What People Say About Sherlocked Escape Rooms in Amsterdam

By far the best escape room I've ever been to! It's definitely not your typical escape game. The game is so elaborate and the props are so well made. The staff are friendly and fun. Definitely recommend this!!

Went to Sherlocked earlier today with three friends of mine and completed The Architect escape room. None of us had attempted escape rooms before but found it to be a brilliant and fun experience. The staff member who explained it to us was super nice and helpful and the actual experience itself was lots of fun, it was a perfect difficulty level and is something I will definitely do more of in the future.

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!

Sherlocked has what are currently our family’s favorite escape rooms. We were so happy to be able to experience both the Architect and the Vault rooms on our visit to Amsterdam. Both rooms were challenging and were full of puzzles. We really liked that there was a clear story to each room and that there was a nice logical flow to the puzzles. We also really liked that there were fewer locks to unlock and more puzzles to solved compared to other escape rooms we have done. I’d recommend Sherlocked to anyone who enjoys escape rooms.

Het was een super ervaring!!!

Me and some colleagues did The Vault. It’s an exciting escape room with lot’s of challenges to overcome. Word of advice though: don’t go in on an empty stomach like I did. Becoming hangry does not make you better at escaping, I can tell.

Still buzzing from excitement, this was an amazing experience! We did the Alchemist room, the production value is insane, 100% worth the money. Staff slayed, thank you :))

We visited twice, to go to both escape rooms. Both are awesome! A great, historic, atmosphere, partially due to the integration into the beautiful Beurs van Berlage building and the way story-telling is woven into the experience and smart puzzles! The two escape rooms differ im difficulty but I would recommend both to anyone looking for a challenging, atmospheric experience!

The Vault is a very challenging and very well done escape room! The host was excellent, and the awesome experience made us want to come back to Amsterdam just to try his other room, The Architect!

This is a really fun thing to do with your Family! Worling together to solve all the puzzles. Wouter was a good host and led is through this amazing, technical high standard room.