A/Maze Atwater
A/Maze Atwater
4.5
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Monday
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Tuesday
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Wednesday
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Friday
12:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 11:00 PM
About
A/Maze Atwater offers exciting escape games like "Prison Break," "The Lab," "Mind Game," "Military Center," "The Lost Temple," and "The Secret of Lachine Canal" (outdoor game). These experiences are perfect for both beginners and experts, offering well-crafted puzzles and fascinating stories. Come explore our rooms and put your adventurous spirit to the test.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Neighbourhood: Le Sud-Ouest (Southwest District)
Once the core of industrialised Montreal, the factories and historic buildings of Le Sud-Ouest have been renovated into homes, museums, and small businesses. The rejuvenated landscape has put its Saint-Henri district in vogue, with cutting-edge galleries and an ever-expanding network of restaurants. Foodies can especially delight in the mom-and-pop shops in Little Burgundy, or at the Atwater Market, where outdoor stalls sell fresh fruit, vegetables, and meat, street vendors have menus of hot fish and wine, and the indoor market offers chocolate, breads, and coffee beans. Dominated by the gentle waters of the Lachine Canal, Le Sud-Ouest is still very much an outdoor town, with a number of pedestrian-only bridges traversing the waters, bike paths along the canal with views of the Leisure Boats, and massive green spaces like Angrignon Park to stop for a picnic, or to play a sport.
How to get there
- Lionel-Groulx • 4 min walk
- Place-Saint-Henri • 7 min walk
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Jonathan M
Montreal, Canada142 contributions
Jan 2020
My girlfriend (now fiancée) loves escape rooms and we've played all rooms multiple times. I approached A/Maze a few weeks ago in order to incorporate a proposal that would surprise my girlfriend.
I was put in contact with Aliyah at Atwater and we connected through email and via text. She was nice enough to have me come by to see the room multiple times, even after opening hours and managed to constantly innovate and come up with great ideas for this proposal.
She worked diligently with her team in order to make this day magical for my girlfriend and I and we are forever thankful.
I would recommend A/Maze to everyone who loves fun, mind-picking escape rooms, with warm and welcoming staff. It's truly an amazing place (pun intended).
I was put in contact with Aliyah at Atwater and we connected through email and via text. She was nice enough to have me come by to see the room multiple times, even after opening hours and managed to constantly innovate and come up with great ideas for this proposal.
She worked diligently with her team in order to make this day magical for my girlfriend and I and we are forever thankful.
I would recommend A/Maze to everyone who loves fun, mind-picking escape rooms, with warm and welcoming staff. It's truly an amazing place (pun intended).
Written January 27, 2020
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Hi Jonathan,
We are so happy we were able to be a part of such a special moment and we appreciate all of your kind words!
You are no stranger to A/Maze, our doors are always open and we look forward to hosting you and your new family in the future! Wishing you and your beautiful bride all the best!
Written February 18, 2020
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richardeJ9460FY
Montreal, Canada1 contribution
Feb 2020
A very professionally executed experience with realistic looking environment to put you into the story of the game. The puzzles are well thought out and require some brain power to figure out. We had a great time and will go back to try other themed stories.
Written March 3, 2020
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Good evening,
Thank you for this great review! We hope to see you soon at one of our locations!
Written March 6, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Victor C
5 contributions
Mar 2022 • Friends
We are starting to get addicted to this place. Such a great fun. We came to play the lost temple, the laboratory and prison break in a row and it was mind-blowing. Thanks again to our Game Master Anakin who was a great support and really nice and fun with us all along.
Written April 12, 2022
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Sam
1 contribution
Mar 2020 • Friends
The best experience of your life...great staff (favorite person: Phil). I did lost temple and prison break and it was amazing. It was my birthday that day so I got free play for both games and 20% off for the second game which saved a lot of my.money. great experience best thing to do on birthdays
Written March 2, 2020
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Hello,
Thank you for such an amazing review and we're glad to hear that you had a great time! Please do not hesitate to try out our other locations.
Written March 6, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Melodie
2 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
Right in the middle of our game, 3 employees entered the room, with the stepladder to fix something. It completely ruined the vibe. Also, we asked not to give us a hint unless we asked. Which they didn't respected, we were disturbed twice in 30 minutes for this purpose.
At the end we made it in less than 30minutes, without hint! Zero for the vibe and for 70$
At the end we made it in less than 30minutes, without hint! Zero for the vibe and for 70$
Written August 8, 2024
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Evelyn B
1 contribution
Feb 2020 • Friends
We came as a group of 4 to the Military Facility escape room and Phil was our game master. He was very enthusiastic and cool, we all loved him. The game was very amazing, fun, exciting and adrenaline rising. We all loved our experience there and would definitely go back to try another room. I 100% recommend the Amaze experience.
Written February 22, 2020
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Hello Evelyn,
Thank you so much for the great review! We're really glad that you enjoyed your experience and we hope that you'll have the opportunity to visit our locations for more awesome adventures!
Written February 25, 2020
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Katya
1 contribution
Feb 2020 • Friends
We came in with a group of 4 and did the Military Escape at Atwater. It was awesome, scary yet fun and exciting. It definitely wasn't the easiest game besides the 66% percent escape rate. I've done Prison break and The lab before and found it harder than the lab. Phil was our game master, great guy, super involved, definitely scared us a couple of times. Would definitely recommend!
Written February 22, 2020
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Hello,
Thank you so much for the great review! We're really glad that you enjoyed your experience and we hope that you'll have the opportunity to visit our locations for more awesome adventures! This was very kind :)
Written February 25, 2020
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AMB808
Snohomish, Washington14 contributions
Mar 2015 • Family
This place opened just few month ago. Its relatively easy to access few blocks away from St Henri Metro station.
Its a perfect activity for teenagers or young visitors, though we had fun too. You choose one of the rooms/themes and get 45 min to find clues and solve the mystery.
You work in teams, we hot paired up with another couple so there were 5 of us in a room. Its pretty difficoult so we did not solve/found all the clues. Paid $20 per person,(different rooms have different rates). Best part was that our son had a blast.
Reservations are probably very much needed in tourist periods. We got in early Steven without. Good entertainment rhough ended up bit short.
Its a perfect activity for teenagers or young visitors, though we had fun too. You choose one of the rooms/themes and get 45 min to find clues and solve the mystery.
You work in teams, we hot paired up with another couple so there were 5 of us in a room. Its pretty difficoult so we did not solve/found all the clues. Paid $20 per person,(different rooms have different rates). Best part was that our son had a blast.
Reservations are probably very much needed in tourist periods. We got in early Steven without. Good entertainment rhough ended up bit short.
Written March 26, 2015
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Glad to hear that your son enjoyed his time here. Look forward to seeing you again next time your in Montreal.
Written November 12, 2015
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jmknoll
Shanghai, China10 contributions
Mar 2016 • Friends
Title sort of says it all. Over the course of a one hour room, the admin had to come in three times and fix things. All told, we probably spent 40-50% of our time trying to figure out broken clues. I understand that things break, but in each case, when he came in to the room he blamed out group for playing the game incorrectly. The bugs were fairly wide ranging, from faulty wiring, to props which hadn't been replaced correctly by the staff, to a motion sensor that simply didn't work - no explanation. In each case, the staff member blamed our group for the bugs rather than taking responsibility.
The rooms were very cool, and I'm a huge fan of mystery escape rooms in general, but I worry that with this institution, the poor customer service attitude might prevent them from fixing the source of the problems.
However, after a bit of arguing with the staff member, the manager did offer us unlimited free play, which is why I give them three stars rather than two. If they could fix the bugs, I would happily give Amaze Montreal five stars.
The rooms were very cool, and I'm a huge fan of mystery escape rooms in general, but I worry that with this institution, the poor customer service attitude might prevent them from fixing the source of the problems.
However, after a bit of arguing with the staff member, the manager did offer us unlimited free play, which is why I give them three stars rather than two. If they could fix the bugs, I would happily give Amaze Montreal five stars.
Written March 17, 2016
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Hi
We do apologize for your dissatisfying experience at A/Maze. We will address the issues you have mentioned with great emphasis. Hopefully we will have a chance to see you again to redeem ourselves because the opinion of an escape game enthusiast is always very important to us since being enthusiasts ourselves is the reason we started A/Maze.
Thank you
A/Maze
Written March 29, 2016
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raneflight
Canada50 contributions
May 2015 • Friends
If you are like me and really enjoy the computer version of "escape the room games" then you will love this place. It is the real life version and it is 10x better than any online game you will find.
I went with a group of 4 friends and we attempted Prison break and escaped the Mad scientist scenarios. It was an incredible amount of fun.
The storyline is pretty cool and who doesn't like being placed in a small enclosed room with your closest friends (or enemies) and having to put your heads together to unlock clues and find the key to escape! A/maze requires a bit more thinking to figure out the clues rather doing more physical puzzles, but you have to work as a team!
I highly recommend this place and I would definitely return to try out more scenarios!
I went with a group of 4 friends and we attempted Prison break and escaped the Mad scientist scenarios. It was an incredible amount of fun.
The storyline is pretty cool and who doesn't like being placed in a small enclosed room with your closest friends (or enemies) and having to put your heads together to unlock clues and find the key to escape! A/maze requires a bit more thinking to figure out the clues rather doing more physical puzzles, but you have to work as a team!
I highly recommend this place and I would definitely return to try out more scenarios!
Written June 4, 2015
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Wow! We really liked your review, one of the best ones so far. Thank you very much!
Also we've opened a new room. It's an hour long and it will surely catch a piece of your mind :)
So come test out the brand new Ultimate Mind Game!
Regards
Written November 12, 2015
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Hello Ahmed,
Definitely! The games require a minimum of two players and a maximum of 5.
Thank you!
Written May 9, 2017
If you don't figure out all the clues and escape the room do they show you the solution?
Written July 29, 2015
Yes. My son and I were very close to solving it but ran out of time. We asked the girl who came in get us out to tell us and she did. If you didn't want to know they may not tell you too, I guess.
Written July 31, 2015
Are you able to complete the escape if you only speak English?
Written July 11, 2015
Hello Christina,
All the games at both of our locations (St-Henri & Fairview) are bilingual. If you will need to read something to complete a puzzle there will be both sides of the same paper, one english & one french.
Thank you :-)
Written May 9, 2017
Is this appropriate for a family of 6 including kids ages 6, 8, 10, and 12?
Written June 11, 2015
Id say 10-12 years old they could possible have lots Of fun :)
Written June 12, 2015
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