Sadly, this company has a monopoly on the Mendocino Coast ... and acts like it. Terrible customer…read moreservice. We paid in full in advance and then struggled for months and months trying to get appointments. The instructor assigned to this area, Ashley, is uncommunicative and uninformed about the latest rules and requirements. If you live on the coast: save yourself a headache and make the drive inland to find a better school. If you're a driving school: please start providing service out here and inject some healthy competition into the mix!

I loved Holly Boggs!! She was the sweetest person. She taught me so much about driving. I even…read morepassed my test with 100%.

I would not recommend to any anxious drivers. She can get very frazzled, she threatened to take…read moreme home if she had to remind me "one more time" to have both hands on the steering wheel 10 minutes into my first driving lesson after paying her over $100. Students should be corrected of course, but they should also be in a supportive, comfortable, and professional learning environment which is not how I would describe my instruction time with Sharon.

Cooperative, friendly, firm, very helpful and learned a lot driving with Sharon. Highly recommend,…read morethank you Sharon!

Great instructor: Very personable and experienced! He works well with teens, adults and adults with…read moreEnglish as the second language! It's great that the owner is Napa resident, family man and active in the community!

Dan was professional and thorough as he taught our teen. She enjoyed her time, learned a TON, got…read moreto drive sweet cars, and was able to easily pass her behind-the-wheel test the first time she took it. We highly recommend Dan at Sweet Driving School and will be sending our son to him in a few years when he gets his permit.

Overall it was just not good. I can't give it anymore than a two stars for the same reason other…read morepeople mentioned, the instructor is in a hurry sometimes and won't give you your full two hours you paid for. In my case I told my instructor that I still had more instruction time left but she simply said she did not have time to fit me in to give me the rest of the minutes my parents paid for.

After 2 years of experience with this driving school, I can only say they are very disrespectful…read morecondescending and just plain rude. Not worth the money you have to pay. I surely wouldn't let my child be taught by the people in this company.

This is going to be a very descriptive review so hold on, haha. First, I do want to clarify that I…read moredid get my license and I didn't think I ever would without driver's training, however this particular company had a few concerns. My very first lesson was mostly parking lot practice and a bit around the block, but I don't feel like I had any "real" training. I opted for the Gold package. I didn't practice parking, straight line backing,lane positioning (I got marked on that on my driver's test) I didn't practice a lot of the things on the list of things the first lesson entails on the website. I requested a different driver after that lesson so I trained with David instead and he was great! He had me practice my weak areas many times until I got it down, he posted evaluations and comments after every lesson (first driver didn't do that) I was glad to have gone the route I did or I would've felt like I wasted $800. My behind the wheels test day finally arrived and the car I took my test in was not the same car I had practiced in every other lesson and we did not go over the check list in that car like we did every other time in the other car so I forgot where the Emergency break was. In the other car, it was a pedal. In this car,it was a button. So it was sort of frustrating that everything was switched up on me so quickly. We didn't do any freeway training, but that's okay. I felt we were behind because of the first lesson. I'll need to practice that on my own. On the website, for the Gold package, it says "This package includes everything covered in the Basic Teen Package, plus we will provide an hour and a half of training before the student's DMV exam, as well as our vehicle for taking the exam. We can also schedule the test for you. This package is ideal for those parents and students wanting to ensure they pass the driver examination. We've found that warming up with an instructor before the exam makes students confident and prepared which produces excellent results." When I initially read that, I was under the impression that I would be practicing with the DMV examiner before the test, I liked the idea of practicing with my examiner, however I did not. The wording on that was a bit misleading. Oh and on the days following the road test, I "practiced the road test" with my instructor several times but the rout I took was nothing like the road test. We went on a roundabout in which I only practiced once before,the morning of the test. I didn't understand the roundabout and I did not take the correct exit she told me to, so I went on a completely unfamiliar route and drove very slow and got marked for that lol I live in Paradise and I'm not used to Chico residential streets so I drove slow in case there was a hidden stop sign. I just feel like I got marked on a lot of stuff the school could've taught me. I did spend almost $1000 on it. Oh and also, on my third lesson, we were practicing in Chico and we came up on a stoplight that looked like the one in the picture. I started taking a left turn when my light was a green light and not a green arrow, which clearly states I must yield to oncoming traffic. I was told to go and almost got hit by a driver taking a right turn. That bothered me because I felt the instructor should have taken me on roads he was familiar with, because he didn't know that was a protected and unprotected stoplight. We all learned a valuable lesson that day on that light though. I take responsibility for that too, but I listened to him when he said go so I guess I got confused. ETA: I wanted to edit my review and add the phone operator was really sweet and she was definitely my favorite person I had the opportunity to interact with throughout this whole experience.

Kandra is an amazing, fun and thorough instructor. I passed my written test with a 100 percent…read morescore! When I was getting my license last December, the DMV testing person told me they know when a student has trained with Take me Driving because they are more adept than they have experienced with other schools. Very highly recommended!

Was not super impressed with their customer service. Emailed them, no response, after a week I did…read morecall and spoke with them. Not super accommodating and not very friendly. Sadly I will be taking my business elsewhere. I have used them in the past but going to look for another company that has better customer service.

Very accommodating and helpful for my nephew. They fine-tuned his driving experience and gave him…read moremore confidence. Highly recommended!!

My son had Stephen as an instructor. He said that he was very calm and made him feel less nervous…read more He said that he gave great instruction and made it a great experience. He cannot wait to have another lesson with him. Thank you!

Cheryl is a fantastic instructor and was exactly what we needed for drivers training. She made my…read moredaughter a more confident driver, provided helpful feedback about what skills to practice, and made the whole experience fun. Cheryl clearly is good at her job and connecting with teenage drivers because she makes the driving hours enjoyable. I also appreciate that she helps kids take responsibility for booking their dmv appointments and passing their final driving test. We highly recommend Cheryl. We now have a licensed driver thanks to Cheryl!

I'm 83 and needed a driving test for renewal because of my vision. I failed the first time not…read morebecause of my vision, but because I was rusty on the rules of the road. I took a lesson with Cheryl; she was very helpful and I passed the second time! $75 well spent.

We all know that students at this school are there to learn and…read morebe supervised and are bound to make mistakes. This is understandable. I went to this beauty college 2x and there was NO supervision either times! The manager, just stands around, too lazy to supervise the students. To top this off, the student working on my nails was just about ready to go to stateboard and never had done a set of gel nails, but yet they offer them on there menu of services. She didn't know what she was doing. I don't even know how she could even pass at stateboard when she had no supervision and put nails on that came off a day later. Come on! Supervise and train your students and quit being so lazy. Never go to this beauty college. They suck BIG time!

First of all, I have NEVER been someone to complain or dramatize anything so please listen to what…read moreI have to say. I am a former student of this school. You will not receive a proper education. None of the staff here care about you or what they do. They will not help or supervise you and none of the staff have worked in a salon in the past 20 years. The staff sits behind the desk and plays on their cell phones. The owner of this school charges everyone different tuition's. Some girls were charged $15,000-$12,000 while others were charged $8,000; depending on what he can get out of you. The school is absolutely disgusting. It is dirty and they are unwilling to make it look nice because the money that you pay for the school is put toward the owner and his wife. They will never supply you with proper tools to work with. A few of the girls were not given a Freshman class and some girls weren't given complete kits to start school with. You are not allowed to practice hairdressing on your classmates, only your doll head. They will only give you a client if you are good at what you do, and if not you will never have a chance to practice. I have never met one student here that was happy going here. If you choose to go here you will have to teach yourself how to be a hairdresser by watching tutorials on YouTube and reading your book. I am really urging anyone who is thinking about coming to school here to go somewhere else. ANYWHERE else. It may be more expensive somewhere else but it is worth it to get a decent education and be respected as a person and student. XOXO