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
Enjoyed a good time here. Staff very helpful, efficient and friendly. Room layout was challenging but fun.
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!
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.
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 ☺️
This was my first escape room, and I think it was a fine piece of puzzlesmithing. While the puzzles were not very difficult, there were plenty of them, easily keeping… read more my group of five entertained for the 50 minutes it took us to complete the ‘Sherlock Holmes is missing’ room. One down, five more rooms to go!
Fun time here with 2 friends, first time trying an escape room and enjoyed it, the tomb was challenging enough to be enjoyable but not so hard that it frustrates… read more you. Amelia was a great host also.
Egyptian tomb – Good fun , Egyptian tomb room gave crystal maze like experience. Rory was enthusiastic and helpful. Fun times.
We completed the Sherlock 2 game this morning, it was a really fun experience and Huey was a great host! Will definitely be returning
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!
By far the best escape room I’ve ever been to, been here twice and will be going again. From start to finish it was fab, meg was really helpful and… read more really set the seen for the spooky feel to the 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.
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!
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
Thrilling – This was an absolutely incredible trip. Went here with my friends and us and the little ones adored every moment. Very scary yet
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 🙂
Great fun experience, thankfully we had a few dyslexics in our group and so smashed it in 45 mins.
Booked to do “the tomb” however, on arrival it was explained there had been miss communication and we would not be able to use this room.
Went as a family of 4, really good from start to finish, Meg met us, talked us through and was a great host. A fantastic experience for all, we did… read more Z! and managed to escape… just, with a little help.
My husband and I are huge fans of escape rooms and have done about 8 so far. The 3 best ones have all been at Escape Rooms Cardiff. Not only… read more has it seemed the best actual rooms/escape experiences, but it has also had the best staff (friendly and very helpful, without being intrusive), the best atmosphere and general set up and the best location (in my opinion).
What 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
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.
We went as a family for a 21st birthday celebration and we had a really great time.
Lots of fun – We had a lot of fun, even though for two of our group it was their first time doing an escape room. The room was well set up with a… read more nice cross between difficult and more straightforward clues. Out host Amelia was lovely and was clear at the beginning that if she felt we were close to solving a clue, she wouldn’t give us a hint even if we asked for it – which was reassuring for us during the game! We’re already planning a second trip.
Always had amazing experiences here! Clues were perfect level of challenging, made it out with 1 minute to spare. Given hints where necessary!
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.
July 2, 2019
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December 26, 2022
November 29, 2020
Ayleena, our game host, was friendly and professional, as were the other staff
June 30, 2019
November 19, 2022
December 18, 2022
November 19, 2022
December 14, 2022
November 21, 2022
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
October 30, 2020
January 6, 2019
exhilarating. Would recommend to anyone.
February 5, 2024
November 15, 2022
Amelia was our guide who explained the rules perfectly.
November 21, 2022
To my… read more delight, the very kind gentleman explained he had allocated another room to us ( The Heist) which was much appreciated (having never done one before we were all very excited).
We had great fun in the room, the theming was excellent and very realistic.
Having never done one before we didn’t really know what to expect but it was such a great way to make everyone work together.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and I could not fault it in anyway! 10/10!! (I think we have caught the escape room bug, we will be back) More
July 5, 2019
April 15, 2022
January 25, 2020
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, 2022
January 24, 2020
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
March 4, 2023
Shout out to employee Dan 🙂
January 5, 2023
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