The seventh room on our May/June 2024 child-free trip to Holland was The Lost Cabinet at Sherlocked Escape Rooms. It is located in Amsterdam, but the
specific location where the game can be played is subject to change.
Having previously played Sherlocked’s The Vault room online during the
pandemic, and then having played The Alchemist room the night before, we were
excited to get our hands on The Lost Cabinet.
The Locked Cabinet is a unique experience. It is steeped in
secrecy – in fact, if you go and take a look at Sherlocked Escape Rooms’
website, you won’t find any mention of The Locked Cabinet. I only learned about
The Locked Cabinet from a review by Room Escape Artist, which you can check out
here. Sherlocked
- The Lost Cabinet [Review] - Room Escape Artist
The only way to (attempt to) book in The Locked Cabinet is
by sending an email to lostcabinet@sherlocked.nl.
You cannot book this experience on their website.
The Lost Cabinet was our 297th escape room experience. We played
as a team of 4 and here is what I thought:
- one
of the owners of Sherlocked Escape Rooms, Victor, was our host. The Lost Cabinet can be moved and played in different locations, but our experience
was enjoyed at Sherlocked Escape Rooms’ offices, which are located about a
15-20 min walk south of their main Amsterdam location. From memory, we
played on a Sunday morning, so the office was empty and after setting us
up with tea/coffee, Victor walked us into a separate room where The Lost Cabinet was waiting for us;
- the
experience is a locked box experience. At the time of playing The Lost Cabinet, I had played a number of different locked box experiences, of
varying levels of quality and difficulty. The Lost Cabinet was easily
the best experience of that type we have played to date;
- the
quality of craftmanship in The Lost Cabinet is unrivalled. There were so
many intricately-constructed elements and so many concealed items. My only
concern was that some of the elements felt like they could easily be
broken with a modest amount of force, so we were VERY careful at every
step. This did not detract from the experience at all, but it did explain
why Sherlocked is careful to screen those players that they allow to play
The Lost Cabinet;
- the
puzzles within The Lost Cabinet are varied, intricate and of varying
difficult levels. There were nice ‘wow’ moments with certain elements that
I will not forget. The puzzles all made sense to us, although there were a
few that had us scratching our heads for a little while;
- thematically,
the story of The Lost Cabinet is a precursor to the Alchemist. We
ultimately played the experiences in the opposite order, but this did not
detract from our enjoyment of either;
- I do
not recall how long it took us to work our way through The Locked Cabinet,
other than being told that our time was better than a certain legend…..ary
actor 😉 I would allow yourselves around 2 hours
for this experience.
We all really enjoyed The Lost Cabinet. If there is a better 'escape room in a box' anywhere in the world, we are yet to see (or hear anything about) it.
Where:
Beurs van Berlage, Damrak 247, 1012 ZJ Amsterdam
Duration: Allow 90-120 minutes
Themes:
4 themes
Price:
Prices
from 249€ per team
Overall Rating: The best ‘locked box’ experience we
have played
More details: https://www.sherlocked.nl/
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