Sunset Auto School

AWFUL! I have been a victim of the ignorance and corrpution of this business. I give this place 2 stars because the front desk lady was pretty nice (at least in my experiences), and the owner made the 5 hour class very enjoyable and funny.
However, the real criminal in this establishment is one of the instructors, Bobby. (When I first signed up, I was assigned to a guy named Tom. I’m not sure why they mixed my instructor). He is the one that looks Asian-​ish. Each and every time I approached the vehicle, he would be sleeping in the drivers seat. And then get very annoyed and cranky when I woke him up. I give some credit for teaching me how to park in about 5 minutes, but even that had its lows. He asked if I ever parked before, I said no. He then told me to attempt parking (without instructing me how) for the soul purpose of mocking my mediocre parking skills. Once again, I had NO prior parking experience. I had deiving experience so there was never a problem with me while on the road. There were times that he made me make illegal moves or turns, but that’s understandable since the area is around the BQE expressway and on 5^th Avenue which is a very busy place. When I wanted to clarify or ask something during practice, he gave me a snappy attitude as if I shouldn’t be asking anything. Very rude of him.
On to the road test date. I had my test in September with another student in the car at the same time. Bobby took us for a test drive before the actual test. All of a sudden, he gave me doubts that I will not pass the test and started giving me instructions that he NEVER mentioned before, such as having to look at all the mirrors while backing up instead of just the back window of the car. While waiting for our turn on the road test, he was still sleeping in the car (of course.) I volunteered to do the test first and felt very confident. Unfortunately, I didn’t pass. The reason? The instructor mentioned that I wasn’t standing straight enough while parked and I wasn’t looking at all the mirrors. Understandable and not a big deal in terms of points. But what caused me to fail? The instructor said that I wasn’t using the hand-​over-​hand maneauver. I thought to myself WHAT is that? I have heard of it but I wasn’t told that it was the only acceptable method of turning in the road test. When I told Bobby about the turning maneauver, his response was, «Oh yeah, I noticed that you were doing that.» WHAT ON EARTH? I paid for 7 lessons with my own money and you never cared to tell me everything that I was doing wrong? What did I pay all that money for? To have you sleep in the car and maintain that attitude of yours?
The guy that was in the car with me passed, on his 5^th try. Bobby was smiling and saying that as long as he passed to not worry about the points he got collected. While driving back he paid NO attention to me in the back of the car. And when he dropped us off near the school he never even said bye to me, just to the guy that passed. And then he went to a local grocery store for breakfast. I was disgusted at his atrocious attitude, and the fact that he told me to «just sign up for more lessons» was crossing the line.
Since then I went to a different driving school and was able to pass my road test the second with a MUCH kinder instructor. Did I also mention cheaper? My mom took the road test the day after me (with Bobby) and said that he made her very uncomfortable about passing while they practiced before the test. She was able to pass on the first try by just trusting her gut, and not Bobby.
Go to this school for the 5 hour class. NOTHING ELSE. You will be scammed for your money and then have an attitude ridden instructor that just collects his salary and cares about NOTHING else!

If you go with this school you must only see Benny. He was recommended to me by three people. Benny is the reason I’m driving and I’ve been to MANY MANY schools. There is no one like him. He gives you practical tips and is a very kind, patient and pleasant man.
I had no trouble making appointments.

Terrible. I learned nothing. I payed for over 20 lessons and still have problems with my driving. They really don’t care.

My experience with this driving school was horrible. No, the receptionist was nowhere near friendly. She was always super cranky and rude. I remember a couple who had their child with them and she was very mean to him as well. The instructor was an old heavy set man who was a horrible instructor. He only criticized me for me for my mistakes and destroyed any confidence I had in driving. If I knew how to drive that well, I wouldn’t have been taking lessons in the first place, now would I? I definitely don’t recommend this place as they do not care about their students.