Wizard Trials was amazing! Came here with my volleyball team and it was such a fun off the court team building exercise!

Had so much fun here with my friends!! We did the Medieval Madness room and it was super challenging but we made it out just in time. The staff was super friendly and helpful. We’ll definitely be back to try the other themes!

I came here with my work for a team building activity. I didn’t know what to except, especially from a mandatory company event but it was SO MUCH FUN! My co workers and I made it out just in time and had so much fun working together. Can’t wait to come back and bring my family.

These rooms are so awesome! Tried the Medieval Madness! Such an awesome concept and room! I love that they are taking escape rooms to the next level! Will recommend for all of my friends!

We had the best time EVER!!!! It was absolutely AMAZING!!! The excitement from the moment we entered the room only got higher and the laughs were endless. It was a great family bonding event and we cant wait to do it again. Our first experience here was horrible but this time around it was everything we imagined and so much more. Our host was ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!! THANKS FOR A GREAT EVENING!!

Super exciting escape rooms!! We just played the Medieval Madness, and the Wizard rooms, and cant wait to try the Red Wire. Medieval Madness was one of the best escape rooms Ive ever played! It was difficult, but in a good way. 100% recommended!

This was a really cool family event for us! Im not an escape room expert but based on my previous experiences this room had the best design and games so far.Were planning to return and try their The Red Wire and Medieval themed rooms too!

Had a blast with my friends! The venue is one of the best I have ever been to. Wizard Trials is really a magical experience.

Took my 16yr old and her friends for her birthday party. So much fun! They want to go back again...fun night out!

We had an amazing experience!!! The room we chose was so much fun and really got the 7 of us to work as a team and use our detective skills. Well definitely be going back to try another room!

The game master delivered the story amazingly.. their hints were subtle yet direct. I will go again.

Fun time!! It was challenging but not impossible. The game master helped us with us a couple hints and luckily we were able to escape!

Fun and exciting experience.

My friends took me here for a surprise birthday, I definitely surprised! I didn’t know what to expect but ended up absolutely loving it! Can’t wait to try the other rooms!!

Genius!!! We want more of this. I just booked my next room to play with my co workers. So excited. The Staff was amazing and made the experience more fun; the latino guy Nick seemed experienced. Knew just how much to hint you for you to light the bling bulb in your head.

Tried the medieval room. Never been into a “3rd gen.” escape room before. It was amazing to see how high tech these games are becoming and this place is a great example.

I went here with something of a mixed group and came away with the feeling that this location might have seen better days. The puzzles werent completely reset, and some were pretty rundown, as with a whiteboard that had been pretty well battered. I would put this in the fine at a groupon ticket level, but I wouldnt pay full price.

LET ME TEL YOU.. MY GAME MASTER SHUT IT DOWN. the way that story was delivered impeccably.. the hints were good too.

No one was there to help. Walkie talkie did not work. The safe was out of battery. Book with password has missing pages. Worst escape room experience you can ever have...

Fun friendly great i had a all around great experience i high recommend this establishment.

UPDATE:Owner actually got in touch with us and refunded our money for the game that physically didnt work. They explained that they were facing several issues in the beginning but their team is working hard to fix things. Maybe give them a few more weeks and then try the games as their original locations games were pretty good when we played them a few years ago.DO NOT BOOK NEW MISSION ROOMS YET - Just played the two new rooms (Medieval Madness and The Red Wire) and am so disappointed. Medieval Madness is simply not playable and The Red Wire has a code that you are allowed only one try to and if you get it wrong, the game ends, with absolutely no warning that you only get one try or that the game ends if you get it wrong. Weve reached out to the owner to try to get a refund and so far, radio silence. To give context to my issue with Medieval Madness, my friends and I have played more than 30 escape rooms and we actually got out of the room, so its not that were sore losers, the room is really physically not playable. Every single game we have played has the rule if something doesnt move/open fairly easily, dont force it. In Medieval Madness, we got to a puzzle that we figured out what it was, but couldnt get it to move and therefore didnt force it. We thought that solving some other puzzle might release it so it could move and we would come back to it then. We had to skip three puzzles in that room before we got back on track, and we only got back on track because one door that shouldnt have opened until wed solved one of those puzzles was left open when the game was reset. It ends up that youre supposed to force that puzzle that we couldnt get to move. After we got out, we asked the staff what we had missed and they said, it does move, its just really tough, so we went back to it and tried to get it to move, knowing that it wasnt wrong to put some force into it. I couldnt get it to work with my hands so I ended up standing on it. I still couldnt get it to move. My friend joined me and even with 300 pounds of us, we still couldnt get something to move. My friend ended up jumping on it, and finally got it to wiggle a bit. Thats just unacceptable and goes against every opening spiel at every escape room weve ever done. Its a shame because PanIQs prison game was our first ever escape room and is what what got us hooked on escape games. Fix the room and fix our relationship by refunding us our money.

The medieval room was beautifully designed and the games were fun. It’s not too hard but definitely makes you think.

The wizard trials room was very difficult but we were able to escape with the help of our game master. I would recommend anyone come try it!

Clean fun and friendly amazing staff i love this location in the bay area

Maybe Im a little harsh, but compared to other escape rooms Ive been to, this one didnt have a place to put your belongings, as well the timer was already started before entering the room.Also, the clues didnt require much thought, seems obstacles were just placed just for the sake of (eg 2 paths to solve a puzzle, but only until you reach the end of one you realize its blocked by a random piece of wood, there were no indicators until you had wasted time on it). Also most of the clues didnt make you think at all (page in a book and a sequence of letter to open a lock) most other places you would have to think and rearrange it. Not only that but the sound effects in the room were excessively loud for no reason. Because of this I found the place very mediocre.

Went there on a date night and it was a great choice. The game intriguing and thought provoking.

We had the best time! Great customer service! We were running a little late, but our instructor was nice enough to let us play out our whole 60 minutes. He was very friendly and energetic, which helped to pump us up and get us ready to play the game. We were a group of 5 in the Geek escape room, and I felt like that was just enough to spread out and gather clues without to many people confusing each other. I would definitely come back to try the other rooms. I would recommend to anyone, try this place out! You wont regret it!!

This establishment will not issue a refund if you book a room and need to cancel. They keep your money and make you eat it even if it was a short notice booking. Poor business standard and they should make sure they understand there are differing standards.

They recently moved to the Mission District. They built the newest generation of escape rooms, and are now one of the best places to play in SF! Wizard 10/10. Will return

Mind games are my favorite! It keeps the brain working. But going in & having this panic room challenge me was beyond fun. Especially cause your on the clock. So you gotta think fast & work as a team.

They have a good concept for rooms (we did psycho) but some of the equipment was not working which ate at alot of our time. The guy had to come in a few different times to get things working properly. Overall okay ... but Ive been to better

Just played there this weekend and it was so much fun!

Cool place, different. San Francisco for sure. I just went to the 3rd floor for a therapy appointment so I cant say too much. About the Escape Room, sorry.

Did the Psycho escape room. We knew it was hard and we didnt expect to finish, but there were some things that we couldnt figure out due to the room not being set properly. We had to call someone in a few times to unstick something or troubleshoot a mechanical issue. Wish we would have asked for a partial refund or something. Room concept was cool, though. And a couple of the puzzles were clever.

Booked “The Prison” room as a team building event for 8 people and it was a huge success. Rooms were well setup and hard, but not too hard. About half the group had experience with escape rooms, and the other half none. We escaped with 10 mins left and had a great time!

Prison: If you have done other escape rooms, this is not for you. The stage and props were not only weak, but some of the locks involved violent jiggles, and a vital clue even broke. After 10 minutes of waiting for the game master to come help, one of our players had to retrieve a key and lock themselves back in the cell. Though he was very nice and gave us extra time, I don’t think the hassle was at all worth the $40 per person.

The staff was not helpful, gave the instructions as he mumbled, so obviously NOT CLEAR. We paid for an hour of activity, he came in 55mins.Our family have done this activity in different places, I think, it should be fun not just about running their business.

The place was overall a very good experience, from the lobby to the games everything was 5*.

Awesome experience!Love the employees.Great team bonding event idea, I highly reccomend the Prison room, even though we didnt escape. The Geek room was also great, and we managed to make it out!Be early for your reservation, and ready for fun!

Owners just want to make money and squeeze in as many clients as possible. No personal attention, blunt policies, and unexplained glitches (I did Psycho) throughout the game. Thoughtfully designed puzzles sadly ruined by poor customer service. The room advertises with a 5% success rate, but that is not because of the difficulty of the puzzles, but rather the poor human interactions. There are a lot of cooler escape rooms in the Bay Area to try instead. Omescape, Palace Games, and SCRAP to name a few

My husband and I (semi-experiences players) and our two friends (newbies) played the Prison room and we really enjoyed our experience! The puzzles were creative and the staff were friendly. We made it out with 3min left because one of the physical puzzles in the main room took us a long time to complete. Overall though, good immersive room. The location was a little hard to find in the dark. There is a black gate with a sign on it that you must walk through in order to get to the main door.

The puzzles and clues were literally worn away to the extent you couldnt read them. Things were unsolvable. Everything should have been repainted many months ago. Whatever this place once was, its not that anymore.

Fun day with my 9-year old son, Prison Escape. We didnt finish it (pretty hard) since there were only 2 of us, but we look forward to going back and trying it again to get further.

We did the prison escape room, it is maybe my favorite escape room I have done. The staff member there, Moses, was incredibly helpful and made very fun for the group. The entrance to the building was a black gate with a logo on it. This had us worried the establishment wouldnt be very nice, but it ended up being pretty clean and orderly. The lobby for waiting was awesome and clean, with a fooseball table and some games to entertain you while you were playing. The game was of medium difficulty, we didnt finish, but were very close. The locks and mechanisms worked very well, we didnt have a single issue. It also allowed for more ways to do things that just cross referencing information like we often see in escape rooms, it had puzzles that required some finesse and thinking things out. I really enjoyed my experience

Awesome staff, awesome puzzles, and awesome rooms! We signed up for a room online, and after completion, we had so much fun we decided to do another room! Saved 30 percent too!

It was a magical experience! :)

The escape rooms are pretty hard and an ideal team size would be 4-5 to solve them. The clues are not very tough but its good to be thorough to check rooms for clues and ask for hints early of feeling confused or else we lose a lot of time. An experience of having gone to an escape room previously will help with PanIQ - they are really well thought out rooms and its a good experience.

My first escape room experience! We did the psycho room because go big or go home right? The puzzles and sequence were challenging but we got through almost all of them (with hints) before time ran out. Lots of fun. Trey was a super friendly host and explained everything before we started. Thanks!

Such an awesome, fun night! My friends and I really enjoyed the Prison escape room... It was well set up and the moderator was very friendly. The location is a little shady but outside of that, its definitely worth a visit for a group of friends or family.

This room was awesome and super hard. I went with 3 PHD engineers... We blew up and all died...The attendant was super nice. Id definitely recommend this to anyone... But maybe not PHDs... Lol

What a fun and exciting experience this was for our group of friends. Moses was a great host making the experience all the more fun. Will spread the word and come back to try out the other two rooms!!

Amazing !!! Party of 4 of us. We did the Prison Rm. The waiting room awesome where they had fuzzball, a Wheres Waldo type poster on the wall, couch, magazines, board games, etc. The prison itself was very realistic. The host (Sorry cant remember his name...Noah maybe) was real cool and down to earth. We succeeded with 11mins to spare. The puzzles were good they kept you moving, thinking, and overall solid. They werent overall difficult but not easy either. With 4 people I felt it gave ample challenges and overall our whole party was EXTREMELY pleased. Highly Recommend !!!

So much fun! It was hard, but not discouraging and perfect for a small team building activity.

Super fun! Great team-building. Friendly, helpful staff. Highly recommend!!!

This was my first Escape room experience. We had a lot of fun despite a malfunction with the walker talkie. I definitely recommend it!

The prison escape room was a good and challenging experience.

The kids (teenagers) had a great time. The host was excellent. Thanks.

Played the Medieval room.Not the easiest but definitely worth checking out.

Super fun and challenging rooms. Great for team outings. Could have used another 30 minutes!

Well definitely be back. Did the Pyscho room but wasnt able to make it out in time. DO NOT ATTEMPT if its your first, second, or third time lol. Definitely expert level. Gonna try the other two stages next!

Having played many escape rooms, the Psycho game seemed to be the one that even with a group of 3 we knew would be challenging. We didnt make it out, but there was one clue that couldve been presented differently. Our bigger frustration was that our car was broken into at the corner of Post / Hyde. More of a caution to be vigilent - and this was between 8-9 pm so I woudnt even consider it that late.

We had so much fun at the new PanIQ Room unit. We played the Spy room, and cant wait to go back and try the Wizards and Medieval Rooms. Spy was very smart and action based, with full of surprises.

The people were GREAT and very helpful. The rooms rely too much on locks which felt repetitive but also confusing because I wondered which locks I should be using which codes on. Great experience overall though, and they were kind enough to show us the room we didnt get to and let us try out the challenges there.

Great host, Moses, helped us just the right amount. Had a great time with a challenging room. All six of us had parts to play in solving the different puzzles. Parking was had at one of the suggested nearby garage. Had dinner not too far away.

It was a great adventure!

The escape room was fun, but it was they didnt seem to be very organized. We booked the 10:30 escape room and were told to arrive 15 minutes before. We were there a little after 10 and nobody was there. No one answered the door, I called several times and nobody answered. Finally someone showed up around 10:40, just when we were ready to leave. Then during our time in the room, we would radio for hints and the person working and helping us seemed very distracted and unfamiliar with the room. Fortunately we were successful at escaping, which made it really fun. There were fun puzzles and features in the room.

This place was great and plan on going back. Great vibe and customer service. tried the Geek room for my first time and it really fun.

It was pretty difficult, and not a huge difference in the puzzles. Plus, the difficulty was based, somewhat, on inadequate information (symbols that were not clear, numbers that were worn off, or gadgets that got stuck). Overall, though, it was a fantastic experience! I cant wait to do it again!!! It was an awesome puzzle, and very cool personnel. I really want to do this again very soon!

Honestly was expecting to not like it. But it was a really fun time

Prison is a great theme (perfect for Alcatraz tourists especially), though it is too easy. I had a couple groups of high schoolers go through it in just over 40 minutes. Hard to feel like you got your moneys worth there. Psycho is also a fun theme, more intense, and a very challenging room. Sadly, although the puzzles are challenging, what makes the room next to impossible to break out of is not whether you are clever or not. There was a lock that delayed us over 10 minutes simply because it functioned differently than any other lock, and there was no way to know this. Quite frustrating.

Did the Prison escape room from Groupon and it was tons of fun. We had 6 of us and it was great to see everyone working together to try to make it out. Didn’t quite finish in time, would definitely come again.

Worst escape room ever!!! The walkie talkie doesn’t work, none of the staffs responded when we asked for hints. Some clues were missing. :(

A lot of fun to do with friends and family.

This was such fun. We did it for my sons 15th birthday party. The kids loved it.

We have done over 50 escape rooms, we did the Psycho room here and were not really impressed. First off the place reeked of weed, not very professional. The game master was rude, disinterested, probably high, and not very helpful when we asked for clues.

We had a blast!

Not a great experience overall. Bought the Groupon based on good reviews but compared to other escape rooms I have done (10+) the puzzles were sloppily done. One specific portion was a huge part of the puzzle and wasnt difficult but was just time consuming. A key got stuck inside the wrong lock and was scolded for using excessive force. The gamemaster stripped the key from the lock with pliers and a kick and tried blaming the bent key on me. Not a good experience to yell at the customer. Good idea of a room, poor staff and execution.

Cracked a hard room under 60 minutes. Time well spent with friends.

It could have been so much more if they actually put a little money or effort behind it but it was still fun just because of the group we had doing it.

3 sets of rooms to try. The room we booked had one of its puzzles broken so they let us substitute a different room and gave us a voucher for our original room. The room was pretty good, an average set of puzzles, but they needed to give you a pen and paper to solve some of the math puzzles.

Had an AWESOME time! Challenges your puzzle solving abilities and requires team-work. FUN FUN FUN!!!

We escaped the Prison with only 3 people and under the time limit. Definitely returning to try the other rooms. Easily accepted Groupon.

Such a fun group activity! Mentally challenging, tests your communication skills and ability to work TOGETHER as a collective mind!! Like no other

Did the prison room - was very interesting while we were doing it - however after looking up some more online, I found out that the interesting thing was actually just copied from somewhere else.Was a decent experience overall however.

This was the worst run room I have ever been to. The single employee present was not helpful or sympathetic to the bad experience. The materials were in ill repair, and a lock broke stalling our party by 20 minutes. We came with a Groupon and the additional savings were not worth the poor experience. The puzzles were reasonable, but the cut cost franchise model did not do them justice. Avoid this facility and find a better escape for an evenings entertainment.

Recommended if its your first time to do an escape room as you wont have anything to compare it to. If youve done others before you wont be satisfied. I went to Escape SF and the staff there gave a good intro to first timers. They were also constantly watching our progress. The staff at PanIQ sounded like they were reciting their English homework when they gave us context about our room. It was also hard to understand their hints through the walkie. When we asked for hints, it was clear they werent watching us. The dude also came into our room with 3 mins left on the timer - like opened the door to a dimly lit room. The people who run PanIQ and the staff should do other escape rooms so they know that they have a lot to work on.

Awesome experience. Very well suited for team building events and other fun group outings.

Hard to find, but highly recommended! Our whole family had loads of fun

My son and I had fun. Was an hour 10 minutes of fun (lol) we didnt make theprision break in the alotted time but given an extra 10 minutes and we made it. Excited to try another room there soon.

They let you out even if you dont escape

Weve tried Prison Break and Geek. Both were a lot of fun. The staff was helpful and encouraging.

It was a really fun time! Did the prison one which was great!

Had a great time with the family! Harder then we expected. Hone your touch typing and sudoku skills!

Great escape room! Everyone was able to contribute and work on multiple puzzles simultaneously, and we all needed to work together.

Interesting and challenging escape room. Great fun for a group of friends but it is easier to solve with fewer people. We had experie ce witg escape rooms and it was still a good challenge and very well made.

Got there late but we still clinched it, overall very fun 9/10 would recommend

Rooms are not well maintained, and challenges are not well thought out.

Had so much fun with my family in the prison escape room. Had to really work together to get through this puzzle, easy enough for us with avg intelligence, we got done in 45 min, the record was 33

I have been attempting to schedule a corporate event and have left 4 messages over the past two weeks. This does not seem like a place what wants to create customers.

It was fun! I wanted to solve more clues!! We did the Psycho room and I heard that the prison one is super fun too!