Riddle Room
Riddle Room
5
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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What is an Escape Room? An Escape Room is a fun and exciting experience like no other. You are placed into a specially designed room with your friends and you have to solve a series of puzzles using only the items in the room to progress through a story and find your way out. You will have 60 minutes to successfully complete your objective. Each puzzle is different and will require you think inventively. You will need to think about clues carefully, analyse your surrounding, use objects in unusual ways and work as a team to escape. As you solve each puzzle you’ll uncover new information that will make you rethink everything in the room. Communication with your team is the most important tool to use if you want to get out in time. Escape Rooms first begun in 2007 in Japan and have quickly spread to all corners of the globe. In Australia, escape rooms started in Melbourne and then made their way across the country. As the awareness of escape rooms grew it was important that Canberra has its own escape room so we weren’t being left behind. The Nightmare Room You are contacted by the DreamWake Corp. an experimental science facility that specialise in Oneirology, the study of dreams. They have developed a new technology which can transfer a conscious mind into another's subconscious. They need your help with a particular case; a patient is trapped inside a recurring nightmare. The DreamWake Corp. believe that if you are able to go deep into her subconscious and find out what is causing the nightmare she’ll be able to wake up. This procedure has never been fully tested and once inside you'll only have 60 minutes before you lose your connection and become trapped inside her nightmare forever. Anything could happen in the Nightmare Room.
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- Hong Joon1 contributionFun and challenging!The six of us enjoyed the experience of "escaping" the room: working together in gathering clues and solving puzzles. The setup was neat and in keeping with the story. The lore was short but appropriate. The ambience supported the narrative quite well. It was never boring! The unlimited clues feature was very helpful. The clues were appropriate and quite simple to understand. The statistics given at the end were interesting and definitely appreciated by me as someone who loved statistics. What's equally important was the conduct of the staff who guided us, Deanna. She was patient, helpful and friendly. That itself set us at ease from the start. Thank you! Highly recommend for everyone to try it at least once.Visited December 2022Written 17 December 2022
- J B1 contributionGreat for everyone!The room we did was great, it is atmospheric and posed a series of interesting challenges for us to work through as a team. Danielle is a great host and was very friendly and explained everything well. This was our first puzzle room, but Danielle's prep was great and got us ready so we knew what to do. Everyone had a great time and we will be back to try different rooms.Visited January 2023Travelled with familyWritten 7 January 2023
- Lucy1 contributionEscape room with next level immersion!We chose Riddle Rooms "Hotel" as our first experience with escape rooms, and it was an amazing experience! The room was very well designed with lots of secret nooks and crannys. The puzzles were well designed, and while challenging the way forward was always intuitive, keeping frustration to a minimum. Hotel also was a very immersive experience, with lots of light effects even a few jump scares. I also have to give a shout out to the operator, Caitlin, who kept everything running smoothly!Visited February 2023Travelled with friendsWritten 3 February 2023
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Katie L
5 contributions
Jun. 2023 • Family
We did the The Hideaway with two adults, three kids (10-14), not our first room escape room experience but first time at Riddle Rooms.
We found the first part very challenging & enjoyed the rest much more.. without giving too much away, I really prefer physical puzzles over combination locks & we found the first part a challenge on the eyes as it is not well lit.
We needed to use quite a few clues & we didn’t finish in time however we were able to go over time which I thought was a bonus (not sure if this is normal for this venue or we were just lucky that they didn’t have another booking right after)
Afterwards we were told it was their hardest room & that another room there didn’t use combination locks, so we would definitely go for that one next time.
Overall we enjoyed the experience & the staff were really good.
We found the first part very challenging & enjoyed the rest much more.. without giving too much away, I really prefer physical puzzles over combination locks & we found the first part a challenge on the eyes as it is not well lit.
We needed to use quite a few clues & we didn’t finish in time however we were able to go over time which I thought was a bonus (not sure if this is normal for this venue or we were just lucky that they didn’t have another booking right after)
Afterwards we were told it was their hardest room & that another room there didn’t use combination locks, so we would definitely go for that one next time.
Overall we enjoyed the experience & the staff were really good.
Written 6 June 2023
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Chillybin
14 contributions
May 2023 • Family
Great family fun for a Mothers Day treat. I’ve been wanting to do this for ages. Giann was great and supported us well.
Written 14 May 2023
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Lucy
1 contribution
Feb. 2023 • Friends
We chose Riddle Rooms "Hotel" as our first experience with escape rooms, and it was an amazing experience!
The room was very well designed with lots of secret nooks and crannys. The puzzles were well designed, and while challenging the way forward was always intuitive, keeping frustration to a minimum. Hotel also was a very immersive experience, with lots of light effects even a few jump scares.
I also have to give a shout out to the operator, Caitlin, who kept everything running smoothly!
The room was very well designed with lots of secret nooks and crannys. The puzzles were well designed, and while challenging the way forward was always intuitive, keeping frustration to a minimum. Hotel also was a very immersive experience, with lots of light effects even a few jump scares.
I also have to give a shout out to the operator, Caitlin, who kept everything running smoothly!
Written 3 February 2023
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Julian B
Canberra, Australia9 contributions
Jul. 2022 • Couples
We undertook the hotel riddle room and it was a complete waste of our time. It was confusing and disappointing to try and work through the rooms when most of the automated room movements that are supposed to unlock when you solve a riddle don't actually work!
Despite trying to assist the attendent was not familiar with how anything worked and we were unable to complete the room after 1. 5 hours due to the last rooms not being able to be physically open.
A inquiry was made about re attempting the room at a later date but the management of Riddle Room replied stating that we had completed the room and didn't acknowledge any faults with the room.
I would not recommend this experience and there are better ones in the ACT with friendlier staff.
Despite trying to assist the attendent was not familiar with how anything worked and we were unable to complete the room after 1. 5 hours due to the last rooms not being able to be physically open.
A inquiry was made about re attempting the room at a later date but the management of Riddle Room replied stating that we had completed the room and didn't acknowledge any faults with the room.
I would not recommend this experience and there are better ones in the ACT with friendlier staff.
Written 21 January 2023
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J B
1 contribution
Jan. 2023 • Family
The room we did was great, it is atmospheric and posed a series of interesting challenges for us to work through as a team. Danielle is a great host and was very friendly and explained everything well. This was our first puzzle room, but Danielle's prep was great and got us ready so we knew what to do. Everyone had a great time and we will be back to try different rooms.
Written 7 January 2023
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Hong Joon
1 contribution
Dec. 2022
The six of us enjoyed the experience of "escaping" the room: working together in gathering clues and solving puzzles. The setup was neat and in keeping with the story. The lore was short but appropriate. The ambience supported the narrative quite well. It was never boring!
The unlimited clues feature was very helpful. The clues were appropriate and quite simple to understand. The statistics given at the end were interesting and definitely appreciated by me as someone who loved statistics.
What's equally important was the conduct of the staff who guided us, Deanna. She was patient, helpful and friendly. That itself set us at ease from the start. Thank you!
Highly recommend for everyone to try it at least once.
The unlimited clues feature was very helpful. The clues were appropriate and quite simple to understand. The statistics given at the end were interesting and definitely appreciated by me as someone who loved statistics.
What's equally important was the conduct of the staff who guided us, Deanna. She was patient, helpful and friendly. That itself set us at ease from the start. Thank you!
Highly recommend for everyone to try it at least once.
Written 18 December 2022
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KStanford77
Cooma, Australia55 contributions
Dec. 2022 • Family
First escape room - lots of fun and no fighting which was a bonus! Grace was awesome… will be back to try another room! Recommend to anyone looking for something different and challenging
Written 17 December 2022
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Ashleigh G
1 contribution
Dec. 2022 • Couples
Great staff, good rooms. Best escape rooms in Canberra.
Super friendly environment and helpful hints.
Super friendly environment and helpful hints.
Written 15 December 2022
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Gabby S
1 contribution
Dec. 2022
Heaps of fun! We went for our work Christmas party, and it was a great way to have something to do to hang out.
Written 14 December 2022
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Sharon C
12 contributions
Dec. 2022
Our family of 6 did the two Nightmare Rooms and LOVED IT!!! The rooms are identical and unfortunately the better team didn't win! :(
The challenges were great, the hints weren't too obvious, the staff were awesome and we had a great time! :)
The challenges were great, the hints weren't too obvious, the staff were awesome and we had a great time! :)
Written 8 December 2022
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Aussie on the move
6 contributions
Are all of the escape rooms air conditioned?
Kaycee C
Bibra Lake, Australia11 contributions
The doll house was.
Chris M
1 contribution
How can such a simple activity be so damn entertaining?? Had a great time
mattdiann2
Canberra, Australia8 contributions
We have an addiction now, want to try all the riddle rooms everywhere :)
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- Sun - Sat 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
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