ESCAPE ROOMS CARDIFF
THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
Choose your team of 2-6 players (per room).
Select your theme from our 7 immersive game rooms.
You’ll be given an objective and you’ll need to find objects, codes and clues in the rooms.
With 60 minutes on the clock, you’ll need to think quick, think smart and work as a team if you want to make it out in time.
Find out more about each of our game rooms, click the posters below.
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 3000+ 5 STAR REVEIWS
Made our 5th visit over Christmas to play the leanest game, Oculus, having played and thoroughly enjoyed all the other games. We played as a team of 5, all enthusiasts… read more with a degree of experience. The game didn't disappoint as always it was very well...More
This was our 2nd visit to the Cardiff branch, having completed all the Escape rooms closer to home. Brilliant experience, we have played the Tomb and Astro Quest. Astro Quest… read more is possibly the best room we have done so far, very well layed out, loads of nostalgia and linked together really well. Both visits we have been looked after by Meg, who prompted us when we needed help without requests, just to get us looking in the right direction 🙂
Enjoyed a good time here. Staff very helpful, efficient and friendly. Room layout was challenging but fun.
We had a brilliant time! Zombie room was creepy, jumpy but exciting and challenging! Kayleigh was very helpful with us today and made it a fun experience:)
I went with my friends around late Christmas time, it wasn’t too busy and the service was really good. We went into the first room and got stuck . I… read more am still here now and I am staving help
Excellent Escape Rooms – Did The 13th room.
Great time – The Sherlock room was a great balance between tricky and fun so that nobody’s stressed but it’s not easy either.
Had a really great time at the Cardiff Castle experience for a work social. The puzzles, sets, props, etc were awesome and our host, Meg, was really lovely! Will definitely… read more be back to try another game 🙂
A Christmas gift from my family resulted in a most entertaining hour in the Sherlock Room. Solving some of the clues to progress the case gives great satisfaction. Having to… read more accept an outside clue because you have missed something really obvious raises the 'Doh!' factor....More
We 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.
Birthday day out – Everything about it was fabulous Dom our host was fantastic we will definitely be going back all staff were very friendly and helpful we took our grandsons they loved it
Great day out, with my daughters and granddaughters. Everyone contributed and worked as a team. Lovely guy explained all the do’s and dont’s. can’t wait to go again and try… read more another room
Such a good way of catching up with friends, we had so much fun!!! Bebe is amazing, really helpful and prevented us from getting caught by oculus the serial killer
Great experience in the Sherlock room. Really loved the feel of the whole setup, and hosting by Bebe was superb. Really friendly, approachable and explained the process nicely. Can’t wait… read more to come back and try some of the other rooms.
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:
Have done two rooms here so far – brilliant and well though out. Fantastic and friendly staff. Great price. Will return.
Amelia was wonderful, we booked through a hotel package in December for my partner’s birthday, and she was super informative and even scared us before getting into the room, putting… read more us right on edge before Oculus. The room was the perfect amount of creepy, difficult and clever, and we escaped! Yay! Thanks for everything, we’ll definitely be back!
Had a lovely time escaping The Tomb, it was just the right difficulty and Laura was a helpful gamemaster.
A fun night – what a great, fun, night. We completed the Cardiff Castle room and then the Astro Quest room. Both were very good and we needed the occasional tip! Toni our gamesmaster… read more was great, really enthusiastic and informative about the process of setting up and the work that goes in to make the games so successful. Would thoroughly recommend.
Loved it, amazing! Perfect clue timing, wasn’t patronising even when we were dumb, definitely coming back – had Arron, lovely bloke, thanks 🙂
The Castle Escape Room – Brilliant time in ‘The Castle’ escape room. Our ‘Escape Master’ Dom is as lovely, welcoming and great fun.
Great activity to do, if you’re looking for something for a couple. We managed to survive and break out of the room. Was met by Amelia on arrival, who was… read more a fab host, really funny and got straight into character of the game on first meet. The atmosphere between all that worked there also seemed to be friendly and welcoming. We look forward to completing another game 🙂
Really good fun! Lovely staff and great variety of rooms. Kayleigh was helpful through and through! We had booked the Oculus room and it was probably one of the hardest… read more rooms I’ve done! Kayleigh gave us good hints and guided us when needed.
Padlock in the Tomb was a bit dodgy, despite having the correct code, it still would not open and it took us a while to open it on the correct… read more line.
Came 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
January 6, 2019
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Will be… read more coming back!:)
February 10, 2023
January 31, 2023
Very good- makes you think.
Meg a good hinter!
Got out with an extra 3 minutes.
This is our 3rd time at this Escape Room.
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Thoroughly recommend
December 9, 2023
Dom ran our escape room and he was… read more fantastic—literally made the experience what it was. His he made sure that we knew there wasn’t a limit to how many hints we could get and that the goal was for us to solve it, which took some extra stress off. Also, just a fun and funny guy to be around.
We went while in Cardiff for a day trip and I wouldn’t change it for a thing!
December 18, 2023
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January 9, 2019
November 18, 2020
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December 31, 2022
– 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, 2020
January 9, 2023
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December 2, 2023
December 15, 2022
We’ll be back for more.
February 18, 2023
November 15, 2022
April 18, 2022
Booked two rooms, but due to a business admin error, one room was booked for the evening instead of the morning.
Meg, who was on the desk that day, was very apologetic, friendly and very professional. She arranged a refund for the incorrectly booked room and ensured that our trip was positively memorable.
I highly commend Meg for her excellent customer service, friendly, kind demeanour and is a to the business. I’m looking forward to trying another room at a later date.
November 13, 2022
Overall amazing experience and excellent set up
Thanks Bebe
November 29, 2022