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
I was dragged her by the wife as she was insisting on some family time before the kids returned to school so was not expecting much and was pretty negative.… read more We were greated by a very enthusiastic young man who showed us the Lockers and...More
We did Sherlock 2, it was fun and immersive. Thanks, Emily for your help. The last one was really hard.
Well organised, super friendly staff and suitable for all ages. We hired two rooms, the Tomb and Zombie. It was a great event and fabulous value for money. The FREE… read more team photos were a nice additional touch. We there took advantage of the special offer to eat at Zizzi’s Italian Restaurant. The best team building event ever.
Lovely time at the escape room. Second time we’ve been and we completed the Sherlock room! The staff are great, Lauren was our host and was nice and polite. Great… read more fun!
Tomb 2 Amazing Room! – This is my second visit to Cardiff Escape rooms and the room Tomb 2 was amazing. The amount of work that goes into the engineering of these rooms is incredible.… read more The host was excellent, I think we only needed 2 clues from her and we managed to escape with 11 minutes to spare. Looking forward to our next visit in March to Astroquest room!
Lauren was great – she booked us in at a few hours notice on the phone and was our host for the room. We did Sherlock Holmes and it had… read more a nice mixture of props and skills needed. Lauren also said it had been recently redone which was a nice touch.
I brought my three teenagers to do the castle escape room. We all loved it! One has never been too an escape room before. This was a perfect one for… read more beginners. It feels like you are truly in a castle. There is a TV screen that will provide help if you need it. Or guide Matt was amazing! He didn’t offer too much help, but just a couple of clues to guide us in the right direction when we got off track. It was the fastest 60 minutes of our lives, but super fun. We will be going back to do another one tomorrow. Thank you for the Finn times!
Family of 4 – 2 children 12&10years. We thoroughly enjoyed Sherlock Holmes number 2. It was hard enough, without being too hard for us. We escaped with 1 min &… read more 36 seconds to spare. Our host Aaron was great!
Excellent Christmas present, I had my reservations at first but loved it. Very challenging and exciting. I think the perfect number to participate is four, more maybe too many… read more cooks as it were. You need enough to work out all the puzzles but 2/3 may...More
The astro quest escape room was great fun and well introduced by Toni. It was hard for a first timer but luckily some in our group were experienced escapers and… read more knew how to look for clues. The crawl though part was pretty physically tough for some of us and we nearly had to press the button to be let out. I have been left with bruises on my knees from the struggle to get through. We had a few clues but didn’t always get them when we asked. Sometimes, we had to ask several times. However, we were successful and got out in plenty of time.
10/10 for The 13th Floor and GM Jo! – We visited tonight, hosted by the incredible Jo! (Thank you Jo!!)
Brilliant experience! Staff were brilliant our host Holly was amazing and required all our needs and was extremely friendly.
I 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!
So 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
Great fun experience, thankfully we had a few dyslexics in our group and so smashed it in 45 mins.
Great family activity – Did the ‘Cardiff castle’ escape today, 2 adults and 8 and 12 year old children. Really good fun. Great set and nice mix of puzzle difficulty meaning everyone got involved.… read more Game host Sam was excellent! Thoroughly recommend this escape room!
A fantastic and clever Escape Room.
We loved this escape room, but I'd suggest that it really needs at least 3 people to make it more enjoyable. (This applies to all escape rooms, not just this… read more one.)More
Fantastic evening visit to the Escape Rooms! We had four boys, aged 12-18, who had a ball doing two escape rooms. A special mention to Toni, who made our visit… read more so enjoyable – they were fun, friendly, kind and really added to our overall experience! Thank you!
Went there today on a double date. Played Oculus it was pretty hard but we managed to escape just in time
Had a great time with my friends playing the Sherlock 2 room. Huey was a fantastic host and a legend for letting us take our picture with some of the… read more props. 100% would go back again!
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!
Oculus room is tough but fun – We did the Oculus room with the very handsome Huey.
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.
Really had amazing time Saturday for my partners birthday book the tomb which was a fun hands on room. Then we decided to do z after which was a amazing… read more room. Emz was our host and she was amazing help when we really needed it
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We played The 13th Floor, which was a really cool, unique game, and I’ve never played a theme… read more like this before.
GORGEOUS set design, just totally stunning. So so much work has clearly gone in to this room. All the puzzles were memorable, none of them were unfair, and I liked all of them individually as well as part of the game as a whole. I have no negative feedback at all.
We are visiting again tomorrow and I’m really excited ♡
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Amelia was our guide who explained the rules perfectly.
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We did Sherlock 2 and it was just like being transported to Baker Street. Some very clever puzzles that kept us guessing… read more until the end and left us laughing and discussing the room for hours after.
Thanks to Rawri for his hospitality and the design of the room.
Will visit again!
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It’s quite a difficult room and I think if you can get through this without any clues at all,… read more that would be very impressive.
The room was very detailed design and felt very immersive. Good mix of mostly mental puzzles.
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