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| - **Summary**
- What is it? - You're given an hour to escape a room with your friends. There are clues all over the room and puzzles to solve. They give you one "free hint" to use.
- Decor - I was expecting detailed "room escape" scenes I've seen from pictures in Hong Kong or Japan. Rather, it seemed like a dirty, dilapidated office space that has been cheaply renovated. It reminds me of a couple years back when I was looking through foreclosed houses.
- Air Conditioning - I cannot stress how hot it was. When we got there, they said they just turned on the A/C, but it was uncomfortably hot the whole time.
- Price - The sign behind the counter said it was $15 a room an hour per person with $3 extra if you need more time. They had a new room open, so we tried that. However, they then said it'd be $20 per person and there'd be a charge for credit cards. Since it only was a little, we figured it'd be ok. However, after an hour, rather than ask for $3, they asked for $20 extra per person for more time. When I asked about the sign behind the counter, the response I got was, "We can take the sign down if you want."
- Puzzles - Though some of the puzzles were nice, a lot of the puzzles seemed less about figuring stuff out but more about making giant leaps in guessing. I believe this is to necessitate you using your "free hint" or being stuck for a good chunk of the hour.
- Professionalism - The level of professionalism seemed on par with a haunted house you'd see middle school students put together in a class room vs an actual legitimate business. The randomly changing of rules to milk the customers of more money seems to support this.
**Price**
- Advertised on the sign: $15 a room for an hour per person. $3 for more time.
- What they made us pay: $20 cash only per person. $20 for more time.
- They also informed us that next week, the prices were going to go up.
**Recommendations**
- I wouldn't recommend this place. I actually thought this was "Live Room Escape" which got phenomenal reviews, but this is just a cheap knock-off.
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