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Dragon’s Lair is an interactive escape room located in Culver City, in the heart of Los Angeles. Just a few miles from LAX, Dragon’s Lair real puzzle game is centrally located, whether you are just visiting or live in the greater Los Angeles area. It is a must see, not only for enthusiasts, but also those new to the escape room scene. Come enjoy with your friends or family and experience the new craze of entertainment that everybody is talking about. From the creators of the highly popular Jack the Ripper Escape Room, the storyline, puzzles and set design are cohesive and thematic. With a top-notch, elaborate production and unique, intuitive puzzles, Dragon’s Lair is a memorable and thrilling adventure, whether you are a seasoned pro or a first-timer just getting started. Challenge your wits and test your thinking skills in a sixty-minute full blown immersion you will not soon forget. Just like Jack the Ripper, Easter eggs are hidden throughout, making Dragon’s Lair escape room not only a great experience, but also a wonderful trip down memory lane dedicated to the video games of our generation. Your journey begins in a remote area in South America. Your mission is to find your missing Uncle Thaddeus who disappeared years ago. He was last seen venturing into a cursed mine shaft buried in the depths of the Dragon Spine Region of the Andes Mountains in Southern Chile. Locals in the nearby villages have nicknamed this now dormant mine shaft The Dragon’s Lair, due to a mysterious fire at sea that sank the boat of the mine’s shaft’s last active crew. Nobody has been brave or stupid enough to enter The Dragon’s Lair since this tragic accident took place in the late 1920s. But for unknown reasons, your beloved Uncle Thaddeus went down there. So now, it’s time for you to find out why. Do you have what it takes to navigate through this mine shaft and solve the mystery of your uncle’s whereabouts? Why would he go down there? What was he after? Is he still alive? Are you ready to find all the answers? #FindUncleThaddeus
All ratings (400)
Mostly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly positive
Customer service
Very positive
104 escape rooms
Super fun! The puzzle Flo was perfectly decent, the set design was the highlight. Some very cool caves! Also some nice effect moments. Overall a solid room
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High tech
4
Not scary
8
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Easy
33 escape rooms
It was fun, but the host made a crucial mistake that required him to physically step in and edit his mistake. He forgot to add the part back in. We probably should’ve gotten a refund, but didn’t. Can’t recall much else, unfortunately, given how long ago it was.
Somewhat
75 escape rooms
Older game, not a high production value but still fun if you are new to escape rooms. Some of the puzzles are rather easy to figure out with one needing to be upgraded.
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Easy
Only one tricky part where you'll need a clue to figure out
Mechanical
2
Not scary
16
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Easy
31 escape rooms
This is one of the first rooms the company created, and many items in the room were very worn / breaking off. Many puzzles we "solved" has no reaction, and we were only told in the room that you have to hold items down for X seconds, or move things after a sequence (with no visual indication that a sequence was complete). We would have liked this room better if it receives some TLC and mechanism updates.
91 escape rooms
It was fun Treasure hunt type of game. It had some difficult puzzles due to vision issues but otherwise it was very fun. Our GM Grace was very helpful when we got flustered.
There were a couple pieces that you really have to look at carefully or you will definitely be confused.
Our GM Grace was very nice and ready to help.
10
63 escape rooms
Out of 50+ rooms so far, this one has the most technical issues we’ve encountered. Two separate technical issues caused staff to intervene and come into a room. A third technical issue involved us trying the puzzle solution for several minutes before operating correctly. Most of the time was spent waiting for puzzles to operate correctly, rather than actually solving or thinking. The ending had the only “challenging” puzzle, which was honestly just nonsensical and poorly designed. Not the worst room we’ve done, but in the bottom 10%. Even if this room had operated properly, this would probably still be the case. 2.5/10 overall would not recommend to any new or advanced players.
No
9 escape rooms
Just doesn’t real well tbh… some tasks took way longer than they should have while others were very simple. It wasn’t that this isn’t easy, cuz it’s pretty straight forward, for some reason your mind is perplexed when trying to think what comes next… the tasks just don’t flow.
44 escape rooms
The mechanisms in this room and the west LA Maze Rooms (same owner) are so cool and original
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Easy
High tech
3
Not scary
7
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Easy
Street parking
20 escape rooms
A very cohesive room that had some puzzles that stumped us a little, but we had a great time doing everything! I went with people who dont usually do escape rooms so that made it a tad difficult, but we still got out. I'd recommend for how kind our gm was and the fun theme!
Set design and cohesiveness was great, super immersive
very kind and sweet gm
No
The story wasn't very captivating to the point where I forgot what the end goal was
Medium
High tech
Moving doors! Cool mechanisms
3
Not scary
6
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Not at all
Mostly accessible
Yes
Easy
76 escape rooms
Another solid room by Maze Rooms. Dragon’s Lair is probably the most classic Maze Rooms room at this location specifically. The puzzles and flow of the room feel very at home with their brand of game. Me and my friend got through it relatively easily, with few things slipping us up, and not because we’re good but because nothing was impossibly hard - no leaps in logic were made to get from puzzle to puzzle. And though the story wasn’t too important in the end, the atmosphere within the room made the experience worth it.
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High tech
3
Not scary
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Easy