The Temple of Lost Gold

I’m pretty sure that somewhere in here is a cool escape room, but unfortunately the tech was so consistently disastrous that we never had much of a chance to find out, even though we completed the room. Mechanisms opening prematurely, other mechanisms not opening at all, different pieces of puzzles not working, minutes-delayed audio and video—it was as if the entire room had contracted some bug. The gamemasters, who were nice but clearly outmatched by the mass of issues, told us that the room can glitch when it’s hot out. Which ain’t great, since we’re in Los Angeles, where heat isn’t exactly an anomaly. If I didn’t love escape rooms so much and have sympathy for escape room employees and owners I probably would have thrown a tantrum for a refund. It was that rough. Weird too, because I’ve had good experiences here previously, especially Avalanche, which I love. This review would likely have looked pretty different if we hadn’t been so bedeviled by glitches.

This room set is absolutely amazing. I’ve done two rooms at this location every room. The set design is pretty awesome. That being said we’ve had the same game Master both times and he’s just sitting in the back flipping switches so you never know if you actually solve the puzzle sometimes things open earlier late due to the terrible game Master I will not be going back to this location. It’s sad because the rooms are great but when you have a terrible game, Master, it ruins the experience.

This was a decent, fun room. It's their newest room at this location. It's a physical room in that most of the puzzles require physical action/work (not too crazy) instead of logic (to my chagrin lol). This means moving stuff and placing things correctly. It's not physical like an intense workout at all though (there is one set of stairs at least one person must take). We finished in 35 minutes (should be a room record as of this time, according to their lobby sign. Previous record was 38min). We only had two of us. We were a little stuck on the start but after that we flowed smoothly through the rest of it. It's not a must-do, but it was fun and had its moments and some different puzzles than we've seen.

The set of this room is incredible, so many fun surprises, it flows well and has a great array of puzzles. Overall great game and really fun, not too challenging and was not hard to find next clues.

Fantastic set. Felt like I was in the middle of an Indiana Jones set. Great gameplay.

Great mechanics, very novel ways to present the puzzles.

Like their other rooms, their production and set design glalso gave that wow factor. The first space had tall ceilings and it was like we were archaeologists at a dig site. The puzzles made sense and were really fun, especially when you venture further into the temple. If you love Indiana jones you’ll love this room!

Love it! This linear room with all physical puzzles really exercised my brain and my body. I think it's actually ideal with 2-3 people. I imagine 4+ the rest of the group is wondering how to feel useful.

Escaped this room within the game record! Very fun and different than most escape rooms.

A great non-linear game, excellent for a big group