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Dr. Incognito's Secret Lair is a must for escape room enthusiasts. With its whimsical and playful setting, creative, clever and engaging puzzles, this room delivers a fun and unforgettable experience, that offers something for everyone.

Zombieland at Compendium Bury is a fun straightforward linear escape game. The room is well-themed with plenty of fun details and has a good balance of challenge and fun. The puzzles are challenging enough to keep you engaged, but not so difficult that you'll ever get frustrated. It's a great time for fans of zombie movies and zombie themed escape rooms alike.

Dilema is not going to win any awards for its set design. The room is a bit bare-bones, with a few props and some basic furniture. However, what the room lacks in decoration, it makes up for in puzzles. The non-linear room offers a wide range of locks and puzzles to solve, from quickfire challenges to pondering brainteasers. We escaped the room having completed a good majority of the puzzles and with over £40,000 of cash, which is a good score for a team of two There is something for everyone in this room, whether you are a seasoned escape room veteran or a complete beginner.

Clue HQ's outdated and lackluster Teleport escape room is a disappointment compared to their other innovative and engaging escape rooms. The sets are bare-bones with little challenging or thought-provoking puzzles to solve, making it a boring and unsatisfying experience.

I was expecting an escape room-style adventure, but what I got was something more akin to a large-scale interactive exhibit.The experience lasted about 70 minutes, with about 25-30 minutes of that dedicated to escape room-style puzzles. The setting was impressive and immersive, with plenty of details that fans of the film would appreciate. The live actors were also decent enough, although there were more security staff than actors on hand. The three escape room-style puzzles were a mixed bag. One was illogical and didn't really have a satisfying ending, one was a typical maze puzzle but decent, and the third was just following scripted prompts. Working together with complete strangers can be hit or miss. It didn't work well in the first room, but we all worked better together in the other two. There were about 6 or 8 of us in our group. Overall, I would recommend this experience to fans of the film series who are looking for something immersive. However, if you're an escape room enthusiast, you'll probably be disappointed.

The graveyard and laboratory of Dr. Frankenstein are the setting for this escape room. The two environments provide a backdrop for the puzzles, which are enjoyable and testing enough. While there is nothing groundbreaking about the puzzles, there was one that we hadn't seen done anywhere else, which brought us some delight. The puzzles in the graveyard are more focused on finding and using clues, while the puzzles in the laboratory are more technical and require you to use your problem-solving skills. The host was good, only giving pointers in the 2 or 3 hints we received. A decently fun experience that is perfect for newcomers but still enjoyable for enthusiasts.

Space Evader at Lucardo Manchester is a challenging and rewarding escape room experience. With 42 puzzles to solve, it's one of the most puzzle-packed rooms we've ever played, and the puzzles are all unique and well-designed. The set design is fantastic, with two immersive environments to explore. My partner and I played as a team of two, and we managed to solve 25 of the generous puzzles on offer in the allocated time. We were a little disappointed that we didn't have enough time to solve all of the puzzles, but we still felt like we got our money's worth. One thing I would change about the room is the pacing. The first room is a bit slow-paced, and I think it could be made more linear to help keep things moving. The second room is much more fast-paced and exciting in contrast.

Escape Plan's Battle for Britain is a small but mighty escape room that packs a lot into its space. The puzzles are quite challenging compared to their other rooms, and incredibly varied, including logic, codebreaking, physical, and word puzzles. Sarah was yet again an excellent game host, who has a gift for naturally adding a personal touch to her clue delivery. The climax is a unique way to see how you scored, and it's sure to leave you feeling like you've made a difference. I'm already eagerly awaiting to see what Escape Plan's next escape room will be!

Yet another jolly good time, and a rollicking good adventure. The immersive POW set and unique and clever puzzles kept us busy and thinking for almost the full 60 minutes. Our excellent game master, Sarah, really got into character, which fit the theme well and made the last 10 minutes incredibly intense.

Clue Adventures promised us a unique and special escape room experience for two players, but we were left feeling deflated. The drab Underground setting and predictable story were a far cry from what we were expecting. The puzzles were adequate at best, and the majority failed to live up to the company's "specially designed for 2 players" promise. Considering the hefty price tag, we were expecting something more groundbreaking.

Grimoire in the Attic is a missed opportunity. The setting is atmospheric and creepy, but the execution is lacking. The host was inattentive and rushed us through parts of the game. We were only given one small torch to share between us, which made it hard to see some of the objects and puzzles. This was especially frustrating because the host had forgotten to put the torch in its chest, so we had to wait for them to bring it to us. Puzzles were a mixed bag. Some were clever and challenging, while others were illogical and frustrating. The flow of the game was also uneven, with some long stretches of searching followed by brief bursts of puzzle-solving. Overall, a very flawed experience.

Grand School of Sorcery is an ambitious escape room that falls just short of greatness. The setting is big and immersive, and the puzzles are varied, but the experience is ultimately let down by a few flaws. Puzzles are challenging but fair, and the atmosphere is truly magical, however, some puzzles come accross as illogical and frustrating, and the final challenge is incredibly anticlimactic. Yet again there was an occasion when the host had to enter the game to fix problems with a puzzle. This broke the immersion and seems to be a common issue at Escape Room Centre. Finally, clues are given over a speaker system, which is often of poor quality. This makes it difficult to understand the host, and often lead to us asking them to repeat themselves which was annoying. It's not quite Hogwarts, but worth checking out for a fun 90 minutes.

The Egyptian escape room at the Escape Room Centre in Blackpool was a disappointing experience. The room and its contraptions were clearly dated, with a few illogical puzzles and, bizarrely, a clearly  used A4 sheet of paper being used for one puzzle. The overall experience was very poor, and I would not recommend this escape room to anyone.