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Ottawa Escape Rooms & Game Bars Are About To Open Again & Here Are 8 Of The Best Ones

They are reopening soon!

Staff Writer

It is time to gather your crew, as you'll finally be able to have some fun at these Ottawa escape rooms and game bars that are reopening soon.

Once Ontario enters the third step of the reopening plan, multiple popular venues like escape rooms and board game bars have confirmed they will be open again.

To help you start planning your next games night, here are some top picks on where to go:

Unlocked Ottawa

Price: $23.00 per person

Address: 329 March Rd. Unit 202, Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: If you are up for the challenge, you can try their Superhero escape room, which only has a 25% success rate. Or you can try the new Twisted Tales room, which is opening soon.

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Playback Bar & Restaurant

Price: $10.00+ per game lane (for two to four people)

Address: 1860 Bank St., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: It is a massive 7,000 square foot space, where you can enjoy delicious comfort food and play games like shuffleboard, cornhole and bocce ball with your friends.

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Room Escape Ottawa

Price: $25.66 per person

Address: 1860 Bank St., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: They have five escape rooms to try, including the creepy Serial Killer Charade that will give you goosebumps.

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Level One Game Pub

Price: $7.00 per person

Address: 14 Waller St., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: You'll want to keep coming back, as they have a gigantic collection of over 1,000 video games and 1,200 board games that you can play.

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Jigsaw Escape Rooms

Price: $28.00 per person

Address: 12 Byward Market Square, Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: If you hate creepy escape rooms, you'll want to try The Castle, which was will make you feel like a knight, or you can search for treasure in The Pirates Code.

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Lockdown Ottawa Escape Rooms

Price: $95.00 for a team of 2-8 players

Address: 1080 Ogilvie Rd., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: They have so many unique rooms, you'll want to try them all. Some top picks are the ultra-Canadian Hockey Fans Unite or the comic book-themed Time Team Trilogy.

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Escape Manor

Price: $24.00+ per person

Address: 982 Wellington St. W., 900 Greenbank Rd., 201 Queen St., Ottawa, ON and 3929 Carp Rd., Carp, ON

Why You Need To Go: They have four locations around Ottawa, but their must-try experience is the largest escape room in Canada.

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Room 104

Price: 💸

Address: 104 Clarence St., Ottawa, ON

Why You Need To Go: It is a playground for adults with arcade games and a long list of boozy beverages.

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Before you get going, check out our Responsible Travel Guide so you can be informed, be safe, be smart, and most of all, be respectful on your adventure.

  • Stephanie White was an Ottawa-based Associate Editor for Narcity Canada. She has been writing mouthwatering food and wanderlust-inspiring articles for Canadians since 2012. She has a B.A. and B.Ed. from Ottawa University. When she isn't writing, you can find her travelling the globe and trying new restaurants. Stephanie has previously been published on Insider, Flight Network, Apartment Therapy, Faces Magazine, Daily Hive, Dished and The Spruce.

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