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
Blast off to top marks! – What a great way to spend a raining, cold, cloudy morning! My friends and I do like an Escape Room and this did not disappoint. Booked easily online a few… read more days before we wanted to go, but it’s worth booking in advance if you want more choice of time slots as all 6 Escape rooms are popular! Sign-in was simple, all participants scan a QR code and we wait for one of the Games-Masters to show us to the room. Big Shout out to Meg here for being a fantastic host and for providing us with the odd clue when we were struggling! We chose Astro Quest and it was amazing! So engaging, and so much fun! Recommend this 100%.
AMAZING! – 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
What can I say we went to the escape rooms on Friday 4th December as a surprise birthday treat for our daughter as she always wanted to do one, as… read more this was our first time doing any escape room we didn’t know what to expect, we booked the Tomb and watched a short video on arrival about how things work etc and regarding safety for covid, then we was taken upstairs to enter the room, and all I can say was WOW what an amazing experience we all had, we all had such a great time and many laughs solving the puzzles and managed to escape with over 3 mins to go phew !! My daughter thoroughly enjoyed her birthday treat so much that we fully intend on returning when you’re open after the shut down enforced by the welsh government, if you’ve never been to an escape room I would highly recommend this place as the whole experience and the staff are amazing, we can’t wait to come back, it’s all my daughter has been talking about with her friends at how amazing and great it was, you made someone’s birthday very special so I can’t thank you enough and we will see you all again as soon as we can to pit our wits against another room !!
This 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.
Massive thanks from Escape Reality Scotland – Came here on a work night , we work at Escape Reality Edinburgh & Glasgow and wanted to have a great time. Escape Rooms Cardiff delivered with an outstanding experience… read more in Astro Quest.
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 🙂
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
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!
Favorite part of the experience was, all of it. Considering, it was my first visit, and didn’t know what to expect, I loved every minute of it and really… read more want to go again.
Fab First Escape Room Experience – Went as a family of 4 (2 children aged 13 & 10) which was first time for all of us doing an escape room, didn’t know what to expect, did… read more not disappoint.
Incredible fun! – My 13yr old & I visited Cardiff Escape Rooms today & genuinely had an incredible time! Meg welcomed us, explained the premise & helped when we were stuck. The experience… read more from start to finish was exceptionally fun!
A fantastic and clever Escape Room.
Amazin – 100% recommend escape room Cardiff
Me, my brother and his 3 children (one 16 y/o, one 13 and one 11) went for an Escape Rooms Cardiff experience on December 24, 2019. We chose the “Finding… read more Sherlock” room and had a wonderful, exciting time.
An epic experience in the zombie room. Big thanks to Chris for being so helpful and kind the whole time and making us feel even better about escaping the room!… read more It was a fun spontaneous adventure in the middle of the night – I aim to do it again soon!
Excellent experience – Absolutely fantastic experience, we had a great time. Excellent set up, welcoming and very clever challenges. I will definitely come back.
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.
Took 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!
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!
Room (oculus) was brilliant, our gamemaster Toni was absolutely fab kept us entertained even before we had entered the room. Would definitely recommend to anyone!
Zombies rule – This was booked for a birthday party, so I had the joys of being in charge. Zombie room was the one this time and the attention to detail is incredible.… read more The staff here are energetic and so good at what they do.
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!
Had a great time here, our host Amelia was great and very cheerful, we recommend the trying out the tomb
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.
Best experience ever! Would 100% recommend to everyone
Amazing fun exciting experience
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
Group photo after completing the room which is emailed to everyone who scanned the QR code at sign-in which is also uploaded to their Facebook page.
Highly recomment this place. Go enjoy yourself and exercise the old grey matter!
December 18, 2022
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December 13, 2022
A brilliant recommendation and a fantastic room throughout that’ll have you smiling from ear to ear.
Thank you for hosting us!
January 18, 2023
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June 29, 2019
December 3, 2022
Amelia, was our guide and she put us at ease straight away. She was very helpful.
I thoroughly recommend anyone to visit.
November 26, 2022
We did Astro Quest and Toni was our host. We all enjoyed it and all participated and contributed. The kids were inquisitive when we were in the room and noticed things that once we found a clue they realised what it related to. Toni was enthusiastic and gave us hints when needed when we were close but not too much that it gave it away.
If you haven’t done an escape room before this is a great starter with lovely staff. Break up your shopping day by having some fun here. Looking forward to doing another one.
December 30, 2023
January 5, 2023
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!
November 21, 2022
Amazing day had by the group I was in
First time at an escape room and will definitely be going back
Thank… read more you to the game host Bebe
December 11, 2022
We arrived at the place 15 minutes or so before our schedule. We were warmly welcomed by the staff and were quickly given instructions. There were wire mesh lockers with padlocks where we were able to put our belongings, and toilets were also available. After watching a short video about Escape Room, which included safety instructions, we were ushered in to our room.
There was a small monitor where clues were displayed, and a timer and a light on top of the door. Red light means the door is closed; green means the door is open, you can escape, game over. The room was spacious for all five of us to move around, finding clues. It was well thought-of and cleverly designed and put together and all of us had fun solving the mystery!
We had a picture taken for souvenir when we got out of the room and were given badges for escaping! Everybody totally enjoyed the experience and my nephews and niece, even my brother, were all raving about it even after we’ve reached home. I’m so glad I thought of booking this!
January 5, 2020
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July 5, 2019
Ayleena, our game host, was friendly and professional, as were the other staff
June 30, 2019
December 20, 2022
Couldn’t imagine them having a better time anywhere else.
All enjoyed the afternoon, including me.
December 14, 2023
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December 31, 2022
And really want Amelia to win the trip to London cause she was fantastic!
December 17, 2022
Its a must try
The staff were friendly welcoming and informative will definitely return
January 19, 2023
Overall amazing experience and excellent set up
Thanks Bebe
November 29, 2022