Escape London: The Da Vinci Room

By | March 20, 2019

by Escape London (Shepherds Bush) (website)

117 Uxbridge Road, W12 8NL

West London

2-7 players

60 minutes

Primarily focusing on code-breaking, symbolism and association problems The Da Vinci Room will offer an interesting challenge for new and returning players alike.
Take on the role of thieves trying to recover the Holy Grail for the greater good. Does your team have what it takes to Escape?
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Overall rating

Rated between 3 and 3.5 out of 5

based on ratings from 23 users
combined with 6 pro reviews

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Player reviews

BubbleAndSqueak experienced rated this:Rated between 2 and 2 out of 5
Played: 6 Dec 2017 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
plain

Very plain room, not much physically there. The puzzles were rather strange, and it didn't seem to flow very well. They also thought we'd booked for a different game, so we had to wait while they prepared the room we'd actually booked.

Theming: 2/10
Puzzles: 3/10
GM: 2/10
Value: 2/10
Fun: 2/10

Overall: 2/10

Riot Games rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
TheCLAMS expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
StaceyF expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 10/03/2019 Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
kman expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 11 Feb 2017 Team size: 5 Time taken: 48m 12s Outcome: Successful escape!
Catherine K experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Simon (The Overthinkers) expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 28 Dec 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 55:33 Outcome: Successful escape!
Emma Macedo experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 21st Jan 2017 Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
originalgreat hostingvery difficult
spbc expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 1 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfun
Anonymous expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: Apr 2024 Team size: 5 Time taken: 35:33 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly
πŸ”James Bloodworth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 27 Apr 2024 Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
Probably the weakest game at this venue but there are still some clever puzzles that elevate it.  The space is a little plain but adequate and this was a good way to spend an hour, we escaped with roughly 45 minutes remaining.
escapeartist1212 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
ashpf experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Failed πŸ™
Sandie Morris rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: ?Oct 2018 Team size: 5

Our first UK room... Logging for reference, can remember enjoying it enough to come back for more.

Speedy Sloth expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Jemileh experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 16 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
Amanda Mary Mack rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 11 Aug 2019 Team size: 5 Time taken: 48:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
Mighty Oaks experienced rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 18 Feb 2018 Team size: 2 Time taken: 29:52 Outcome: Successful escape!
very easy
🀘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 4
great hostingfamily friendlyplain
Mark Greenhalgh expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 07/01/16
🦑cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Arjay Henshall expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: Team size: 3 Time taken: 57 Outcome: Successful escape!
Claire Stephens rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: Team size: Time taken:

Reviews by escape room review sites

The most stand-out thing about Da Vinci was how very typical it was, without either glaring flaws or many compelling reasons to choose it over another of London's games.

It uses a smallish room, with decent but simple decorations - lots of padlocked furniture with faux-bookshelf wallpaper. Puzzles are almost entirely linear, and make extensive use of laminated paper clues. The Masonic theme is followed consistently but with a great deal of escape room logic, and while none of the puzzles were t...

A solid but uninspiring game from the Escape franchise. While there were no big negatives in the room, ultimately there was nothing that got me excited.
Whilst Da Vinci is perhaps an overused theme, we warmed to this room quickly and found it the best of the three on the premises. Puzzles were just right for difficulty. Decent fun.

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