Based on just one use of this firm they cannot be faulted. Prompt service, a good car, and timely…read moretext messages to update me. They also have an online service that allows you to see where your car is when you were waiting for it.

AVOID. Used as Airport pickup from LGW to Uxbridge- Never felt so unsafe in a taxi. We contemplated…read moreasking to get out on the side of the M25 and order a new taxi. Dangerous & Unsafe Driver, We had to ask him to slow down on several occasions after cutting another car up and then racing a driver at 70mph. Rude driver who swore in front of us. Overcharged us. AVOID at all costs. No navigation skills, Speeding, and driver extremely tired he had his window open to stay awake. Very Dangerous. Reported to Police. Terrible service. AVOID.

A group of us recently booked a return journey to London for which we paid £70 upfront (four…read morepassengers). Once we had arrived, one of the passengers realised he had forgotten his wallet and therefore needed to return home, which he did with the cab driver who was now driving straight back to the office from which he had came. Later that evening, once the pick-up time arrived, Perwood cars did not arrive. On calling, we were told that as our friend had stayed in the cab and gone back with the driver, this counted as our return, hence meaning we paid £70 for a one way trip! As it was late we decided to get another cab with Perwood and sort the issue out back at their office. They declined to pick us up for no reason. This resulted in us having to get another cab from a different company which cost £45. This meant in total our journey had cost a whopping £115! The next day on calling Perwood, we were told that the firm has a policy in which if a passenger needs to return with the driver, they are charged half the price of the one way journey. Although this is quite harsh, they are a business so I can understand this. This however didn't happen. The cab driver saw this as an opportunity to save him coming to pick us up as we had already paid upfront. Perwood told us that there was nothing they would do and we therefore lost £45 and had a lot of trouble trying to find another cab after already paying for one originally. Due to this I would recommend not using this company as they are extremely untrustworthy and unprofessional. I would also ensure your children never use this firm unless you want them to end up stranded. If we had not had the other £45 as required, we would of been sleeping rough! You have been warned!

I don't usually review even when I have bad experiences but this review has to go out there not…read moreonly to help others who book Alfa cabs but to prevent other drivers taking advantage of passengers and putting their safety at risk. Let me start by saying this is 3 of 3 poor incidents I've had with Alfa cabs but by far the worst. The first incident was similar to this and the second I had the cab cancel with no alternative arrangement offered within 3 hours leaving us stranded and out of pocket. Let me say that when travelling to the airport we haven't had issues but it's the journey home where issues arise and ruin the experience. The experience started by an ever so slight delay (half an hour) which  Alfa cabs are supposed to monitor and tell the driver. When we touched down in Gatwick we hadn't received any correspondence so I called to inform the company we had landed and they put me in contact with the driver. Due to unforeseen circumstances we were prevented from leaving the plane for another half an hour incurring us a £7.50 late fee which wasn't an issue as it states this is the case on the website. However it all started to go wrong when I began to contact the driver who called me and was very unhappy at being made to wait hours which  shouldn't be the case as the company are 'supposed' to inform their drivers of any updates to flights etc so they're not made to waiting. When I met the driver, before getting in the cab, he starting trying to renegotiate the price to which I stated we were going to stick with the price agreed at the point of booking, after some back and fourth he eventually let us in. To pay the late fee we paid the parking as well as bank transferring the remaining price however this wasn't good enough and for the hour + journey the driver shouted at us demanding a tip and to pay 10-15 pounds more for other parking fees which if you read the T&C's from the company aren't incorporated in the price, something I repeatedly told the driver. We even had to call the company who hadn't stuck to their policy and took off the first half an hour and charged us a double late fee, something they amended by taking the price down to what it should've been. During the hour journey the driver shouted at us insulting our age, ability to pay money and threatened multiple times to pull over on a smart motorway  (no hard shoulder) to clarify the price with the company despite this being illegal, dangerous and only for use in emergencies. This wasn't the only issue, the driver wasn't fit to drive and was swerving on the motorway whilst holding his phone in one hand and driving with the other. It got so bad I had to inform the driver that this was dangerous and against the law which he initially listened to but then continued to go on the phone throughout the journey. As previously mentioned the driver demanded a tip before the journey had even finished. At one point I even began recording on my phone as I genuinely believed the driver would leave us stranded on a smart motorway, during this footage I got the driver demanding a tip, insulting our age and asking for more money. It was only 2 minutes out of an hour journey where the driver non-stop demanded money. Towards the end of the journey I made it clear I wasn't going to be bullied by the driver to pay more money, the driver then went back on his promise to call the company to clarify the price, something I'd already done during the journey, making us think he was threatened to do so to try and intimidate us to pay more money. On another note, following the booking of the cab I phoned Alfa cabs to confirm the price writing it down as I was told. Upon meeting the driver the price had changed from £55 to £62 not including any late fees, I decided not to fight this as after calling the head office they stated this was the price from the get go, meaning an admin error must've been made to cause this. To conclude, it is clear the drivers of this company are extorting multiple good willed customers under the guise that they must pay for parking and pay way over the odds for being late. My advice for anyone looking to book with these guys is to avoid the return leg as the cab drivers aren't following the rules, breaking agreements and attempting to intimidate passengers. It's clear that the admin side of the business needs to improve the quality of the drivers to avoid the one thing you wish to avoid and that is putting passengers at risk through poor, careless driving whilst keeping passengers stressed throughout the entirety of a journey. The driver of this journey was a Mr Mirzada with the a Volkswagen Sharen with it's reg ending GZH.

I used Alfa cars for the first time on 15th October. Ruislip to Gatwick £56, about the same as…read moreother mini-cabs firms in the area. What I liked about them was that shortly after making the booking I received a text to confirm what I'd booked. On the day itself, I received another text (at 04:45) to say the driver would be with me shortly. And sure enough, she turned up on time and got me to the airport on time. This was the first time I'd had a female taxi/mini cab driver. It's so nice to see women entering areas of work which traditionally have been monopolised by men. Well done Alfa and well done the woman that drove me to the airport!

I come to London often and this was the first time I used Airport Transfer. The communication and…read morebooking process was online and super smooth. The pricing was very reasonable. Upon arriving in London we found our driver easily. He was very courteous and the car was clean. Would use them again!

This is my first time booking (on-line) for a Chauffeur Service, to a foreign country (UK), for…read morerides between Heathrow Airport and my Hotel in London. Booked an arrival and return pick-up, for a total of 98 British Pounds. Not bad at all for a two way ride! ( A Black Cab will cost over 100 Pounds one-way from the airport) My driver called my cell phone at pre-arranged time, upon landing at Heathrow. He greeted us at the arrival exit, with a placard with my full name on it. The driver was very courteous and helpful with our luggage to the car. Bottles of waters are available in the car. On our return trip to the airport, the assigned driver arrived at the hotel early for pick-up and gave me a call. No stress and no-frills impeccable service! Highly recommended for travelers arriving in London with spouse/family and a lot of luggage! I cant imagine people travelling any other way!

The sale agent did not tell us itemization or total price . Forgery on agreement without…read morenotification of change , but only requested us to sign on the last page after asking for responsible of violation on road or parking . However when we returned the car, we filled full of tank of gas , and requested for receipt , then we knew the total price different than our original booking . and the manager promised to credit the fuel charge and invested others, but never did . They pretended dead without responding our email or money . As a business , not trustworthy, and has no interiority .

Heathrow is a notoriously terrible airport to get through customs and they have a terrible policy…read moreof charging if you go over one hour of wait time for the Meet & Greet at the airport which isn't fully under your control. I recommend going with a vendor without the policy. It is fully within their policy as you can see attached. But it's not a great policy in general and I've found it better to use other options. It's a business expense for me so it's not about the money, it's the logistics of wanting to submit the expense once and not have to go back. I have been charged by them for making them wait at the hotel a few minutes and that's completely understandable and we paid cash to driver and didn't bother to expense that. But this charge at the airport, I dislike as a policy. Since I'm updating, we also had a few drivers that were not great (not a huge percentage though) but did have one really scary driver in Feb 2017, which warranted an email. It's time we moved on.