Enigma Rooms Hull: Escape The Chocolate Factory

By | November 30, 2019

by Enigma Rooms Hull (website)

Princes Quay, Ground floor, 30G Dock St, HU1 2PQ

Kingston upon Hull

2-6 players

60 minutes

After spending your whole life looking at the outside of the worlds most mysterious chocolate factory you finally get chance to step inside.
Will you be lucky enough to get in and marvel at the wonders within and then escape to tell the tale?
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Overall rating

Rated between 3.5 and 5 out of 5

based on ratings from 33 users
combined with 2 pro reviews

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Player reviews

samsham experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 5 Oct 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 58:36 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendly
Elderly Escape Artist experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 15 May 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 43 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulstory-drivengreat hosting

What a delightful room - my favourite of the three at Enigma Hull. Very authentic build even down to appropriate smells! A lot of nods to the film which as a lady of a certain age I appreciated.

Clever puzzles and one particular audio clue had us laughing our heads off.

A lovely room well worth doing.

Smith² expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
beautiful
A very large room with good use of space. Nice puzzles which made sense. (Although some items could do with replacing due to wear) Very easy to find venue with plenty of parking. The rooms even smell like you’d expect them to! 
bethamari experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 11 Mar 2024 Team size: 4 Time taken: 51:56 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivestory-driven
We have played a few Enigma rooms now and I love their theming, the rooms always look so good and there’s always a good variety of puzzles! We all really enjoyed this one.
fraggle42 experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 19 Nov 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 42
beautifulstory-drivengreat hosting
browngate experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
🔐SpontaneousIllusion expert rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Mark Crossley experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 18/04/2022 Team size: 2 Time taken: 47:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersiveepicmagicalquite difficult
Great Escape Room Experience, don't be fooled by the initial engagement, it is one Epic journey!
leighton_87 experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 29 May 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 58 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivefamily friendly

A journey from bedroom to chocolate factory. Visually beautiful, a great variety of puzzles and family friendly. 

We went with our 6 year old who loved it and was a real help throughout.

Another classic from Enigma, we will be back soon to do Impact 

knoh39 experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 10 Nov 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendlyquite difficult
Farmergeddon Outta Here experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 4 Dec 2022 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivestory-driven
Update 25/03/24: this has now been surpassed by Case Closed in Edinburgh for the best room we've done! 
By far, the best escape room we've done. The set design is beautiful, and the puzzles are a real mix of locks and puzzles which makes the game my absolute favourite to date. We started to panic thinking we might get locked in this room because of the number of puzzles, but we managed to make it out in time! The host was brilliant, Enigma have really excelled themselves with this game!
Freddo rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
immersivestory-drivenfamily friendlyquite difficult

A must play game!

Adrienne Ward rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulclevergreat hostingquite difficult

Amazing Props. My favourite room so. Great host

Scree rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 4 Jun 2023 Team size: 4 Time taken: 50 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalfamily friendly

Played with 2 adults and a 3 year old and a 6 year old

Escapetopus experienced rated this:Rated between 3.5 and 3.5 out of 5
Played: 25 Aug 2023 Team size: 3 Time taken: 1:00 Outcome: Failed 🙁
beautifulfamily friendlyquite difficult

Played with two newbies including my 6-year-old son. We got stuck on a maths puzzle early on (not my forte at the best of times) and didn’t manage to escape, plus we missed out on some of the room’s coolest moments sad face 🙁

The flow of puzzles was a bit lacking at times and the clues were not always very helpful, sometimes repeating information we already had. The room decorations were well done though and there was a good variety of puzzles, including an innovative way of using a directional padlock.

Escape_2023 expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulstory-drivenfamily friendly

Great theme

simsi747 experienced rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 20 May 2023
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting

The room was themed brilliant. A good mix of puzzles to be solved and a nice little surprise at the end. Our host Ben made it a really good experience 

Adam Bravery expert rated this:Rated between 3 and 3 out of 5
Played: 26 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 38:41 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulmagicalpoor hosting

Didn't have the best experience here due mainly to the GM, who overclued us loads throughout the game basically as soon as we found a puzzle to the point we weren't really solving much ourselves. The set was excellent however, particularly in the 2nd half. Hopefully our experience was an anomaly and we still enjoyed playing

🎲A Jones experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 5 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 51:42 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersive
The set dressing here was great and really fit the theme. There’s a few tricky puzzles and then some that seem to go by fairly quick. Most of the value in this room is set dressing rather than puzzles I would say.
Jess_keds expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalclever
Fiona Smith experienced rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 1 Apr 2023 Team size: 2 Time taken: 51.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
clevergreat hostingmagical

So good! Loved this room. Tiny but lovely touch right at the end as you escape. Fantastic hosting from Dan. 

Tatie experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 5 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingfamily friendly

My favourite game currently from Enigma. A great room for families

matt_keds expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 7 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivenostalgic
TheDreamTeam experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 26 Jan 2023 Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifuloriginalstory-driven

This room was stunning and original - with lots of interesting puzzles.

Fantastic hosting again from Dan.

rachrvm rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersivefamily friendly

So so clever and beautifully done. Loved it!

Scotus0 expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 20 Dec 2021 Team size: 3 Time taken: ~56:00 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulcleverimmersive

Chocs ‘n’ Locks!

I might’ve completed 81 escapes, but never one in a chocolate factory! I went with my dad and brother, and we got 10% off with ENIGMAPERK.

Story

Take the chance to step inside the chocolate factory, but make sure you can escape (?)

Puzzles

An engaging variety of puzzles that involve some artful thinking and clever pay-offs. The placement/accessibility of a couple of components in the game mislead and threw us off the scent (which, in this room, was genuinely like sweets- amazing), but our friendly Games Host was on hand to provide hints when needed.

Mise-en-scene

In the thoughtfully laid out spaces, there are plenty of nods to the films, some more subtle than others. The final ‘zone’ is particularly impressive.

Final Comments

Altogether a top-notch room- in fact, my dad and brother said it’s one of their favourites. We escaped with just under 5 minutes to spare.

LockAndMe experienced rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 4 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivefamily friendly

Unbelievable. This room is by far my favourite room in the Enigma chain. The beginning was not what I was expecting, but made sense with the storyline, but as you play through this room, it just gets better and better. The set is amazing too, so much so, that my friend had to keep telling me off for looking at it and not focusing on the puzzles. 

Really worth playing this. So much fun, it has everything you want from the story, and so much more. Very immersive, and a great sense of adventure.  

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

A superb game that was so enjoyable from beginning to end. The set provides wow moment after wow moment and the puzzles are a lot of fun. We just loved this one.

🤘The Pick of Destiny expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
family friendly
flyingoctopus expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulimmersive

This is a visually beautiful room, really immersive.

You feel like you are actually part of the original film. 

Good use of space with a nice variety of puzzles. 

The kids will LOVE this room. 

funsupport rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 31 Aug 2021 Team size: 2 Time taken: 59 Outcome: Successful escape!
story-drivenepicmagical

Love this room. It has been done out fantastic, the puzzles are great and it is really fun! 

Moosehead expert rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2
beautifulimmersivestory-driven

Great game!  The set was beautiful and was super fun.  Can’t recommend enough.

Reviews by escape room review sites

Only having time to play two games of the three at Enigma Rooms Hull, the second one we chose was their Chocolate Factory game. On telling us about the chocolate factory's owner, Mr Enigma, our host pointed out that there was no copyright infringement going on; and there wasn't. But the influence of a certain famous movie is clear throughout this loving homage. Your team isn't plunged into the factory, but instead reach it after a build-up that mirrors the plot of the film.

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