UCode

Both of my kids have been coding here for about six months. They have learned a lot. The scheduling is really flexible so we can work around other commitments. All the instructors have been patient and knowledgable. Both of my kids know way more about coding than I do now.

UCode may be a good place for children to learn coding, but beware… Once your child stops going, they will continue to charge your credit card for the monthly fee. And, while you will leave voice mail messages for their billing dept, you will not receive a return call. Hopefully, your American Express is the credit card you’ve used because that’s the way we were able to get our money back.

I love this place for my son so I am glad I didn’t read the Unilocal reviews before I came in. Like some other people I had a hard time with the scheduling but Alex has helped me through my confusion patiently and effectively. They have answered my questions

U code in Hermosa Beach rocks. I recommend it to anyone that want their kids to be competent in computers in the future.

Working here has been pretty good for the 5 months I’ve been here. Teaching code and critical thinking to kids who are not even in high school yet is really awesome. I didn’t acquire these skills until the last two years of high school. It’s a great idea and I hope UCode keeps continuing and expanding. The staff is great and I feel like the curriculum really works.

My 6 year old loves it! I was initially uncertain after reading a few reviews, but our experience has been nothing but fantastic. Our teachers (Gus has been our primary) have been wonderful and patient, helping make my son feel welcome and engaged. We go 2x a week and he wants to go every day! The typing practice is a nice surprise and fits in well with the request from the Hermosa View principal to lay that foundation in preparation for future school testing. The campus director, Alex, has been great with all our scheduling changes. Give it a free trial class and see if it works for you. We couldn’t be happier.

I agreed to have my 8 year old daughter try Ucode in hermosa beach for one month. I was told there was no contract to sign. It was a very relaxed transaction in person. I was told that I could create a class schedule online and my receipt would be emailed to me. I was unable to create my daughters schedule as the site wouldn’t allow me. Finally, I had to contact the person who signed me up and he sent me a link. Thereafter, It was still problematic to create a schedule… I only logged in once… Then saw there were no morning classes… Too time consuming, no customer service, Wanted my money reversed on my cc… I was told I couldn’t get my money refunded due to there terms and conditions… I said what terms and conditions… I didn’t sign or see anything… I asked to speak to the owner, Scott mueller… They said he would call me… It’s been a week… No call! Still have not received my money back… my daughter took 0 classes. I finally got an emailed receipt three weeks from my initial transaction. Your review helps others learn about great local businesses.
Please don’t review this business if you received a freebie for writing this review, or if you’re connected in any way to the owner or employees.

Love the concept, and the initial days were AMAZING. But after many frustrations with them loosing the code my son wrote, being unable to join in games due to broken machines, we decided to discontinue.
If you do decide to join, GO WITH YOUR CHILD. One Minecraft Saturday, I sat and watched my son walk from machine to broken machine one Saturday (a monitor on one, a keyboard on another and two that couldn’t see the servers). Despite the staff seeing my son walk from machine to machine, no one helped or offered assistance until I went to go get them. Even then, he could play the game, but not join in since his machine couldn’t see the server and the staff made no apology just kind of said, that happens. (We had the same reaction when he lost the code he was working on which frankly was devastating).
For $ 200 a month, I expect better. Don’t get me wrong, there are some really neat technology and great staff here, but an equal or greater amount of duds. Such a shame as it is a great concept but has poorly maintained equipment and inconsistent staff. Also, we are still waiting for them to stop billing us. Despite being assured my membership was cancelled and refunds are on the way, the $ 200 showed up on my card again this month, and still waiting for the $ 400 to be taken off.

I signed my son up for u code in December because they were having a special promotion going at the time. The man that I spoke with on the phone when I had signed up asked if I would like to sign up for recurring payments each month. I told him no, and that we would just like to sign up just for the month to see if this was something my son would be interested in. A month later I received a statement on my credit card for $ 200. I called and emailed ucode to find out why this charge was on my statement and asked for it to be removed because I did not sign up for recurring payments. They replied by telling me that they would call me back later — which they never did. After having to call back over and over again in attempt to find out what was going on, the manager finally tells me that they will not reverse the charge on my credit card because when I signed up a «pop up box» came into my computer telling me that I agreed to this. I told them this did not happen and that this was not what I was told when I signed up. Their resolution to this issue was to give me the credit for the classes that was charged to my account without my approval. Needless to say after dealing with them, I called my credit card company and asked them to cancel that credit card because I don’t feel safe knowing that they have my cc info and can charge whatever they want to it without my permission. It’s sad that some businesses have to resort to stealing people’s money in attempt to run a business.

My 8-​year-​old daughter loves this place! My review may be a bit premature since I just signed her up last week and she only attended one session so far, but she was beaming with joy after the first time! She actually ASKED me to review this place on Unilocal!And she’s not even a gamer! She has taken some early robotics classes at school, which she didn’t appreciate much since the teacher for those classes didn’t have any computer knowledge and she has to rely on other kids to learn anything (which is not productive with a bunch of 8 – 9 year olds). But at UCode, there are young, knowledgeable teachers in a friendly, clean, un-​chaotic environment. She learned to program a simple game in her first lesson and the sense of accomplishment was very motivating. Here’s an added bonus: they sneak in math while they’re teaching programming! It goes hand in hand with some of the features they have to program, so they get extra math while programming. I hope the enthusiasm continues as she learns more but so far it seems excellent! It’s a bit pricey but I think it’ll be worth it. Thanks, UCode!

My 2 boys love it. The staff is very helpful and great with all the kids. In 2 weeks they have learned how applications work not just how to work applications.

It’s pretty amazing what a motivated child can do here with UCode’s energetic and enthusiastic teachers and lots of cool technology. Kids are learning without even realizing it! My daughter has made several programs, and then comes home and «plays» some more!

If your child has an interest in computers, this is the place to go! Excellent program. I would happily give ten stars to this business if it were possible. Your child will learn programming skills while having fun, and never even realize that they are also getting a huge amount of math experience at the same time.