CTRL ALT ESC: The Heist

By | February 25, 2025

by CTRL ALT ESC (website)

202 Northdown Rd, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2QU

Margate

2-8 players

Languages: EN

90 mins

You are part of a world-class team of thieves on a daring mission: break into a high-security art gallery and steal the gold bars hidden inside its state-of-the-art vault. But this won’t be easy—layers of security stand in your way, including guards, a laser maze, and a locked vault. Your escape route? Not the way you entered. Will you succeed before time runs out?

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based on ratings from 21 users

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Zachary Fisher-gambell rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 7 Nov 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 82 Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techgreat hostingintense

Onyx was an amazing host the room was was great alot of running around

Bartderidder69 rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 1 Nov 2026 Team size: 3 Time taken: 80 Outcome: Successful escape!
great hostingintensemagicalquite difficult

In my team, Samuel had played already some escape rooms before in Belgium and has afterwards said that this was the best escape room game he has ever experienced

Mark Pring rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 20 Oct 2026 Team size: 6 Time taken: 81 Outcome: Successful escape!
funnygreat hostingfamily friendly

Great experience, completely made by our host Sarah. I hadn’t done one of these before but the whole group enjoyed it. 

Definitely recommend doing this and would do again. 

ellencompton78 rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 17 Oct 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 80 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivegreat hostingvery difficult

This was definitely one of the best if not the best escape room I’ve done. It was such great cost for two people for the size, time and experience.

The host Toby was great throughout and assisted us when needed but never made us feel stupid! It was difficult but not impossible and really had us thinking outside the box.

We’re already planning when we can come back again to complete the other rooms. Definitely a hidden gem in Margate! 

Callum Nicholls rated this:
Played: 22 Sep 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 70 Outcome: Successful escape!
cleverimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Sarah was amazing and we was all fully immersed in the game, the game was creative, fun and origional

EscapeClan rated this:
Played: 2 Sep 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 1:04
immersivegreat hostingintensequite difficult

Immersive room with a clear forward plan, whilst avoiding the real guard patrolling the corridors. Good use of THREE (Yes - you heard right- three floors) involving infiltration, stealth and as it turned out speed. Well hosted and well worthwhile on spending any time over 24 hours in Margate

Nikolas Stathopoulos rated this:
Played: 4 Aug 2026 Team size: 2 Time taken: 90 minutes Outcome: Successful escape!
immersivestory-drivengreat hosting😨creepy

Had excellent fun with the Heist escape room, an experience over 2 (or was it 3!) floors which made it really immersive. Our host, Onyx, was great and I look forward to our next adventure there.

LolleeRhiannon rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 15 Aug 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 85 mins Outcome: Successful escape!
hi-techimmersivegreat hosting

We had such an amazing time at Ctrl Alt Escape! Toby our games master was amazing and so funny, he had us all in stitches and made it so much more memorable! Toby was a fantastic host from the moment we arrived to the moment we left! Thank you Toby!

CardiphoniaUK rated this:Rated between 4.5 and 4.5 out of 5
Played: 14/08/2026 Team size: 7 Time taken: 77.:15 Outcome: Successful escape!
value for moneyimmersivegreat hostingquite difficult

Great hosting and I loved the use of space. Does require agility!

david hill rated this:Rated between 5 and 5 out of 5
Played: 25 Jul 2026 Team size: 4 Time taken: 58
clevergreat hostingepic

What a fantastic experience, some of the best fun you can have, great puzzles great theme and the host Toby was the best host we’ve ever had and we’ve done over 100 rooms amazing 

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