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Step into your own black and white, film noir adventure! You are a private investigator in 1950's New York. One day you receive a letter from Betty McGee - a singer at the notorious Marlowe Hotel. She informs you that the gangster kingpin and hotel owner, Eddie Marlowe, is trying to blackmail her with incriminating material. She needs you to break in and retrieve the documents. You know Eddie is bad news, but you agree to take the case. What secrets await you inside the hotel? How will you locate the photos? What do you really know about Eddie Marlowe?
All (202)
Overwhelmingly positive
Gameplay
Very positive
Atmosphere
Very positive
Customer service
Very positive
60 escape rooms
Overall, we enjoyed the room. The atmosphere was excellent and the quality of the puzzles was good. The room also parallels well across multiple solvers. Our one critique is that we felt the number of puzzles was a little light for our group size/experience. I would have liked more, or wish we had been a smaller group (we had 5, though only two of us were escape room regulars).
I love the black and white set and the noir theming. Very well done.
Medium
Puzzles were good, but I would have liked more. It felt like we got through everything a little too quickly.
Mechanical
3
Not scary
11
No
No
Not at all
Yes
We took a train
28 escape rooms
Completed with a group of 4. Love the theme and the black and white clothing suggestion to fit the theme. It had a lot of creative and interesting puzzles that are unique to this room. The gameplay was immersive and flowed well. One of the top escape rooms Iβve done, would definitely recommend!
Hard
19 escape rooms
This was fun for our group of fairly experienced escape roomers but for an βexpertβ level this was a bit too basic and straight forward. The ending was rather anticlimactic. Unfortunately I was a little underwhelmed as the highly rated and nominated room I thought would be a bit more challenging. Great host though and love the collectable pins.
No
Medium
Mechanical
3
Not scary
12
No
No
Not at all
Yes
Easy
35 escape rooms
Lots of puzzles, flowed well and great theming
Mechanical
21 escape rooms
One of the, if not the best, escape rooms we've been to. The atmosphere and props were incredible, providing an incredibly rich and immersive experience. The puzzles were fantastic, super creative, varied, and unique. We can't wait to go back and try all the other rooms.
447 escape rooms
This is such a visually satisfying experience with perfectly logical and fun puzzles. Cipher Room is just spot on in creating a delightful playing experience.
9
31 escape rooms
Every escape room in The Cipher Room comes with interesting elements. The reviews of this room are overwhelming positive for good reason.
57 escape rooms
Another great room from Cipher including well thought out production value and storyline. We enjoyed the black and white theme as this is something we havenβt experienced before in an escape room. There were a lot of puzzles to do in this room but we found they made sense and were relatively easy to follow.
Yes
Hard
Mechanical
4
Not scary
10
No
No
Somewhat
Yes
22 escape rooms
Fun Detective Noir theme. Really clever Black & White aesthetic, very fun. Lots of rooms and puzzles which kept us busy. Not a terribly difficult puzzle room - but we did need one hint! We also had a wonderful game master who seemed genuinely excited about escape rooms. Really great about asking us if we wanted hints before sharing! Thank you Nathy! Interesting concept for a plot - but the voice over took us out of the immersion. Would recommend re-recording the lines so that they are acted out- not just spoken.
Mechanical
139 escape rooms
What a visually stunning escape experience. The monochromatic decor and the noir-style story delivery was so, so fun. Tricky, but not impossible, each puzzle was satisfying to finish. βThe Marlowe Hotelβ is a great room!
The puzzles were tricky, but so rewarding and thematically in tune.
10/10, the monochrome experience was awesome.
GM was good.
Yes
Everything was in shades β not a single splash of colour!
A great story flowed throughout the space.
Hard
4
Not scary
15
No
No
Not at all
Yes