# Cannibal

> Cannibal is a 60-minute, strictly 18+ horror escape room by Escape This. Players wake in the meat locker of a copycat cannibal killer, the Northbridge Butcher, on the night of his dinner party, and must decipher his diary and escape before he returns. It plays at Escape This Northbridge (48 Lake Street, Northbridge, Perth) and Escape This Sydney CBD (630 George Street), and is due at Escape This Brisbane CBD (address not yet announced) in the first half of 2027. Difficulty 8/10.

Key facts (updated 2026-10-24):
- Difficulty: 8/10. Duration: 60 minutes (allow ~90 minutes for the visit; arrive 15 minutes early).
- Northbridge: Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003. Phone (08) 6118 0286. 2–6 players (4–6 on Saturdays). Monday – Thursday $49 per player; Friday – Sunday $59 per player (Adults only, so one price per player. Public and school holidays are excluded.) Strictly 18+. Wheelchair accessible: yes. Escape rate 33%. Rated 4.97/5, with 214 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/northbridge/
- Sydney: Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Phone (02) 9173 8535. 2–8 players (4–8 on Saturdays). Monday – Thursday $55 per player; Friday – Sunday $65 per player (One adult price per player. Public and school holidays are excluded.) Strictly 18+. Wheelchair accessible: yes. Escape rate 49%. Rated 4.98/5, with 289 five-star reviews. Book: https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/sydney-cbd/
- Coming soon — Brisbane: Escape This Brisbane CBD, Brisbane QLD (address to be announced), opening in the first half of 2027. Details: https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/brisbane/
- Totals: 43,197 players, 4,745 games, 42% escape rate, average escape 56:08, record 29:50.
- Rating: 4.98/5, with 503 five-star reviews.
- Producer: Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,969 five-star reviews.
- Escape This awards (company-wide, not room awards): APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2026; APAC Insider Best Immersive Experience Provider 2026; APAC Insider Escape Room Operator of the Year 2025; 2026 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards: Finalist, Business Excellence; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, People’s Choice Founder of the Year (Bernie Janes); Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Marketing; Smart50 Awards 2026: Finalist, Resilience.
- Bookings are private. Northbridge: 2–6 players, $49–$59. Sydney CBD: 2–8 players, $55–$65, with Simplified Chinese narration available. Saturdays need four or more. No crawling, tight squeezes or smoke. Wheelchair accessible at both venues (one per session).

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/): overview, stats, reviews, trailer
- [The story](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/the-story/): full premise and what to expect
- [Northbridge · Lake Street](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/northbridge/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Sydney CBD · George Street](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/sydney-cbd/): prices, rules, booking, map
- [Brisbane CBD · Queensland](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/brisbane/): opening in the first half of 2027
- [Book](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/book/): live availability
- [Leaderboard](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/leaderboard/): fastest escapes and statistics
- [Reviews](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/reviews/): five-star player reviews
- [Plan your visit](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/plan-your-visit/): ages, accessibility, safety, timing
- [FAQ](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/): common questions
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/): a comic, fictional private journal by Cannibal’s villain, each entry beside the real room facts
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: A Second Diary, for Myself (16 May 2020)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/a-second-diary-for-myself/): A week before his first dinner party, Cannibal’s Northbridge Butcher buys a second diary, one guests will never read. The first page of his private journal.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: The First Sitting (23 May 2020)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/the-first-sitting/): 23 May 2020: Cannibal opens at Escape This Northbridge and the Butcher hosts his first dinner party, from the far side of the supermarket. Opening night.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: Copycat, Indeed (10 June 2020)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/copycat-indeed/): The Northbridge Butcher reads the word copycat in the papers once too often and sets the record straight on originality, the cinema and fava beans.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: Recipe: Beans, Done Properly (17 June 2021)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/recipe-beans-done-properly/): The Northbridge Butcher writes down his own recipe for broad beans with garlic and lemon, to prove they were never anybody else’s idea. A comic entry.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: Saturday Covers (14 May 2022)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/saturday-covers/): Saturday in the meat locker: the Butcher explains why he wants at least four at his table that night, and what happens when a pair rings on the day.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: A Guest Who Brought Her Own Chair (7 September 2023)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/a-guest-who-brought-her-own-chair/): A guest arrives at the Butcher’s Northbridge locker in a wheelchair, by the step-free gate, and he rearranges his whole seating plan in her honour.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: The Margins of Another Man’s Diary (4 March 2024)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/the-margins-of-another-mans-diary/): U. has complained in his own diary that the Butcher keeps writing recipes in its margins. The Butcher replies, at length, in the margins of his own.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: A Table on George Street (9 August 2024)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/a-table-on-george-street/): 9 August 2024: Cannibal opens at Escape This Sydney CBD and the Butcher sets a table for eight, five floors up, with menu cards in a second language.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: The Kitchen Rules (18 September 2025)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/the-kitchen-rules/): The Butcher pins up his kitchen rules for the locker: no smoke, no crawling, lights that go out and flicker, and a button he wishes nobody would press.
- [The Butcher’s Other Diary: To Whoever Opened the Wrong Diary (22 October 2026)](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/diary/to-whoever-opened-the-wrong-diary/): The Butcher learns his private diary is going on the Cannibal website, warns readers it is not the one in the locker, and mentions Brisbane in 2027.
- [Fact sheet](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/facts/): citable facts
- [The Escape This studio & factory](https://www.thedunny.com.au/studio-and-factory/): who designs and builds the rooms (company FAQ lives there)

## Statistics (as of 2026-10-24)
- As of 25 October 2026, 4,745 groups have played Cannibal at Northbridge and Sydney CBD and 42% escaped; this year the figure is 48%.
- At Escape This Northbridge, Cannibal has the lowest escape rate of all 9 ranked rooms: 33% of 2,186 groups.
- At Escape This Sydney CBD, Cannibal has the lowest escape rate of all 9 ranked rooms: 49% of 2,559 groups.
- Teams that escape use 4.8 clues and 56:08 on average.
- The record is 29:50, held by a team of 3 at Escape This Northbridge.

## Common questions
- [What is Cannibal, and why is it adults-only?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-what-is-it): Cannibal is an 18+ horror escape room made by Escape This. Your group wakes up in a copycat killer’s meat locker on the night of his dinner party and has 60 minutes to get out before you’re served. It runs at Escape This Northbridge in Perth and Escape This Sydney CBD, rated 8 out of 10 for difficulty, and a third kitchen opens at Escape This Brisbane CBD in the first half of 2027.
- [Is Cannibal based on Hannibal Lecter or The Silence of the Lambs?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-hannibal-link): No, Cannibal has a villain of its own: the Northbridge Butcher, a copycat with a butcher’s skill. The films are an obvious influence, though. Escape This names Hannibal and Silence of the Lambs fans among the players Cannibal suits, and the room’s billing jokes about fava beans and a nice chianti.
- [How gory is Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-gore-level): Gory enough to be adults-only. Cannibal carries strong adult themes (butchery, body parts, a blood-slicked floor) and is strictly 18+. It’s built to unsettle rather than to gross you out for an hour, but anyone squeamish should read the Escape This content advice before booking.
- [Is there any other cannibal-themed escape room in Perth or Sydney?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-only-one-in-town): Not according to Escape This, which promotes Cannibal as Perth’s only cannibal immersive experience and makes the same claim for its Sydney CBD version. If a killer’s kitchen is the night you’re after, Cannibal is the room to book.
- [Why does Cannibal keep talking about a dinner party?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-dinner-party): Because you’re the main course. In Cannibal, the killer is hosting dinner tonight and has popped out for the last ingredients. When the hour runs out he’s back, and the worst dinner party of your life begins with you on the plate.
- [Who is the Northbridge Butcher?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-northbridge-butcher): He’s the killer whose lair you wake up in. Cannibal’s story starts with butchered remains buried at a William Street construction site and tourists vanishing around Northbridge. The cuts were so expert that police feared a cannibal copycat. Everyone called the Butcher a hoax. He isn’t.
- [How does our group end up in the Cannibal meat locker?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-how-we-got-here): A night out that went badly wrong. Cannibal begins with you coming round on a cold, blood-slicked floor, memories of the evening blurry, industrial freezers humming and a blade being sharpened somewhere nearby. Nobody remembers getting there.
- [What’s so important about the killer’s diary in Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-the-diary): It’s how you beat him. Cannibal asks you to decipher the Butcher’s twisted diary as well as break out of his meat locker, so getting inside the killer’s head is part of getting out alive.
- [What happens if we don’t escape Cannibal in time?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-run-out-of-time): In the story, dinner is served. In real life, Cannibal’s hour ends, a gamesmaster opens the door and your group gets a few minutes afterwards to catch its breath and talk through what it missed.
- [Is Cannibal too hard for a first escape room?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-first-timers): It’s a big first bite. Cannibal is rated 8 out of 10, and Escape This recommends having a few escape rooms behind you before trying it. First-timers in Perth are pointed to Bank Heist or The Wizard’s Chamber at Escape This Perth CBD; in Sydney, to Pirates or The Wizard’s Chamber.
- [How long are we locked inside Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-session-length): One hour in the meat locker. Cannibal also needs 15 minutes beforehand for check-in and the briefing, and about 15 afterwards, so set aside roughly 90 minutes. Groups who escape early get out a little sooner.
- [What are the puzzles like in Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-puzzle-style): Complex and a little sideways. Cannibal’s puzzles sit at the hard end of the Escape This scale, and reviewers talk about puzzle interactions they hadn’t met in other rooms, having to think well outside the box, and a final puzzle that is a real test.
- [What does a seat at the Cannibal’s table cost?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-prices): At Northbridge, Cannibal is $49 per player Monday to Thursday and $59 Friday to Sunday. At Sydney CBD it’s $55 Monday to Thursday and $65 Friday to Sunday. Everyone at the table is an adult, so there’s one price per head, and public and school holidays are excluded.
- [How do we book a table at Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-how-to-book): Pick Northbridge or Sydney CBD on this site’s booking page and choose a time. Cannibal bookings confirm on the spot. Prefer a phone call? Ring Escape This Northbridge on (08) 6118 0286 or Escape This Sydney CBD on (02) 9173 8535.
- [Do Cannibal sessions book out?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-book-ahead): Evenings and weekends get busy, so book Cannibal ahead if you can. Escape This advises reserving early at Northbridge in particular. Same-day bookings work when the live calendar still shows a free slot.
- [We have more guests than Cannibal can seat. What are our options?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-too-many-guests): Split the party. Cannibal’s limits are fixed (six at Northbridge, eight at Sydney CBD), so the rest of your group books another room starting at the same time. For office outings and big crowds, Escape This’s team-building hub shows how many people each venue can host at once.
- [Will we be locked in Cannibal with people we don’t know?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-no-strangers): Never. Every Cannibal booking is private to your group. Escape This has always run its rooms that way and says it always will.
- [Can I gift a seat at the Cannibal’s table?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-gift-voucher): Yes. Escape This gift vouchers work for Cannibal at Northbridge and Sydney CBD and are sold on escapethis.com.au. Because Cannibal is strictly 18+, check that whoever you’re treating, and their group, are all adults.
- [Is Cannibal good for a buck’s night, a hen’s party or a date?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-bucks-hens): Yes, as long as the drinks come afterwards. Escape This recommends Cannibal for date nights, buck’s and hen’s parties and work groups that like a challenge. Nobody under the influence is allowed in, so start the celebrations once you’re out of the locker.
- [How many guests fit around the Cannibal table?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-group-size): It depends on the venue. Cannibal at Northbridge takes 2 to 6 players and Sydney CBD takes 2 to 8. On Saturdays both need at least four, although a pair or trio can phone on the day or walk in for a spare slot.
- [Can a 17-year-old play Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-age-limit): No. Cannibal is strictly 18+ at both venues, with no exceptions for anyone younger, even alongside a parent. Staff can ask for ID, and under-18s can’t come in as spectators either.
- [Will our group cope with Cannibal’s English reading?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-english-reading): A lot. Cannibal leans heavily on English reading, and its spoken clues are in English at Northbridge. Most of the group should read English comfortably. In Sydney CBD, the narration is also available in Simplified Chinese.
- [Is there a Mandarin-language version of Cannibal in Sydney?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-chinese-sydney): Partly. Cannibal at Escape This Sydney CBD offers Simplified Chinese audio narration and clues, so groups fluent in Mandarin can follow the story. Some written material inside the room is still in English.
- [Can someone in a wheelchair play Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-wheelchair): Yes, at both venues, with one wheelchair per session. A few Cannibal puzzles are harder to reach from a chair, which teammates can cover. At Northbridge, one or more chambers may be hard to reach depending on the size of the mobility aid. Northbridge’s downstairs rooms, Cannibal included, are reached through a step-free gate that staff open with advance notice, so call ahead to arrange it.
- [Is Cannibal OK if I’m pregnant or not very mobile?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-mobility-pregnancy): Yes. Cannibal has no crawling and no tight gaps to squeeze through, so Escape This rates it a good choice for pregnant players and anyone with limited mobility. Strong themes and jump scares are the bigger consideration.
- [Is the meat locker too cramped for someone claustrophobic?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-claustrophobia): Usually not. Escape This lists Cannibal as a good pick for claustrophobic players because it has no tight spaces to crawl into. Its safety notes do warn that confined spaces and jump scares may occur, so if you’re worried, talk to the team first.
- [Will smoke in the Cannibal kitchen bother my asthma?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-no-smoke): No. Cannibal has no smoke effects, so players with asthma or other breathing conditions can play comfortably. The chill in the story stays in the story.
- [Does the meat locker go completely dark in Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-lights): At times. Cannibal uses controlled lighting, including periods of total darkness and flashing light. If anyone in your group is sensitive to flashing light, Escape This suggests choosing one of its other rooms.
- [Can we get out of Cannibal early if it’s too much?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-panic-button): Yes. Cannibal has panic buttons, and a gamesmaster watching on CCTV opens up straight away for anyone who presses one. The rest of the group can stay and keep going.
- [Will a hearing impairment get in the way in Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-hearing): Yes, with a little help from the group. Cannibal’s narration and clue system are audio, so teammates relay what’s said, and the puzzles call on plenty of other skills.
- [How early should guests turn up for Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-arrival-time): Fifteen minutes before your start time. That covers check-in, lockers and the briefing, so your full hour in Cannibal is spent on the puzzles.
- [Should we come to Cannibal in costume?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-dress-code): Please do. Butcher’s aprons, chef’s whites and black-tie dinner guests all look right in Cannibal. Wear closed shoes and something comfortable to move in.
- [Can we take photos inside Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-phones-away): No. Phones, smartwatches, cameras, video cameras and sound recorders are all banned in Cannibal and go into storage before you enter.
- [Is it OK to turn up to Cannibal after a night on the town?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-drinks-first): Not if you want to play. Cannibal’s story starts with one night out too many, but in real life anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs is refused entry. Save the bar crawl for after you’ve escaped.
- [Which cities have a Cannibal meat locker?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-where-it-plays): Cannibal plays at Escape This Northbridge, 48 Lake Street, Northbridge WA 6003, and at Escape This Sydney CBD, 630 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. The Butcher is also setting a table at Escape This Brisbane CBD, due in the first half of 2027, address still to be revealed.
- [Does the Sydney meat locker differ from the Northbridge one?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-perth-vs-sydney): The story, the one-hour limit and the 8 out of 10 rating are shared. Cannibal differs in the details: Northbridge seats up to six and costs $49–$59, Sydney CBD seats up to eight and costs $55–$65, and only Sydney offers Simplified Chinese narration.
- [Which Northbridge horror room goes best with Cannibal on the same night?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-northbridge-horror-double): Yes. Cannibal shares Escape This Northbridge with The Haunting, Dracula, Buried Alive, The Possession, Asylum and more, so a horror double is easy. The Haunting’s ghost story makes a good contrast to Cannibal’s flesh-and-blood killer.
- [How many groups escape Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-escape-rate): 42% of the 4,745 groups locked inside Cannibal have made it out. By venue: Northbridge 33% of 2,186, Sydney CBD 49% of 2,559.
- [Is Cannibal Northbridge’s toughest room to escape?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-hardest-at-northbridge): Yes, on the numbers. Ranked by escape rate, lowest first, Cannibal is the hardest of 9 rooms at Escape This Northbridge, where 33% of 2,186 groups escape; and the hardest of 9 rooms at Escape This Sydney CBD, where 49% of 2,559 groups escape. Only rooms with 100 or more recorded games are compared.
- [What’s the quickest anyone has fled the Cannibal meat locker?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-fastest-escape): 29:50, by a team of 3 at Escape This Northbridge, using 0 clues. That left 30:10 on the clock before the Cannibal came home.
- [Is the Butcher losing more guests this year?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-this-year): This year 48% of 1,739 Cannibal groups escaped, against 42% across all 4,745 games on record.
- [How many clues do groups need to beat Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-average-clues): Successful Cannibal teams ask for 4.8 clues and spend 56:08 of their hour, on average. By venue: Northbridge 6.6 clues, Sydney CBD 3.7 clues.
- [What earns a team a place on the Cannibal board?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-leaderboard-entry): By escaping, fast. The Cannibal leaderboard ranks teams on escape time, and fewer clues break a tie. Team photos only go online when the group has agreed to it at the venue.
- [Do the Butcher’s guests rate Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-reviews-verdict): Reviewers say yes. Cannibal averages 4.98 out of 5 across Northbridge and Sydney CBD, with 503 five-star reviews. Guests single out their game masters by name, a theme that holds up for the whole hour, and puzzles that are tough without feeling impossible.
- [Who built the Cannibal meat locker?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#cannibal-who-built-it): Escape This designed and built Cannibal itself, from the meat locker to the Butcher’s dining room, and runs it in Perth and Sydney. Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory.
- [What is the Butcher’s Other Diary on the Cannibal website?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#butchers-other-diary-what-is-it): It’s a comic, fictional journal that Escape This writes in the voice of the Northbridge Butcher, Cannibal’s villain: his menus, seating plans, recipes and sulks about being called a copycat. It is safe for work to read, even though Cannibal itself is strictly 18+, and each entry sits beside the real room facts.
- [Is the Butcher’s Other Diary the same diary we read inside Cannibal?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#is-this-the-diary-from-the-locker): No. Inside the meat locker, reading the Butcher’s diary is part of escaping, and that one stays in the room. The website diary is a separate, private one he keeps for himself. It never quotes or describes the in-room diary, so reading it online tells you nothing you’ll need on the night.
- [Could reading the Butcher’s Other Diary spoil Cannibal’s puzzles?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#butchers-other-diary-spoilers): It won’t. The Butcher writes about food, guests and grievances, and never sets down a code, a hiding place or the order of anything in the room. Read every entry before your booking and Cannibal will be exactly as hard as its 8 out of 10 rating promises.
- [Who is “U.” in the Butcher’s Other Diary?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#butcher-and-the-undertaker): The Undertaker, villain of Buried Alive. In the Undertaker’s own comic diary, the Northbridge Butcher is one of his alter egos, and he grumbles that the Butcher writes recipes in his margins. The two diaries mention each other but are written separately, and Cannibal’s story stands entirely on its own.
- [Do the dates in the Butcher’s Other Diary match real events?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#butchers-other-diary-dates): Two of them do. Cannibal opened at Escape This Northbridge on 23 May 2020 and at Escape This Sydney CBD on 9 August 2024, according to Escape This’s booking records, and the Butcher’s opening-night entries carry those dates. Every other date is chosen for the story.
- [How often does the Butcher add to his Other Diary?](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/faq/#when-does-the-butcher-write): About once a month through 2027. Each new entry appears on the Cannibal site on the date written at its top, so there’s usually a fresh menu or complaint waiting when you come back.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://www.cannibalescape.com.au/llms-full.txt): story, FAQ and per-venue rules in plain text