Indoor date escape room in Hongdae with faulty props: Cube Escape

It's been a while, but I'm back with another escape room post! This time I visited Cube Escape Hongdae Branch, an escape room café in Seoul!

Where is Cube Escape Hongdae Branch, and what are its hours?

Cube Escape Hongdae Branch is at 15 Yanghwa-ro 16-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, on the 4th floor of the Mugwang Building. It is open 12:00-22:40 on weekdays and 10:00-00:45 on weekends and holidays.

Cube Escape has 7 branches in total, and this time I visited the Hongdae one.

This Hongdae escape room is on the 4th floor.

As soon as you step out of the elevator, you'll see the entrance.

Inside Cube Escape Hongdae Branch

At Cube Escape Hongdae Branch, you can choose whether to wear slippers, and you put all your belongings, including your phone and smartwatch, in a locker before going in. The facilities were fairly clean.

• Slippers are optional
• All belongings, including phone and smartwatch, go in a locker
• Clean facilities

First, as soon as you walk in, you change your shoes into slippers,

and then store all your belongings in a locker. Make sure to put your phone on silent, haha.

The restrooms are separated by gender, so it felt kind of clean?

Prices and discounts at Cube Escape Hongdae Branch

At Cube Escape, the more people play together, the lower the price per person! I went as a party of two, so I played for ₩22,500 per person~

According to the Cube Escape website, weekdays from 12:00 to 17:00 are happy hour, when you can play for ₩15,000 per person! If you have free time on a weekday, don't miss this window~

The Hongdae branch also has about 3 discount events of its own, so do the Naver review event (Naver is Korea's main search portal) and get 20% or ₩4,000 off, haha.

How many themes does Cube Escape Hongdae Branch have?

This Hongdae escape room, Cube Escape Hongdae Branch, has 8 themes in total.

• Pyramid
• Hansel and Gretel
• Towering
• Gestapo
• Monkey House
• Organ Trafficking
• Deliver
• Romeo Point

If you have trouble choosing a theme, the guide below might help.

The theme I played this time was 'Pyramid'! Its difficulty is the easiest of the 8 themes, and since it's an adventure theme that looked fun, I gave it a try.

Once you've filled out the customer consent form, shall we head off to play the escape room?

Cube Escape Pyramid theme story

An explorer who roams your world! The final goal is the pyramids of Egypt! You've received information that the source of an enormous treasure has been located. To wrap up your glorious journey, you set out on the expedition with your family and loved ones! While exploring the mysterious pyramid, you and your party become trapped inside. You must use every clue in the room to escape the pyramid. You have only 60 minutes. Escape the pyramid in time!

How hard and how scary is the Pyramid theme?

The Pyramid theme at Cube Escape Hongdae Branch is recommended for 2 players with a 60-minute limit. It isn't that difficult, so I think two people can handle it fine.

★☆☆☆☆

It's probably the lowest-difficulty theme at Cube Escape Hongdae Branch. Having played it myself, I thought it wasn't that hard.

☆☆☆☆☆

A few devices give you a little scare and the atmosphere is dark, so it was very slightly scary. I really hate scary things, and I got through it, so you'll be fine.

★☆☆☆☆

When you first walk in, the room is so dark that it's hard to see inside, so be careful. Also, the props and devices are generally quite worn, so some of them didn't work properly. If something doesn't work, I recommend contacting the staff right away.

Lock and device ratio

The Pyramid theme is 70% locks and 30% devices. There were a lot of locks, but there were quite a few devices in the room too!

How many hints can you use at Cube Escape?

At Cube Escape you can use 4 hints! You tap the hint number on the phone and enter it, and the answer appears.

If you scan the QR code before entering and complete the challenge, you get one extra hint, so if you're not confident, I recommend taking the extra hint before playing.

Pyramid result and overall review

If you escape successfully, you get a different prize depending on how many hints you used... but sadly, our last lock wouldn't open, so we failed to escape, sob.

The Pyramid theme I tried this time felt less like puzzles you solve while naturally getting absorbed in the story and more like puzzles that exist just to be solved. It was a bit disappointing this time, but I suspect the other themes are more fun, so next time I'll have to come back and try a different one!!

For anyone looking for a budget escape room in Hongdae, I think Cube Escape Hongdae Branch is worth recommending, haha. The themes are varied and the price is cheap!!