Just completed it, and we won the Apartment setting with 9 players we came in a party of 4. Playing with strangers is fun, no need to worry about not buying all of the tix. Escape the room originated in Manhattan (I think?), and price in AZ is 32$ (with tax and service charge online), no extra charges in NY so its 28$.
It is a really fun puzzle/clues game where you are searching/solving for combinations to locks to escape. You are given 60 minutes to do this, and some clues to go off of. You get a total of 3 clues.I heard in Manhattan there is a person in the room with you who basically does the clue giving but here there is a giant screen with a timer and the person in the control room types to you to give clues. This is a really fun team building activity (if you come with coworkers) or just a fun place to solve some puzzles with strangers (its much more fun than it may seem initially).
There is also Rob A Bank, and Escape the 80's and I'll definitely be coming back for these after I crush the rooms back in Manhattan.