The Roosevelt Escape Room

Group of 3. We thought it was great. Very challenging for 3 though to complete in 90 mins (understandable).

This was an absolutely incredible escape room. This was our first palace games room and although it was definitely expensive ($450 per room no matter the number of people) it was so much fun. I really liked that it was 90 minutes. We felt busy the whole time and there was enough for all of us to do so that nobody was bored. There were multiple puzzles that were very unique and very clever. The atmosphere/design/tech was all awesome. We were able to complete in 75 minutes with a group of three experienced adults, although the GM says less experienced players sometimes struggle. Absolutely recommend if you can spare the money (and you get a 15% off discount for your next booking btw).

I had fun in this room! Did it with my cousins visiting from the Philippines and we all had a ton to do! The flow was okay so I can relate to a lot of what the other reviews were saying. Still had a ton of fun. Lots of the puzzles felt pen and papery. The last puzzle felt more tedious than anything else.

The puzzles seemed more like busy work and were layered but didn’t flow… just when we thought we were done another room opened up…

The Great Houdini Escape Room: The 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco attracted the brightest minds from around the world. The famous magician Harry Houdini allegedly built the first escape room as a challenge to those geniuses. Our less than brilliant group had 80 minutes to attempt the same puzzles and challenges that these legendary innovators faced over 100 years ago. The Roosevelt Escape Room: This room had some connection to Theodore Roosevelt and World War I. Although the historical narrative made little sense, we knew we had to solve puzzles to escape. Pros: Both rooms had awesome, AMAZING sets. High-tech, elaborately decorated rooms created an immersive feeling for game-players. The puzzles were all tied to the theme and were creative and unique to this escape room. A mix of puzzle types but many mechanical elements. The Houdini Room had a great storyline that carried throughout the entire experience. The storyline was less clearly articulated in the Roosevelt Room and seemed more of a hodgepodge of history. Puzzles were difficult in both rooms and definitely required the whole team. Palace Games is an absolute MUST-DO for escape room addicts. Cons: The game moderator's opening speech was too long and detracted from our initial enthusiasm. The large group size (they encourage 12) is way too big. These are such great rooms, it would be nice to take them all in with smaller groups. This may make it more difficult to solve the sheer number of puzzles in time, but the reduced stress level and ability to focus and listen to your teammates will create a better and much less chaotic experience in the end. Less is more in our opinion. We don't like to miss what's happening by having too many distractions.

Some of the tech is buggy, but the room is cool overall and had some fun co-op activities.

We only went over by about 15 seconds... not too shabby considering my 15 year old daughter and I were alone with five 12-year-olds... some of whom had never done an escape room before. This is a challenging room, and meant for a large group of adults. It's best to split your party into different groups and focus on the different puzzles. We had to have our host come into the room to help us several times because I could only be in so many places at once. He was absolutely wonderful, though, and the kids had a great time. My favorite puzzle was at the end. :)

Great room design. We have done all the rooms at palace of fine arts and this was probably slightly better than houdini but attraction and Edison were far better. Although even being one of the lesser rooms st palace, it was still miles better than most rooms. (Edison and attraction are just in a whole other league). Still an amazing room with a lot of fun and engaging puzzles