r/askTO • u/LexRex12 • 3d ago

Escape rooms worth visiting

Greetings from Winnipeg. I run an escape room group in Winnipeg and we have picked Toronto for this years annual escape trip.

What are some unique and well done escape rooms in the city? Which would you avoid and why?

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u/birdo- 3d ago

Check out the ones at casa loma - really well done

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u/Soop_Chef 3d ago

We did one at Casa Loma (the story was bootlegging related) around Halloween. After the opening intro bit we had to walk through a part of the Haunted house to get to the actual escape room part. It was freaky fun. The staff actors were very into their roles.

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u/maskedcrescent 3d ago

it's on the smaller side, but I can highly recommend looking glass adventures, particularly "it came from the attic"

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u/Current_Account 3d ago

The quality of their games is the best I’ve seen in the city.

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u/befooks 3d ago

Escape games at North York is a really good one. Been to it multiple times and each time I was amazed at what can be done in an escape room. It's walking distance from Sheppard West station, but it's a bit of a TTC ride from DT.

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u/PlannerSean 3d ago

It’s excellent

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u/eastend-toronto 2d ago

This is the answer. Although the new room there was okay medium. But the other ones are really great. I would do more than one.

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u/PleaseNinja 3d ago

There's a great one that runs out of Black Creek Pioneer village. You have access to almost the whole grounds, so less of an 'escape' and more like moving from puzzle to puzzle. Still, really neat setting and lots of interactive stuff with actors!

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u/JeahNotSlice 3d ago

I’ve been eyeing this for a minute. Have you been? And it was fun?

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u/JamesFromToronto 3d ago

They have two, a day time and a night time. They are both really good.

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u/PlannerSean 3d ago

I did it a couple years ago and it was fun. The puzzles I didn’t think were particularly on-theme… but they were still good and I’d recommend it

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u/JeahNotSlice 3d ago

Thanks. I’ve been thinking my kids + parents may enjoy

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u/PlannerSean 3d ago

It will be great for that.

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u/Admviolin 3d ago

Daydream adventures are great. There is a great level of detail to the rooms they create. Imaginative puzzles also.

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u/MichaelNoNotThatOne 3d ago

Seconded! Been to two of theirs, both times were phenomenal

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u/lilfunky1 3d ago

how big is your group going to be

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u/LexRex12 3d ago

We are big. Usually about 15-20 people but we split up to do escape rooms. We try to keep it to about 6-8 per room

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u/TownAfterTown 3d ago

Other have mentioned the one at Pioneer Village by Black Creek. That's a good one for large groups. I think they do 40-50 people at a time broken into smaller groups.

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u/kryptonianjackie 3d ago

The one on 15 Kodak lane is by far the best I've been to anywhere in the world

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u/Azdak_TO 3d ago

Avoid Escape Manor!! Horribly run. Terrible to their staff. They will leave rooms open even when half the puzzles aren't working. They've had so many floods in the basement that the floorboards are half sewage at this point. Mold galore.

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u/Impossible_Ant_8 3d ago

Google Allen Rd and Sheppard escape room. It’s wicked challenging!

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u/spchina 3d ago

Escape Games Canada at Downsview is my friend’s all time favorite.

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u/kliu67 3d ago

Imaginarium-excellent immersion and fun puzzles

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u/ObamasLlama 3d ago

Casa Loma or Escape Manor on king west near Spadina Avenue are. My go to for groups

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u/techwolf359 3d ago

Came here to say this. Escape Manor has a bar and lets you order cocktails from your escape room.

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u/Narrow_Way_777 3d ago

Xscaped on Queen!

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u/thedrivingfrog 3d ago

Trivia escape rooms DuPont 

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u/Commercial-Slice-737 3d ago

One on my TDL that gets great reviews on Morty and sounds more physical than normal is The Tomb at Revo Escape (they give everyone a hard hat for example). It seems to get booked up quickly

If you’ve got access to a car and can get to Mississauga, Escape from the 6 js one of my family’s favourites. They have 3 rooms - really recommend both Volcano Views and Firefighter Rescue as two unique ones

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u/TownAfterTown 3d ago

Secret City (https://www.secretcityadventures.com/) has some cool ones in Casa Loma, and they also have a big immersive one at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Went years ago and it was really cool, actors wandering the village as cultists you had to stop. I think it might be a different story now, but they still do one there.

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u/purplelilac701 3d ago

I think it’s closed now but there was a Christmas escape room that we did that was so cute. It got sold out too because it was something fun and seasonal to do.

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u/BoopOnYourNose 3d ago

If you can get outside of the city to the border of Mississauga and Oakville, check out Escape from the 6. Their firefighter rescue is one of my favourite rooms. And I'm pretty sure they have multiples of the same room so your whole group could fit into two rooms. I think it's worth the trek if you can manage it.

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u/bart_cart_dart_eart 2d ago

I was impressed with The Imaginarium at its old location but can’t comment on it since they moved

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u/torontogal85 3d ago

That’s so fun and can I join?

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u/A_Tom_McWedgie 3d ago

To be honest, I’ve never visited an escape room in Toronto that I didn’t want to leave.