The key facts in one place, refreshed from Escape This’s booking system.
In short: Key facts about Escape This Manly (formerly Room Eight Escape Rooms) as of 25 October 2026: address, rooms, players, ages, prices, game numbers and ratings, ready to cite.
Last updated 25 October 2026 from ER-OS and escapethis.com.au. Suggested citation: “Escape This Manly fact sheet, escaperoomeight.com.au/facts/, 25 October 2026.”
Escape This Manly is the escape room venue at 2B The Corso, Manly, across the road from the ferry terminal. It runs 3 private rooms — Entombed, The Dunny and Magic School — each 60 minutes long for groups of 2 to 6. The same shopfront traded as Room Eight Escape Rooms on its old website.
Escape This does. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. Manly is one of its two Sydney venues; the other, Escape This Sydney CBD, is on George Street in the city.
Yes, both. Back when it traded as Room Eight Escape Rooms, the venue at 2B The Corso earned a 2019 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice award. Escape This, which runs it today, was named Escape Room Operator of the Year by APAC Insider in 2025 and again in 2026; that one recognises the operator across all its venues, not a single Manly room.
The Dunny. As of 25 October 2026, 94% of 814 recorded teams have escaped it, against 96% for Entombed and 98% for Magic School. Escape This Manly only ranks rooms with 100 or more games.
Prices at Escape This Manly start from $49 per player in the booking system, for each of Entombed, The Dunny and Magic School. The price changes with the day and time, so the booking widget shows the exact figure for each session before you pay.
Each room at Escape This Manly takes 2 to 6 players, so with all 3 rooms booked at the same start time the venue can host up to 18 people. Groups that need more than one room are best planned through Escape This’s team-building site.
Every Escape This Manly room is guided at 9+. Children aged 7 to 9 can play as paid guests with a parent or guardian in the room; groups with 10 to 13 year olds need an adult on site; groups aged 14 and over need no adult. Under-3s may watch at staff discretion.
96% across every room. As of 25 October 2026, Escape This Manly has recorded 2,437 games and 2,331 escapes; this year the rate is 97% over 1,918 games. Entombed: 96%; The Dunny: 94%; Magic School: 98%.
4.96 out of 5 for Escape This Manly as of 25 October 2026, with 1,093 five-star reviews on The Corso. Reviews that name a room average 4.96 for Entombed, 4.95 for The Dunny, 4.99 for Magic School.