Escape Rooms Island Phobia: Dragon’s Ring

7/10 

 N.B. At the time of writing they were cash only. There are plenty of ATMs in the area. I used CaixaBank on nearby C. Venezuela. 

They do have a toilet, which was a relief, but there's plenty of cafes roundabout. 

This place has very mixed reviews, so I was a bit dubious. 

It's in a run down shopping centre, where most of the shops were closed up, and it's raining in; which TBF isn't much of an issue in usually dry Tenerife. 

But once you get inside their shop it looks quite professional.  

The room itself has a nice front, as it's done up like a Hobbit Hole; albeit a social-housing (budget) Hobbit hole, if such a thing existed. 

Upon entering the room, I was underwhelmed as it seemed quite plain, and fairly rudimentary, however it turns into a surprisingly large area, that probably a lot more could be done with. 

It's LotR/Hobbit themed and all of the puzzles fit the theme. 

As a fan of the LotR films I personally really appreciated this theme and enjoyed this room. There were puzzles I've never experienced before, for example a smell based puzzle, and I really liked some of the more tactile puzzles, handling weapons and slotting pieces into place. 

And old furniture style puzzles. 

There were a few key padlocks, but no combination padlocks, which made a refreshing change, and again fit the theme. 

You could say that there were some red-herrings but for me, even though I needed several clues, everything flowed fairly well. 

It might actually be on the easy side for a larger group, and they could definitely do more with it. But then I wouldn't have gotten out and I would guess they probably get a lot of passing trade, so possibly it's about right for this venue. 

They have an advertising hoarding claiming they are #1 in Tenerife which is absolutely fair enough, and then bizarrely inferring they are #2 in Spain?

They are clearly somewhat adrift from top market trends in Madrid, Barcelona etc However if these rooms were in England I think they'd be considered as really good rooms. 

One criticism is that I think the pricing is rather unfair. Basically it 's 75 Euro for 1-4 people, meaning for 1-2 it's possibly overpriced. 

But given that I went back for two more rooms I can't cry too much about that.

Arthur the host was really good and spoke perfect English. 

They have been criticised for running more than one room at a time, and that could be the case, but it didn't affect me in this room. 

It's in a good accessible spot for a lot of people on holiday in the south of the island, as it's in easy walking distance of the bus station in Costa Adeje.  

This obviously isn't a place I would specifically travel to, but if you're in the area, and you're sun-drenched holiday has been rained-off then it's definitely worth a look 

Room 6 for our 5 & 8 year olds, room 47 for me and hubby. Nice room, pretty easy even with the kids 'helping'. Some good puzzles, lovely theme.