What People Say About Sherlocked Escape Rooms in Amsterdam

Super leuke uitdaging!! Met z'n 4-en gespeeld en fantastisch veel plezier gehad. Aandachtspunt is wel dat het spel volledig in het Engels is en daarom minder geschikt is voor degenen die de taal niet heel goed beheersen... Misschien een idee om ook een NL variant in het leven te roepen?

Wow! Must do escape room. We have done dozens as a family and this was so amazing! The details, the immersion, the game masters ..what a great experience. We did this as part of a family vacation to Europe or we'd be back to check out all the rooms.

Nice team building activity. Mentally challenging and exciting puzzle solving activities. Before going don't read up on what will happen in the room, could spoil your experience.

I do not know where to start!!! This escape room was lit. I went yesterday with 3 friends and we did the Vault! There is a lot of climax already at the beginning, secret agent/James Bond vibe!!! It's very enigmatic, the riddles are fun and extremely difficult to solve, which makes this game excellent!!!! Another element that I like about this game is that it is extremely realistic, while adding some scary/stressful elements at the same time, hence improving our team coordination and the fun drastically!!!!! The staff is also extremely efficient and has done really well with the role play!!!! I will absolutely recommend this escape room!!!! Time to find the Vault...

Some quick logistical points before I write my review: you can do the Vault (90 minutes) and the Architect (60 minutes) in any order, but I strongly recommend that you try the Architect first. We did the opposite, and it was still very enjoyable, but I think Architect-then-Vault would be optimal. Also, to put our review in perspective, we are a family of 4 with two young teens, we have done over 30 escape rooms around the world (US, Asia, Europe, Oceania), and we escaped both rooms successfully, with ~10 minutes left for the Vault and ~20 minutes for the Architect. (We also completed the Escape Room experience by Sherlocked at the Rijksmuseum; I'll give a review of that when I review the museum; short version is I recommend it.) Okay, with all of that established, both of these escape rooms are AMAZING. Both of them are incredibly well constructed, with a range of puzzles that go well beyond simple locks (there are a few locks, of course, but there is so much more than that) and absolutely immersive decor that makes the most of the incredibly historic location. The rooms are also (mostly!) very spacious - I have never before been in rooms this big. The game guides are completely on-point - they are never intrusive, and know just the right moments to give encouragement. We didn't require a lot of hints, but from the other reviews + our experience, I would guess they are very good at that whenever needed, too. For the Vault, there is role playing involved on the part of the hosts, and they were convincing, excellent at improv, and knew just the right moment to inject a bit of humor. The Architect is more of a traditional escape room, with some puzzle structures that you might have seen before if you have done a lot of rooms, but we found ~75% of the puzzles to be unique, which is amazingly impressive. The story behind the room is straightforward, but complex enough to motivate all of your actions and interactions throughout the game. There is a great combination of technology and basic logic. The Vault is more immersive - our game started off-site, and we enjoyed the scene-setting emails and texts that we received in advance. You have to be able to get into character to enjoy this game, and I would urge you to take the risk and do so. You end up feeling like you are really part of ring of thieves (albeit, in our case, one that has a teenage member that shrieks at certain surprising moments!). There are fewer traditional puzzles, but as with the Architect, those that are there are mostly unique to this game; the minds that are behind these challenges are incredibly creative. We also thoroughly enjoyed the balance between solving puzzles together and solving them individually in parallel. If you are at all experienced in escape games, you must, must, must book these rooms. If you have never done an escape room before, I would also recommend these; even if you don't end up completing the room, you will have a great time. My only hesitation is that you might be ruined for all of the other mediocre rooms that are out there!

It was quite a pleasant experiene! The puzzles were smart and the story behind the room realistic as well. Totally recomended when combined with the bistro at the front.

Wow what an experience. For an evening I completely forgot about the outside world. This goes way beyond any escape room I played, the set up was so well done that you can completely submerge yourself in the game and forget that it is in fact a game. Surprising and exciting elements, both for people that like to use their brains and / or flexibility . Recommend 1000/100.

An experience we will all remember forever, very eager to come back for their next adventure! Unlike anything you may have tried before.

Amazing experience, very fun activity even while being just 2 persons. We enjoyed it a lot and recommend it as a must In Amsterdam !

BOOK THIS ESCAPE ROOM NOW. It is fantastic. So excellently devised! Our group of 4 absolutely adored it. We did The Alchemist, the newest room, and it was superb. Our host, Teresa, was clear, helpful, and allowed us to be challenged. Really, she is the perfect host! The mission for the escape room was clearly stated and the escape room itself flowed so well. What was additionally of high quality in this room is that it was so technical. This escape room is out of this world cool. So many little things you wouldn’t expect from a normal escape room. Highly, highly recommend. We could not stop talking about how cool this room was.