Escape Rooms near Balaclava
Planning something in Balaclava? Our St Kilda venue is minutes away, four rooms with live availability below. Below is a day along Carlisle Street with a game folded in, the reasons an escape room fits the plan, and live times you can book now.
A day in Balaclava
Balaclava's Carlisle Street is one of Melbourne's great multicultural food strips. Here is a day worth building around a game.
Carlisle Street
Carlisle Street is Balaclava's beating heart, a premier food strip of more than 150 traders where Jewish bakeries, Eastern European delis, Asian eateries and modern cafes sit side by side. The bagels at Glick's, going since 1968, are an institution, and Wall Two 80 anchors the coffee.
Eat around the world
The strip packs a lot of flavour into a few hundred metres, Las Chicas for a courtyard brunch, vegan fare at Monk Bodhi Dharma, Turkish mezze at Tulum and Cantonese at art-deco Moonhouse, all at honest, un-showy prices.
Old pubs and a drink
For the evening, historic pubs like the Grosvenor Hotel and Dick Whittington Tavern have poured since the 1800s, and the nearby Local Taphouse covers the craft-beer crowd.
…then the escape room
The easy part: St Kilda is minutes away, with four rooms and live availability below.
St Kilda: minutes away
From Balaclava, St Kilda is minutes away, a short walk or one stop down on the tram. The venue is at Level 1, 100 Barkly Street, St Kilda, four rooms to choose from.
Reasons to book an escape room near Balaclava
Whatever the occasion, there is a Rush room close to Balaclava to build it around. Each of these has its own guide if you want to go deeper.
A food crawl, with a game to start
Carlisle Street is one of Melbourne's great eating strips, which makes an escape room the perfect opener. Lock the group into an hour at St Kilda minutes away, then work your way down Carlisle Street, bagels, mezze, a wine. It gives everyone something to talk about over the food.
Things to do in Melbourne this weekend → The best escape rooms in Melbourne →Date night, minutes away
An early-evening room at St Kilda, then dinner on Carlisle Street or a candlelit wine bar. If you want a fright to break the ice, The Conjoining is our scariest. It beats dinner-and-a-movie and gives you something to actually talk about afterwards.
Date ideas in Melbourne → Escape rooms for large groups →Kids, teens and the school holidays
Balaclava is a family pocket, and the school holidays are our busiest family window. Under-16s play with a participating adult, larger family groups split across rooms and compete, and Treasure Island at St Kilda is a great gentle room for younger crews.
Escape rooms for kids & families → School holiday activities →A rainy-day plan that still feels like an outing
When the weather turns, an escape room paired with lunch on Carlisle Street makes a weatherproof afternoon that still feels like an outing, minutes away and fully indoors.
Rainy day activities in Melbourne →The rooms at St Kilda
The Conjoining Difficulty
Two investigators vanished in this haunting. Step in, and survive what took them.
Alice in Wonderland Difficulty
Wonderland has turned dark. Solve its riddles and escape before it traps you forever.
Treasure Island Difficulty
Break the curse aboard a ghost ship, before you share the crew's fate.
The Last of Them Difficulty
Escape the infected and bring the post-apocalyptic world back from the brink.
Pricing
From $70 per player for a standard booking, plus two regular deals: Crew Night (4-6 players, $250-$300, Mon-Fri from 4pm, code CREWNIGHT) and Cheap Tuesday (from $45 per player, code CHEAPTUES). Corporate daytime bookings are priced by the room. Live prices show in the booking grid above; full pricing is on the St Kilda page.
Where to find us
Rush Escape Game St Kilda
Level 1, 100 Barkly Street, St Kilda VIC 3182 · 03 9972 6286
A short walk from the St Kilda tram. View on Google Maps
Frequently asked questions
- Which Rush venue is closest to Balaclava?
- St Kilda, minutes away, a short walk or one stop down on the tram. It is our newest venue, with four rooms and some of our most advanced sets and effects: The Conjoining (our scariest), Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island and The Last of Them.
- How do we get there without a car?
- St Kilda is well served by trams, and the venue is at Level 1, 100 Barkly Street, a short walk from the St Kilda tram and light-rail stops. minutes away, a short walk or one stop down on the tram
- We are a local business, can you take a work group?
- Yes. Weekday daytime is our corporate window, and larger teams split across rooms and compete. See the team building and corporate events pages, or ask us for a quote.
- How long does a room take?
- Each room runs 60 minutes; allow about 90 minutes on site with the briefing and a photo at the end.
- How many can play, and can kids join?
- Rooms suit groups of 2 to 6, and larger groups can split and compete. Players under 16 are welcome with a participating adult. Treasure Island is the gentlest room at St Kilda for younger players; for more, see escape rooms for kids and families.
Escape rooms near other inner-south suburbs
Coming from somewhere else nearby? We have a guide for the suburbs around Balaclava too.
Other Rush venues
Heading somewhere else in Melbourne? We are also in South Yarra, Hawthorn, Chadstone. Full live times and prices are on each venue's booking page.