Houdini's Workshop

Houdini's Workshop

Mostly positive (24 ratings)

  • Escape room
  • IRL

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It has been rumoured that The Great Harry Houdini – the long-deceased master magician and escapologist – left behind a secret workshop in the heart of the city. Away from prying eyes, it is said to be the place that his very best tricks and performances were developed and practiced to perfection. Come, see for yourself.

  • 2-6
  • 60 mins
  • Medium
  • Not scary

Ratings

All ratings (24)

Mostly positive

Gameplay
Positive
Atmosphere
Negative
Customer service
Mixed

Reviews

@MagsB
MagsB

118 escape rooms

My husband and I enjoyed Houdinis Workshop. A linear escape room with average theming but a good range of puzzles to keep the 2 of us busy. We escaped with 9 minutes to go. A big thanks to Dean for looking after us and I enjoyed his Houdini stories. There's a cafe next door and a handy car park with just a few minutes walk. If you fancy a chance at axe throwing, this is also available in addition to the escape rooms.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Mar 2, 2023 | Experienced Feb 9, 2023

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Escapeaholic

67 escape rooms

Overall not a good experience

Gameplay

Game play was nice, it flowed from puzzle to puzzle nicely.

Atmosphere

Atmosphere was okay, i never at any point felt fully immersed but that was mainly down to how we had to communicate to the Games master.

Customer service

Treatment was rather poor. We arrived to our booking 5 minutes early and we told we had to wait outside due to the current rules and regulations regarding covid. It was heavily raining and we had to stand out for around 7/8 minutes before being let in (this meant that that we were 2/3 minutes passed our booking slot) when we finally got let in there was no where to hang the jackets to dry. We were given a safety briefing and story that were pretty poor then we got sent into the room. A few minutes after we had already been in the room the games master comes in as they had forgotten to give us a walkie talkie to communicate. When we did have to ask for a clue the games master would reply “can you tell me what puzzle you are on and what you have figured out” so after a 5 minute conversation with the Games master we finally were given a clue. Then we we had finished the game the last puzzle was broken so we hadn’t realised we had completed the room.

Particularly interesting or different

No

Story
Difficulty

Medium

No real difficult puzzle. Some pretty average puzzles.

Game tech

Mechanical

Ideal number of players

3

3 is an ideal number for this room as it is not a very large space. You need at least 2 to fully complete the room.

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

Yes

Few puzzles

Live actors

No

Physically active

Very

this room does require a high level of physical ability.

Accessibility

If you have mobility issues there is a puzzle you can not complete.

Easy to find location

Yes

City Centre Located

Parking

Limited

City Centre location which means parking is always limited. Good public transport options however.

Feb 11, 2022

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