Deysi was my driving instructor and I wouldn't be able to pass my test without her. She was very nice and always on time

My family has been dealing with Bally's Auto school for many years. Joe is the best driving teacher I've had. I was nervous at first but Joe made feel comfortable n confident. read more

I was considering using Bally driving school for my son, because it is very close to where I live. After reading all these negative reviews I have changed my mind and will look else where. read more

I called on March 2 2018 to set an appointment on March 4 to take a driving defense five hour course , The man I spoke to his name was Joseph . I get there today I go through a course and then I was handed a pre-licensing certificate. I had already just received one. I asked him what happened to the drivers defense course. He said I'm sorry you got this mixed up. I said you are a liar and give me my money back. He did not. I left. God will give it back to me but don't trust this place I was just robbed not less than six hours ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to report this place to the Better Business Bureau !!!DO NOT USE HIM!! read more

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I joined Yelp a few weeks ago for the sole reason of writing this review. Initially there was no negative review for this auto school and I was really irked that they are raking in business without a single honest review about their sleazy practice. I also got Daisy as my driving instructor and she was consistently late, dishonest and worst of all, preoccupied with her own crap. She was using all of the lessons as "practice lessons" and not once, did she teach me how to properly drive. She would blabber on her cell phone in Spanish, arrange her schedules, and chat about how great Fairway is. Her idea of teaching me how to drive was by having me go to different towns and directing me here and there. She never explained anything, no hand over hand technique, how to adjust mirrors, how to look back, park, yeah, basically all of the necessary methods for any new driver. In fact, she made me feel like some lost cause and kept pushing me to pay for more lessons since it was "clear that the DMV requires more than 17 hours on road". She was always an hour LATE to pick me up at my house and had me to drive miles out to some town out of nowhere just to pick up her next student. Afterwards, it would another 45 minutes for that student to drive me back to my house. All in all, a total waste of 3 hours of my day waiting on her. She has no regard for anyone's time and when I told her that she needed to get to my house on time, she got pissed off and would say nothing in the car for the entire lesson. I obviously developed a ton of incorrect driving habits all thanks to her. Unfortunately, she will continue scamming people since she caters to the non-English speaking Hispanic population who believes that this is the way driving lessons are conducted. They probably have to pay over 40 lessons and they don't come cheap in Long Island. Daisy was frequently trying to sell me "discounted' packages after a few lessons because it "was limited time only". Because she did a wonderful job of screwing up my demanding schedule, I had to abandon the lessons in the end. If I scheduled 3 lessons in a week, a minimum of 6.5 hours would be wasted on waiting around doing nothing. read more

they helped me passed the driver test and it was so much learning from them and thank you for helping my sibling and me to get our drivers license I appreciate it read more

DON'T NOT USE THIS DRIVING SCHOOL! They only have one driving instructor Jose and he does a horrible job in teaching people how to drive. He is mean, arrogant and uncompromising. He has taken over $800 and has no intentions of keeping his commitments...currently reporting him to the Better Business Bureau. This is not only my opinion but my neighbor had to hire another school after him because he did not do a good job in teaching his kid to drive. Don't use him...you will be sorry read more

thanks a bally auto school I enjoyed and learned a lot and anybody having doubts take the class cause I got my license and it's worth it and great teachers I recommend it read more

Bally's Driving School is an awesome business. They have door to door service, and a defensive driving course available. I highly recommend Deysi Cortez as an instructor. One of the sweetest, kindest, most patient people I have come to know. I cannot recommend her highly enough. She is also fluent in Spanish which is a great asset to have, nowadays! Love you, Deysi read more

I was recommended to Bally's by a friend, she told me she was taking her 5 hour class there. So I went and turns out she rescheduled hers for a different day. But I still went through with it. My teacher showed us the videos and everything stuck in my head, especially after he quizzed us. He then convinced us to schedule my road test with him and to take a one hour lesson with him before. I took him on the deal and the day of my road test I had lost my permit. I asked him if he can take me anyways and I brought my passport. He told me they wouldn't take it but we can still try. So we went and he was right. I was disappointed and then he called me when I was home and told me he rescheduled it for me as soon as possible. But we still had to pay the full price again The day of my new road test he took me on another lesson, an hour long. He gave me all the tips I needed. Then he directed me to the road test area. We waited and when it was my turn, I took my road test. I ended up passing thanks to the help of my driving instructor. I recommend this driving school to everybody, they helped me pass my road test. read more

I was terrified of driving . Joseph my instructor was extremely patient . If you are older and have never driven before I would highly recommend Joseph as an instructor . He is very professional and makes sure that you understand what you are doing . He had more faith in me than I had in myself . I highly recommend anyone to Bally's school . read more

I completely agree with Linda.M. My sister signed up her son at this school a few years ago and when he was due to take his driving test, I let him drive with me. There was no way I was going to take him to do a test, the way he was driving. He also had no clue about driving techniques and the little I told him that day was much more that his instructor ever told him. His instructor was also either late or always rescheduling and it was only because they had already paid that they tried to get all the classes in. In my opinion, it was still a complete waste of money. Bally's Auto Driving School is not even worth a rating of 1 star. Additionally, they have moved offices. read more

Great school ! they teach you everything you need to learn about driving, very nice people, very patient. Personally I advise you to go to Ballys. I passed my road test on the very first try ! Thank you Bally read more

No. Just... No. I started off with Deysi, and let me say she could use a few defensive driving courses herself. She always had someone in the car with her, always on her cell phone, always showed up late, even no called no showed. Cut my lessons short because a friends kid decided THAT moment that he also wanted a lesson that day. Then to make matters worse she had the habit of grabbing the wheel and turning it after I told her I was not clear to merge/turn. She almost made me turn into an SUV. She made me more nervous than I was when I started out. Mr. Joseph was a better instructor. I have no qualms with him personally. However cancelling the 5 hour class repeatedly for over a month, means overall, I will never recommend this school. Especially when they don't inform you ahead of time that the class is cancelled. read more