The Marlowe Hotel

What a visually stunning escape experience. The monochromatic decor and the noir-style story delivery was so, so fun. Tricky, but not impossible, each puzzle was satisfying to finish. ‘The Marlowe Hotel’ is a great room!

Such a fantastically themed and designed room. Great fun!

Transported you to another time and place from the start. Inventive puzzles fitting well with the theme. A delight from start to finish

From the moment you open your eyes in the Marlowe Hotel you are transported into a film noir set with an entirely black and white set design. The puzzles were varied and mostly challenging but connected very well with the theme. There are lots of little clues hidden around so you need to be extremely perceptive to get everything you require. Their recommendation to wear all black and white is a must to get the most out of the unique immersion factor and really made us feel in the world. Our Game Master Tess was lovely to chat to and kept us entertained while we waited.

Although every Cipher room is of outstanding quality, The Marlowe Hotel was one of my absolute favourites from the bunch. Set design and attention to detail was flawless with a seamless black and white noir theme with tricky puzzles and immaculate props that all served the story. I cannot recommend this one enough, special shout-out to our GM Tess who was lovely and great to chat to. Don’t forget to wear your best black and white outfit ⚪️⚫️

The Marlowe Hotel immerses players into a captivating black-and-white film noir adventure, reflecting its purely black/grey and white aesthetic. The magic truly begins as the compelling story unfolds seamlessly within the fantastic theme. Despite being rated a challenging 5/5 on their website, our team, perhaps in top form that night, triumphed with over 10 minutes to spare, even with minimal hints. The Marlowe Hotel boasts a mix of low-tech and subtle high-tech puzzles, showcasing hidden lock mechanisms that add to the mystery as doors open almost magically. Each puzzle, though challenging, remains entirely solvable, contributing to another high-quality room from Cipher!

Super cool game, with a very clear and logical flow to the puzzles. Really good diversity of different types of things to solve. Make sure to come dressed in only black and white!!

This room is unique in the way that everything is black and white. It’s a cool effect that I’ve never seen done before and it worked really well for the room. A mix of high tech and mechanical puzzles and a great overall room

This was one of the best rooms we‘ve ever done. Everything in black and white, beautiful flow of puzzles, different difficulties of puzzles present throughout the room, great theme and everything related to the theme, so good! Also very many puzzles! Probably better done with a few more people, we did it with 2ppl and made it out with like 10 seconds left :D and that was with breezing through the last few puzzles all within the last 2 minutes :D

Loved everything about this room! Great storyline, amazing puzzles and staff