Escape Hunt Lakeside Reviews Summary

Room Themes and Decor

Pros:

• "Both great rooms, well decorated and interesting puzzles."
• "Great theming to the room though after having done Blackbeard's treasure."
• "The puzzles were really well put together."
• "Both well thought out and put together! The clues were in full character."
• "Brilliantly designed escape room."

Cons:

• "Found it good, but nothing amazing."
• "Some direction on entry or soon after entry would be good, as we found we could search around for many things but didn't know where to 'go next'."
• "The room was good, a little bit hot, but we had a great time."
• "The room definitely needs air con!"
• "Slightly on the dark side making it difficult with some of the combination locks."

Staff and Hosts

Pros:

• "Both hosts were brilliant and helpful, Jodie and Mason."
• "Jamie was a great host though and explained anything that could trigger my epilepsy & was helpful."
• "Charlie was great as our host in the escape hunt."
• "Mason was a Fantastic host and the experience is one to remember."
• "Our host Paige was very enthusiastic and an extremely nice young lady."

Cons:

• "Staff member Charlier was left on his own, issues with other game so we started 15 mins after arrival after some waiting around."
• "He also forgot the 2 minutes silence despite him mentioning it in the first place."
• "Minimum staff and looking around for someone to sign us in."
• "The service of the boom battle bar needs major improvement as there is no staff."
• "The original booking was lost somewhere in the system so had to be changed."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "We will certainly be back to attempt to escape another room soon!"
• "Mason very very kindly offered a free game to us as a gesture of goodwill following on from the unwanted guests in our other game!"
• "Can’t recommend this place enough!"

Cons:

• "Think the price is way too much for how long the experience is. One of the most expensive rooms I have ever done with a party of 5."
• "Quite expensive for the time & effort."
• "If it hadn’t been for the initial frustration this would have absolutely been a 5 star review."
• "Really fun experience, our first time doing an escape room at the lakeside room."
• "The experience has really put a downer on the birthday event and I feel like the gift I bought was not only NOT worth the money but it was embarrassing."