Sonia’s Driving School

Hello all looking to participate in a driving course. My name is Teresa. And I hope Stephanie and Sonia remember me. I was justing having late night thoughts about my car and my license and I remember what I had to do to get to that point. The car was easy just purchase the car and fill out paper work but the driving course SUCKED. I went to sonias because it was the cheapest school I can find. I lived in 1hr by MBTA transit away from the school but still came. Anyways the classroom hours is essentially reading the driving permit book aloud. We can all do tht at home !! And ⁷⁄₁₀ of the class ALREADY had their permits ! That part wasn’t the bad part. It was the fact it took me a MONTH after the classroom hrs were over to actually start driving lessons. And once I completed that it took me legit another MONTH for my road test. But wait, theres more. I was assigned august 8^th and by august 6^th I did not get a call confirming my road test so I called. And i was told I wasnt on the list !! After waiting a whole damn month. I tried to explain to stephanie that I really needed to take my test in August 8^th because I was going off to college out of state that same weekend. She didnt care much, all she said was shes sorry and cant do much. So I called the dmv to see if anything was possible for me to be squeezed in and they told me that «SONIAS DRIVING SCHOOL STILL HAD A FEW MORE AVAILABLE SPOTS FOR AUGUST 8^th» !!! After stephanie told me it was the dmvs fault and there was no more space. Mind you, shes the one who assigned me august 8^th to begin with! Long story short this isnt a good school for driving because they play with your time which is essentially playing with your money. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL AT ALLL! And trust my advice, once again this is an updated notice from 2015! Btw I started the classroom course hours in May and was «assigned» aug 8^th for my road test. Thats 4 months of your time wasted if you want that. I ended up making my own appt with dmv luckily a found a road test available in Lowell, so i went out there and passed! (it took me 2 times to pass, i failed in dorchester)

Please don’t loose your time. Unprofessional school, tu haces una appointment y te dejan si es posible Hasta vestido. Very very bad school.

DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE!!! You have been warned! Unprofessional!!! They don’t return calls or emails. They cancelled my daughters road test twice! Spend the extra money some where else and save your sanity!!!

don’t wast your money and time. you will fail to pass. thes people just playing games they keep postpone your schedule and change it. the school need to improve a lot of things before teaching student. i just fail because these is really very bad school

Do yourself a favor and don’t even bother with this place. I’m 18 years old and I called to book a road rest and the person on the phone is so unprofessional but I gave it a chance either way and booked my appointment … They never called me to tell me the time so I had to call. I went in for my road test at 7:30 am and didn’t take it until 9:30 am. Sonia and the officer were so rude that when I made mistakes driving they would laugh and make a joke out of it … As if I wasn’t nervous enough … The officer barely gave directions and Sonia didn’t even let me think when driving and kept interrupting. I understand I did make errors but also they did cause majority of them … Horrible place and very unprofessional please save your money and go somewhere else

agree 1000% with massiel g. Boston, MA
The place is a joke i guess you get what you pay for my son failed 2 road test before passing really what did i pay for i had to take him out before his 3^rd road test and teach him everything i paid Sonia’s to teach him they should not be teaching our children to be behind the wheel
i wonder how many other people have had these same things happen it sounds all to familiar to me
This lady shouldn’t even own a business! They over book, they don’t call to cancel, and when you call to ask why they didn’t pick you up they say you never made an appointment!
when they do show up the cut the lesson in half no wonder my son never learned a damm thing
had this same exact experience taken from massiel g.
Oh and best of all if they can’t find your street they will not pick you up! I was driving and we were looking for an address for the next student, we couldn’t find it (hello GPS aren’t that expensive) so he calls the office and says «well if I don’t find him just tell him I can’t pick him up»!! Completely ridiculous and unprofessional… the secretary will forget to put you in the schedule and no one will pick you up, then she will be rude to you to top it off!
then when you call to complain Sonia is never there and will not return a phone call
PLEASE DON’T SEND YOUR CHILD HERE ITS A BIG MISTAKE IF YOU DO!
you can teach them to drive better on your own

I went to Sonia’s because of it’s proximity to my house. I had heard and read some reviews that weren’t very good and I was apprehensive. BUT… What a great experience. I had great instructors, especially John. So good. Gave me the confidence I needed. And such a nice guy. The office staff was great too. Called to confirm appointments, and they were always so nice. I would recommend Sonia’s. I passed the driving test easily. The examiner was impressed with my ability. Thanks Sonia’s!

This is the worst driving school. Please save your money and spare yourself the hassle. The business is literally run by children. The receptionist couldn’t of been any older that 16. The driver instructors accents are so thick you can barely understand what they are saying. The school cancelled my lessons unannounced and they changed the instructor on me several times when I specifically asked for the same instructor. They are highly unprofessional and disorganized. They are rude when the speak to you. Terrible experience!