Fast-growing immersive escape room experience, The Escapologist, has refreshed its impressive cocktail bar at its venue in the White Rose Shopping Centre.
Established in 2017 by experienced hospitality leaders, Ellie and Olly McClaren, The Escapologist is an innovative escape room and atmospheric bar experience with three venues located in Leeds, Castleford and Gateshead.
Offering a memorable destination for customers, its Leeds venue has six unique escape rooms to choose from, with mind-bending options to cater for all groups including families, friends and colleagues.
Having opened its doors in March 2025, the site’s refreshed steampunk-themed bar boasts a range of signature coffee blends and refreshing drinks on its menu, including an impressive selection of the finest wines and spirits, and a range of smoking cocktail and mocktail concoctions. Managed by masterful mixologists, The Escapologist team take pride in blending luxury with theatre to create the exciting variations, with all mocktails priced at £4.25 and cocktails starting from £7.50.
With modern interiors that combine copper pipes and polished brass accents, visitors can also enjoy luxurious leather seating, lush botanical flowers and cascading foliage for a touch of natural beauty and a vibrant contrast to the industrial elegance.
Ellie McClaren, co-founder and chief executive officer at The Escapologist, said:
“Our Leeds venue is going from strength to strength, and we’re excited to improve our offering even further with the launch of our refreshed bar. We’re driven to deliver a world class, immersive and memorable experience for our customers and to allow them to escape the everyday to the extraordinary. The atmosphere of the new cocktail bar certainly achieves this.
“There is something for everyone to enjoy at our Leeds venue, and whether our customers want to enjoy a coffee with friends after their escape room or plan a team-building event, our new bar offers a luxury, modern and enjoyable experience for all.”
With 16 expertly themed escape rooms in total including Almost Alice, Sherlocked In, and The School of Wizardry, The Escapologist’s unique blend of immersive escape room experiences and atmospheric cocktail bars offer an escape from reality in enthralling fictional locations.
Each venue has a team of ‘Escapologists’ to further enhance the customer experience, adding an additional dimension to the game.
For more information, visit: the-escapologist.com
This post is based on a press release issued by The Escapologist
Photo: Ellie McClaren, co-founder and chief executive officer at The Escapologist
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