Sneaky Dog Escapes

Sneaky Dog Escapes

Sneaky Dog Escapes
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12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 PM - 10:00 PM
About
Challenge yourself and your friends, family and colleagues to a feat of escapology. Work together to solve puzzles, discover clues, and untangle riddles to achieve your objective. Alongside our Escape Rooms, Sneaky Dog Escapes is proud to offer the only VR Escapes in Southampton. Powered by ArviVR and Ubisoft, we have an impressive catalogue of Virtual Reality Escape Rooms for you to conquer. Travel between worlds. Experience a different time. Delve into fantastical temples. So much more is possible with Virtual Reality. No experience is necessary. You will be fully briefed before your experience and a Game Master will be on hand at all times to help if you have any problems.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • M0neyPenni
    Portsmouth, United Kingdom2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fab family time on a rainy day!
    We had a fab family time today doing a VR escape room at Sneaky Dog Escapes! It was really good fun and for us 'older kids' (50+ year olds), we tried something different and loved it. The kids ribbed us mercilessly for being rubbish, but jokes aside we all really enjoyed it. The games master introduction support and advice was on point and during the actual game, only adding support comments when he could see we were stuck. The graphics and visual experience is great. Highly recommend for all ages!
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 25 February 2024
  • Explore51079095611
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent, Great, Exceptional
    First time VR experience ….went with family and that was a great choice to spend evening together, good fun also nice and friendly host make you go true everything’s. Definitely be back there again to try different games. Highly recommend. Edy
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 28 March 2024
  • Kate G
    Southampton, United Kingdom30 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Fun and challenging escape room
    Operation Spitfire was a challenging and fun escape room. Didn’t think we were going to make it out but managed it after 89 minutes and 5 seconds! Excellent level of support from the games master to keep us on track. Will definitely be back to Sneaky Dog Escapes.
    Visited February 2025
    Travelled with friends
    Written 7 February 2025
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rachel
Southampton, UK9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Friends
Absolutely fabulous experience! The attention to detail was second to none and the puzzles were well considered and varied. Enough room for a group of six to work comfortably and more rooms to explore than any previous escape rooms completed. The host was brilliant and gave enough subtle hints to keep us moving without giving away too much. Definitely the best in Southampton and possibly the south of England. When you have a 90 minute limit it makes such a pleasant change to actually need the whole time. Was absolutely worth every penny!
Written 19 November 2022
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Wow!! What a fabulous review!! 5 stars to you too!! Thank you so much for the amazing review and the huge vote of confidence. We spent a long time making Operation Spitfire so it means a lot when people really enjoy it. It was my pleasure being your host and I'm stoked you had such a good time with us. Your review just made my week! Have a great weekend, and stay tuned for more rooms coming soon. Thanks again. Adam
Written 20 November 2022
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Louise
Kingston8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021
If you are looking at hiring VR headsets then look no further than Sneaky Dog Escapes. My Son has been talking about VR headsets for such a long time, when my birthday came around I thought, ‘let’s see what all the fuss is about’. We hired 2 headsets for the day, competitive pricing particularly thinking about the service we have received.
On the day the headsets arrived at my front door nice and early. Adam was super friendly, wearing his black marigolds and a mask the whole experience was clearly very ‘COVID secure’. You can smell that the headsets and equipment have been thoroughly cleaned and sanitised which is really reassuring at the current time.
Everything was in the boxes and there were clear and easy laminated instructions. Now, I’m not the most tech savvy person but I was able to follow the instructions and get us all up and running. There is great email communication, including clear and concise videos to also help with the set up process.
The headsets came loaded with some wicked games, ‘Beat Saber’ was a firm favourite and my kids loved the ‘Job simulator’ and played this for hours! This is honestly great for children and adults, my kids were stood up playing this for hours and were far more active than sitting on a computer!
On the day of collection communication was fantastic, Adam arrived back at my house at an agreed time, wearing the famous black marigolds and took the headsets away. I really couldn’t ask for anything more, so happy to help support a family business - 5 stars from us!
Written 5 April 2021
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I love my black marigolds!! Thank you for the fantastic review! I'm glad you all had a great time with our headsets! You mention the cleaning. Thank you for this. We go to great lengths to ensure our equipment is as clean and safe as possible, so it's nice to know you felt safe and reassured. In fact, we clean so much that I have to regularly replace my marigolds. Always a sad day when I have to say goodbye to a pair... Thank you again, and hope to see you at our store now that we are open again! Thanks, Adam
Written 14 June 2021
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Christopher W
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
WOW, what a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours! Our son Billy (10 years old) chose a VR escape room for him and 3 friends for his birthday. We were welcomed in by our host and he quickly got onside with the kids with plenty of jokes.
The kids rattled through the 'Jungle Quest' escape room with plenty of energy and enthusiasm. Support was on hand whenever they got truly stuck.
They ended up finishing the quest with plenty of time to spare so a few bonus rounds of 'Archer' (Archery shoot em up) were played.
The kids had a great time, so did I to be honest.
We will be back!
Written 27 March 2023
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john c
Fareham, UK3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021 • Couples
We highly recommend Sneaky Dog Escapes. Friendly staff, very helpful if you're new to this sort of thing. Give it a go, you won't regret it. Great fun, a few surprises. Going back for more.
Thanks to all staff for a good time.
Written 24 May 2021
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Thank you for your recommendation, we're glad you had a brilliant time and tried out our VR adventures. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Written 7 June 2021
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Phoebe
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Couples
An absolutely incredible evening. My partner and I went for an anniversary date night, and it was the most incredible experience. The game was a riveting challenge, and our host Harry was wonderful in every way. 11/10 would recommend this experience to anyone looking for an electric adventure
Written 16 October 2021
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Thank you for your review and recommendation, we are very happy to hear you had such an amazing time!
Written 18 October 2021
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Miss Cadburys
Southampton, UK3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 • Business
We had an absolutely brilliant experience playing Elf School. It was fun for all the family from age 4 up to 73! The puzzles offered a good challenge and there was plenty to do so we could all get involved. Our GM was excellent and considering he’d only started very recently with the company he was absolutely great at offering hints at just the right time. He was particularly good with the children - directly speaking to them and giving them little tasks and hints to make sure they were involved and felt important. Thanks a million.
Written 30 December 2021
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Thanks for choosing us! When creating Elf School we made sure that it would be fit for people of all ages. We are so glad to hear that children of such young ages enjoyed the puzzles and experience of Elf School. We look forward to welcoming you back soon.
Written 4 January 2022
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Natalie C
Fareham, England, United Kingdom8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2020 • Couples
We went to Sneaky Dog escapes earlier in the month for my birthday and they were absolutely incredible. We did 'escape from the pyramid' and it was amazing!
They were completely Covid safe which for me was great as I'm high risk and they made me feel so safe being there.
As for the game/escape room itself it was crazy good! This was our first time in a VR escape room and I won't try and explain it because I can't, all I can say is go try it!!! Also the gentleman running it was so lovely and because we finished so quickly he let us have a go on an extra archers game (Thank you). I have recommended SD Escapes to everyone I've seen since and hopefully we will be back soon 😊
Written 26 September 2020
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Hi Natalie. That's a fantastic review, Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed yourself as much as you did, it makes it all worthwhile! And you called me a gentleman!! I have a new game coming that is an arena battle game, that I might be able to let you try if you finish quickly again! We're really keen on value for money, nobody should leave too soon! Thanks again! Adam
Written 23 October 2020
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George H
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Family
We spent a very satisfied, challenged and fun afternoon here. The escape room is fantastic in its detail and level of puzzles. Adam, the host and designer has put together a work of art with hugely satisfying steps to a tense conclusion. He kept us pointing in right direction when appropriate and made the whole experience exceptional.
The only regret is we now know the secrets and can’t do that one again.
Two thumbs up. Go here and have fun.
Written 25 November 2022
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George Thank you for the smashihng review! I'm so pleased you enjoyed the room so much. We are really proud of Operation Spitfire. It took us about 7 months to craft it, and it's so rewarding to see people really enjoying it as your team did! You guys were amaing! Hopefully, we will see you again soon! Thanks Adam
Written 5 December 2022
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LeaAnn0611
Lee-on-the-Solent, UK20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2021 • Family
We hired 2 VR headsets for my son's birthday. Adam arrived at the time agreed for drop off and put his mask and gloves on, sanitised his hands before removing the two boxes and placed them on the doorstep. He then stood 3 metres away and talked us through how to set them up and how to get the most out of them. Each headset came with clear instructions. The children aged 8,11&12 had a fantastic day and I was able to watch them play on the games, via the chromcast that came with the package. Everything has been thought of and maybe next time we how then I maybe allowed to have a play too.
Written 23 January 2021
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Thanks for your lovely review. We are always looking at ways to improve the customer experience and we think the chromecast makes it an excellent spectator sport too. Thank you for explaining our covid proceedure - we take our customer's safety seriously and want to make sure everyone feels at ease. Glad the kids had a brilliant time - and you definitely need to have a go too! It's not just for kids :-)
Written 25 January 2021
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HollyRuth
Eastleigh, UK8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Couples
Would highly recommended this to anyone, when walking in we were greeted by Harry who was very friendly. He spoke us through the game process, and set us up. The game itself is very enjoyable- didn't feel like we were in there for an hour. Highly enjoyed. Can't wait to go back.
Written 24 February 2022
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Hey, thank you for the review we are glad you had a good time and a great laugh.
Written 22 March 2022
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