Loot The LanesPier PressureEscape roomIRLThis was a fun and high quality room, but didn't live up to the hype for us - it was a lovely set, a bunch of nice and varied puzzles, but felt a bit too easy compared to other rooms I've liked, the two of us got out in 45 minutes. And it didn't really have similar specialness/novelty to other really highly rated rooms
The Explorer's Diary (Mission)Hounds - Immersive ExperiencesEscape roomOther High quality game, but the GM gives way too many hints and one lock required a LOT of force to open (we got stuck for a while there)
Grimm Up NorthEnigma Live Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLAn absolutely fantastic room. If you often finish games early it's particularly good, it's a solid normal room followed by a lot of bonus puzzles for a collection room
Pushed for TimeEscape PlanEscape roomIRLThis room was cute. They had a good time though. I wasn't as impressed as I hoped to be from the reviews. A lot of effort was put into theming and set design and the puzzles were cute but ultimately not that difficult and we finished in not much time without needing any hints. Probably my least favourite of the Escape plan games but still worth doing
Mary’s CurseEscape ReadingEscape roomIRLThe production value, depth and amount of content in this room is incredible, one of the highest effort I've seen in the UK. The narrative/atmosphere was probably the strongest part.
The LocktopusKnockout Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLThis was an incredibly fun room, one of the best I've done in a while, about 5x as many puzzles as a normal room, with most optional. We got near the high score and still missed at least 20! High adrenaline, incredibly parallel. Though beware that you may leave annoyed at all the ones you missed!
Area 51.5The Escaporium Halifax - The MillEscape roomIRLGreat room. Particularly strong theming, a lot of thought and care went into it
Soggy Bottom BakeryMindworks Escape RoomsEscape roomIRLIncredible room, they do a great job of leaning into the bakery theme, high quality all round
The Ram RaidEscape ReadingEscape roomIRLThis lived up to the hype, a fantastic room! It's scored rather than just "did you escape", but this was done very well, it all felt fair play, rather than weird gotchas for the very last bits of money. A difficult but satisfying room.
Temple of Shadows: Breaking the CurseEscape Nation LTDEscape roomIRLThis was a fantastic room. They really got the difficulty right. I often find rooms a bit too easy, but this room felt appropriately challenging while also feeling fair play and not having any puzzles that felt arbitrary or contrived. A very fun and satisfying room
