De Bar

Better than expected!

Escape Factory expanded to Amterdams city centre with these rooms, that operated in the past under other name. I was a little bit afraid of encountering an awful experience like the room in Amsterdam of Fundustry (see my 1 review), but luckily it was not the case.
To sum up the room in a few words, there is not much content and in an inspired day a group could get out really quickly and be disapppointed. In a way I am happy we struggled, as it took us almost the entire time to complete the objective.
The difficulty in the room lies more within the fact, that there is no real order or logic or common thread connecting anything. You have to complete a certain amount of puzzles, which lead you to the final one, and there is no hint or anything how this puzzles work or what to look at. The puzzles are actually quite simple once you find them or find the way they work. The good thing is that the puzzles are all logical and clear, only one had not a clear unique solution and without a hint it becomes a little bit of trial and error. The rest was nicely done, nothing surprising, but decent.
The ambiance of a bar is nicely done, and it is located on top of a real bar, that is actually quite nice, the decoration is ok, like you see in the pictures, but nothing extraordinary, what you see when going in is what you get.
The guy that received us was really friendly and professional, only criticism is that they forgot to offer to take us a picture. With the Groupon you even get a portion of bitterballen in the bar downstairs. It is not a particularly good room, but acceptable. I would not pay the full price though. They could do much more with the space and also create some kind of history and have the puzzles relate to it. Currently, it does not make much sense.
I cannot recommend it, as there are way too many better options out there, even in Amsterdam, but the truth is that despite its weak points we managed to have fun.