Escape Mission Chattanooga - Escape Room - Escape Games — Attraction in Chattanooga

We had a little bit of a bumpy start with Escape Mission, but we are glad we saw it through.

We visited their location during the day on a Tuesday. The website said they were open, Google said they were open, so we decided to do a walk-in to see if we could schedule all four of their rooms that day. We drove over and…they were not open.

Now it’s perfectly understandable that places with smaller staffs may close their doors when they don’t have any rooms booked, but this should be VERY CLEAR on their site – we double-checked and it’s not. So we called their number and were led to a generic voicemail that made us unsure if we were reaching the business or not. We left a message and while waiting for a response figured, what the heck, let’s book their next room online and we will see what happens.

About 20 minutes later we received a call back and it was smooth sailing from there on out. So the bottom line here is that it’s not only better to call or book in advance, it’s potentially required.

The facility has affordable paid street parking. Better yet, simply talk to the staff and they will let you park for free out front in the limited spaces they have. There are also a lot of options for escape room refueling and/or debrief beverages – we chose Basecamp Bar & Restaurant.

Once the time came for our booked room, Escape Mission was very much open and ready to accept us in style – hairstyle that is! The entry is decorated to look like a salon and once there you receive a phone call informing you that you must solve a puzzle to obtain entry to the escape facility. SO MUCH FUN!

Once in we were greeted by the absolutely delightful Miriam and Madison who, upon finding out we wanted to do all four rooms, gave us complete freedom to choose our order.

All these rooms were genuinely enjoyable. You won’t get the “wow-factor” of some of the more polished companies out there, but production design was solid. We did find some puzzle issues, but overall we were able to escape all four rooms within our three hint allotment. The biggest issue we ran into is that we were sometimes able to “jump the puzzle” (get further ahead than we are technically supposed to), which leads to confusion when facing a bunch of unused items. In addition, some props have become worn with time, making them difficult to understand or read.

Miriam and Madison proved to be adept and super-polite gamemasters. Communication occurs through a two-way speaker system.

Bank Heist is fun because instead of the usual preventing a bank heist or figuring out “whodunnit,” you are the heisters…heistees…heistmeisters. This one is math heavy, but still accessible. Speakeasy was a mix of games and bar, which led a mix of fun puzzles that can be done in parallel. Once again, there is some math involved, but this place is really good about providing calculators and whiteboards. The Awakening takes place in a creepy crypt and is a good choice for those who love the dark side.

Escape Mission’s best room is The Hunted. It has a unique twist on the whole hostage situation in that you start out in separate cells, but you can see each other. Once in the killer’s cabin there were some fun and unique puzzles we hadn’t seen before. If you can do one room, we recommend this one. If you have time for a second, do Speakeasy.

Most of the rooms are family friendly, except for The Awakening, which has some horror movie props and one sound related jump-scare. Bank Heist and Speakeasy are readily accessible for those with physical limitations. Awakening has a few stairs to get to the room itself and Hunted involves some crawling within the game.

Another fun and unique aspect of this facility is that with every escape, each person gets to sign a key and affix it to the fence outside. This is clever and makes for a great display outside the building.

In conclusion, while there were a few speedbumps with scheduling and puzzle design, this facility is worth a visit for their delightful staffs, creative twists, and overall solid rooms.

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My family and I have been to Chattanooga a few times and we have seen the aquarium and children's museum. My children are a little older now and I wanted to give them something a little more exciting to go to. I booked "The Hunted" room at Escape Mission. This would be our very first time trying any escape room. The male staff member who assisted us was AWESOME. He was super patient and was great to work with. We did pick the hardest room to complete but he let us know that ahead of time and gave us the option of completing a different, easier room. We stuck with the hard room and we had a blast. We had this whole escape room to ourselves (my family of 6) and we used the entire hour and we did not complete the mission but it was so worth it and it was so exciting. I will definitely be going back to this location and trying the other rooms with my family. Thank you Escape Mission for making our latest trip to Chattanooga that...

One of the very best escape room places we've been to. We prebooked a room and walked into the prebooked lobby and thought we walked into the wrong place but it was actually a mini puzzle for you to solve to get to the main event! We did the hunted room and the Awakening or something similarly named, and they were both really good! We did the hunted first and then since it was a slow day we're offered a discount to do another right then and there, which we totally took. I really really liked the Awakening one, it was done completely in in dark with lanterns! I forgot the name of the guy we had but he was working alone that day and was incrible! Very kind and knowledgeable, gave us awesome clues when we needed them and even gave us some funny vocal cues when we were stuck but found the right track! 10/10 escape room experience, one of the best escape rooms...