Escape From Alcatraz

This is the worst experience I’ve ever had at an escape room and I’ve been to like 50. I do not recommend it. They do not give you a full hour because they have the rooms booked out back to back. You can’t hear the game master because the speaker system is so poorly designed (one speaker in the first room) and you can hear people in the other rooms because it’s an open area (there is a sign that says keep the noise level down lol) As a result , there is no debrief just “guys leave the room your time is up” The only reason this place is successful is because of the prime location. The puzzles also clearly malfunctioned and that did eat up a lot of time as well.

The beginning of this room was a little slow, and there was one puzzle that was a little frustrating seeing as it requires you to use logic not included within the room, but I generally really enjoyed this room and thought it was a fun concept! Set design could use a bit of a revamp but I thought it was great! 90% mechanical but I didn't mind! Certain puzzles were VERY creative (if you've done the room, you'll know what I'm talking about!) I could've done for a little bit more direction but I think going into the room knowing it's kind of a free for all is helpful and conducive to a faster score. I have now done Grandma's Attic as well as this one and I can safely say both are great! Both rooms have linear and non-linear elements. I will come back to complete their other two rooms, as I live in Santa Barbara now and am missing the abundance of escape rooms I'm familiar with in Los Angeles!

Overall, the escape room felt not well maintained, and was also dirty. One of the challenges had a broken mechanism that made resolving it purely luck

The was the first room we did with this establishment. This room was really cool! Loved the start of the game! This room is pretty big! Definitely my favorite here!

We really enjoyed ourselves. We played with 4 people and it was the perfect amount of people. Doing it with two would be difficult but not impossible. The rooms are designed without ceilings on them so you can hear other rooms going at the same time. Not bad but just different. We got stuck on a puzzle for a good while because it simply didn’t work for nearly 15 minutes Environment and design were good. 7/10. Locks/puzzles: 6/10 Story: 8/10