Escape Hull: 221B Baker Street

By | March 20, 2019
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by Escape Hull (website)

10 Parliament St, Hull HU1 2AP

Kingston upon Hull

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
Primarily focusing on code-breaking, symbolism and association problems The Sherlock Escape Room will offer an interesting challenge for new and returning players alike.
Having been enlisted by Moriarty, your task is to break into 221B Baker Street, defeat Sherlock's failsafes and retrieve an item of historic importance.
Hurry though, Sherlock and Dr Watson are hot on your tail!
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based on ratings from 40 users
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Terraverte rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
plainunoriginaltedious

Having just played Escape the Seven Seas and loved it we played this game as we had time to spare…and wished we hadn’t bothered. The theming is okay, like any other Sherlock/detective type room, but the puzzles are all a bit mundane, and there’s one in the second room that was both tedious and irritating. Not one we’d recommend.

spbc expert rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Apr 2024 Team size: 2
broken techpoor hosting
arandzom experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
TeamDenton experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 14/02/24 Team size: 2 Time taken: 57.40 Outcome: Successful escape!
plain
We may have just been very bad at this room, but it took us forever to get started. There were some basic things that could have been better signposted or linked up to help the players - we spent a lot of time filling in every padlock so something to indicate where a code might go would be quite welcome. I don't really enjoy the tactic of making a room feel longer by making you guess where to put the codes. The room was quite plain and the inclusion of a really broken violin felt a bit sad? The puzzles themselves were okay and we got through them quite quickly but we wasted loads of time in this room so there was quite a lot of standing around (maybe that was just us!). Overall an okay room but could easily be improved with a bit of extra care. Host was really nice.
escapeartist1212 expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
story-drivenfamily friendly
A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 5 May 2018 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
brilamb rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 29 Oct 2023 Team size: 6 Time taken: 32
We enjoyed the game and it had some unique puzzles, I have just rated it lower as it was a very small game like most at this venue and was far too easy.
MaliceInWonderland rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 23 Dec 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting

A straight-forward padlock and code escape room with decent puzzle flow and some nice details.

We flew through it so it would be great for beginners or families, as it's not tricky and is very linear but there are some nice moments that we enjoyed.

Jon was our host and he was an absolute delight.

Pegz241 rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 21/10/2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
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Many Sherlock-themed escape games need an excuse for why the great man himself isn't present - perhaps he's been kidnapped, or has died, or is simply too busy with more important cases. Escape's version takes a novel approach: here you are in fact the bad guys, sent by Moriarty to infiltrate Sherlock's apartment and steal a particular one of his possessions.

Although the Escape venues tend not to invest too heavily in the room decorations, 221B Baker Street looks more impressive than their norm...

reviewed in Colchester
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reviewed in Sheffield
Theming and Set: Lovely, until the weird timey-wimey wobble at the end. Searching: Not really enough to keep the teens occupied while solving one riddle at a time.
reviewed in Peterborough

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