What People Say About Sherlocked Escape Rooms in Amsterdam

We visited here with our daughters age 11 and 14. The building is full of history and is very atmospheric. Our guide was great and explained the story behind the room we entered. Won't say anything about the room except that we worked as a team and cracked it! We've talked of nothing else since!! A really good family experience, everyone can contribute regardless of age or puzzle ability.

If you want to enjoy a piece of architecture and enjoy a game at the same time, make sure you book this Sherlocked in Amsterdam.

This has been my 2nd escape room, and it looks like it's the best expi have ever had! I loved how the team had to get into characters and play along. My favourite part about the whole experience was that it was a combination of being outside to do something and then going into the vault. I have never had that experience before! So I would recommend people to go and soak in all the experience. Smashing!!

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!

With high ratings on social media and tripadvisor we had high expectations of Sherlocked. On the plus side. The story of the building and its connection to the room was very nice. The venue was beautiful. The puzzles were great, a good mix in variety and always connected to the story. With that this room would have been a 5/5. However, we got stuck on a red herring for a long time in the room. We thought we could get back on track with the help of the game master. Sadly our communication didn’t work well. We felt like we didn’t get support when we needed it, and got very unnecessary calls about how much time that was left and to hurry. This only causing stress for no point at all. For us escape rooms isn’t necessary about just rushing through every puzzle, but to enjoy the room. A great experience and not escaping is much more worth for us than escaping with a feeling of disappointment. I feel so sad about this experience, as the room was very good.

This was absolutely fantastic! We were with a group of 6 and were grateful to have a mix of ages... the 16 year old and 10 year old were a real asset ; ). Fun in retrospect to think about everyone's different puzzling perspectives and abilities. The guide was super friendly, the space and whole experience is well thought out and executed fabulously. We didn't quite solve it in the allotted time, so a wee bit of dissapointment for that, but would do it again in a heartbeat. Can't say enough about how much we loved it and we are so looking forward to the new room they will be opening in...June?

The worst experience of any escape rooms we’ve had….just awkward and silly character of the host before you even get in a building. Unnecessary nonsense. After looking like we were breaking and entering cars from the Q park meet across the road, then trying to get into the main room with a ‘convincing story’ for maybe 4 mins, you’re left with a host trying to embarrass you. We left at that point.

The best escape room I've ever been to

Challenging and atmospheric locked room mysteries

The actors did a really great job and the whole experience was very immersive! Recommend to anyone who enjoy escape rooms to try this break-in version!