I came to Western Slope Driving Institute's Denver Central location for my road test today. I have a diagnosed anxiety disorder for which I take prescription medication. When the tester Brittany determined I was too nervous to proceed, instead of handling the situation with any professionalism or compassion, what followed was completely unacceptable. After I stepped away -- clearly distressed, having just spent $95 I could not afford -- I went back inside to ask a simple question. Brittany inserted herself into a conversation I was not having with her, then called me RUDE in front of a waiting room full of people. When I responded that she had given me an anxiety attack, she told me "why don't you NOT come back." Her comment was clearly designed to provoke a reaction from me -- and when I responded, it allowed her to paint me as the "angry Black woman." She created that moment. I didn't. I am a Black woman. She is a white woman. I was visibly upset and vulnerable. She chose to publicly humiliate me anyway. I have severe anxiety. I just funded a solo cross-country move. I have a family member in the ICU. I have spent close to $2,000 trying to get my license. And this woman felt entitled to publicly shame me on one of the hardest days I've had in months. Brittany is not the owner. She does not get to tell customers not to come back. Her behavior was cruel, unprofessional, and discriminatory in tone and delivery. I will be filing a formal complaint with the business owner and the Colorado Civil Rights Division. read more

The whole experience was amazing. I walked in, without an appointment.Everyone, including the owner were working quickly and efficiently. The owner jumped in to help give driving tests.She climbed in my truck and proceeded to do the test. She was professional, but pleasant in her demeanor. This took away my nerves and it allowed me to concentrate on driving which helped in operating the vehicle safely. Highly recommended. read more

I ended up here after American Driving Academy canceled my appointment while I was already sitting in their office--and I had even taken time off work. Thank goodness for this place! The moment I walked in, the staff reassured me I'd be taken care of, no appointment needed. Mike was incredible. He made the entire process comfortable and stress-free. So many instructors can be uptight and make you even more nervous, but Mike did the complete opposite--he sent my anxiety straight out the window. I couldn't have asked for a better experience. Highly recommended! read more

The instructor failed me for something that wasn't my fault for what other drivers were doing on the road, she was talking badly about other costumers, she lied about their being two lanes when there was only one, I didn't wanna argue because English isn't my first language. Don't come here read more

Adrian driver instructor at denver central is the worst does not know any manners yeld at my wife the whole timee taking her driving test he should be fired not okay everyone there is super nice just adrian needs to get fired from there read more

My daughter took the driving test today. The instructor "Mike" failed my daughter for not making a complete stop at a stop sign, allegedly. Mike was cursing throughout the test and asking my 17 year old minor daughter inappropriate questions. Why wouldn't you let the person driving focus on driving? Why did these questions matter? "Who is the guy with you" What does your dad do for a living" "How old are you" "I guess people don't care about the fucking handicapped" These are all direct quotes. If you value your time and money avoid this place at all costs. When I called to complain the girl that answered laughed at my concerns. They charge you $85 that is non refundable if you fail, COMPLETE SCAM! UPDATE: Apparently this driving school thinks it's appropriate to reach out to customers via text to attempt to bully them into removing reviews that aren't even mine. This terrible experience just gets worse and worse. Avoid the convenience of them being next door to the DMV unless you want to be treated terribly. Text messages attached. read more

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My teen took her driving test here with an instructor named Mike. He was extremely unprofessional. Asked my daughter personal questions and also was cursing and talking the entire time she was driving. Please skip the convenience of this school being close to the dmv and go elsewhere. Update: he has threatened legal action for our reviews on google and yelp please avoid this place at all costs especially if you have a teenage read more

Absolute crooks! After kicking my son out of their program (for writing an honest review for other parents) I was promised a reimbursement for the instructor drive time that we didn't receive. When later contacted for the reimbursement I find out it's $0.01. This is completely laughable. Looks like their lack of costumer care has issues like mine happening all the time and so they have to stiff it to their costumer to make sure they got their own backs. Such crooks. Other companies in town charge $89 for the in person 30 hr class time. This company charges (essentially) $450!!! So incredibly disappointing that we have such a horrible business in such a great town. Please, Please tell all your friends NOT to use this company. I know I am! read more

Your program is not very user friendly. I can not find anything for my son to book anytime with any of your drivers. I paid for this service and we will be lucky to get him on the scheudle before it expires. My experience with Western Slope Drivers Institute has not been a good one on many levels. I have had notheing positive to report about this comany. I will be happy when it is all said and done. make sure what you are signing up for, this comany will not refund your money at all. I paid for an In-person session and because of my son's football schedule he was not able to go to class so I still had to pay 400.00 for the online version!!! They would not refund this and give me the online cost which is a fraction of the cost!!!!!!!!! Then come to find out that we did not even have to use then to take the drivers permit!!!! You can take the test on line from the DMV directly. I felt very disappiontted in poor customer service. read more

Do not use this company. We paid for the online course and cannot get tech-support or Western slope driving Institute to help us with the technical problems. This has been a huge waste of time and money. The owner, Doreen, refuses to take any responsibility for her company or employees. We were refused a refund. Please read the google reviews and trust the negative comments. read more

I only chose this driving insitute due to its proximity to our house. I thought that would make it easy to get my son through the driving portion. The online class is fine, but I am sure you can find that anywhere. Now we have to take the test at their facility. Despite their posted hours being 9a-430p, they actually close at 4p and you have to be there by 3p to take the test, meaning you will have to get your kid out of school. That is a an incovenience but the worst part was when I went to schedule our driving hours, I was informed that they no longer offer driving lessons out of the Westmister office at all. Therefore, in order to complete driving I will have to take my son to Parker or Littleton. I never would have chosen this school if I had known that. Overall, I would say choose a different place. read more

Overall great experience with instructor Mike. This place had two instructors when I was there. Short wait if you get there right when they open. read more

Please save your money. The experience was fine through the online training and written test. After that, good luck. Office manager in Littleton is nice enough but the Owner... how do you say.... a total- not nice person. Called her with a concern and she was defensive, condescending and rude. We bought a driving package from another institute and we are having a great experience. We will not be using our behind the wheel hours we paid for here, not worth the stress of dealing with these people. read more

I wish I can give this place a 0 rating , they make people feel awful , the ladies at the front were good but the instructor was unprofessional and disrespectful , she was not helpful at all and should not be doing this driving test , I just lost $85 dollars and probably will do the same if I retake it , the instructor don't have clue how to treat people, there is no way I will pass a test if I have a person next to me yelling , this is not safe and she should be FIRED. I will be filling a complaint and I hope other people do it too , so we can have professionals working here . read more

Was registered for in person course. This was cancelled. I then switched to their online course and paid $400. A lot of issues with the course and when I contacted the school they said they could not help and to call AAA--rudely. Not at all clear what I paid the $400 for at all. When I asked what the funds were for, I received no response. Terrible. read more

The driving instructor started cussing me out because I felt uncomfortable answering certain questions. He was being aggressive, I felt unsafe. Don't bring any female loved ones here. read more

Our children went to this school for the in class instruction which was Great and they got their permits. Later, took them Tejon/Mississippi location (Denver) to do their driving tests. Our son took his driving test and failed, and he should have, he did not do well. The problem is that our daughter was waiting for her test with her dad and "Doreen" who was the tester for our son came in after our sons test and began berating him in front of the lobby audience about the things he did wrong. She did not have the decency to explain to my husband in Private what went wrong. Our daughter then had "Doreen" as her tester and was shaken up about what she just witnessed. While in the car "Doreen" took a call about the "disaster" she just experienced in front of our daughter. Our daughter passed despite "Doreen's" rage she could not control. My husband called the next day to speak with a supervisor about "Doreen's" unprofessionalism. My Husband was referred to "Doreen" the supervisor(tester). My husband began to explain the experience with our son and "Doreen" commenced to shout at my husband over the phone, talking over him and saying our son "deserved" getting the berating she gave him in front of her audience. My husband hung up because she talked over him and was unwilling to listen. This business was recommended by law enforcement officers my husband knows. I will never recommend this business to someone I care about or know, rest assured. PS maybe try Alpine driving school right across the street from them. read more

Company representatives communicated different guidelines on testing timelines. Throughout my daughters training times would be cancelled with very little notice and rescheduling was very difficult. Ultimately spoke to the owner in Denver who was incredibly rude. There are far better companies in town for training. read more

Over the past few years we have recommended several to Western slope Driving Institute (Grand Junction) for drivers education due to our pleasant experience with our oldest child. Ray was thorough, caring, and informative. He has since retired from what I am told. We DID NOT have the same experience with our second born. It saddens me the company has gone so far "down hill", in my opinion, in just a few years. Their online program was always faulty, making it frustrating for an already nervous teen. Scheduling drive times timed-out or failed to issue confirmations resulting in us showing up for appts we thought we scheduled but didn't show on their books or being scheduled for appts we did not know we had and therefore were charged for missing. Our teen was frequently kicked out of her online account and it took weeks for anyone to return her call to fix the problem. Which again resulted in delaying her progress and being charged for it. Drivers Ed is expensive as is. Having to pay for their poorly ran business is not ok. We spoke to someone about our experience and they seemed to care very little and just wanted more money to remedy anything.Fed up, we took our child to finish her experience to In & Out Driving School. Her faith was renewed after one drive time. She felt amazing and gained confidence from one experience and wish she'd been there the whole time. It's important to feel confident on where we are sending our young drivers. I highly Highly HIGHLY recommend choosing someone OTHER than Western Slope Driving Institute. Read their responses to poor reviews on google and you will get a clear picture of the lack of integrity this company has. read more

They deserve negative stars. The driving instructor yelled at my wife through the whole test. She did not know my wife has been driving for 30 years and just needed a US license. Terrible experience. Don't go here. read more

This establishment don't even deserve a one star rating but I don't have a choice. This is by far the worst ever that I've experienced in my whole life! They're very unprofessional, very rude and very poor customer service!!! read more

This is the worst place to go for a driving lesson or driving test. DO NOT go to this place at all. The instructor is very unprofessional, rude, and obnoxious. We as a customer go there pay the fees and deserve to be treated in a professional way. This place doesn't have any professional courtesy. I highly recommend finding a different driving institute. I made a mistake not checking the reviews before I came here and I definitely wouldn't have come here if I read some of the experiences people have shared here. read more

Don't take the driving test here unless u want to take it a second time. By the end of the test they will give you a card so you can retake the test with them with less cost which is NEVER going to happen. After I failed the test the examiner didn't tell me why I failed, so I asked him and he told that I made a mistake for three times !! (EVERYTHING WAS GREAT) He could've simply tell me from the first time rather than leaving me making the same mistake over and over to fail my test. One instruction could save me money and time. read more

I took my drivers test on August 31. Quick and easy. The people were professional and courteous. I highly recommend this company for written and driving testing for the young driver just getting started or for any adult who needs a freshen up. read more

I was able to complete the written and behind the wheels driving license tests with them. No waiting. Accepts Cash only, no credit or debit cards so I deducted 1 star. Offers complementary cookies, doughnuts, and coffee. Rates: $25 for written test $50 for behind the wheel exam if you have a car with valid registration and insurance $10 fee if you would like to barrow their car for the test. read more

Took friend here to take written test. Employees were so loud and obnoxious I felt bad for people taking tests.

Best place to get drivers test done. Faculty is super nice. The person who is instructing while doing drivers test is amazing and makes you feel super comfortable. I got my permit and drivers at this location would recommend it to the young ones and adults. Ladies at front desk are nice as well. read more

This place is great! It is literally right next to the DMV which makes it really convenient! The people who work here are really nice as well!! I only took the test but had a wonderful experience. The guy who does the test looks a little intimidating at first (big, muscular, shaved head) but he is really nice, personable, and put me at ease. I did NOT get the impression that they were trying to fail me or rip me off. The test itself is really not as bad as I thought it would be and I passed the first time. Although I have practiced driving while having a recently acquired permit, up until today, I hadn't had a licence in nearly 15 years so did not know what to expect. It really seems like you would have to do something pretty drastic or a ton of little mistakes to mess this up. I am a little baffled with the comparison of my experience and most of the reviews I read. They are a walk in facility with a very low volume. I went in at about 11:20am, took the test, and was able to go to the DMV next door and get my license very quickly, I was omw in under an hour! I highly recommend this place! read more

This place is a complete rip off. They wouldnt pass you on the first attempt cause they want you to come back and pay more. They would also mess up your record on dmv if you fail. Its definetely a no no! read more

Im a 36 year old driver with a lot of years of driving experience. I went in and took my driving test with complete confidence and was told that I failed because I wasn't coming to a complete stop at stop signs. I know this isn't true because I have a brand new car and the digital readout on the speedometer read zero each time I came to a stop!!!!! The instructor told me that I could come back and retest tomorrow for 40 dollars after I had already given them fifty! What a scam! I wouldn't be writing this review had I thought that there was any doubt about my driving performance today but I seriously know that the driving instructor is a liar! This must be how they make money! Don't go here unless you want to be scammed! Yeah they promise no wait time but its better to wait a few weeks for an actual instructor from the DMV to test you fairly than to be taken. This business should be shut down! read more

The instructors are great. But the people who work the phones and man the front desk are very rude. They give an attitude over the phone and I was very disgusted by the way they handle situations. Not impressed. read more

The staff was always courteous, knowledgeable, and willing to answer questions. As a mother of a first time driver I was nervous but the staff's experience and the guidance they provided to my son was immeasurable and put my concerns at ease. They showed a genuine interest in ensuring he received the best driver's education experience possible. I will be a returning customer for my other children and highly recommend their services. read more