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The Escape Room USA - Columbus

The Escape Room USA - Columbus

The Escape Room USA - Columbus
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1:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Wednesday
11:30 AM - 9:30 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Sunday
1:00 PM - 9:30 PM
About
The Escape Room USA – Columbus offers a NEW, fun, and interactive adventure game designed for everyone. The concept: You and your team are locked in a themed room where you have 60 minutes to find clues, solve puzzles, and discover keys and combinations to escape the room before your time is up! The Escape Room USA is fun with your family, friends, and co-workers!
Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • Lorenzo M
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Kelsey Is Quite Neat
    Once upon a time I was a young, wee lad. I often yearned to become the man I was born to be. I lacked the confidence, drive, and courage to move forward. Then I met Kelsey, did this escape room and am finally ready. Im ready to start my journey towards success, and its all because of the confidence I gained today
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled on business
    Written 10 October 2023
  • Mike B
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Jessica’s Titanic Escape Room
    This escape room business is extremely fun! Our guide, Jessica, gave us a few hints here and there but not too many! We escaped with only a minute and 13 seconds left, it was both suspenseful and exhilarating! I would highly recommend, one of the more entertaining things to do in Columbus. And Jessica was great!
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 19 October 2023
  • Andre S
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Family Game Night
    Such an amazing time with the fiancé and our daughter, the way it motivated us to work together just felt like family therapy mixed with game night. We will definitely be going back! Warden Kami (host) definitely put the Excitement in Escape! Sorry we broke out of jail but hopefully this review helps, gotta go now!
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 21 October 2023
  • Ryan C
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    It’s was an amazing fun experience. And great way to bond with friends and coworkers!
    The Escape Room USA - Columbus is fine and unique experience!! My co-workers and I booked the DA Vinci Heist and it was a great bonding experience!! Maddy #Maddog did a great job hosting and being interactive with our team. Don’t be afraid to dance for a clue if you need help! Thank you for a great time Maddy!
    Visited December 2023
    Travelled on business
    Written 11 December 2023
  • Kristen S
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So much fun!
    I have done many escape rooms, and this experience definitely rates as one of my favorites! We signed up to escape the Titanic, and we were extremely lucky to be guided by Jonathon. He was incredibly kind, informative and attentive, and he made the experience especially enjoyable for my friends and I. The room itself was very well-designed, immersive, and challenging - we could not help but have fun. The next time I visit Columbus, we will be back - and we’re asking for Jonathan.
    Visited December 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 17 December 2023
  • Mark G
    Dublin, Ohio16 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very Fun Time with Family
    My wife and two teenage boys and I did the DaVinci Heist escape room as a part of a family day out downtown and it was great! It was definitely a step-up from the other couple of escape rooms we have done. With just 2 adults and two teenagers it was a tough puzzle to solve (we needed probably 5 more minutes). Jonathan, our guide did a great job with clues that helped, but didn't give things way too easily. He did a great job helping us. We will definitely go again, but we may choose a slightly easier puzzle with just the 4 of us. The young lady working the check-in area suggested a couple. Highly recommend!
    Visited December 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 23 December 2023
  • Keke G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Just right
    Very well done! Amanda was a great game master. The room was put together well and didn’t feel tacky. The puzzles were challenging enough to keep us interested, but not too challenging to where we lost steam.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 13 January 2024
  • Explorer52076286619
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great Columbus escape room!
    This was a great escape room - interesting/challenging clues, multiple rooms, beautiful setting in an old building - everything was well thought out. I am definitely going to come back! Amanda was a great game host, and was fun to have around.
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 20 January 2024
  • JaySean J
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great fun with friends!
    I went with a group of friends and we had a great time! We did the Morgan’s Raid escape room, it was just the right amount of challenging and fun and we won! Jessica was our adventure guide and she was great and made it even more fun!
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 21 January 2024
  • Jaime G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So much fun!
    My coworkers and I thought this would be fun way to get to know each other better and decompress after a stressful work week, and we were right! Definitely helped us build rapport and blow off steam! Tour guide Jessica was awesome!
    Visited January 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 28 January 2024
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Julie C
Marion, OH8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020
My husband and I (41 and 37 years) went here for our birthday celebration. Our first experience with an escape room. The location was a bit tricky to find as it is upstairs and the blue door on the front of the building is difficult to see and the sign is hanging on the corner of the building, not above the door. The area was vandalized by rioting recently and a lot of shops have boarded windows which was distracting too. We found parking on the street out front. Door is by pizza shop.
There were a lot of people there on Sunday 4:40pm. Several games to choose from at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. We tried the intermediate and only used 2 of our 3 clues and was barely able to get out with only 2:55 min remaining. Stephanie, our room assistant did an excellent job about informing us how to play and giving us some helpful tips along the way- friendly and professional. (We were uncertain if tipping her was customary and since there was only 2 of us the private room charge was higher than usual- thanks covid.) Well worth the money. Totally fun and will go again! They have 6 games to choose from.
Written 11 August 2020
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Janese B
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020 • Couples
We had so much fun. The intro one wasn’t as hard as some I’ve been to. Edgar was an amazing help! Even though we didn’t get out he was so nice and even practiced social distancing making us feel so safe during this time!
Written 22 October 2020
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Daniel D
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Friends
We investigated the death of Ludvig II, the Mad King of Bavaria, in "A Night at the Castle". It blew away my escape room expectations with the creativity of it's puzzles and the awesomely involved layout of the space. Nichole's service was also amazing, with her pre-investigation rules review and corrections regarding things that were not parts of puzzles. We are already making plans to attempt one of the harder rooms for later this year.
Written 15 February 2020
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Concerned
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021 • Friends
Our room host was passive aggressive and degrading towards women. The room was in shambles as well, and we were left to struggle with locks and equipment that was malfunctioning. Really poor experience, and we tend to enjoy escape rooms.
Written 14 August 2021
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Melinda Alexander
Columbus, OH2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2020 • Family
We escaped from the sinking Titanic! It was so much fun and we had a great time. Kai was our guide and she was amazing as well. She gave us clues when we asked and provided us with guidance when we needed it. It was perfect for us as beginners. We will be back for sure to try other rooms!
Written 28 November 2020
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Renée B
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
This was my fourth or fifth time trying an escape room, first time at this location. It's definitely one of the better escape rooms I've done! My group did Contagion. Really well organized, appropriately challenging and fun clues! Amanda was a great guide and our group (six adults, coworkers) had a great time, even thought we didn't manage to escape in time. I also really love that the lounge is available to hang out before or after. We didn't have time to take advantage of it but I think that's a great feature.
Written 10 February 2020
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Ryn B
4 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021 • Friends
Our party of three went twice. The first time we had such a good time despite not escaping we decided to go again. The first time our guide, Amanda was wonderful, giving enough hints to help and generally being welcoming and fun.

The second time however, our guide Gabby was very inattentive. On multiple occasions we asked for help and waited several minutes for any response. When the guide finally responded she gave hints for concepts we had already figured out (out-loud where she should’ve heard us). Worse, we spent over a third of our time in the pipe room unable to get the pieces to match. We asked repeatedly for guidance for this puzzle and no help was given except when a different guide cut in, at the last minute, and even then it didn’t work.

Overall, I think that your experience here is heavily dependent on the guide you get. For the introductory puzzles you both need a lot of people as the skills required are varied and oddly specific (brush up on your grade school math for Jail Break) and yet even with only three people the tiny rooms were crowded. This was heightened by the fact in both the escape rooms we did, only one puzzle could be solved at a time meaning the teammates not trying to solve the puzzle were often left with nothing to do and bored.

I think the frustrations mentioned could be resolved by simply having hints hidden around the rooms: a dinky dollar store calculator hidden somewhere, a schematic of the types of pipes or even just less random pipe pieces to choose from. These things were very limiting and if your party spends the entire time hung up over these factors it takes you out of the moment. While I imagine the guide and three free clues are supposed to replace hidden hints, if the guide doesn’t do their job it is impossible for the players to overcome gaps in their knowledge and succeed (because the one after the other nature of the clues). It lead to everyone in our party feeling defeated and moderately upset which ruined the tone of our day.
Written 12 April 2021
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Allison W
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Friends
My girlfriends and I went to the TERC and this was the first time any of us had done an escape room and I am SO glad we decided to come! We did the Castle adventure and it was so fun!! We had to climb up and down ladders, open false walls, solve riddles. What a blast!! Nicole (I’m 99% sure that was her name. Blonde with dark rimmed glasses) was our adventure hostess and was super chill. She was great to interact with and took the time to answer all our questions and was extremely patient with us ! 100% will do again! Can’t wait!
Written 1 March 2020
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Sebastian
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Family
We had all of our family together for this escape room. Very challenging, but tons of fun. The room was much bigger than expected too, which made it even more tough and entertaining. Taylor was a great guide and we definitely plan on coming back.
Written 23 October 2021
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Mindy
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Couples
Extremely overpriced. The room felt very cheaply decorated and the puzzles didn’t seem like they had much thought to them. Nothing felt planned out or leading up to the next clue. The staff member working our room was friendly but just overall not fun.
Written 26 October 2021
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