The staff is amazing. Ofelia and Elisa are so kind. I would like to say thank you to Elisa…read more I passed my driving test today. My driver instructor was Elisa. who helped me to get my driving licence and explained to me what I should expect on my test. She was on time for all of our driving lessons. Thank you so much for your help and endless support in getting my licence. With your guidance and patience you taught me the skills to become a safe driver. Thank you for giving me the confidence to drive and for helping me to overcome my nervousness. Your lessons were very informative, well-structured and I really appreciated your encouragement. I will recommend you to anyone who is interested in learning to drive. Thank you so much for doing hard work with me!! Shweta Rani Bansal

Been to another driving school before I never finished my lessons because I never felt so welcomed…read morethen 405 Woow Amazing stuff would highly recommend , passed by driving exam week ago am very comfortable and confident on the road thanks to Ashton, would like to give a big shoutout to Danny you sure know how to calm peoples nerves lol ,and thank you for your kindness the world need more people like you Sithulisiwe

What a wonderful experience to go through together with future drivers step by step processes and…read moreencouragement for these kiddos to move on to next step. So worth the price and time to make sure they are learning correctly how to be on the roads safely. Staff was so incredible. Granddaughter finally passed today. I would highly recommend this class. Thank you for the encouragement and cheering her on from the 911 team.

Passive aggressive instructors. Seems to be a culture. I live and work nearby and have seen a…read moremultitude of questionable actions and behaviors. I do not recommend. I'm sorry.

One of the instructors made some inappropriate comments about body weight during instruction. Not…read moreonly is that offensive, but consider the age difference a class of teens, many young girls and an adult man making a comment that has absolutely zero to do with driving. hard pass

great service Rickio is a great instructor was very helpful during the entire lesson will…read moredefinitely recommend to anybody.

Amazing, honest and supportive, this is what they are! For me driving was the toughest task to…read moreaccomplish. I had this great fear and was easily intimated by the vehicles moving in opposite direction. I started my classes with 911 back in 2014, Ed took my classes and he was a great instructor. I was pregnant at that time and before I could take a test, my baby was already here so It took me 1.5 years to rejoin the school again! I was nervous to start my driving again and started with 10 classes package. Robert (also the owner of 911 redmond) took my third lesson and I wish he had taken all my classes before. All I needed was confidence and from that 1 class I was more than ready to take my test. He said that I do not need any more lessons coz I am good to take the road test. This shows their level of honesty and supportiveness one would expect from their instructors. I took one more class just to analyze myself where I stood and following week took my test and bingo I cleared it! I cannot thank enough Robert for all the confidence he gave me. Inreally think that every student should be given atleast one class with Robert; he is a magician! From all the instructors I got, I really liked Robert, Ed and Rami Lopez. One particular thing that can be improved is the number of different instructors a student gets. I took 4 classes and every time with a new person. It sometimes gets confusing coz every instructor has different style of teaching. It would be really great if you get the same instructor in every class or atleast most of the classes. But bottom line is this school definitely is the best!

Unless you want your driving students to be traumatized for the rest of their lives, STAY AWAY. The…read moreinstructors are incredibly rude, and have insane road rage. These are not the types of people you want any potential driver to be learning from. Seriously, my brother tried getting lessons from them and would come home and have nervous breakdowns. These instructors are idiots and know nothing about safely handling vehicles, and I honestly question who gave them their licenses. 911 Driving School: get your instructors some therapy. That's the real emergency here. These lunatics are on the road and scarring future drivers. I would love to give zero stars.

Ask for the yellow packet for written test, supposed to be easier. Arrive early before they run out…read more& give you the red packet. I feel that they tried to make extra money by starting the drive test with parallel parking both times which can result in auto fail. Had to pay for the drive test 3 times. Also hard to get a hold of them on the phone. I do think all the drive schools are like this these days. Good luck to all the new drivers. Lincoln is best out of all, ask for him if you don't want rude teachers.

This company must have a policy where they only return calls and never answer. I called multiple…read moredays in a row at different times within business hours (while avoiding any lunchtime) and not once did they pick up. Very frustrating as you can only schedule tests after paying without seeing available dates and times.

My eldest attended Swerve for her drivers' ed (and they were great) but my youngest attended the…read moreRedmond 911 Driving School, as it was closer to our house and they accepted payment installments (when Swerve no longer did so. Thanks, 911!!!). The Redmond branch was great, but when it came time to take her driving test, our Redmond site was booked up for days and days. I called this Kirkland branch and the lady I spoke to was super helpful and was able to give my daughter the last available opening (this was in late December 2016, on New Year's eve afternoon). I think it was their last availability in the year, for any of their branches. We rushed there right away! The venue here is small but cute, with antique metal car/driving/gas station signs posted and a large toy police car on display. A man named Denny was assigned to take my kid out for her driver's test. He was terrific. Very thorough and very fair. My kid passed - barely, - and was explicitly told afterwards where she lost points and what she needs to work on. We were explicitly told the next steps in the process (i.e., where we needed to go, what we needed to bring to the DOL, what it would cost, even the best time to visit, etc). Even though we were the last appointment here, late in the afternoon on New Year's eve, and the place was closing up and no one else was there, never once did Denny try to rush us out so he could leave. I was SO impressed by that. It was New Year's eve, and he stayed to help us out! Now that's excellent customer service!

The staff at this driving school were extremely rude and unprofessional. Communication was near…read moreimpossible, and they treated me and my family disrespectfully. I wouldn't recommend this school. Definitely go somewhere else.

If you or your child has a fear of water, I can not recommend Orca Swim enough! As an adult, I was…read moreone of those people who wouldn't even put their face in the water and now I can confidently hang out in the deep end and even go snorkeling in open water, something I wouldn't have considered a couple years ago. Yes, the classes are more expensive than most courses, but you spend a lot of time in the water with each class and you get individual attention with the small class sizes. Not to mention that being in a class with other students who were as petrified as I was made me feel like I wasn't alone. You also get a nice warm pool so you don't have to worry about staying warm and can just have fun. These courses are for true beginning students. Instead of focusing on strokes, they focus on being comfortable in the water no matter what you are doing. I tried several classes around the area before these and the instructors would dive right into teaching us the strokes and only had 30 minute class times. That's fine if you swam as a child and want a refresher, but didn't work for me as someone who had avoided water all of my life. Orca Swim classes were completely worth the money! I have no regrets and have since taken additional classes here or just gone back to enjoy the warm pool. As a note: This is one of two locations in the area -- the other is in Seattle. I've been to both and would recommend you use whichever one works with your schedule and your commute. I believe they also teach classes at other locations around the Sound, so go to their website for more info.

We went to our sons first swim lesson with Orca. Unfortunately, I was disappointed with the…read morefacility and how it is marketed on the website. I felt with a nice website, a private swim school, and higher prices, the facility would match what is offered. I cant believe how unprofessional and how a business is legally operated out of that place. "This is a private indoor pool with many outdoor features like beautiful plants that surround the deck. The pool has both shallow and deep water, it also features a small hot tub. The water temperature in the pool is a consistent 90 degrees. Our classes are exclusive to this pool." Pros: 1) Importantly, the teacher was amazing with kids Cons: 1) The facility/pool looked horrendous. The floors around the pool, the bathrooms were filthy. The random chairs, some dirty , some clean, lack thereof etc... 2) Hot tub? it looked like a hot mess with junk toys and leaves at the bottom of it. 3) Parking situation is a nightmare. Check out the facility before signing up!