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!
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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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Had a brilliant time, no better activity to do on a day out. Thanks to Rauri for being our game master.
December 31, 2023Took my 14 year old and his friends here. They had a great time, and I had a great tile seeing them work together to solve the puzzles. Will be... read more going again in the future!
July 5, 2019I had a really great time! This was my first escape room, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but our Game master Toni was really personable and friendly. They... read more were excited to let us do our thing, but they were always available when we asked for hints, so we weren't completely stuck.
Overall, I really enjoyed the experience and I would definitely come back again! Would 100% recommend giving it a go if you have a free hour to kill.
November 15, 2022 -
Egyptian tomb - Good fun , Egyptian tomb room gave crystal maze like experience. Rory was enthusiastic and helpful. Fun times.
December 18, 2022I'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.
June 29, 2019Fantastic, fun and original! - We had a fantastic time at Escape Rooms Cardiff. We came this morning to play Oculus. It was fantastic, creepy and the perfect level of difficulty. Meg was great and... read more super helpful especially as we’ve not done many rooms with just two people before.
We enjoyed it so much we came back later today to do Astro Quest. It was the best escape room we’ve ever done! definitely a great way to bring out your inner child and feel like you’re in an episode of Dr Who! The clue/ challenges were so original and I’d not seen many of them before.
Felix was also great, knowing not to give us too many clues but one or two when we really needed a nudge!
We can’t wait to come back soon to do the remaining rooms. Thank you
January 30, 2023 -
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!
November 25, 2020We played at the end of 2022 and had an absolutely fantastic experience! The room we were in had lots of hidden surprises and kept us intrigued the whole time... read more - our host Amelia came in at the end and helped us with the last puzzle we had remaining and was very helpful and made us feel good about what we accomplished even though we didn’t escape! Looking forward to coming back again 🙂
February 26, 2023Well 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.
June 29, 2019 -
Really fun day, our game hose Amelia was super helpful and explained the rules clearly.
Would definitely recommend for a family across all ages.
November 27, 2022Really 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, 2023Excellent 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
January 6, 2019 -
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!
October 30, 2020Great 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, 2022Completed Sherlock 2! Amazingly designed room, with exceptionally varied puzzles to complete. Very well structured and teamwork-provoking style of gameplay which was thoroughly enjoyed! Amelia was an exceptional host to... read more us throughout the session and wish her the best with the competition!
Cant wait to come back and complete another room soon!
December 18, 2022 -
Trying an escape room was something we had been wanting do for a long time. We took the plunge with another company and let's just say it was disappointing. We... read more then decided to give cardiff escape rooms a try and boy what a difference!!!! The whole experience was excellent, welcoming, professional and exciting. Our hosts could not do enough for us and Ayleena was amazing!!!! We now plan to go back and try all the rooms and can't wait!!! If your a first timer or experienced in escape rooms then you must visit this place. Highly recommended and thanks to the team. See you again very soon
October 18, 2020 -
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 lovely time escaping The Tomb, it was just the right difficulty and Laura was a helpful gamemaster.
April 14, 2022Had an amazing experience in the oculus room, with the help of many hints ended up close to escaping in the time limit, was a lovely day out and many... read more thanks to our host Tod who was a massive help and very welcoming!
December 9, 2023 -
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.
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, 2019Astro 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!
December 18, 2022Great works day out - Came here for a works day out. Completed the Oculus room - really good fun
Our guide Rauri was excellent, really set the atmosphere and the scene before going... read more in
Thanks
December 15, 2022 -
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.
November 18, 2020best in Cardiff - Best escape room in Cardiff, been multiple times and always great. Each room is unique and cleverly put together. Meg, our host this time was lovely and very helpful, just... read more as ever. Definitely will come back for again.
December 20, 2022 -
Really enjoyed the surgery room. Would defo come again, my son and his friends loved it. Bebe was fab x
December 10, 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, 2022AMAZING! - I've been here quite a few times for leaving do's, birthdays, office Christmas etc. The staff are always SO friendly, and the rooms are incredible!! So much attention to detail,... read more and the serial killer room was so scary! The guys who helped us through were so brilliant, Riley I think, and Rauri! Excellent staff 10/10
December 15, 2022