No1Escape: Da Vinci

By | March 20, 2019

by No1Escape (website)

101 Commercial Road, E1 1RD

East London

2-10 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

closed
You live in Milan Italy, in the year 1495. The name of the Master Leonardo Da Vinci is recognised all around the world. Hundreds of students follow him, hoping that the grand inventor will take them on as a student. There are so many enthusiastic followers who want to be at his side, Da Vinci decides the only way to narrow the field is to build a room specifically designed to select only the best candidates from these eager followers. Only the students capable of exiting this room in 60 minutes will be granted the distinction to learn from the master himself!
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Rated between 3 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 10 users
combined with 5 pro reviews

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Anonymous rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 22 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 35
plainquite easy

A big issue is the room was too dark to actually make out details of some of the puzzles, a few time we knew exactly what to do but we just couldn't see the puzzle clear enough. 

An other big issue was that it felt that nothing was automatically triggered, multiple times we had to communicate to the host that we had finished the puzzle, which detracted from the experience alot.

escape-room-fangirl rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 3 Jul 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 40 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulquite easy

Nice atmosphere, as a Da Vinci fan, maybe I'm biased, but great theme ๐Ÿ˜€ I've played some other Da Vinci themed rooms on my travels, too, but this one was probably the best out of those in terms of atmosphere. interesting game, but we were not loving the hint system, and even though I'm aware that as a more seasoned escapee I will get out of rooms earlier than average perhaps, I still get a bit disappointed if I escape too early for my liking (10-15 mins earlier is alright, when it's 20, I start to get a bit itchy). Maybe it is a normal difficulty and not quite easy for most. Also, some others may actually take pride in escaping sooner, so it's a very personal thing. Anyway, that's why it's 4 stars not 5, but for escape room newbies it could be a 5. ๐Ÿ™‚

kman expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 26 Oct 2018 Team size: 5 Time taken: 43m 00s Outcome: Successful escape!
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 27 Sep 2018 Team size: 8 Time taken: 38:00 Outcome: Successful escape!

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Jen Wells (Get Wells Soon) expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!

The Da Vinci theme is fantastically achieved here and the design of the room is a real highlight. Lighting can be an issue at times and we found it tricky to see at times! Great fun though!

James Van Der Hoorn rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 7/2/17 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!

Really fun room, with unusual puzzles and a cool hidden second room.

Tom experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: January 2019 Team size: 4 Time taken: 39.15 Outcome: Successful escape!

Down in London with work so decided to book an escape room. Finding the venue was the first challenge! Haha. This room felt quite different, the set was excellent and the team was split to begin with. Clue system is bizarre, hints embedded in the soundtrack?? Or played over the top of it in a booming Da Vinci voice. We got out so quickly that we immediately decided to do another of their rooms!! Haha

Flutter.dumplin experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 29/09/18 Team size: 4 Time taken: 46 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
Barry Hammond expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 13/10/2018 Team size: 4 Time taken: 31 Outcome: Successful escape!
Jose Adrian experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Successful escape!

Reviews by escape room review sites

Slightly apprehensive after a not-parfectly-smooth experience in their medieval torture room, we plunged straight into a second game at London Escaped. A brief introduction explained that we were students of Leonardo Da Vinci, attempting to prove our worth.

This is another dimly-lit room, though less so as it progresses. But it's also quite beautiful, thanks to the Renaissance aesthetic of cogwheels and astronomy, with liberal use of Da Vinci diagrams as decoration. The puzzle mechanics use a l...

A beautiful set and some interesting electronics and mechanisms helped but some poor GMing and lack of player feedback took the shine off this game.
We are in Milan, Italy (really Whitechapel, London) to prove to Leonardo Da Vinci that we are good enough to be his students.
A newcomer to the East London escape scene offers the opportunity to prove yourself as one of Leonardo Da Vinci's new apprentices. Did we come out with a Mona Lisa smile?

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