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Elusion Escape Rooms
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#1 of 75 Nightlife in Southampton
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10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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Elusion Escape Rooms Southampton offers the ultimate team challenge in which you and your companions will face mysteries, solve riddles and crack puzzles against a 60 minute countdown in beautiful film quality sets. Will you explore a pirates cave, uncover Stranger Things, attend our witches potion shop or be blindfolded and chained up and take on the serial killer challenge. Games for all ages and experience levels!
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  • Emma J
    4 contributions
    Strangest thing
    I completed the From Beyond room. The theme is abandoned science base with a The Thing/Stranger Things-esqe vibe. Despite the source of inspiration, this is not a horror room (there's no jump scares), but if you'd find a plastic skeleton scary maybe avoid this room. I've done a fair few escape rooms and found this one enjoyable, the set quality and story line is great. There was a couple of puzzle types that I haven't seen in any of the other escape rooms, which was a good challenge. I will say pick your teammates carefully, it's really difficult to hear important information when you're with people who decide to talk over the audio clues. I look forward to trying out the other rooms run by this company.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with family
    Written 11 December 2022
  • Chantal C
    13 contributions
    Pandora's heist - amazing!
    The experience was thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish. Grace was amazing - she explained everything brilliantly and gave us useful hints when needed! Would recommend for anyone who is looking to do something fun, engaging and exciting with friends/family. Can't wait to try out the other room they have!
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with friends
    Written 17 December 2022
  • TestedMetal
    Monaco3 contributions
    Potions and Perils at Elusion Rooms Southampton
    Brilliant experience… great atmosphere that was tied together by our host, Drew. This was my first escape room, so I’m not sure how it compares with others, but as an event, it was awesome. Great backstory, challenging puzzles, immersive design. We’re definitely going back to do the rest of their offerings.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 19 December 2022
  • Evie C
    Southampton, United Kingdom4 contributions
    Definitely recommend
    Such a good experience! We did From Beyond as we’re all Stranger Things fans and it was so much fun! We did have to ask for a few hints along the way but it was a good level of tricky and fun. We will definitely be returning to tackle another room. Our guide Eve was lovely and super friendly! Thanks for an awesome experience.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with friends
    Written 19 December 2022
  • Karrde
    Portsmouth, United Kingdom6 contributions
    Great staff, great rooms
    Great experience! Cassandra (our host witch) was engaging and helpful as we did the Perils and Potions room. Recommend this to anyone and as with two first timers this was a great introduction to how good an escape room can be. Thanks!
    Visited December 2022
    Written 19 December 2022
  • Charlotte A
    2 contributions
    Wish I could come back tomorrow
    We had a fantastic time doing the 7 Sins room. Really made to feel comfortable, considering I'd never done one before I was expecting to find it much more nerve wrecking. Xandy (I'm sorry if thats the wrong spelling) was incredibly helpful and made us really comfortable with the whole experience. Great date night experience
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 21 December 2022
  • Benjamin C
    1 contribution
    Escaped the potion shop!
    Amazing first escape room! Really great attention to detail in all the various spaces, and some pretty great puzzles. Totally worth it, would absolutely go again. Cannot recommend highly enough! Also, Drew was awesome - great character actor and really made my first escape room experience all the more memorable.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with friends
    Written 21 December 2022
  • Jayme H
    1 contribution
    seven sins escape room
    100% recommend. one of the best escape rooms i've done so far. staff were very welcoming and made the experience 10x better (especially mitch). will be coming back to do other rooms in the near future
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with family
    Written 22 December 2022
  • PJ Adam
    4 contributions
    Excellent escape room
    Excellently planned and run as an experience. Demanding, but the puzzles were well balanced for us with a mix of "why is this difficult?" that meant everyone in our group was able to contribute and help. Good immersion and some real effort put into scene-setting and set-dressing. Game control was light-touch but nudged us gently on a couple of occasions, such as to point out successes we'd missed. Thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend highly.
    Visited December 2022
    Written 23 December 2022
  • Salbob80
    11 contributions
    Fab family fun
    We had so much fun doing the Potions and Peril escape room. Drew, the host, was wonderful. My 7 and 9 year olds were able to do just about everything,. Brilliant family fun. Planning to go back and do another room with Elusion asap.
    Visited December 2022
    Travelled with family
    Written 24 December 2022
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CubicUnderscore
Southampton, UK1 contribution
Very good
Nov 2023 • Friends
Was very good, staff was excellent the rooms were great, challenges you to think a lot overall was a whole lot of fun
Written 25 November 2023
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Nigel H
Salisbury, UK4 contributions
One of the best, and we’ve done loads of escape rooms!
Nov 2023 • Family
We have done loads of escape rooms all along the South coast area, and this was by far one of the best. Subtle hints at crucial points kept the fun moving and we got out with 2.5 seconds left. We did Pandoras Heist which has a large number of puzzles within the excellently themed rooms. The games master was very welcoming and enthusiastic and there was a nice calm briefing to set the scene and we never felt rushed. Definitely worth a visit. Family of 4, children aged 17 and 14. You can park literally outside the door as well.
Written 19 November 2023
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Anita B
8 contributions
great fun
Nov 2023 • Friends
2 of us did the Seven Sins room and managed to escape with only 2 seconds to spare. It was really great fun. We did definitely overthink some of the puzzles but we are very excited to return in the future to do the other rooms!
Written 12 November 2023
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Ashley R
2 contributions
A magical experience
Nov 2023 • Couples
We did the options and peril escape room, just 2 of us. We had a great time, the game master was really helpful and friendly, the room itself was really well themed and great fun. Would definitely go again!
Written 12 November 2023
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Katy R
1 contribution
Fab experience
Nov 2023 • Family
Our escape room experience was amazing! We'd booked a potions escape room with another company for by daughters 11th birthday and were let down two days before. We were really lucky to book the potions and peril escape room at such short notice. I was so impressed with it! It was completely immersive, decor, props, puzzles were all so well thought out and a lot of fun! Having none of us done an escape room before it was such an experience for all of us! We did pretty badly- total fail actually- and I probably wouldn't go for this as a first one for a group of children with a couple of adults tagging along trying not to interfere as we did, that said we all absolutely loved it and they all got into it. Thanks so much for this amazing experience. We will definitely be back!
Written 12 November 2023
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jessica 🦦
Southampton, UK4 contributions
10/10
Nov 2023 • Friends
We did the seven sins room and loved it, and loved our host too. Definitely recommend to any horror/thriller lovers. We want to come back to do another one here.
Written 11 November 2023
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Max G
1 contribution
Pandora’s Heist @ Elusion Escapes - Great room, host and puzzles
Nov 2023 • Friends
Amazing experience from start to finish, Grace was an incredible game master, and the setting and the puzzles of the game itself were brilliant.

Cannot wait to do more rooms!
Written 11 November 2023
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Phill
13 contributions
Well paced & fun
Nov 2023 • Friends
Went with one mate to do the Potions themed escape room, and we had a great time. I was worried we might not finish, because the room is for 6 people, and there was just two of us, but actually it was really well paced for two people - whilst having a secondary objective (which we abandoned) which would probably make it more interesting for larger groups who choose to pursue it.
We had Chloe, and she was great - Really well paced with the hints when we needed them, and had a good energy about it all around. We will be going again, and when we do I hope we have Chloe again.
Written 9 November 2023
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ann b
4 contributions
Recommend
Oct 2023 • Family
Great host, great puzzles. Lots of fun completing the Pandora escape room. Definitely recommend
Written 8 November 2023
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Abigail G
1 contribution
Sons 14th treat
Nov 2023 • Family
I took my son and 3 of his friends to do From Beyond (they are all 14). They had an amazing time and Drew their quiz master/helicopter copilot was ace and very entertaining. While they did find it a little scary they all said the fact that Drew was with them all the way kept them grounded and able to focus on escaping. I was worried they wouldn’t make it out but they made it in 57 min. Thank you Drew for keeping them under control! I was very impressed with the whole experience and most of all the boys really enjoyed it.
Written 6 November 2023
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