Butcher's Basement

Butcher's Basement

Mixed (39 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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Your investigation team has been working on many cases of missing babies and children within the community for the last couple of months. All evidence leads you to the local butcher shop. Tony, the butcher, is the primary suspect. The butcher shop is cold, and the air smells raw; although you are shaken up by the eerie atmosphere, you are determined to find your friend’s baby and to put an end to this case. Hurry! You only have 60 minutes, before Tony returns from the police questioning, and finds you there!

  • 2-8
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (39)

Mixed

Gameplay
Mixed
Atmosphere
Mixed
Customer service
Positive

Reviews

@rhodisney
rhodisney

64 escape rooms

We did this on a trip to Toronto a few years ago. I picked it based off of Google reviews and I just think it was a huge miss. The room had some attempted jump scares and was trying to be scary in a haunted house type way. Lots of fake gore to start and some spooky elements towards the end. The puzzles were fine, but one of them wasn't very clear in how to put it together. With the caliber of rooms we're used to, the theming was very poor.

Gameplay
Atmosphere

Dark and unimaginative

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

6

Scary

Spooky

Minimum age

16

Was anything broken?

Yes

Live actors

No

Physically active

Somewhat

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Limited

Feb 21, 2025 | Experienced Nov 13, 2021
@Escapeologists
Escapeologists

449 escape rooms

Final Destination: The complete collapse of both engines had our plane hurling toward the ground. We had to figure out how to pilot the plane and save our lives. Butcher's Basement: Tony's Butcher Shop hides a horrible secret. We had to locate our kidnapped friend before we ended up on the chopping block. Back to the Mummy: Trapped in an ancient Egyptian tomb, our demise seemed eminent as the roof threatened to collapse on top of us. Diamond Creed: A diamond, a guarded vault, a ticking clock. We felt like we had been here before, but stealing this diamond was no easy task. Pros: We enjoyed the first game so much that we ended up playing four out of five of the games at Roundabout Canada. We tried to play the fifth game but they were not able to fit us in to their busy schedule. These were excellent high-quality games with fun, immersive set designs and storylines. Each game was quite challenging but not impossible to solve. We asked for hints when we needed them, which was more often than we would like to admit, but still enjoyed every minute of every game. Cons: The hint process was cumbersome and cost us quite a bit of time. After calling the game master via a walkie-talkie we had to wait for the game master to enter the room and then catch them up on our progress before they were able to help us out. This happened each time we needed hints (several times per game). It seemed onerous for both players and employees. We hope they invest in cameras and audio equipment to monitor game progress. Computer monitors are our favorite way of receiving hints. We loved Roundabout Canada. We will be back and that's a promise. We hope. When we can afford to visit Toronto again. Someday. Maybe. But trust us, Roundabout Canada will be our first stop!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

18

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

Yes

Parking

Easy

Sep 30, 2024 | Experienced Oct 3, 2016

t

tothemaxd

25 escape rooms

Very creepy atmosphere/setting and some visuals might be scary or triggering for some. Best done with a sense of humour! Puzzles were doable and pretty straightforward.

Gameplay
Atmosphere

Very creepy (possibly triggering?) atmosphere!

Customer service
Story
Difficulty

Medium

Scary

Spooky

Kind of a spooky/creepy vibe for sure.

Minimum age

14

Some visuals that might be unsettling to younger ones.

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Aug 6, 2024

b

basicallyaustralia

70 escape rooms

I really enjoyed this room. They have a scary option which we declined and they were more than okay with it. Great clues were provided which made game play fun

Gameplay

Game play was very straight forward and flowed well.

Atmosphere

The design was great, there were no lights in some areas which added to the spook value of the theme

Customer service

Staff was great. The rules were well explained and they were kind

Minimum age

15

Darker scarier theme for an older crowd

Oct 2, 2022 | Experienced Aug 24, 2022
@sbujold
sbujold

114 escape rooms

Great room! Nice atmosphere, used the space they had well. Wasn’t too challenging, puzzles were rewarding. Spooky room.

Gameplay
Jun 28, 2022

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