I am really sad to write that my experience with this school was one of the worst. I am not a believer in posting bad reviews but this experience made me feel to write about this horrible experience. I only took two brush up classes with a senior person. In my first class he passed comments I did not appreciate at all but I ignored. In my final lesson and same day as of my test, he was late for 15 minutes. As we started the lesson he started yelling at me , I kept my cool as much I could. Finally I requested to be gentle as this is my exam day. He told me " Your examiner is going to have fun". Imagine this kind of person your instructor and on the top it after 30 minutes this is your exam. I kept faith in myself and I did wonderful in my exam. If you are instructor, you need to have patience. Making fun of the person, ethnicity , country of origin is not acceptable. Please avoid this place. Read Less

Updating since I finally got my lessons in maybe a year ago. School is very accomodating, I reserved in advance and was able to get 2 lesson packages done within a month or two. Still wasn't the most organized organized, if the lady at the office handling calls said she would get back to me later, I could almost count on her forgetting. Also, I didn't feel too comfortable with my instructor. He scolded me after one of my first lessons, saying thst I would never pass. Towards the end of my last lesson package, he pushed me to take the road test, but I felt like I couldn't trust him, so I went with Stevens school instead. Read Less

Great experience with my driving instructor, Bill! He was extremely calm, cool and super friendly. I never dreaded a lesson with him. He taught me everything I needed to know very clearly and made driving easy. His confidence in my driving in return gave me confidence in my driving. Best teacher I could've asked for. All in all, I passed the road test and it was a good experience leading up to it. Read Less

The in-classroom with Tony is the worst thing one could experience and sit through. I wouldn't wish it on one of my worst enemies. Tony would constantly loose track on what he was saying and branch off into some personal experience that has nothing to do with driving. However even though the in-classroom was horrible, the in-car with my instructor Bill was fantastic!! It did not matter what kind of mood I was in but as soon as I sat in that car, I would always have a big smile on my face no matter what. He is halarious and over all a great person to be around in general. Bill helped me sort of come out of my shell and helped me gain a new confidence driving. If I didn't have Bill as my in-car instructor I don't know how I would have passed my road test! 100% ask for Bill!! You won't be let down!! Read Less

The classroom days went great but they were not as good as the in-car. Bill was my instructor who I loved greatly. Every time I would get in the car he would greet me and ask me about how my day was going. Also, I could drive almost wherever I wanted. I was more able to relax and not worry much. I will remember the great conversations that we had that made me feel more comfortable and made our group more of a family. I would highly recommend Bill as an instructor. Read Less

My driving instructor was Bill. At first I had Chuck. I was later transferred to Bill and had the best driving experience. I wasn't afraid to drive and got better with every class. He was brutally nice and insanely hilarious. Everyone in the car could pick what they wanted to work on. You could go anywhere. This allowed for more experience instead of a scripted course. I had a great time and learned a lot. Every time I went to class, I wasn't dreading but excited to go to the in car. I didn't care too much for the classroom part with Tony. The in car with Bill is by far the best driving class experience anyone in their right mind can ask for! Read Less

I had multiple instructors who helped me to improve on my driving skills. Dave told me the basics and fundamentals of driving, the second instructor helped me to understand and polish my skills. My third instructor, probably one of the most cool guys I had so far, Bill instructed me on different kinds of roads to drive on. It allowed me to understand what to do in each road condition there is. These three instructors were very kind to me and was a wonderful experience to be with them. Their lessons were amazing. The driving tester was also a pretty chill person as well. The test was over pretty quickly and also helped me to realize how much I actually learned from the instructors I had. This was one of the best experiences I had so far. I would definitely recommend others to come to this school as well. Read Less

Worst place EVER! I would absolutely not use this place again or recommend. I had paid for full course lessons for my child and wish I did my research first because I would not have. I have two other children that will not be going here. The secretary is horrible and when I had an issue the owner refused to speak with me. Totally unprofessional! Read Less

Great driving school, I had very little Driving Experience before I started my lessons. I was a very nervous driver and beginning but after a while I became a very relaxed driver and a good one at that. I had Bill as my instructor and he was amazing, he would always give good feedback about what I did and did not do correctly. He would ask what I think I needed to work on and we would work on that specific thing till I felt comfortable. The ladies at the office were also very helpful and nice every time I spoke with them on the phone. A big thanks to everyone at Buffalo driving school for helping me get my license. Read Less

This is the most unprofessional business I have ever encountered. No call, no show, poor excuses for why they didn't show. Person answering the phone has no customer service etiquette. Horrible experience. Read Less

Terrible driving instructor, he said I was frustrating and was pretty much mad that I didn't know how to drive and didn't have anyone at home to teach me how to drive (which is why I'm paying for someone else to). Every lesson was horrible, he would explain something that I wouldn't understand and not try to explain it differently in a way I would understand. Read Less

Would give negative stars if I could. I have been to 15 countries and lived in 4 of them, and this is the single worst business i've ever seen/heard of. I would not even call it a 'school' because it's really just an office with an extra desk but i'm not even judging on that. The instructor I had (one of their 2 i believe) called sam was straight up an arrogant judge-mental racist dick (who would yell at you for nothing, act self-righteous while saying mean terrible things to you, etc.) AVOID AT ALL COST unless you are masochistic. Read Less

It's really weird to be in your 20s explaining to people that you just don't drive and never have. It's even weirder in your thirties. So recently, at the age of 31, I figured I'd pay a professional a bunch of money to see if my suspicion was correct: am I an unteachable person who will never drive? I picked Buffalo Driving Schools because they offer a beginner package that includes unlimited road tests until you pass for no additional cost. They also offer the NYS 5-hour course ($30 extra but when you roll it into the beginner's package it still comes in just under $500).A few times a week for about a month, my instructor picked me up at home, had me drive me around my neighborhood in Kenmore and near the test area in Tonawanda. It turns out that, for me, learning to drive just required more instruction that my parents/husband/friends had been able to give me ("turn better" and " you should have stopped at that stop sign" never really helped me much). My instructor at the BDS broke each 45 minute lesson down into specific things to work on so I could gradually build up all the skills I needed to pass my road test. Either he is an amazing teacher or I'm just less unteachable than I thought because I passed my test on the first try without even taking the allotted number of lessons (I received a refund check for the remaining lessons less than a week after getting my license). They also offer single lessons if you want to work on, for example, winter driving conditions (pretty sure I'll be giving them a call in December for that one).Highly recommend making this investment if you (or someone more appropriately aged in your life) needs/wants to learn to drive. It's a surprisingly good investment and I especially like how I don't have to walk home from Target carrying cat litter anymore. Read Less

Not happy at all with this company at all. I just hope that she can pass her driving test with the little instruction she has been given. Instructor is always late or early and the driving lessons are supposed to be 45 minutes. Not one lesson has been 45 minutes. Read Less

I'm coming back to write this review 3 years after taking classes from Buffalo Driving Schools. I took their classes back in 2011. I had no experience behind the wheel prior to their lessons. I took nine 45 minute lessons and passed the NYS driving exam on the first try. After passing I started driving locally and went on driving on the highway gradually after 3 months. I've been driving for three years now and have never got into a major car accident or ticket thanks to some of their defensive driving tips and very systematic driving instructions.I've moved away from Buffalo since then, but after seeing how some other driving school is like in other cities from the experiences of my friends, and how some of my friends were driving like under the teaching of non professional instructors (their parents or their friends) I felt compelled to write this review and thank their professionalism. I highly recommend any one in Buffalo take their lessons. Read Less

This is a great place to learn how to drive for both teens and older adults. The instructors are very patient and knowledgeable. I was able to pass my road test the first time thanks to the Buffalo driving school Read Less