My instructor Lina was excellent- encouraging and kind, but very precise with instructions and…read morecorrecting errors. I passed my G the first time with confidence. I really appreciated having a female instructor too.

It's been great so far! The intensive course feels like it drags on because of the session length…read morebut overall great course so far!

Jim's Driving School, Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario (613-731-1777)…read more What a great school! Very Professional. Sophia the Office Manager is very pleasant and excellent to work with. She helped us out a great deal. The course my daughter took was 30 hours on line theory and 10 hours of actually driving. The price was very competitive. The Driving Instructor was Gihad Qassem who was also excellent. My 16 year old daughter said Gihad was very professional, funny, knew how to teach, and made the driving lessons very enjoyable. My daughter took her G2 Driving test two days after passing the Drivers Education course, SHE PASSED the first time, so Jim's Driving School and Gihad must be doing something right! We highly recommend Jim's Driving School on Bank Street in Ottawa.

I took in car lessons with them, my instructor was very patient and very organized. I passed my…read moreroad test with them. I highly recommend them.

I had an outstanding experience with Above the Best Driving School. My instructor was very…read moreprofessional and knowledgeable. He was also present at the time of the test, and he gave me the confidence I needed to pass the G test in my first try. I would highly recommend the school for lessons!

Great driving school. Instructor has many years of teaching experience. They prioritize defensive…read moredriving. The skills that I learned though this school has helped me avoid multiple accidents. I would recommend Above the Best Driving School.

professional teaching method was very attractive very patient nice and easy techniques…read more very happy to learn from Salman he makes everything very easy for me

DO NOT USE THIS SCHOOL. Our son took their course during COVID when they were only offering online…read moreand in-car training. He wrote the final exam and completed the in-car training and we thought that everything was great. He now has his G2, but when we asked the school for the certificate to apply against our insurance we were told that he failed to complete 2 1/2 hours of online homework and so couldn't get a certificate because his allotted time to complete the course had expired. While some of the responsibility lies with our son for failing to finish the homework, COVID was a unique time and businesses were expected to adapt their processes, especially when dealing with 16-18 year old teenagers, to ensure that nothing fell through the cracks. The school should have been monitoring the progress of their students and sending out notifications or reminders when training was not complete, which they didn't. Norham, who initially took our call, told us that several families were in the same situation, so obviously there was an issue with their website instructions and it wasn't just our son. We were advised to call the MoT to get a letter of extension but when we called we were told that there was no such thing and that the onus was on the school . When we called back and asked to speak with a Supervisor at the school, Norham told us that there was no need as she would tell us the exact same thing. We had to argue for 10 minutes just to get her supervisor's name, only to find out that she was off sick and that the Owner was unavailable to take a call. Terrible customer service! Hannah, the supervisor, eventually got back to us after 2 weeks of repeated calls but the most they would offer was to allow him to retake the course at a discounted rate of $600. They took absolutely zero responsibility!! So after spending over $800 he has to take the training all over again, but this time it will be with a reputable company!!

The education course was not very helpful, the instructor who happened to be the manager of the…read morewhole driving school spoke about his life rather than teaching the rules and regulations behind driving. Whenever we'd come close to learning about driving all he would show us were driving videos you could find on youtube. 80% of class was based on his life stories, I know more about his life than I do about driving. He also made uncomfortable sexual comments and would make me and the only other female in the class extremely uncomfortable. When it came to the driving portion of my BDE course, my instructor Aswan was extremely unprofessional. She would always scream at me and hurt me twice when she'd aggressively take the wheel while I was driving. She barely spent time teaching me how to park and the ins and outs of how to use a vehicle. She made me cry twice because of how she'd treat me, sometimes mimicking me and yelling at me because she kept forgetting I was a g1 student training for my g2 instead of training for my G. She would always taunt me and question me and would admit its because she had a long day. She would forget when we would schedule appointments and blame it on me for making the dates up, she also slept in once and forgot to show up. I passed and got my G2 but that's because I did a lot of self-teaching and relied on a parent to take me around. I wouldn't say avoid this driving school but definitely avoid my instructor. The teacher, I won't name him because he is a genuine guy, but he's on the verge of retirement and it shows in his teaching methods, he is not fit to teach a class and its not his main position, he just subbed in for someone who went on vacation last minute. I think it would be a good school just not a great experience I had.

Their online course is a joke. Website is terribly designed, sometimes I can't login, my progress…read morewas completely reset once; The course material is tedious and a lot of it is repetitive or unimportant. There are 'breaks' in the course that don't let you progress for 3 minutes. Makes sense, you should take a break after a certain amount of time. But instead of being on a timer, they're built into the course. On multiple occasions I logged in and the first thing I was told to do was take a 3 minute break. The answers for the assessments are sometimes blatantly wrong, and some of the 'sub-habits' that the course revolves around are just synonyms for each other, making it quite difficult to actually learn anything. The course is built around timers, to prevent you from skipping through the whole course without actually reading anything, but I will have read the content and there will still be a minute left on the timer, completely wasting my time. Some of the content and questions/answers have grammatical mistakes and look like they've been written quickly and never reviewed. Also, their course is supposed to take 30 hours, but my estimate is that it takes 40-50 hours. During the course I spent two hours with the progress bar reading 49%, not moving up at all. I have a feeling there are many more things I didn't mention. TLDR : Their online course is terrible, useless, and a waste of time and money. I can't believe a large and well established/reputed company would dare to charge hundreds of dollars for a course like this.

Young Drivers is absolutely not worth the premium price. You will get better service from just…read moreabout any bargain driving school in town. YD thinks that it is fine to make customers wait over two months for an in-car lesson. They are accepting more students than they can handle and are unable to provide any flexibility when scheduling driving lessons. Save money and book with a driving school that can actually deliver driving lessons in a timely way.

From the owner: Roadcraft driving school is one of the best MTO-approved driving schools in Ottawa. We have the…read moremost experienced driving instructors in Ottawa, both male and female. Besides English, our in-car instructors speak French, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Filipino, Tigrinya, and Bengali. Besides MTO certified BDE program, based on student requirements, we provide personalized one-on-one driving training to improve students’ driving skills. Whether you are looking for a few tips for your road test preparation or looking for someone who will teach you basic driving skills and traffic rules, we can definitely help you with that. In-car driving lessons will be provided in a driving school car, and all our cars are licensed for driving training by the City of Ottawa. Cars also have commercial insurance for driving training and are equipped with both duel gas and duel break which provides additional safety as well as makes learning easy. Your ultimate cost will remain low as you will need fewer hours with us to prepare for your test. Car rentals for road rest are also available.

My first lesson was meh, my instructor was difficult to understand and would get slightly agitated…read morewith me. He was not greatly suited to me as for I get upset easily and he would not help with the nerves I had. I switched instructors (which ended up being the best decision!). The instructor that I had for the last 4 lessons was great. He made driving so much less stressful by chatting and really getting to know me as a person and driver. He was such a great instructor, knows his stuff, wouldn't ever get upset and gave great tips for my G2 test. Shoutout Tibor!

Waited a few months before writing this as I did not want to post reactively. Comparing this to…read moreYoung Driver's (where my eldest took lessons) it could not have been more different. Here is where DTSM absolutely failed my child: 1) did not teach them what a "blind spot" is ("shoulder check" without telling you why/where you are to look is completely useless and dangerous); 2) Did not teach u-turn (when questioned about this, the school admin said "I personally think they should be illegal"); 3) Did not take them driving at night; 3) Did not teach parallel parking (only to park behind a car - when questioned the driving instructor told my child - "there's plenty of parking in Ottawa - no need to parallel park"); 4) Did not allow my child to wear sunglasses to the point where I needed to insist/retrain this behaviour because it is a safety issue when you are blinded by the sun (obviously!); 5) Did not take them on the highway. Beyond this, parking was only practiced/taught the first lesson and reviewed at the last lesson, and my child was taught to drive under the speed limit by 5-10km/hr. All of this to say, I will not be taking my youngest child to this school when it is her turn to learn and would discourage others from choosing this driving school.

This is an excellent driving school. My daughter just passed her driving test on the first try…read more Instructor was on time and professional. Office easy to deal with. Good customer service.

HORRIBLE!!!!! Not even 1 star…read more Nothing good to say about this driving school company. Hard to get a hold of. One instructor did not speak to her or teach her anything - we asked to change - the other just belittled her and profiled her as a rich white girl that would pay her way out of anything. They are rude and disrespectful. Unfortunately, my kid didn't say anything until the end because she thought she had to go through her 10 hours of driving. I could go on with other stuff - like added costs and accommodate pick-up until it's time and then say they won't come in that location!!! JUST HORRIBLE ALL AROUND!!!! DO NOT BELIEVE THOSE 5 STAR REVIEWS!!!!!!

City drivers is an amazing school with top quality driving instructors. Radek helped me feel more…read moreconfident on the roads. I passed my G2 first time with no mistakes after signing up to this driving school. I highly recommend their full driving course, it will teach you everything you need to know! Thank you!!

Rodif Roflik is a scam, never gave a lesson because they're "too busy" yet keep taking in new…read morestudents and they charge again after you paid for the classes just so you can get your proof that you did the course. Instructor who is somehow also the owner is always late without notice, doesn't show up randomly and is very unprofessional and doesn't even know road laws. Charges so much for nothing ITS A SCAM!!! Been a year and I've only had ONE COURSE DONE!