Escape Games PDX — Attraction in Portland

Ahh, why had I not discovered this place sooner? Regardless, I'm so glad I did, because my wife and I had two of the most fun escape room experiences in a long time here. We did two rooms -- 'Tales from the Attic' and 'Prison Break.' Having done nearly 50 escape rooms, I can say that 'Attic' is definitely one of the most unique rooms I've ever done and likely ranks in my top 5. There were surprises around every corner, and it was the right combination of challenging and fun, without being frustrating. I can't say too much without spoiling it, but be sure not to miss it! 'Prison Break' was an easier room, but wow, so much fun! Some familiar puzzles, some nice twists on familiar puzzles, and a couple new ones for us. All in all, we left with lots of smiles, and even a new personal best time record. We had game master Sophie for both rooms, who was awesome -- friendly and helpful every step of the way. What's better, I appreciated how she was on top of our game when we asked for hints. It's so frustrating when game masters either aren't paying attention to your status, or give you unhelpful hints. Here, we were able to get hints quickly and appropriately for where we were at. Thank you -- looking forward to doing more games here in the...

The Portlandia room was very creative and Jake, the game master, was wonderful and fun to work with. I am rating them 3 stars because we originally had the Amnesia room booked eight days in advance for 10/17 but when our group of 12 showed up, we were told that we weren’t technically in their system for the day because the Amnesia room shouldn’t have even been available to book since it’s under construction and not a working room. We had completed waivers ahead of time and even got a reminder email from the day prior so this mixup was annoying. We were offered the Portlandia room instead. I asked for a discount/refund since it wasn’t the room we researched and planned for and the solution was we pay for only 10 people instead of 12, since the Portlandia room max limit was 10 people. While I completely understand that we used their resources, room, and game master’s time, overall, I left feeling disappointed because we wanted a very challenging room to do as major escape room enthusiasts and if I had known the Amnesia room wasn’t available ahead of time, we probably would’ve planned to go to a different escape room designated and designed for...

Santa got us an awesome gift of an escape room, and we ended up choosing the Prison Escape room. We had an issue with booking our gift cards online, and it was quickly and easily fixed over the phone. We walked in the door and were greeted by Zach (hopefully I spelled right) who was very friendly, and happened to be the same person that fixed out online booking issue. The building is very clean, including the restroom. Not cramped at all, and they have some pretty neat shirts and posters to purchase. Our game master was Jax, (again hoping I spelled correctly) who was also very friendly and a great game master. The escape room was a lot of fun, and we even finished with almost 20 minutes to spare! We accidentally left with one of the keys in our pocket, and luckily we hasn't gone far. When returning the key, Zach was very friendly and didn't make us feel bad at all for swiping the key and making them stay a little late to wait for us to return it. We all had a great time and can't wait to return to do more escape rooms. We really want to try amnesia...