Hyde Circus

The idea was good, and maybe it was amazing a few years ago, but in 2025, most of the puzzles appeared to be disabled. When we finished, we were shocked as there appeared to be a lot more to do. There wasn’t. Of the abled puzzles, at least 1 took multiple inputs of the same code before it opened. I tried the same series of #s 5 times, with the GM confirming it was the correct code. It was also very dark. Glad we read the most recent reviews in advance so we knew to keep our phones on hand. New rule: we’re going to def read the most recent reviews before booking…

I'm all about an old circus! Unfortunately this particular room needs some TLC. A lot of the puzzles were very worn out, and some were just straight up broken, which kind of took some of the fun out of the experience and left us feeling a little swindled with our price of admission.

This one had a lot of potential, and the set design was really really cool. Some of the puzzles were a little bit broken, which was disappointing. I really liked the reveals in this one and the aesthetics were amazing. Also, the clues didn’t link well to the puzzles sometimes, and one of the combinations we had to brute force because there were literal missing clues.

Some puzzles were already open when we got there and we had to reset them ourselves. But the production value was good! Puzzles were kind of hit or miss. It wasn’t immediately obvious how to trigger some stuff.

It’s fine. We got out in about half an hour and skipped a couple things. One of the puzzles didn’t work…not my favorite. But it wasn’t awful

First things first don’t come to this escape room if you haven’t yet bad vision as it is…. Very dark in there for no reason. The codes for the locks were correct but weren’t opening. We had to use our phones for the flashlight because the light switch didn’t work. Impossible to think what puzzle is next. Wish there were magnets to hold up certain pieces on the wall. The sensors were very sensitive as well. All in all worst escape room experience ever.

Some nice ambience to this room, but it feels banged-up (broken puzzles, obscured clues, etc) to the point where either some care needs to be put into refurbishment or it needs to be lovingly sent to the great escape room in the sky.

Enjoyed the overall theme of this room and it had some cool puzzles, but it was showing it's age and a few mechanical elements didn't work like they were supposed to. It really interrupts the flow of the room when that happens.

I did this one with some serious smarties and there were a couple spots where things just... did not. Markings weren't clear one one puzzle that delayed us A LOT.