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The Secret Lab

Very positive (65 ratings)

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The year is 1972 and Summerhall is home to The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. Advancements in animal medicine have never been so progressive and revolutionary with record breaking numbers of animal organ transplants. Whilst students learn how to perform canine dentistry and the difference between a fur-ball and a swollen lymph gland, a secretive lab at Summerhall is created. The lab known as the Kensie Research Lab or the ‘Secret Lab’ was a marvel of the 70’s with technology that no dog could ever imagine. It contained the very best equipment money could buy and a group of scientists whose work would go down in history. The genius in charge of the lab was Dr. Elsie Kensie, a brilliant bio-scientist, specialising in domestic animals. Her experiments were groundbreaking, her ideas were radical but not everything played out how she hoped. Do you have what it takes to discover the secrets that she was working on and help save the pets of the world?

  • 4-10
  • 60 mins
  • Hard
  • Not scary

Awards

Ratings

All ratings (65)

Very positive

Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive

Reviews

@Karyatide
Karyatide

111 escape rooms

An exciting room with plenty to do at a challenging, high level. It was a lot of fun.

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Gameplay

The gameplay is easy. You’re guided from one puzzle to the next. There are lots of exciting things to do. It was fun!

Atmosphere

The room needs to be designed with more attention to detail. It didn’t really feel like a lab.

Customer service
Particularly interesting or different

Yes

There wasn’t anything I hadn’t seen before, but the puzzles were carefully selected, planned, and executed. No elements were repeated—except for the number locks.

Story
Difficulty

Hard

Game tech

High tech

Lot of cool lab-stuff.

Ideal number of players

4

I prefer playing in a team of two. But here, there is way too much to do for just two people. You should definitely play this room with four players.

Scary

Not scary

Minimum age

10

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

No

It‘s in a building, where you need to go through the garden and then access to another building.

Parking

Limited

Jun 15, 2025 | Experienced Jun 15, 2025
@eklixio
eklixio

81 escape rooms

🧪🥼 An incredibly fun puzzle-fest with a very satisfying climax- maybe one of my faves to date! I know the general rule of escape rooms is less people = a better time, but for this one, trust me: this non-linear and densely packed room is well-suited for a large group! I played as a duo and we were running around, hard. Our gamemaster was very nice and removed a puzzle they keep for larger groups, probably saving us about ten minutes. So much fun and definitely a favourite of ours on our Scotland trip! Do it!

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Jun 13, 2025 | Experienced Jun 14, 2025
@joebrown
joebrown

169 escape rooms

A large room set in an actual old veterinary lab. Tonnes to do in the hour, I'd recommend 6 people for this one! Some really nice puzzles, a really large room and great use of scientific gear and tech!

Feb 5, 2025 | Experienced Aug 12, 2017
@ESCAPUZZLED
ESCAPUZZLED

72 escape rooms

𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 �𓅝𓃄 �𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿 𓆜𓋘𓄁 𓊛𓇙𓋸𓌤𓌥 𓌦 𓅐𓆢 𓆣 𓀉𓆤 𓆥 𓅑𓆘 𓆙 𓅒𓄙 𓄚 𓄛 𓅓𓃺 𓃻 𓅔 𓅕 𓃕 𓃖 𓃗 𓎷 𓄁𓎸𓅖 𓅽 𓅾 𓅿𓅗 𓅘 𓇆 𓇇𓅙 𓅚 𓁵 𓁶𓂵 𓂶𓃝𓋲 𓋳𓀬 𓅛𓁃 𓂺𓅜 𓂨𓅝𓃄 𓄁𓅞𓂙 𓅟𓂿

Aug 17, 2024

S

Sodaw

1 escape room

We were a group of 4 for the secret lab! The role playing from Ellen was great brought me giggles! We got slowly into what we were supposed to be doing and once we divided into teams of two we were more able to solve each puzzle! We were very close at escaping and solving the whole problem! Definitely we will come again for another game

Gameplay

It was fun, engaging and once you know what to do it is easier

Atmosphere

Definitely immersive

Customer service

Ellen was great!

Was anything broken?

No

All was great

Dec 14, 2023 | Experienced Dec 14, 2023

S

ScottyD

14 escape rooms

Escape room was really enjoyable, good mix of puzzles with some really unique ones. A good open room where team members can split off and do different puzzles so the whole group feels involved! The team at locked in Edinburgh are fantastic!

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service
Ideal number of players

4

Oct 7, 2023 | Experienced Oct 7, 2023
@MagsB
MagsB

118 escape rooms

Booked the Secret Lab as it gets very high reviews online. We are a family of 5 (3 teenagers) who have done quite a few escape rooms so wanted to give it a try. I would say it was enjoyable but probably better for bigger sized groups. They did take out some of the puzzles to make it more manageable for our size of party which made me feel like I was missing out on the full experience but there were lots of puzzles to get through. Lovely, friendly games master, some really good puzzles and we did enjoy our visit.

Mar 2, 2023 | Experienced Jan 15, 2022
@ebroder
ebroder

305 escape rooms

The Secret Lab was delightful. It was fast-paced and engaging with a great mix of puzzles and several very satisfying moments. There were a few specific puzzles that were unlike anything I’ve seen elsewhere, and overall there was a ton of variety in what we were asked to do. They made excellent use of a space with a very unique history. Our GM was excellent - friendly and accommodating and clearly paying attention to our gameplay - and the mechanism for delivering clues to players was a real joy.

Gameplay
Atmosphere
Customer service

Olivia was a great GM. She was enthusiastic and really matched our energy, and was happy to spend a bunch of time debriefing with us after the game. She was obviously proud of Locked in Edinburgh's rooms (rightfully so) and we appreciated getting to see a little of the inside scoop.

Story
Difficulty

Easy

Game tech

High tech

Ideal number of players

4

Could probably do up to 6 but would start stepping on each other

Scary

Not scary

Was anything broken?

No

Live actors

No

Physically active

Not at all

Easy to find location

No

Locked in Edinburgh is in the back of Summerhall with fairly poor signage. There's a short video on the "Contact" page of the website, but we were running late for our first game and a little panicked and couldn't find it and ended up needing to be rescued by our GM.

Jun 29, 2022 | Experienced Jun 29, 2022
@CiaraF21
CiaraF21

82 escape rooms

I have played this game twice and managed to work on different puzzles both times, that just shows how much there is in this game! Both times, I played in a team of 6 people (different teams both times), the max number is 10 which I would only recommend for less experienced players.

Gameplay
Atmosphere

The Summerhall building is an old veterinarian school so the Secret Lab has some very nice set design that is actually just part of the old building design, atmospheric lighting and a cool clue system.

Dec 20, 2021 | Experienced Mar 13, 2017

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  • One of my favorite games in Edinburgh and Glasgow!

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