Both of our kids took lessons with East Bay Driving School, and we had a great experience. Sheri…read morewas fantastic to work with--very responsive, especially when it came to scheduling and accommodating last-minute changes. Our kids had great things to say about their instructors, which made us feel confident throughout the process. The flexibility of pickup from school or home was a huge plus and made everything much more convenient. Overall, a really positive experience. Highly recommend East Bay Driving School!

I'm so happy we discovered East Bay Driving School! Sheri is the best! She communicated clearly,…read moreanswered all my questions, and made signing up for both the online Driver's Ed and the behind-the-wheel lessons so easy. I had such a hard time finding a responsive school closer to home, so finding East Bay Driving School worth the trip to Pleasanton. My daughter loved Jeff. In her words: "He's so chill and easy to talk to. I learned so much from him." After all the prep and support, she passed her driving test on the first try! Thank you, Sheri and Jeff. Even though she was nervous, she went in feeling confident and that's entirely because of you both. Thank you so much!

My son has now participated in 3 performances and taken bass and guitar lessons for almost an…read moreentire year. His older brother even joined in for the latest show, which was The Blues. I really cannot say enough about the instruction and overall experience - this is THE way for young musicians to progress as players and as members of a music-making team. The instruction is top notch and the performance experiences are incredible opportunities with pro-level support.

I just went to the School of Rock San Ramon concert in Danville. The kids were amazing. So proud of…read morethe talents they've been blessed with. We left when the CHILDREN started introducing the songs politically and the parents likely weren't in agreement (only one person in the packed out audience clapped). That ruined it. This was supposed to be a celebration of San Ramon's kid's achievements. Politics??? Really? Politics weren't what these parents were here for. More importantly politics are not appropriate when the kids are too young to have strong discernment between what their teachers are telling them to say and what they are seeking to understand and cultivate for themselves. Because they're kids and they're getting a cool opportunity to perform, they might even be too intimidated to refuse to say it ...which is straight up exploitation. School of Rock: please don't manipulate our kids that way, stay in your lane. Parents: be advised that you will not be your child's only moral influence when you send them to this music school. They don't just grow talent. They tell them what to believe and you might not agree.

We had a wonderful experience. Nick made our son feel super comfortable and he had a great time. He…read morefelt super confident and enjoyed his first class behind the wheel.

The instructor was wonderful. He came to our door to pick up our daughter for her lesson. The…read moreinstructor was on time and used all the two hours of behind the wheel training.

We decided to put our daughter into basic level classes here. The first (and only) month, the level…read more1 teachers were rude. Not explaining any of the moves, getting visibly frustrated with our daughter when she wasn't doing the movements just from hearing what to do on her SECOND week there. Mind you this was her first experience doing anything like this and had just turned 5. Then when the teachers (yes, plural) would get down on her level to show her, they'd aggressively grab her leg or arm and move it fairly rough to the position they wanted her in. They did this also with the split stretch -- which again, she'd never done before. I went and asked if they were supposed to know anything before this class because the way they were acting towards her was ridiculous. I told the front desk girl about it and she was surprised and brought it to the owners. My daughter cried when we got into the car, saying her teachers didn't like her and she didn't want to go back. The next class, she spoke to me and said that the teachers that were treating her like that were spoken to and it shouldn't happen again. That entire class she was there for that day, they would point at her and laugh (THE TEACHERS) when she was trying to do the movements, look at her after falling and roll their eyes and walk away. It was a NIGHTMARE. We never went back.

Well after spending non-refundable money and time - my opinion of VC have changed drastically since…read morestarting, and sending our friends there (who are also on the fence about leaving). The teaching staff (at least for Level 1) has gone downhill since we started. My daughter has been in Level 1 prep for over two years because the teachers need to pay better attention to their students, and less attention to their cell phones, and to each other... The teacher we started with (Miss Izzy) is no longer at the school (went to college). The teaching staff has changed constantly since that change; we've seen 5-10 different girls teaching this class on a weekly basis. We recently visited another school (for just one hour) and with a little assistance our daughter was able to complete moves she was not receiving guidance on at VC. She is now rated Level 2, and is making huge strides and progress. We sent an email to the staff letting them know we were unhappy and that we were not renewing membership, in addition to addressing the above issues and received no phone call, or email back. This was upsetting since we had our two daughters there for quite a while, and had a good report with the front desk staff.

I brought my 5 y/o daughter to one of Future Forge's robotics workshops this past weekend in San…read moreRamon. We had no idea what to expect other than she'd be doing some sort of robotics build with other kids. On a Sunday, the building is pretty empty so I wasn't sure if we were in the right place but we walked into the Forge lab and were greeted by Rishabh, the founder of Future Forge. My daughter really enjoyed the build and loved her final build. We took out the "creeper" and played to finish off the session. Definitely worth checking out.

Great tutoring for my kids especially in the field of robotics and math. Kept my kids engaged and…read morelearning all at a reasonable price! Will definitely be sending my kids back for more lessons in the future.

My daughter's highlight of the week! Great owner, and the most wonderful staff!…read more My daughter have been coming here since last summer, after absolutely enjoyed all 3 weeks of her summer camp, I signed her up for the annual plan, she's been coming in consistently every week, and it is one of her highlights of the week she always looks forward to! My daughter sometimes struggles with staying put and pay attention, the instructors are all incredibly skilled and more importantly patient! My daughter especially enjoy the circuits work in addition to learning coding, very good to have some hands on balance. We recently had her birthday party there, it was drop off, so the patents got to go and enjoy a couple drinks near by while the children had such a fun time! Hands down the best perk of being an annual member! We love it here, and I see my kids coming here for the foreseeable future!

We signed up our kid for a week long class where they would learn how to create a specific project…read more I would ask what he learned and everyday he'd tell me nothing. I asked what was he doing. He said they told him how to sign onto the computer, but then he'd be playing on Minecraft the entire day with little supervision and next to zero instruction. He was basically playing Minecraft for the entire time he was there and that was it. He had friends in the class as well and they also verified the lack of any direction or instruction. At the end of the week, we asked again what he had learned and he promptly said, "Nothing." I don't like leaving negative reviews, but this one deserved putting the calories into. It was a complete waste of time, energy, and money.

STAY FROM THIS DRIVING SCHOOL!! Absolutely unprofessional. Their driver did not show for the lesson…read moreI paid for. They made it difficult to reschedule so I had to pay someone else for her last lesson. And I am still waiting for my refund which they want to refund not to the account that paid for the lesson but to my 16 yr old..RIDICULOUS. There teachers are also mediocre and the person that teaches may not even be who you get.

Today the instructor for this company swung his car door open hard onto my car and continued on…read morelike he didn't do it. When I got out my car to inform him he hit my car he said he didn't and then re-opened the door slowly to see if it reached my car and when he confirmed it did his response was "well there is no damage". It is the principle. I informed him that he should be more careful when opening his car doors in the parking lot. This all took place while he had a student in the driver seat. Maybe have someone teaching drivers who is actually cautious and more apologetic when potentially causing damage to another vehicle.

Our son has had a bad experience here.  He says that he gets a piece of paper to work off of, and…read morethe coaches come by every once in awhile and ask if it is ok, and that is about the extent of the coaching.  He has had problems with parts missing from his project as other students take things out of his bin when they can't find something.  They are usually the high demand parts, so he has a really tough time replacing them.  When he asks the coaches, they tell him to go look for the part, and he spends a good portion of the time looking for parts as they don't provide it for him.   He says when he has a question, several other smaller kids interrupt, and the coach's attention gets scattered, and they don't answer his question ultimately.   So, all in all, he is not able to make much progress week to week.  I was shocked, as the per lesson cost of this program is almost the price of private music or tennis instruction, that he would get so little attention and help.  Something so simple as the low availability of parts is something that could be managed, and there should be enough coaches to answer the kids' questions. I had asked about the competition path last summer and was told our son had to learn the basics for about a year first. When we said we would like to cancel, all of a sudden, this competition "class" was an option. I suspect that this basically operates like a daycare with legos for most, and all the actual coaching gets saved for the few kids in competition.

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I've known Barbara for years. Awesome chef/cook/teacher/host and wonderful person, too!! You're…read moregoing to love meeting and working with her!!!

I purchased a cooking class at Viva Cucina for my family of five, hoping to give all of us an…read morealternative to the usual boring restaurant food, ordering in, etc., and get us cooking for ourselves. We had a wonderful experience with Barbara. She is a dedicated "foodie," clearly loves the process of cooking and is a great host. Her love for cooking is contagious! We were all swept up in her positive vibe and enthusiasm. We chose the Filet Mignon as our main course along with garlic mashed potatoes, carrots, etc. and Bananas Foster for dessert. Really delicious! It was a great lesson in the science and art of cooking that we are putting to good use at home and will come in handy especially when preparing meals for the holidays. Top notch!

I've been enrolled in the full stack development boot camp for the past 3 months and I've already…read morelearned and grown a lot since. All of my sessions and work are remote and extremely flexible, and the instruction and mentorship are amazing. The internship opportunities have offered me plenty of hands-on experience and development as well and I would highly recommend their programs to any students looking to learn to code or aspire to become a software engineer

2017: I bought the LivingSocial special for 2 of our kids to do their summer camps. After multiple…read moreemails, phone and even text messages, because I had to continuously follow up and try to get them to commit to a date, they would say they will get back to me and never call me back. When I would talk/email to them, they would take the dates as if they were booked, but they were not. I started to book May 8th and they kept replying that they would get back to me in a few weeks or always alternative dates. This all went through until August when I got a credit from LivingSocial. I'm re-posting because Yelp removed my first post saying I needed more information.