ARE YOU READY?
Get ready for the ultimate challenge at Escape Rooms Cardiff!
Step into a world of mystery and adventure, where you and your team race against the clock to crack codes, uncover hidden clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles. With just 60 minutes on the clock, every second counts!
Can your team handle the pressure, or will the room keep its secrets forever?
The clock is ticking — your adventure starts now!
Choose your team - 2-6 players per room.
Book your room - choose from 7 immersive game room themes.
Game time - You’ll be given your story and objective then you’ll need to find objects, codes and clues in the rooms.
With 60 minutes on the clock, you’ll have to think fast, stay sharp, and work together if you want to escape before time runs out!
OUR
ROOMS
We have something for everyone.
From retro-futuristic space adventures to medieval heists, a zombie apocalypse, archaeological dig sites, haunted hotel elevators, and creepy apartments to the classic Sherlock Holmes rescue, every adventure is a race against the clock where every second counts.
COMMON FAQS
ARE THERE ANY AGE LIMITS?
All players aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an 18+ player.
Due to their complexity, we recommend our games to players aged 13+, however, younger players always enjoy themselves (even our creepier games in the basement), so it’s up to them if it sounds like fun and up to you if you think the theme is suitable.
WHERE ARE YOU?
We’re on St. Mary Street – Just down from the Cardiff Castle and across from the Cardiff Market. There’s a map at the bottom of this page and a button under it to give you directions to take you straight to our door.
ARE THE GAMES FRIGHTENING?
All the games in their nature are thrilling, but there’s nothing scary to worry about! Some may contain a small jump-scare. Please contact us if you are concerned.
Although our creepier basement games, ‘Z – The Zombie Apocalypse’ and ‘Oculus The Serial Killer’, are horror-themed, they are not horror experiences. We aim for excellent design, immersion and gameplay, not a high scare factor! We do not use live actors in our games.
WHAT IS YOUR CANCELLATION POLICY?
Once a game has been booked, it cannot be moved or cancelled.
All of our games are non-refundable and non-transferable.
CAN WE GET HELP DURING THE GAME?
You can get hints from the Game Masters who supervise your game via the cameras and microphones in the room. They will send you help at the appropriate time if you really are struggling!
WHAT TIME SHOULD WE ARRIVE?
Please be punctual and arrive 5 minutes before the start of your time slot.
This will allow time for your brief, lockers & toilets etc. We will do our best to accommodate you if you are late, but we can’t guarantee that you will still be able to play.
ARE YOUR GAMES ACCESSIBLE?
Our games rooms may involve a little crawling, ducking, and climbing up a few steps.
If you struggle with any of these activities, have any health issues you think we would need to know about, or, if you struggle with stairs, please call before you book and we can offer some best advice based on your needs.
Unfortunately we do not have wheelchair access as all our games are on floors 1, 2 or in the basement.
WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER TEAM?
Our rooms are designed for 2-6 players. The more of you there are, the easier and cheaper it is per person. The rooms are private and for your party only and not shared with any of the public.
CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE LARGE GROUPS?
Absolutely. Large groups often come and play our games. Our 7 available game rooms hold 2-6 players, so we can accommodate up to 42 players per hour session. For groups larger than that, please give us a call at 029 2167 9700. Also, we have a great food & drink discount with Franco Manca! Every booking with us gives you 15% off the bill, most of our groups make the most of that offer.
I’M CLAUSTROPHOBIC, CAN I PLAY? I'M PREGNANT CAN I PLAY?
Yes, you can! The rooms are all of a reasonable size and you will not find yourself in an enclosed space. You can leave the room at any point if you so wish. We quite often get players with claustrophobia and we are surprised at how little of an issue it is to them.
None of our games is overly physical, and we have had many pregnant people playing our games. See the ‘Are your games accessible?’ FAQ for details on health.
WHO SHOULD PLAY ESCAPE ROOMS?
One of the things that have made Escape Rooms successful around the world is that they can be enjoyed by everyone for every occasion. From babies to grandparents, we’ve seen all ages of friends and families take on the adventure. We also see gamers, couples and school trips coming by the busload, all enthusiastic about their 1-hour game. Some people celebrate, while others book corporate team buildings for all of their colleagues.
Talking about celebration, we have had 4 proposals here!!!
And OH, don’t forget! We are dog friendly, so bring the pup along!
TRIP ADVISOR, GOOGLE & FACEBOOK RATED WITH 4000+ 5 STAR REVIEWS
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Favorite part of the experience was, all of it. Considering, it was my first visit, and didn't know what to expect, I loved every minute of it and really... read more want to go again.
Amelia, was our guide and she put us at ease straight away. She was very helpful.
I thoroughly recommend anyone to visit.
November 26, 2022So much fun and a great laugh - Had so much fun doing oculus room. So clever and well put together. Experience made better and more fun with our games master Bebe!! Can’t wait to try another room!... read more
December 11, 2022Amazing, Accommodating and Adaptive! *Very Supportive of those with hearing difficulties* - Our Host Amelia was very accommodating, friendly and enthusiastic. She was able to adapt the rooms to our needs (as we where a large group with most having various hearing... read more difficulties, a few profound deaf) on the spot.
This made for a very unique experience of the escape room, that was both entertaining and fun, that had a good balance of figuring things out ourselves and guiding us along when we struggled.
This sort of critical thinking is commendable and should be a practice that is seen more often for those with disabilities and as such I would like to thank Escape Rooms @ Cardiff for such an amazing and supportive evening.
December 28, 2022 -
Had a brilliant time, no better activity to do on a day out. Thanks to Rauri for being our game master.
December 31, 2023What an amazing experience. It was a little hard to work the logic when we first entered the room, but after that we were ok. The set up was brilliant.... read more
We needed lots of hints from Bebe who was so patient with us and we had her in stitches apparently. We would have been lost without her.
Definitely go again!!
December 8, 2022This was a first escape room for my 11yo and her friends. Needless to say they had a blast, I am am quite proud of myself for doing it as... read more a surprise. We did the Tomb and have to say, even I , Iwas thrilled :))) the host, Bebe, she was great and so helpful and approachable, the girls felt like VIP. We will defo do it again,this time, maybe without any extra hints :))
December 11, 2022 -
Great fun! - Went as a family group of 5, did the Sherlock room. Great fun, really well thought out, everything was thoroughly explained bef5we started. Will definitely go again.
December 15, 2022Came as a large group with college me and 1 mate went into the oculus room- absolutely brilliant our host Bebe couldn’t have been any better, even though she gave... read more us a fright
Overall amazing experience and excellent set up
Thanks Bebe
November 29, 2022We played the press start escape room and the atmosphere was superb, really well thought out and clever little puzzles really brought together the experience. Our game master, Ayleena, was... read more very friendly aswell as helpful with the hints and tips. Brilliant experience and look forward to going back.
November 18, 2020 -
Came here last week with my partner to do the cardiff castle escape room. Was so fun and enjoyable. The puzzles were great, and they gave hints at just the... read more right times. Before we went Into the room we were greeted by Felix, who was funny friendly and was a pleasure to speak too. Will be returning for the rest of the rooms.
November 14, 2022Always have a great experience here!! We were slightly late due to traffic and Arron was very kind to wait for us. The escape room itself was excellent!
December 23, 2022Our room, the Tomb 2, was a lot of fun! Played the first one and it was even better in the sequel! Our hosts Jo and Emily were lovely. Still... read more wearing the sticker we won!
February 18, 2024 -
Astro Quest Escape Room - Such a fun activity! Staff were very welcoming when we arrived, took us up to the room as soon as it was ready and explained everything thoroughly. Our room master... read more was Kayleigh who was amazing, she gave us clues when we asked or were clearly very stuck. A part of Astro Quest wasn’t suitable for those with limited mobility but there is a way around this which Kayleigh helped with, so that everyone was included and comfortable. It was a challenge but we made it out, having never done an escape room before! At the end we even had a picture and badge. It was super enjoyable - highly recommend!! 🙂
February 19, 2023Great fun with the family - Had fun with the husband and kids(teens) solving the clues and completing the room before the timer ran out.
We played in the Oculus room and managed to complete with... read more 0.33 left on the clock.
Arron our game person, was good with hints, and gave us just enough to get us through.
Will definitely be back, to try another room!
January 4, 2023My first escape room experience and I'm glad it was with escape rooms cardiff! It was for my 21st in The Tomb, which I would absolute recommend for its atmosphere... read more - you could really get lost in the scenario, it's very immersive!
Thank you to Bebe who was our host!
November 15, 2022 -
Good but too hard. One for the purist. - Great location in the centre of Cardiff and close to all amenities. Good welcome with only a short delay as they reset the room.
But found the room Oculus... read more hard to the point of it being not enjoyable, had to ask for clues too often. Some items didn’t work meaning we had to ask for clues even though we’d solved certain things already but as they didn’t work we had to get that confirmed and then really jiggle them, realign them or force them/push them hard - fingers and thumbs were hurt in the process!
Managed to escape with 3 mins to spare but without clues never in a million years. And we have done rooms all over.
This was too hard.
December 27, 2022such an intense but amazing experience, meg was extremely helpful and nice, massive thank you to her!!
December 27, 2022This is the sixth Escape Room I’ve done this year and unfortunately the first real disappointment I’ve had (which is a shame because this was my first visit to this... read more particular place). My partner and I did the Sherlock Holmes themed room for my birthday which I was excited about because I’m a fan of the Great Detective. Literally one of the first puzzles to solve malfunctioned, that is, the lock wouldn’t open despite the fact we had the correct solution (and before you ask, yes, we had clicked it twice). I’ve had Escape Rooms malfunction before, I get it, it happens, it’s hard to make it work perfectly every time, but usually the staff have the grace to acknowledge it. Instead we were told there was ‘no issue’ which was weird because, ya know, we had, in fact, just HAD an issue. If we can’t open something despite having the correct solution then there demonstrably IS an issue, made us think that we hadn’t got the correct solution meaning that we wasted a lot of time and rather spoiled the game for us right at the beginning (had another lock malfunction later in the game too but not quite as badly, I don’t know, maybe it was the cold weather). Many of the ‘hints’ came long after we had already solved the puzzles, despite being told that we could be seen and heard at all times (this was a problem on the very first puzzle where we found the solution quickly but couldn’t progress because of the malfunction). A shame really because I liked the room broadly, it had some clever and unexpected puzzles though the anachronisms somewhat spoiled the immersion for me, but I am a stickler for theme so that is just personal taste I guess. Out of the three Escape Rooms I’ve been to in Cardiff it is the only one I’ve had a bad experience at. All in all, I left in a bad mood and it makes me reluctant to go back.
December 13, 2022 -
Oculus Escape Room - It was brilliant. Quite tough and exciting because we were right up against the clock at the end. Felt authentic, scary room and lots of touches that it... read more made it feel super scary. Our host Huey was a total star.
December 26, 2022I came here October 15th just after I got married! It was the perfect wedding day activity and Chris was so lovely! Always have great games here and always have... read more a great time! Definitely recommend booking 2 games as 1 is never enough!
October 30, 2020Massive thanks from Escape Reality Scotland - Came here on a work night , we work at Escape Reality Edinburgh & Glasgow and wanted to have a great time. Escape Rooms Cardiff delivered with an outstanding experience... read more in Astro Quest.
A brilliant recommendation and a fantastic room throughout that'll have you smiling from ear to ear.
Thank you for hosting us!
January 18, 2023 -
Fantastic hour spent solving problems within The Tomb looking for Howard Carter.
Well worth a visit.
January 4, 2020We went as a family for a 21st birthday celebration and we had a really great time.
It was our first escape room experience and we would definitely recommend Escape... read more Rooms Cardiff to friends and family, we opted for The Tomb.
Our Game Master Bebe was excellent and really made it a memorable experience, thank you Bebe, we hope to return again soon.
November 19, 2022 -
I'm from Canada and I've done a lot of the Escape rooms in my town so visiting local rooms in other places is so fun for me! I only got... read more a chance to do "The Tomb" and Im glad I did. The production value was awesome and our host Irina was lovely. If you're looking for a great escape game this is clearly it. I love that you get collectible pins for escaping. Wish I could do all their rooms. More
June 29, 2019We managed to escape the Sherlock room. Brilliant bit of entertainment, really enjoyed it. Will definitely be back to experience some of the other rooms.
November 20, 2020Really enjoyed ourselves there was 5 of us who went for a birthday experience. Staff were very friendly and helpful especially Megan who was our guide she took her... read more time at the end to show us the last 2 clues. Although we never finished i would love to come and have another go at a different room.
A very big thumbs up from the birthday girl who was on her 2nd visit and would come back again.
January 21, 2023 -
Having been to this place since August 2019 our party of 6 has thought this place comtains game rooms with a range of difficulties. From the simplest of rooms to... read more the most difficult one, we had thoroughly enjoyed our time. Things we liked about each room include:
- Tomb: nice and simple room to get you started
- Sherlock: chess board and bank notes
- Heist: the 2 team split twist
- Z: the logic puzzle with the green and red lights.
- Press start: crawling into the room
- Oculus: finding the codes in the second room
Would love it if this place does a 6 month rotation of game rooms so there'll be more challenges in the future. Clues do genuinely arrive at the right time and whenever we get stuck if you ask them. They'll give you (if it's at the right time of course).
Highly recommend!!
January 16, 2020Had a great time completing two rooms. Amelia was the staff member assigned to us and was very friendly, and was there when we needed her to give us some... read more hints to help us on the way.
The rooms were really well designed and the puzzles were challenging but doable.
Looking forward to going back to do the remaining rooms!
November 14, 2022Great experience with hard puzzles that were challenging but doable. Meg our host was amazing. We managed to escape with 5 minutes to spare. The decor was fantastic we really... read more felt like we were in a castle. Highly recommend going with friends!
December 9, 2022