Monkey Mind Escape Rooms (Downtown Portsmouth) — Attraction in Portsmouth

Rooms 4/5 Staff 3/5 Environment 5/5 This is an update on our previous review left for Monkey Mind Escape. Our previous rating was 2 Stars. The rating was based on the terrible customer service by the host on the day of our reservation. She was unwelcoming, rude, and very persistent that we were using a coupon code that was invalid. The room we completed (Cursed Tomb) was amazing! Really over the top and some very interesting puzzles. We had a few mechanical issues that resulted in the loss of time on our quest for the leaderboard. Upon exiting the room, the time had not been stopped and we were berated by the host once again. After writing a very intensive review about the horrible experience brought on by the very unhappy, miserable host, we were offered a free room for the 4 guest that had been there that day. We were not looking for a free pass, we have completed many rooms in a lot of different places that we would go back to before trying another room at Monkey Mind. However, we happened to all be together a couple weekends later and were going to an event in the area. We figured we should use the free pass in a timely manner and used on their newest room (based on the Isles of Shoals). This room was extremely challenging! Which is exactly what we were looking for. The décor, the puzzles, everything was so well put together (even when we were warned that some things were not finished). The two gentleman that were there was awesome! Very welcoming, understanding, and did not make us feel rushed are like we were stupid for maybe asking for a couple of hints. This review has been updated from 2...

My husband and I just completed Monkey Mind Escape’s Cursed Tomb room. We have completed 25-30 rooms in the past 3 years, and are constantly looking for something novel to wow us, and boy oh boy does Monkey Mind do just that. Renee and Larry were some of the kindest owners and game masters that we’ve ever met, and were just as enthusiastic and passionate about escape games as we had guessed from their promo photos!

Now on to our impressions of the room itself:

Pros: when they say movie set quality - they mean it. It’s clear no expense was spared in the construction of this room. The icing on the cake though is the quality and variety of the puzzles, which all fit very cohesively into the theme of the room. There were lots of great surprises and fun puzzles that we hadn’t ever seen before.

Cons: Really the only feedback for puzzles that we would give is for seasoned escapers: this is truly a 45 minute escape. There’s an entry room that has 15 minutes dedicated to it that realistically only needs about 2-3. Oh, and don’t overthink things! They have made this room challenging, but fun and accessible for everyone.

Overall - 5/5 would recommend that you run, don’t walk to do the Cursed Tomb. It just opened up and we are sure that as sure as people catch on to how delightful it is, it will be very hard to...

Tonight, my boyfriend and i completed all 4 rooms at Monkey Mind Escape. I admit I was already impressed with them based off their social media (you guys totally nail it!), and I love the vibe of the space you walk in to. Tommy was great, very friendly & easy to chat with & he expressed genuine enthusiasm every time we started a new room. Dan, also awesome, was super helpful whenever we needed him, but held back enough to leave us challenged. The two make a great team that left us feeling like we’re now part of the monkey mind family!!

We successfully completed all 4 rooms. The first room we did, our least favorite, was the Stolen Diamond. Gen 1 room, we tended to over complicate the puzzles, but all in all a good room. The last three were all amazing rooms! Completely immersive experience, gen 3 puzzles, great story lines, and I can go on! We are proud to have made the leader board with our final room, which meant we left with some awesome gifts.

We truly loved the experience and cannot wait for your next room to open so we can come back!...