Square Room Escape

2710 Alton Pkwy #209, Irvine, CA 92606, USA

Address:	2710 Alton Pkwy #209, Irvine, CA 92606, USA
Phone:	+1 949-250-4161
Site:	squareroomescape.com
Rating:	4.2
Working:	12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM 12:30PM–12AM

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Robert Heaton

This was my third escape room, previously I had tried Crossroads and Puzzle Workshop. Of the three this was my favorite escape room. There are some things about this escape room that are not so great. For example the actual building is very small. Imagine two rooms in a tiny strip-mall shop about the size of a starbucks. Another is that some of the audio I assume we were supposed to be able to hear was REALLY quiet. I am not sure if we just didnt find the volume rocker for that panel, but either way there was subtitles, so we read that. The disappointment however stops there. We did the "hard" room (The Phantom Soldier), and while we did the room with a pretty smart group, we escaped with only 10 minutes to spare. We did need one hint because we missed something ridiculously obvious, and should have been able to beat it without any hints. The room we did was really well done. Too many escape rooms basically just have filing cabinets with locks on them. Not only was there great attention to decoration and detail, but the puzzles themselves had a good variety and level of challenge. The room included some padlock-style challenges, but also a variety of mechanical challenges. The story was as well developed as I think you can expect for a 1 hour game, and a couple of the mechanics in the room were just awesome. A few tips for potential visitors: - This place is in the "Diamond Jamboree" center. if you know it, that will either set positive or negative alarm bells off in your head. The center is almost always very crowded so I suggest just going straight to the garage to find parking. The escape room is on the second level next to SWSH Sushi. There are a lot of great restaurants, and even a Karaoke bar and epic bakery in this center. You could easily spend an entire night in just this center. - This is the first escape room where I have been asked to lock up my keys in addition to my cell phone. They said some people were using keys to try to pry locks open, so if you dont feel comfortable with that figure something else out for your keys. - Due to the size of the building you CAN hear the group before you in the room, so i recommend waiting outside to keep everything a surprise. - They apparently refer back and forth with puzzle workshop, and if you like one I think you will very likely like the other. We will absolutely return for their other sorcery shaped room. I just wish these guys had more space to work with, because they are clearly talented at architecting escape rooms.

Steve Reed

We did the "Harry Potter" themed room, which had some pretty cool ideas and took a lot of inspiration from Chamber of Secrets. There were some cool uses of tech, and it was sometimes possible to lose yourself in this theme. But then other times, unfortunately youre actually just asked to solve a puzzle that has no relation to the theme (as in, sit down and solve this math worksheet), one of the puzzles we felt like it was not reset properly which confused us, and the trigger to actually exit the room was laughably out of theme to the point where we were asked to use a garage door opener in a harry potter themed room. Overall, not the best escape room experience, but still enjoyable!

Ben Taylor

One of the worst escape rooms Ive seen. There is a large amount of purely math puzzles that are not connected to the story world of the game. The worst of which was three unthemed sudoku puzzles in the Harry Potter room. Because after all wasnt that your favorite part of the books and films? While the owner was pleasant after the games, he seemed to not understand how these math only puzzles and other poor elements of the game were not fun or memorable.

Lauren Cramer

We did the phantom soldier room. It had great visual appeal. There were about 3 types of puzzles in the room, which was a little bland and repetitive. The story line is straight out of Metal Gear, so points off for lack of creativity. They even use the COD Modern Warfare game cover image in the room. The end was uneventful. It is $32, which is more than an average escape game. I recommend spending it somewhere else.

Marco Antonio Muñiz Ochoa

had a great experience solving puzzle and working as a team. The game really gets you hyped up and the best part was you need to work together to make it through. Visited this place with three of my other friend and we plan to come back again. If you want some different experience with lots of fun and brain storming with your mattes, you must try this place.

Nick Rupley

Totally awesome. We escaped the Harry Potter room with only 4 minutes to spare! It was actually my team from work and I that went. Were all software engineers, and love doing riddles/puzzles (we take turns giving them out for our daily standup!). So this was an amazing teambuilding exercise! Very highly recommended.

Stephanie Le

Decor was great but puzzle wise, it could need more help. One of the puzzles in phantom soldier requires major teamwork, but was one of my favorites because it created a lot of laughs. Other than that, some of the puzzles were do able without having one of the items needed for it.

Hana Pham

Tried the Phantom Soldier room. The room environment was definitely well done and took real effort to put together. Puzzles are challenging but sometimes left you wondering where to go next. Still a good experience for friends or family.

David Lopez

This was my first escape room and it was tons of fun. We escaped with only 30 seconds to spare. I went home and immediately booked a reservation for the Harry Potter room. I cant wait to go back.

Loren Pendilla

Staff is Awesome. Genuinely nice, helpful and informative, and accommodating to our needs. The escape room was challenging and very fun. Will be back to do the other room.

Brett Furst

Pretty fun. Just hard enough to make it interesting, but we had to use some hints too. We did the Harry Potter themed room with 4 people in our group

Bill Chang

Definately recommend the Harry Potter room. The owners are really nice. One of the cooler rooms in the area but cannot compare to the big ones in LA.

Johnny C

Kind of expensive for an 1 hour experience. The clues arent obvious enough in the beginning but once you start it gets easier.

Kathie Huang

They have a Harry Potter themed escape room which is super fun and high tech! Would totally do this again!!

Chris Little

Different experience than expected (first time doing an escape room), but it was fun and challenging.

Maryam Ramadhan

My family and I did the Harry Potter one and we enjoyed it. The quality of it was amazing