Last Minute Escape, Montclair

A lot of fun! Good family friendly fun that makes you think fast and work together. I've done four of Last Minute's escape rooms and they are all fun and challenging. Each has unique short story and the room follows the theme. At Last Minute, they want you to be able to escape while still being challenged, so they provide hints when they think it's necessary, which can usually give you the boost you need to solve a puzzle, and makes sure you don't get stuck for too long. Overall, I've had a lot of fun doing the escape rooms and can never wait to try a new one.

We did many escape rooms before and we had an awesome experience here. We did both Lost City and Submarine at this location. Looking forward to do more at their other locations. There are many different type of puzzles here with a lot of creativity. Lots of fun! The only thing is we couldn't get out the Submarine room because we did it with only 2 people. This is probably good for a larger group.

We are a very advanced team of escape room fanatics (with a 100% escape rate!). We did Submarine and Lost City one right after the other. We really enjoyed both of these rooms, they were engaging, challenging, and had some very unique puzzle types we have not seen in other rooms. The Submarine did have a few multi-member activities, so I would not recommend with less than 4 people. Overall 2 thumbs up!

Very well put together rooms and finally a company that features cohesive puzzles. Having done more than 80 escape games, Last Minute Escape is at the top of my list. The staff was incredibly friendly and helpful. We definitely had a blast!

(Room done was the Lost City) (TL;DR I would recommend this room to both new and experienced players) If you are new to escape rooms this is a great place to start. The room is very spacious and most of the puzzles use nice large objects/set pieces and a majority of the puzzles are not simple combination locks so you and your group will not have to be huddled around each other trying to figure out the next clue. there are a number of puzzles that can be done in parallel so more people can be involved and have fun (good design) For more experienced players I would still recommend this company, I have done both this room and the mayan tomb so far and had a great time in both. As far as I can tell there were no instances of "designer logic" and the puzzles make it feel more like an old point and click adventure game as apposed to a scavenger hunt for the next 4 digit number. Also from my experience my group was not paired up with another group and the GM's told me they try not to combine groups in order to "fill the room", which is a HUGE plus in my opinion. A thing to note is that a lot of the puzzles are controlled via micro controllers so be weary that sometimes you may need to re-set a puzzle (there will usually be a visual indicator) or play with an object to get it to trigger (rarer occurrence). But that being said it is very satisfying when you place an object down and hear a click to see a new panel open up. Overall I look forward to trying and hopefully beating every room Last Minute Escape has to offer.