Escape Reality Edinburgh: Alcatraz

By | March 20, 2019
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by Escape Reality Edinburgh (website)

1 Fountainbridge Square, EH3 9QB

Edinburgh

2-6 players

60 minutes

In 1934, Alcatraz transformed into a maximum high-security prison housing the most infamous and dangerous criminals. Situated in the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay, no prisoner has ever successfully escaped. Alcatraz has just reached its maximum capacity for the first time in history – because of you.
You are all masters of escaping and no prison has managed to contain you. As highly skilled individuals you have been plotting your escape plan and now the time has arrived. A diversion has been caused by other inmates and the warden has sprinted off to help, leaving you in your cells unguarded. This is your prime opportunity to make your escape attempt. Can you escape before he returns and catches you?
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 41 users
combined with 4 pro reviews

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elfgrunge experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
great hosting
👽benjed rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersive
bingerz08 rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 28 Aug 2022 Team size: 4 Time taken: 39:20 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyclevergreat hosting

Great use of space with excellent atmosphere. Very linear but puzzles (especially at the end) required more brain power than other rooms but with a satisfying conclusion. Great introduction from Stephen (GM) with a clunky help system (via tablet) that we didn't end up using at all

Edinburgh Escape reality's hardest room and we happily made it out with their 6th fastest time this season!

Jemileh experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
🦡cipherdelic virtuoso rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Mynameisntjeff rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: April 2019 Team size: 2 Time taken: Outcome: Failed 🙁

Got to the last puzzle in 35 mins.... last puzzle spoilt it. Even with the guy in the room explaining to us how to do it we were still a bit like ‘that makes no sense’ apart from that cannot fault the team or the place whatsoever. Brilliant!!

2 Bodies 8 Minds rated this:Rated between 2.5 and 2.5 out of 5
Played: 7 Apr 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingbroken techplainquite difficult
Disn't enjoy the theme or decor at all really, very outdated and run down. Puzzles were actually quite fun and got the brain working but needs some love, building from the outside also looked awful when driving past. Doesn't feel like an active escape room venue, more like it used to be active and has been left abandoned for years. On the plus, puzzles were pretty good, and our host Tonio was brilliant, deserves a raise! So friendly and welcoming, we could have chatted for hours. Great guy! And made the whole event much more enjoyable 
thecolemans rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 27 Jan 2024 Team size: 2
value for moneyimmersivegreat hosting
We loved this escape room, really enjoyed the various puzzles you had to solve to move on to the next bit. We would definitely recommend. The room layout and decor was very realistic, making it an immersive experience
Ceri Thomas rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Adrienne Ward rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Failed 🙁
very difficult

One player does all the work. The other just gets locked in the cell for more than half the time.

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Alcatraz is a padlock-heavy, very linear game with a tendency towards fairly numeric puzzles. A good first impression was somewhat let down by some weaknesses of the game.

First of these was a puzzle where the clue for the answer was ambiguous, giving two possible answers only one of which would work. That's a design weakness, and was entirely avoidable here. It was compounded by the context, which involved a communication element that made the ambiguity harder to detect. (While discussing the ...

reviewed in Cardiff
A round-up of a couple of trips through Glasgow. Mostly poor experiences with the one highlight being Escape the Past at Pollok House, a room that would stand up reasonably well even if it weren't in a heritage site.
reviewed in Glasgow
A hard room for inexperienced teams who aren’t confident on their communication, and annoying for experienced teams who like good rooms
reviewed in Cardiff
Good room, poor hint system

Alcatraz is a well-produced room with good puzzle diversity. The overall experience is ultimately let down by the sub-par hint system, but the room itself is good quality. I’d recommend this room for larger teams that have a few escape room victories under their belt – you’ll need every brain in the room!


reviewed in Cardiff

Time penalties were given for each clue given which is the only downside for Escape Reality, however, we escaped within the 60 minutes we were given, so I'm taking it as a win. 

A good looking room, with good puzzles, this was the last of 4 for us, I thoroughly enjoyed it, we could have, and probably should have made it easier for ourselves, but despite that we got through. The iPad with time penalties for clues is probably the only downside for me. 

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reviewed in Leeds

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