Looking for an escape room near Los Angeles, California?
Latest update: January 5, 2019
Los Angeles is one of the strongest escape room markets in the United States.
This city offers some of the best sets and scenery we’ve seen in escape rooms. That doesn’t mean they skimp on the puzzles. The best escape rooms in Los Angeles deliver full experiences.
You might be interested in our recommendations for Anaheim, California as well.
Market Standouts
- Stash House
- Lab Rat, Hatch Escapes
- The Elevator Shaft, THE BASEMENT
- The Courtyard, THE BASEMENT
- The Morgue, Evil Genius (We haven’t played it yet. See comments below.)
Set & Scenery Driven
- Bloody Elbow, QUEST ROOM
- Cartel: DEA Undercover, 60 Out
- The Courtyard, THE BASEMENT
- The Elevator Shaft, THE BASEMENT
- Lab Rat, Hatch Escapes
- Red Giant, QUEST ROOM
- Stash House
- Titanic, 60 Out
Puzzle Centric
- The Alchemist, Escape Room LA
- The Courtyard, THE BASEMENT
- Da Vinci’s Challenge, QUEST ROOM
- The Experiment, Get the F Out
- The Hideout, Arcane Escape Rooms
- Lab Rat, Hatch Escapes
- The Pyramid, Escape Room LA
- Smuggler’s Tunnels, Escape Chronicles
- Stash House
- Testing Facility, Escape Chronicles
Creative Tech
- Lab Rat, Hatch Escapes
- Magic Kingdom, Maze Rooms
- The Elevator Shaft, THE BASEMENT
- The Courtyard, THE BASEMENT
Unusual Concept
- Evil Genius Escape Rooms… playing Chapters 1 & 2 back-to-back
- The Experiment, Get the F Out
- The Hideout, Arcane Escape Rooms
- It’s a Doggy Dog World, Level Games
- Lab Rat, Hatch Escapes
- Magic Kingdom, Maze Rooms
- Red Alert (formerly P.U.T.I.N. Bunker), 60 Out
Newbie-friendly
- Chapter 1: Occam’s Apartment, Evil Genius… trust that you’ll like escape rooms and just book Chapter 2 immediately after
- It’s a Doggy Dog World, Level Games
- Red Alert (formerly P.U.T.I.N. Bunker), 60 Out
- Stash House
- Smuggler’s Tunnels, Escape Chronicles
- Testing Facility, Escape Chronicles
Big Group Games
Private Booking Companies
Spooky & Scary
Games with Actors
You are always welcome to contact us if this recommendation list doesn’t answer your specific questions.
Solid list. I recommend including Evil Genius: Chapter 3 in your back to back play through as well. It continues the story and also has a unique twist on the escape room formula.
Awesome! We will have to get back out to LA to play it!
EG3 belongs in the “standouts” category — so much so that you might consider adding a note that even though you haven’t played it yet, you hear good things about it (or something to that effect).
Feel free to poll the usual suspects, I think you’ll get universal rave reviews.
Also: No mention of Cross Roads? I think Psych Ward is a little less universally loved than EG3, but their games are generally great recommendations even still. And it’s no further from LA than some of your other entries.
(Otherwise, it’s a 100% great list.)
Considering this comment, and the one above, and a few other messages we received outside of comments, we’ve taken your recommendation and added The Morgue. We can’t wait to get back to LA to play it!
I also added a link to our Anaheim recommendations (and from that post to this one), so hopefully that solves the Cross Roads issue. We haven’t played Psych Ward yet though. That’s on the list for the next trip too!
I played a lot of these rooms on my recent trip to LA. Of the 18 rooms I played, ALL of them were amazing and I had the best escape room experiences ever! Thanks for the recommendations Room Escape Artists! If anyone is planning an escape room trip to LA, do check out these rooms, you won’t be disappointed!
You’re welcome! We’re so glad you had a great trip 🙂