 is challenging because many heads and many mouths will slow you down. But the key is to communicate and utilize every minute. Each single minute counts. There were puzzles and riddles that made my head turn but having others helps you figure things out.
No taking pictures allowed. Some props and items in the room are red herrings which makes it more difficult. But hey, that’s the fun of it. For newbies and experienced players, this is a spot to check out while touring the city. I’d like to come back and try the other rooms.

We didn’t make it, but I have to admit it was cleverly done!
My fiancé organized a small group to do this for my birthday and I have been itching as many Asians played the computer versions: «The White Room» and the «Crimson Room.» I got a chance to play with some fellow Unilocalers during an event (we also didn’t escape and i’m starting to think it’s a pattern…) But yeah no it’s not me =)
There were some things that we did with the quickness, but some things that we overlooked. I think we did a good job! (that’s what I tell myself). The hosts were nice and on occasion hints would come up of the screen for a few seconds and disappear. I would say don’t be afraid to check and recheck what someone might have looked at because that was our downfall for the missing piece we needed. We also didn’t touch that thing again for fear that we broke it so sadly our hour was up and we were still stuck.
Oh well, i had fun with my friends and it was cool to see how people figured out things and overall it was a fun time! I would definitely recommend for any group outings! =)

So much fun! Came here with a group of 6 friends. Without spoiling anything, we were in the Sherlock Holmes room and managed to escape. The the one aspect I wish the room would have is more of a cohesive story instead of just a series of clues but perhaps that was just specific to this room. I would definitely do it again

I’ve done a few escape rooms now and this one was my least favorite. We solved it with time to spare. The props they used seemed old and uninteresting. The clues they give you are simple and lack imagination. At no point did our team get the rush of time closing in.
If you are looking for adrenaline inducing fun, there are so many awesome rooms in and around NYC. This isn’t it.

This review is about The Office room.
I have been in other Escape the room, and this has been by far the lowest production value. Extremely cheap furniture and material, and there was no «office» theme, it was just a collection of random puzzles not tied together by anything at all.
The worst thing was that several of the puzzle were nonsensical in their implementation. I don’t mind a challenge and am ok «losing» by not being able to escape in time, but without giving away anything about the puzzle content I can say that several puzzles left us literally saying out loud: «really? That was what you were going for?» Once the proctor explained what we should have figure it out. I would like to be able to be more specific, but cannot without spoiling the puzzles.
Worth mentioning that the proctor did not notice a specific thing that happened during our session, and that was because of the poor resolution of their black and white video cameras (she literally said that). That impacted our experience.
I would strongly discourage this room. There are way better options available in NY If you are going for an escape the room experience.

Escape Rooms are a great new kind of attraction, but this is one of the cheapest implementations of it I’ve come across.
I did «The Office» which barely qualifies as a theme to begin with, but wasn’t even followed through with anything that felt like interesting or evocative surroundings. Just some cheap desks, boring white walls, and some cheap printouts for many of the puzzles. One centerpiece puzzle was pretty good, but everything else just felt thrown together.
The puzzles and riddles themselves were overall… adequate. Though more than one was broken in some way. Without spoiling anything, one puzzle required the use of a marker — which was provided, but was dead at the time we took it on, making it literally unsolvable unless we had our own.
I’m someone who really looked forward to this place, and wanted to make it a regular group activity with friends. But until they up their game I’m going to seek out more professionally done rooms in other cities I visit.

This is my third experience in any kind of escape the room type of activity and I think it was my favorite. Though I may be biased because my team kind of rocked and we escaped with 5 minutes to spare. I have to say that the other teams who didn’t make it didn’t seem to love their experience, as some said their puzzle was far too difficult or that their guide wasn’t encouraging enough. I experienced no such thing, and had a blast figuring out a (pretty difficult) puzzle to get out of our room.
Obviously I won’t provide any spoilers, so my review ends here. Guess you’ll just have to try it for yourself to learn the restttt… (that was supposed to be a mysterious trailing off).

This was so super fun! Totally worth $ 30 per person. So refreshing to do an activity that doesn’t revolve around drinking. And don’t come drunk! It’s actually a good challenge. We did the home game. It’s for 6 people. And honestly I don’t think how people could do with bigger teams. We were all friends, also don’t know how people do it with people they don’t know. If you can buy the whole room with friends. It’s so fun and you feel like Sherlock Holmes! We escaped but only with two minutes left! People that work there are fun and make it a good time.

The premise of the game is this: you and your team (6, 8, or 10 people) are locked in a home/​office/​spy agency and have 60 minutes to find the clues hidden within the space that allow you to escape the room. Before being locked in, a game proctor walks you through the rules of the game and lets you know that he/​she will be watching the team so if you get stuck, they can send you a clue.
I love this idea, but I think it could have been better executed. I came here with my team of nine from work, and we were in the office room. We’d like to consider ourselves a relatively intelligent group, but even after the game proctor walked us through the clues we missed I didn’t feel like it was something we could have figured out. He did say that about 20% of groups succeed in escaping the room, so clearly some people are clever enough to figure it out.
This is a great place to come with a group of friends or colleagues, and it’s interesting to see where different team members strength lie. The 60 minutes went by very quickly because of the interactive nature of the clues, and we all had a good time. It was frustrating that we didn’t solve the puzzle in time, but I guess that would defeat the fun of the game is most teams made it out!

Great time with friends, really worked together to escape! Unfortunately we didn’t but we were so close and had a great time !
Definitely try and concentrate but above all have fun ! The guy who was working that night who’s name I can’t recall was amazing, very interactive and entertaining!
Great energy, clean setting, fun atmosphere will definitely go back for another intent at escaping :)

Awesome way to spend an hour of your time! Can’t divulge too much other than that… The clues felt a little obscure, but I think i wasn’t thinking outside of the box enough!
Use everything in the room… I mean everything! Using them in the right order helps.
GOOD LUCK

We escaped! So I may be more favorable than others but either way went here with work and it was a great team building exercise. My team consisted of a lot of people I don’t get to work with on a day to day basis and don’t really know too much about so being put in a room with a clock ticking and pretty difficult clues to answer there was no choice but to work together and it definitely left us more open to each other and appreciative of each other’s strengths. We couldn’t have done it without any one person being there so that was a pretty cool thing to experience!
Out of the other two teams of coworkers neither of them escape (heh!) and I think they were a bit more sour but all in all I’d say everyone had a good time. Would definitely recommend!
Our host told us that they are designed in difficulty that only about 20% of people escape so if you don’t, don’t feel bad, we can’t all be this smart. ;)
If you do escape you get a pretty sweet ego boost as demonstrated above, so there’s that. ^^

Woooo we escaped! I went for a bachelorette party and it was definitely a good experience. Think outside of the box, but some clues are more difficult than you think.
Would recommend for people to give it a shot at least once to see what the craze is. Also, good team building exercise to get everyone thinking and moving!

Only 15% of groups escape and I am happy to report that I am apart of that elite group!
We chose «The Agency» and escaped with over 7 mins left but let me tell you, there were times when I was sure we weren’t getting out of there. So glad we did though because the way my competitiveness is set up, I would have been a nightmare to be around had we failed lol… The clues were very clever and the entire experience was such a thrill.
I went with 4 friends and there were an additional 2 strangers in our group and we all worked really well together. I totally would do this again! I would have given 5 stars but I wish it was a taaaad bit cheaper or that they offered snacks like some of the other places do.
Totally recommend to grab some friends and try this out.

I don’t often write about my failures in life, but when I do, it’ll be about how I failed to escape the room.
The height of frustration has to be holding the lock box with the final key in your hand, with 45 seconds left, and you can’t figure out the final combo. It’s been a full 24 hrs later and I’m still rueing our defeat. I considered giving them just 1 star to spite them for our failure, but in the end, I guess we had to own it. The room beat us.
We signed up for «The Office». When they first put us in the room, it looked a bit barren. «How could 10 people possibly spend an hour in here??», I thought. But, as I quickly learned, you will barely notice the time go by as you race from corner to corner deciphering clues.
I highly recommend this place for a good team outing. Nice folks and a fun concept. Well done.

My work team and I came here as a team building outing and the 9 of us or so went to figure out and see if we could escape… «The office»!! So in fact we all needed to escape lol.
So no spoilers! If you’re looking for clues or tips you won’t find it here!
The puzzles are engaging and not very clear. You definitely need the max number of people so you have that many extra eyes and extra brains to work on clues. Lastly you need not force any puzzles, everything will make sense if you think about it long enough!

Victory!
I’m just going to go out and say it… this game is a lot more fun if you actually manage to escape the room.
Especially when you’re playing with a good group of friends. Especially when this is for a birthday celebration and you’ve all just come from having drinks.
Especially when you start off kind of slow… then you start working out the clues… the wheels in your heads start turning. There’s the excitement of ideas and thoughts being thrown around, seemingly in a meaningless jumble, until the pieces start clicking together… people start having «Eureka!» moments (does anyone actually say that anymore?)…you start getting closer and closer.
And then the ultimate rush, when you finally, FINALLY, get the key, with mere minutes left, and your friend jams it in the wrong keyhole and tries to open the wrong door.
Thankfully, this was quickly corrected and we burst through the right door with 2 minutes to spare! Whew. It was an exhilarating high of excitement, delight, and just plain RELIEF.
I have to give loads of credit to the creators of these games. These were not easy clues, and you really did need to use your brains on some of these. We did The Home, and I loved the whole set up. Our cluemaster was watching us on camera in another room, and would throw up clues on the TV monitor to help us. I liked how afterwards she walked us through the entire game to show us what we did. and what we didn’t.
Being a group of good friends with diverse backgrounds was not only ideal, in some ways I think it was necessary. We communicated well, played off each other’s strengths, compensated for each other’s weaknesses, and handled each other’s stress. Definitely wouldn’t go here with strangers or people I didn’t know well. Birthday girl already wants to go back and play another room!

What a fantastic experience! With a group of friends and/​or new friends you will be given some very well hidden clues to escape a room. Our ‘clue master’ was great — explaining the rules and providing us hints when we really needed them. I was really impressed with the pacing of the game. — The clue master let us work out how to move to the next step in our own time and only gave us hints when we really needed them. It meant that we were in the room for the full hour and came within one minute of escaping. Given that we needed several clues along the way, this shows how well the pacing was structured.
I can’t wait to go back to try to escape another room. We need more leisure activities like this in the world!

I came here for a work team building. It was so much fun!
You enter a room where mostly everything is touchable, meaning you can play around with items and find hidden clues. I did the «Office» room, but they have many other room options.
The staff is SUPER fun and helpful.
Can’t give away anymore details…