The Ultimate Escape Rooms in Ventura

On July 2, 2025 I took my two goddaughters to this Escape Room in Ventura CA. I wish I could remember the nice gentleman that help the girls. They went into the “The Wizard Lair” and these two girls were alone in trying to figure out the hints. The gentleman was very polite, accommodating to them when they got stuck. It took them an hour to escape from the room. My Goddaughters are 10 & 9 yrs old and were able to understand everything and did it alone. I’m so satisfied with the service and the girls wanted to do another escape room right after they were done. This activity is great for anyone however you’ll have to work as a team. This was definitely a great experience with abundance of laughter indeed.

Awesome service! They have an awesome staff that is really nice and very helpful along the way. The escape room itself is so nicely decorated and really detailed, there are so many things to put attention to but only a couple are actually meant to lead you to get out. The attention to small details and immersion is great, the design of the scape rooms seems genuinely creative A really chill and fun experience , would recommend for sure to support this small bussiness ✨

UPDATE: Came back to try the Wizards Lair and we were amazed by it. This room was completely different from The Attic as it was more high-tech and used less locks and keys. The room is well themed and the puzzles are very interactive. We enjoyed our entire time in the room and loved it so much that we booked We're All Mad Here right after. In comparison to each other I enjoyed Wizards Lair a lot more due to the complexity of the puzzle and the design of the room. We escaped both of the rooms with about 20+ minutes to spare. As far as difficulty goes none of the rooms there are super hard, there's just so much stuff that you have to do you don't realize that you're getting through it fast, which we enjoyed. Customer service this time was a lot better! The GM even brought us into The Attic afterwards to show us how they updated it since my last review and it looks like all the issues we had last time have been patched and fixed! The only suggestion that I have is to rephrase the story for the Wizards Lair, specifically the "black handle" part as it spoils a big part of the room. Overall, I would still recommend this location to escape room beginners and moderate enthusiasts that are looking for a higher-tech room, specifically for the Wizards Lair room. ORIGINAL REVIEW: On Valentines day my boyfriend and I decided to try Ultimate Escape room. We saw a Groupon for it and decided to book The Attic. Let me begin by saying; we did escape with 1.5 minutes left. We have collectively done ~20 rooms and escaped all of them. When we got there we were greeted by a young man who handed us the waivers and then introduced us to our group. In the room it was us 2 and then 4 other randoms who had never done an escape room before. We were given the story of the room, emergency exit doors, and then a few overall rules. Once we were locked in the room we began our hunt for clues. We were stuck on the first puzzle for a while because no one was working together. My boyfriend and I were working on the puzzle but the others were still going around the room trying to make something out of nothing. Once we got through the first puzzle we were fairly quick in figuring out the next one. However once we figured that one we were greeted with two more puzzles which stumped us for a while. We had actually solved both of them quickly but didn't realized we had solved them because there was to audible sound or movement in the room to notify us that we had figured it out. *if you think you solved something closed the lock and try it again to make sure that the puzzle you are currently working on opened it, and not another puzzle*. Once we got over that hurdle we were fairly quick in figuring out the rest. As far as red herrings go, there are a decent amount in this room. One locked item in the room needed about 3 keys to open it, but inside the item was not anything important in solving the room it was just story filler. Same goes with the "wall" *as to not spoil it* which we found near the end of the room, it was filled with unimportant filler information. If we had seen it earlier on in the room we probably would have been stuck on it for a while. One of the puzzles in the room we didn't even do. It would have given us a push to figuring out a puzzle which we had already done. But having not done it, we were stuck thinking that the items for it went to another puzzle. The woman giving us our hints was great and didn't give us to direct answers but instead gave us pushes towards figuring it out ourselves. You are given unlimited hints for the room. The young man who was our host was not the friendliest person ever but it wasn't unbearable. Could have been because it was late on Valentines and he had other places he wanted to be. Overall I would give this place 4 out of 5 stars. Deducting a star for the red herrings, pointless puzzles, and customer service. That being said though, we will be back for their 3 other rooms.

WOW, What a great Escape Room! This is probably the 6th or 7th escape room we've done and Murder in London the best one! Our group of 5 was immersed in what felt like old London. Every detail, from the dimly lit streets to the authentic props, plunges you into the era's eerie atmosphere. The game master's guidance was spot-on, striking a perfect balance between assistance and allowing us to explore and solve puzzles independently. If you are celebrating a birthday like we did, be sure to include the birthday add-on, it was a wonderful touch! A resounding "2 thumbs up" from all 5 in our party!

What an awesome experience! We did it with our daughter her boyfriend with just 4 minutes to spare. Great for team work, very challenging, everyone got to contribute and we felt safe. Our host was super into it too and enhance our game with his enthusiasm!

What's not to love? Happy hour and sunset at the Ventura Harbor Village, then this. It was a fantastic, really fun experience, even more than expected. I was the one who really wanted to do it, and the three who accompanied were reticent but willing to humor me. Afterward, though, ALL agreed what a blast it was, and we're definitely coming back. Shout out to Brandon, who made our adventure even better, and to Annette, who was so helpful in its booking : )

This was my first time trying an escape room and now I definitely want to go again! The staff was very accommodating for a group of novices and it made the entire experience go very smoothly. The room was impressively decorated with wonderful little custom puzzles to manipulate and play with. They integrated the "plot" into all the puzzles in a way that made you feel like you were playing out your own story. One tip. The "mood lighting" does an impressive job setting the stage but bring a pocket flashlight to help read the combination locks. Reservations are recommended.

My husband, son and I really enjoyed it. Lots of fun! We had never done one before and I didn’t think I’d love it like I did. The hour flew by and wish we would have asked for more clues to get us going faster. It being our first time and never done anything like this before having a better overall explanation of what was involved and story we were to create to help solve the problem would have been helpful. Look forward to doing another one!

What a great time. I did the Wizard’s Lair with five other people and it was such an amazing and immersive experience. You can tell that Christopher, the person who helped us with our room, loves his job! He was courteous and in character the whole time. Also, Annette, the owner of the business, is super helpful and communicative. Amazing people, amazing room, and an amazing experience! I would recommend to anyone wanting to do an escape room.

The entire experience was great from start to finish. Came with family, it was the first time any of us had tried an escape room, and we enjoyed it way more than any of us anticipated. Staff were incredible, extraordinarily friendly and accommodating. The room had just the right amount of difficulty to make you really think, and the occasional hint pushed us in the right direction without making anything too obvious. Great time and great people, I'd recommend it in a heartbeat.

Love the whimsical decorations!! I've done most of the rooms, tonight was the Wizards Lair. Had so much fun and we won with a group of 7. The staff are always friendly, informative, and helpful. I love how the staff get into characters when they give us clues. It makes the experience more enjoyable!! Thank you!

We have now done the Wizard's Lair, Twisted Tales and The Attic and we really enjoyed all three. In our opinion the best was Twisted Tales because it had a very logical order and solid clues. We had to use a lot more hints for Wizard's and …

We had a group of 5 adults and 3 kids. The Wizard's Lair was an engaging and fun experience that made us all work together! The decor and atmosphere were awesome! The variety of the puzzles ranged so that everyone in our group had a chance to shine and contribute to our escape! We look forward to returning!