What People Say About Sherlocked Escape Rooms in Amsterdam

This experience was unbelievable. I came in to this having some experience with escape rooms and this was hands down the best one, and it was not even close. I'll do my best to avoid spoilers - but right from the beginning it was absolutely immersive. I was particularly blown away by how well every aspect of the experience was put together. There were parts of the 'Vault' experience that were so well devised that at points I had trouble distinguishing what was real and what was part of the experience. You cannot anticipate how polished this experience is, nor how much work has gone into each aspect of it. From the actors to the sophisticated artificial intelligence we had to hack to escape, this experience had me reeling for days afterward and puzzling over how they put it together! My team succeeded in completing every puzzle, but only because we worked together!

We went there 0 expecations and as soon the emails came we where flashed at how good it was went there had so much fun and overall awesome experience, cast was also so in the role that it made it even better 10/10 would do again

Didn't make it in time. it was a bit strange though. We were told time was up, but the clock was still on 8 minutes and started on 59:59. We started at 8 o clock en it wasn't 9 o clock when we got the call that time was up. So that kinda left us with mixed feelings. Make sure to check it before hand.

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.

Triple fun - I hope to go again and do another one.

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!

There aren‘t any words worth to describe those amazing rooms. We played them both and already thought „the Archtiect“ couldn‘t be overbet. But actually „the Vault“ exceeded our high expectations! Fantastic gamemasters, clever quests and many surprises made our experience absoluteley unique. Congratulation to this great company!

Amazing scenary for an escaperoom. Many rooms, great storyline, diverse puzzles and overall an awesome experience! Go do it yourselves!

Soooo fun!!! My family and I had never done an escape room before and we absolutely loved the experience! It was the perfect amount of challenging, not too easy or too hard. There were 3 of us and unfortunately we didn’t get to the end, but we still had so much fun. The guide was also awesome and very friendly I would recommend The Architect to anyone. It was the highlight of our trip to Amsterdam!

From the creators of 'the Architect' the bar was raised very high, however we weren't disappointed. Very wel set up, sometimes very difficult and without team effort, logic thinking it is impossible to succeed. We absolutely loved it! Highly recommended!