Escape Rooms Cheltenham

If you dont like de-coding EVERYTHING you come across (like me) this isn't for you. 

I appreciate where some enjoy this one but it wasn't for one of our team members. The other enjoyed it.

A few things were a "bit of a stretch" puzzle wise with little to no signposting or pushing to where you may need to go next, which broke flow and enjoyment quite a lot. 

I woudn't say this one is good for teams early in their escaping experience. 

Challenging level taken on - wasn't too challenging so the more experienced players shouldn't be put off going for it. Its great this company offer a "beginner" version of the games. 

Nice game, nothing to strenuous, some nice easy puzzles and a couple of more in depth, cute aspect for the younger players too. 

I would recommend the Challenging version if you've done several escape rooms as it's not that challenging 🙂

This may feel like a plain room at first glance, but don’t be fooled. There’s a lot to do. The natural layout of the room, and its stairs area, can feel a little claustrophobic for some players (and it may be difficult to navigate depending on your agility). It was a puzzle-driven experience which can be great fun. Some props were a little damaged, or had been disturbed by the previous team, se we spent unnecessarily long trying to solve something that should have been easy… so it was a little frustrating (the clue on how to operate the device didn’t work given that the device itself could not work 🤷🏻‍♀️)

Puzzles were ok, with some being a little odd/illogical. Staging was also ok, with some bits better than others. Overall this room is worth a try but not one of the best that I have visited.

Played on "Hard Mode" - fun theming which connects to the local area!

A lovely family friendly escape room where the task at hand is to collect as many nectar/honey pieces as possible. Very sweet and joyful! Our host was enthusiastic and we got a glass of fizz upon arrival (valentines offer, £20 each and a glass of fizz). 

The games here at this lovely, independent escape room centre aren't big or particularly fancy but what is done so well here is invention and that personal touch that makes whatever you are doing feel a little bit special.

Being in a hut in Antarctica, there are lots of obvious trappings and nods to the theme that one would expect... and a few one wouldn't. One particular moment - no spoilers - was just... gorgeous.

Adorable. We had mouse ears on and fed fish to a cat while trying to steal a big wheel of cheese and I don't know what more anybody could ask for.

We did this on challenging mode and brie-zed through it but that's not to say it was completely straightforward. It's a delightfully quirky game with some lovely puzzles; young children and big kids alike will love it.

Just didn't really get on with this game. We couldn't get a flow within the game but could understand how other teams could. We completed as a family of 4 and think it would suit adults only due to the standard of some of the puzzles.

This was a challenging escape room. Lots of challenges to get through, needed to work around the room separately in order to escape. Very detailed and good theming. Game master was great too! Will come back to do the easier and more challenging rooms at this location. 

Some lovely physical puzzles and references to the South Pole expedition. A really good variety of tasks and one moment that I certainly won't forget in a while!

Lots of classic escape room elements combined into a solid GCHQ style game (not set in WW2 for a change!). There was some nice use of tech and I enjoyed how everything came together at the end. Likely to be nothing new for experienced players but a fun play nonetheless.

Fun and light-hearted game. We did the challenging mode and there was lots of interesting multistep puzzles and some fun physical elements too. Highly recommend!

What a great and fun idea for a game, loved the theming and some great new touches not seen before.

I have never had to be a mouse before...

Lovely and quirky is the best way to describe this game

Nice room if you’re looking for a laugh or something lighthearted. Original theme which is always a nice bonus. Lovely hosting too. However no music or sound effects and could hear another team/GM’s talking for ages right outside the door so a bit odd. Other than that it was a nice room to have a laugh. 

Fun and different but a few bits needed jiggling to work. We did challenging which I’d recommend for adults or anyone who has done a few rooms before. 

What could be more fun than robbing cheese?

Such a fun game!

This is an odd one to try and rate given the nature of Cheltenham Escape Rooms. The current setup is to create a smaller ER experiences that only run for 1/2 months.

Because of this (and the fact that the room is a flat fee of £60), the rating will vary depending on whether cost of the experience is taken into account.

The obvious downside to having such a high turnover of escape room stories/designs is that the set quality will suffer - there is less time to design and build puzzles/content, and also less reason to spend large sums of money of props puzzles that will only last 2 months. The flipside of this again is the cost being low, and locals being able to get a new experience on a relatively regular basis.

I had a reasonable time with the puzzles; had issues with a prop issue or two and a couple of red herrings. But relative to the cost, still vaguely enjoyable.

Cheltenham Escape Rooms are slowly moving away from the current model to have longer running games, which in turn *should* mean an uptick in quality - will be interested to see the new designs.