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ayemanduh
21 escape rooms
This room is instantly added to my list of all time favorite escape rooms. Love a room that does not use any locks. Every puzzle was super unique and is solved in FUN ways! Definitely a memorable experience.
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The Sir Walter Hotel served as a focal point for North Carolina political activity during the 1930s. The state election of 1928 remains to be one of the most questionable elections that North Carolina has ever seen. With 60 minutes on the clock, your mission in the Hotel is to undermine the party’s convention and compromise the outcome of this election.
- 2-8
- 60 mins
- Not scary
Reviews
Oct 9, 2025 | Experienced Aug 27, 2025
Corgifarmers
90 escape rooms
The Sir Walter Speakeasy was such a fantastic experience! The atmosphere was immersive, and the puzzles were some of the most challenging we’ve encountered—we barely escaped with just the two of us. Even as very experienced players, we found ourselves working hard the entire time, which made the victory that much sweeter. With 3–4 experienced players, the room would be more manageable, but it was still incredibly fun and full of things to do. Definitely a must-try for anyone looking for a true challenge in an escape room!
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
Mechanical
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
16
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Move around a lot between rooms.
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
JRyder62
38 escape rooms
For a good affordable game, this one is pretty fun. I have heard their other rooms are better and I will definitely give those a try next time. This is a pretty affordable escape room and for someone that is new to escape rooms. This is a good place to start.
Gameplay
Gameplay was good not amazing.
Atmosphere
It was nice because the building is old so it made it feel a little bit more authentic
Customer service
We kind of showed up last minute after doing a different game at a different location and they were very welcoming and accepting since they had the space. The game master was incredibly nice and was incredibly helpful.
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Yeah, it was pretty interesting. I’ve done a lot of games and a lot of different states and countries and this was the first time I had done this concept.
Story
The story was sort of lacking. I kind of had an understanding of what we were doing everything for. But I didn’t really get it. It wasn’t immersive. I just felt like I was trying to solve puzzles.
Difficulty
Medium
It wasn’t necessarily incredibly difficult. It took us a while to get started, but after that, everything went pretty seamlessly.
Game tech
Mechanical
A lot of the components felt very old. I had seen a single component that I had never seen in another room that was kind of technical and I liked it. Otherwise it was all very DIY.
Ideal number of players
4
I would say a minimum of four it would probably be more difficult with less people because it is not linear at all. There is a lot of stuff to do at the same time if you wanna finish with a good time.
Scary
Not scary
There is no scare aspect or spooky aspect to this room.
Minimum age
15
There is a lot of thinking involved so I don’t think I would recommend this for anybody less than high school age.
Was anything broken?
No
I wouldn’t say anything was broken just old. Some of the doors had to be forced open and felt like they were gonna break when you were pulling on them. There was a specific piece of the set that didn’t work anywhere close to as well as I would have hoped.
Live actors
No
The game master was there, but that’s pretty normal.
Physically active
Somewhat
There is definitely a bit of walking around that needs to be done.
Accessibility
Not at all in no way is any part of this room accessible. Lighting tends to be difficult in some situations. This is probably one of the least handy capable rooms I’ve ever done. For somebody that is physically handicapped to manage this room as there is a lot of high stepping that needs to be done. A lot of the stuff that needs to be read is incredibly difficult to read if anybody has a visual impairment.
Easy to find location
Yes
Yeah, their whole thing is a giant old tower and it’s pretty noticeable from the street.
Parking
Easy
There’s a large parking lot next to the facility.
Asmodaios
40 escape rooms
Some of the puzzles were unreliable and the story was fairly minimal and wasn't too immersive. It was still a decent experience.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Was anything broken?
Yes
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cornell749
12 escape rooms
Overall the location was so cool and loved the history element. But the game/room itself didn’t really have a great story or flow. This was challenging due to a lot of the effects not working correctly. Because the story was missing when stuff wasn’t working it just make everything more confusing. The customer service was really great and they helped reset some of the technical issues and ended up giving us 5 extra minutes and we appreciate that.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
5
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
16
Was anything broken?
Yes
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
JoshuaYukiah
101 escape rooms
Needed to go to ONE escape room while I was out visiting Raleigh this weekend — Sir Walter’s Speakeasy was the one that piqued my interest the most. So I grabbed my motley crew and we tackled it. Fun room, fairly difficult puzzles, not much of a thorough flow by any means. Truthfully, when you enter, there is MUCH to be desired, and you sort of feel like there’s nothing happening. As you progress, you’ll find more and more little things appear, so not all is lost. The experienced escape room lover will definitely be perplexed and feel a sense of ease here. Definitely had fun.
Gameplay
Decent. Gives Gen 2 vibes.
Atmosphere
With all due respect, it was basic.
Customer service
Our GM was lovely. Very nice.
Game tech
High tech
I only say “High Tech” because of a few things — but it’s on a more mechanical side, for sure. Only a couple tech style of things.
stageclaw
142 escape rooms
This room has so much potential. The stand out are the puzzles. Everything else from the flow, to the storyline needs some form of clarity and/or a overhaul to really make it top notch. The game master was nice and the customer service was great.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Little bare bones. Wish their was more.
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Unless you have done some escape room before, then this room can be challenging if not paying attention and reading carefully.
Game tech
High tech
Mostly tech with some mechanical lock / keypads here and there.
Scary
Not scary
Was anything broken?
Yes
We had some things that were smudged and hard to read.
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
aesorenson
54 escape rooms
I overall enjoyed the room! There was some puzzles in the room that I felt were overly confusing and needed a lot of explanation in order to make sense! There were also some very unique puzzles in the room though!
Gameplay
Interesting puzzles I haven’t seen before.
Atmosphere
Not the most immersive room, but not the worst!
Customer service
VERY friendly staff!
Story
I loved how the history of Raleigh was incorporated into the room!
Clissos13
278 escape rooms
I hate to say I didn’t like this room at all, but unfortunately that was the case. There were some cool puzzles In there but the room had zero flow. There wasn’t any clue on what to actually do and when we did get an answer or code, no idea on where or how to put it in, even if there were instructions saying how to. Things were reused over and over which makes me feel this was thrown together sadly. I really hoped for more for such a cool building.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
No
Story
Difficulty
Hard
This was difficult in that there’s no direction to the room. I felt like nothing clued us in on what to do next. Zero flow whatsoever.
Scary
Not scary
Live actors
No
Physically active
Not at all
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Medium
oceansone
108 escape rooms
This is a fun theme with some very unique clues. I’m not sure if I fully followed the story line or understood how the clues connected but we still enjoyed ourselves.
Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different
Yes
Nice NC theme
Story
Difficulty
Hard
Game tech
High tech
Ideal number of players
4
Scary
Not scary
Minimum age
15
Was anything broken?
No
Live actors
No
Physically active
Somewhat
Easy to find location
Yes
Parking
Limited
