Hi all
The first place that we checked out on our 3 days of escape room madness in Brisbane in November 2023 was Escape Manor Brisbane.
I had heard good things about Escape Manor and although we were not planning on doing their rooms in our initial itinerary, we managed to fit in all 6 of their rooms over the course of the weekend.
Rather than review each room in detail, I am instead going to give my very high-level thoughts on each room:
Asylum (Room 230)
Asylum was a fun room. The puzzles and theming were all pretty good - it was a dark-theme but not super scary (maybe one jump scare in all). We escaped in 23 mins (out of a possible 45 mins).
Who puts a ladder in a room and is surprised when players (me) try to use it…
Cabin 13 (Room 231)
The next room we played at Escape Manor was Cabin 13. This room had a live actor inside the room with us for almost the entire experience. The puzzles were all good, but the highlight was the interaction with the game master/live actor, Alice. I made her break character at one point, which I really enjoyed. We escaped this one in 29 mins (out of a possible 45 mins).
The Magician (Room 241)
The Magician was a straight-forward but visually pretty room. I can see this room in particular being a hit with families and kids (I am sure mine would love it). There were some interesting elements, although we breezed through in only 17 mins (out of a possible 45 mins) and beat the record by 2 mins 37 secs.
The Wine Cellar (Room 242)
This was the standout room for me at Escape Manor. The puzzles were all interesting but the craftmanship in this room is awesome - there is one particular element of the architecture of the room that is just brilliant. We escaped in 19 minutes and broke the record by just 7 seconds 😊 If you can only play one room at Escape Manor, The Wine Cellar is the pick.
Death Row (Room 252)
This was a fun room. There were some interesting puzzle elements, some of which had us scratching our heads for a while (but we got there in the end). Of all of the rooms, this one felt like it stumped our team the most (although we still escaped in reasonably good time - 28 minutes (out of a possible 45 minutes).
The Covenant (Room 253)
This was probably my least favourite of the Escape Manor rooms. The premise is that you made a deal with the devil and you now need to find the contract and destroy it. It was dark and spooky, but nothing really stood out as being awesome in this room for me. We escaped in 19 minutes of the possible 45 minutes. The Cabin, their other scary-ish room, was much better if you’re looking for a scary room (and the interaction with the game master/actor inside The Cabin makes for a much more immersive experience).
Final thoughts
The rooms at Escape Manor are really solid rooms. The Wine Cellar is their standout room, The Magician is best for families and children and The Cabin is the best pick for a scarier experience.
The other comment I will make is that I am not really a fan of 45 minute rooms – I think for the price players are paying, they should be provided with a 60 minute experience. Escape Manor is no exception on that front. I also think given that we escaped most of their rooms in less than half of the allowed time, they could do with adding some more puzzles to each room to fill out the 45 minutes (or better yet, convert all rooms to 60 minute rooms and add a heap more puzzles)…
Where: 51 Edward Street, Brisbane City, QLD
Duration: 45 mins
Themes: 6 themes
Cost: $184 per room (assuming team of 4)
Overall Rating: Decent quality range of rooms
More details: https://www.escapemanor.com/brisbane/
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