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Whatever Happened To The Garretts?

Very Positive (1,604 ratings)

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The year was 1984. Allan and Ann Garrett and their son, Matthew, disappeared without a trace. Now, nearly four decades later, the family is still missing and the case has gone cold. You must enter their old abandoned house, search for clues, and hopefully unravel the mystery to; Whatever happened to the Garretts?

  • 2-8
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (1604)

Very Positive

Gameplay
Overwhelmingly Positive
Atmosphere
Overwhelmingly Positive
Customer service
Overwhelmingly Positive

Reviews

@Redux58
Redux58

22 escape rooms

This was a very fun nostalgic experience, the mechanics were very nice put together, however one puzzle that require higher amount of dexterity and effort that chipped away our time by a lot. However, the story was great and the puzzles were thoughtful. We did play in a very hot day, and one of the room became quite warm. Overall, 8.5/10

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

12

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Safety

Yes

Jul 27, 2026 | Experienced Jul 26, 2026
@greenlagger
greenlagger

19 escape rooms

7/10 It's ominous but not spooky if that makes sense. On a hot day this would be terrible, 80's didn't have AC so don't expect it. Overall this game was linear, so you won't go wondering if you skipped a piece. So that's great about this room

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Jul 27, 2026 | Experienced Jul 26, 2026
@JLG
JLG

116 escape rooms

Peak Nostalgia. If you like stranger things than you will love this. Puzzles were very creative. Some easy. Some a little more challenging. I can see why people love this room. The game play flowed. Set design was top notch

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Game tech

High tech

Jul 17, 2026
@ThunderBoy
ThunderBoy

53 escape rooms

Harper was great! needed 2 hints during & got a 3rd after we didn’t escape. no excuse. will do better.

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Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Jul 11, 2026 | Experienced Jul 11, 2026
@marandwillescape
marandwillescape

62 escape rooms

We really enjoyed this room, felt very immersed! We completed with just two people and felt adequately challenged without feeling stuck too much! Harper our GM made our experience even better! She was so kind and bubbly; definitely elevated the experience. We would love to come back and play more of these rooms, it’s a bummer we are OC based!

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Jun 30, 2026 | Experienced Jun 29, 2026
@jacobfredericks
jacobfredericks

30 escape rooms

This is more of an experience than an escape room. The rooms are phenomenal, in terms of props and set. However I was quite let down by the lack of puzzles. There are very few per room and occur in a very linear fashion. Definitely don’t bring more than 4 people. Props and other set elements sometimes had to be used, but more often than not, they were just distractions. The ratio of distractions to puzzles was unfortunately high. Definitely worth going for the experience but was disappointed by the puzzles (some just tell you the answer outright)

Gameplay

Honestly was kind of let down by the gameplay here… it was very linear and there was also very little to do in each room. Some puzzles were fun, but others weren’t puzzles at all (like one just told you the code to put in). There were also many themed decorations with dials, switches, etc. some of which had to be used for puzzles, but while the rest were fun, they were just distracting

Atmosphere

Fantastic atmosphere, set, and props. Although at times the props really distracted from puzzles. More of an experience/adventure than an actual escape room

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

For the theme, yes, for the rest, definitely not

Story

Good story, but what we were exactly trying to do was blurred at times

Difficulty

Medium

Very few puzzles per room, and the puzzles are fairly easy, but if you do get a little stuck, the room is very linear so you will indeed be stuck

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

3

No more than 4. There is not much to do and it is very linear

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

No

Kind of hidden upstairs in this random strip mall

Parking

Medium

There are a few small parking lots nearby, and if you get lucky some street parking

Safety

Yes

Apr 16, 2026 | Experienced Apr 12, 2026

k

koyl004

22 escape rooms

Did this with 2 people total! The set design and production value was immaculate. This is probably the best set design we’ve done. I definitely think it’s possible to do as a beginner with a small group. The puzzles were not too challenging, and the room isn’t scary! I thought everything fit very well with the theme and storyline. Left feeling satisfied with the linear puzzles. Nothing didn’t make sense.

Apr 14, 2026 | Experienced Apr 14, 2026

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periodscream

29 escape rooms

This was by far my top favourite escape room!!! I loved that once the puzzle(s) are solved in a room and the door to the next room opens, you no longer have to go back to the previous room! The puzzles were straight forward and well designed, super cool atmosphere, great story. Overall super happy, and we finished it just fine with 2 people.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

2

Apr 12, 2026
@baffledgyal
baffledgyal

210 escape rooms

Whatever Happened To The Garretts was such a delight! This room had: - An easy to follow story that was reinforced through the gameplay - A polished set that was a faithful representation of the story being told - A clean, linear puzzle flow that still offered layered solves. I played as a duo, which I thought was the perfect amount given the linear nature of the room.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

2

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Medium

Safety

Yes

Apr 12, 2026 | Experienced Apr 12, 2026

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Editorial reviews

  • β€œWhatever Happened to the Garretts is one of the best games in Los Angeles.β€œ

    Room Escape Artist
  • β€œ From the moment you walk in through the front door, you really feel like you're inside a house.β€œ

    60 Second Escape Room Reviews
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