Breakout Liverpool, Liverpool

I absolutely love an escape room, and this place is brilliant. Each room has a theme and story line (complete with costumes if you so wish), and the descriptions on the website give enough information to entice you without giving anything away. The room operators are friendly, helpful and very reassuring, and I particularly like their creativity when coming up with clues during play - they always fit to the theme in a riddle format. The price is reasonable for an escape room at £19 per person, and you get 1 hour to escape the room. Another nice touch is the puzzles to play whilst waiting for your room, and the test locks to try out before entering so that you know how to operate them. There is a door release button so that you can leave at any time if need be. Each room is rated 1-5 stars in difficulty, and I think these ratings are fairly accurate, depending on the ability of you and your teammates. Booking in advance is required, and rooms can hold teams of 2-5 people. Solve puzzles, riddles, clues and unlock things to escape. Very fun for a range of ages. New rooms are added every so often, so you can keep coming back to play again.

A great way to spend a little time with friends, family or your significant other. Trapped in a room for an hour, you have to find clues to access the codes to unlock doors, cupboards and drawers and get out before the timer is up. The staff are really nice and will help you along.