Principal Escape Rooms: War of the Roses

By | May 26, 2024

by Principal Escape Rooms (website)

32 St Mary's St, Ely CB7 4ES

07384 699044

Ely

2-5 players

Languages: EN

60 minutes

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Step into the tranquil world of Ely's premier gardening competition, to restore a once-beautiful garden to its former glory.​The reputation of Ely’s premier gardening competition is on the line. You have 60 minutes to uncover clues, solve puzzles, and mend the damage done by the mysterious saboteur.​The judges are on their way. Every second counts. Good luck, gardeners!
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Overall rating

Rated 4 out of 5

based on ratings from 11 users

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GCTheScribe expert rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Team size: 3 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivefamily friendly

A lovely room. So nice to have a room that is such a unique theming! Thoroughly enjoyed this game and the wonderful puzzles inside (including one my team had never seen anything like before!)

stairs expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 8 Jul 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 50:19 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfamily friendlycute

This is an adorable, whimsical room, with lots of very cute interactions.

It is a tiny space, and while it's impressive how much content has been packed into the room, I can't really imagine it being played by a team larger than 3 (we played it as a couple, which felt perfect).

Krista Goalby rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Team size: 2 Outcome: Successful escape!
originalfunnyclever

Such a fun room. Lots if little surprises and so many funny touches. You can see how much thought and love has been put into this room.

Josh and Claire are both great and really help make the experience fun.

Definitely recommend. 

Mrs G owner expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
clevergreat hostingfamily friendly

A great fun room with some lovely elements I haven’t seen before. A fantastic use of space and great hosting. 

Molly Smith experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 12 Sep 2025 Team size: 2 Time taken: 52.32
originalimmersivegreat hosting

Josh was friendly and made me feel very welcome playing this game to celebrate my birthday. The room itself was a theme we hadn't played before and we enjoyed trying to solve the cosy mystery. Despite the small size of this room there were plenty of puzzles included and we felt fully immersed.

SerenaHollie rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 23/08/2025 Team size: 3 Time taken: 52:57
hi-techfunnyfamily friendly

Josh did a great job setting the scene and telling us everything we needed to know before entering the room. The room was fun, busy, creative and had lots to get us all started! We experienced puzzles we'd never seen before and clever little finishing touches! Josh kept an eye on us throughout and gave us a little nudge when needed - not letting us waste too much time on one section but also waiting long enough to make sure we exhausted all our ideas first 🙂 

Loved this room and so did our kids! A great escape room!! 

teishab rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 29 May 2025 Team size: 4 Time taken: 49.00 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnyclevergreat hosting

Whimsical room, great puzzles & tech, fabulous hosting- super friendly, really enthusiastic and really know their escape rooms. 

A Blacksmith expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 17 Dec 2024 Team size: 2 Time taken: 35:05 Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivegreat hostingfamily friendly

We really enjoyed this room, so much to do in a well themed room and puzzles. Definately worth a visit.

jakea256 expert rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
beautifulvalue for moneygreat hosting

For such a small play space there is so much packed into this room. A beautiful set, great mix of logic, observation and some twists on more standard puzzle styles. Easily my favourite at this venue!

Emma N experienced rated this:Rated between 4 and 4 out of 5
Played: 1 Nov 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 45:27 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingfamily friendly

Really enjoyed this room. Good theming, decoration and lovely puzzles. Just a real feel good room. Hosting was lovely and friendly. Highly recommend a visit! Nice location for a wander around the city of Ely too. 

🏆Annagramma expert rated this:
Played: 8 Sep 2024 Team size: 3 Time taken: 41:26 Outcome: Successful escape!
beautifulfunnygreat hosting

We playtested this room and supplied feedback for the owners before opening. Once ready this is going to be a fantastic little room. Small but very well formed, we played as a 3 which felt right size wise. Beautifully designed and cleverly themed with this venue's signature touch of humour, they have also packed a good amount and variety of puzzles into the space along with some very neat touches and new ideas which made for a lot of fun. Kept us busy, thinking, and entertained the whole time, and will be great for all ages and levels as can either be adapted for children, or extra challenge additional to the main game for the experts. Fab!

Reviews by escape room review sites

Such a sweet, wholesome game with a creative theme that can be enjoyed by the full range of players from sensitive kiddiwinks to genteel grannies. 

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