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!
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WITH 3000+ 5 STAR REVEIWS
Had a lovely time escaping The Tomb, it was just the right difficulty and Laura was a helpful gamemaster.
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
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.
Amazing fun exciting experience
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
Definitely do Astroquest – Absolutely amazing experience doing Astroquest today, mostly because my team absolutely smashed it but the staff were amazing, especially Rauri who was our host for the evening. Shall definitely come… read more back for another room soon!
First time for all of us in an escape room game. Lauren was so helpful and professional and the game was so much fun. The game was challenging and… read more well laid out. Definitely makes you think and work together which we’re not very good at. I’m sure another visit will do us good ! We didn’t get out in time but enjoyed it immensely. We can’t wait to go again Thank you
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
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.
What a fantastic experience. Find the clues against the clock to find Sherlock Holmes. Ingenious clues to work your way to the final goal, thoroughly recommended. Great team building exercise… read more or just a fun time with friends.
Our family of 4 recently visited Escape Rooms Cardiff and had a great time! Really friendly staff with a warm welcome and Meg our games master was super helpful from… read more start to finish. She was enthusiastic and gave us clues when we needed that extra bit of help. Thank you Meg! We did The Tomb and we escaped!! Definitely be back for another experience.
I came here a couple of weeks ago and it was really good! Amelia was our host and she was lovely. We did the oculus room and it was really… read more interesting. It’s not the cheapest escape room in Cardiff but the puzzles were fab. Some of them I’d have not figured out without the hints but Amelia was really helpful and we got out with 6 minutes to spare!
Brilliant experience! Staff were brilliant our host Holly was amazing and required all our needs and was extremely friendly.
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.
Went for a birthday treat and it was brilliant. Completed all of the other rooms and told this was the toughest one. Certainly had us scratching our heads at several… read more points, and the setting and mood was brilliant… Very unnerving at times. Grey, who looked after us, was an absolute legend. Excellent service, looking forward to when you have a new room
Astro Quest room is great – Amelia was fantastic! Gave us the perfect balance of hints only when we needed them and really enthusiastic. Astro Quest is a great room, we’ve done a few escape rooms… read more before but there were lots of new things we hadn’t seen before. We escaped with 3.40 to go! Great adrenaline rush!
Great fun! – Astro Quest is a really great room, design was brilliant and puzzles were engaging and fun. Rauri our host was friendly and helpful. Would recommend !
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.
Have done two rooms here so far – brilliant and well though out. Fantastic and friendly staff. Great price. Will return.
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!
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.
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!
such an intense but amazing experience, meg was extremely helpful and nice, massive thank you to her!!
Booked Oculus for my mates birthday. We had Dom sort us out, he made the experience so amazing. Really funny and helpful! Can’t wait to come back and got us… read more hooked ☺️
We played the Z room, though most of us had never played before. Our guide was Dom who was a great laugh, full of banter and couldn’t do enough for… read more us. The room itself was brilliant fun with plenty to get lost in, we almost made it! Big thanks to Dom for the hints along the way and for providing an excellent service under the Covid circumstances. 100% would recommend, expect to see us again soon!
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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, 2022
Its a must try
The staff were friendly welcoming and informative will definitely return
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