Ena’s Driving School

The one star is for Sharmala, because she’s a great instructor. I paid for the 10 lesson package at the price of $ 355. My first two lessons were with Jose, he’s ok but his style is for someone who has driven before. Raymond was ok at first but I don’t know if he was having a bad day, but A. He kind of asked me out «If you do well on your next lesson, I’ll take you out to eat»…: I guess he was mad at my next lesson because he was rude as all hell. I said «but the other instructor told me.,» He interrupted to explain that he was not the other instructor and if I wanted the next instructor, I should go find him. I was in a car accident which I explained to him and that’s why I would get a little tense when I see cars headed towards me, he was rude and nasty, so I called the desk and told them to schedule me with Sharmala and explained to them his nasty ass attitude. Did she apologize? No. Did they reimburse me for the previous lesson? No. Instead I upgraded to a 15 lesson package. Oh silly me, but then again I have yet to pay the difference so I guess I’m not so silly. Also, they are ALWAYS LATE! I travel an hour since I was told they are too far to pick me up. Ok. But if I travel an hour and I am always on time, you should be too. Raymond was 45 minutes late on one session, and Sharmala was 30 minutes late on another, I was told that they over book for more money but my problem is that even when theyre near by, they are still late. Is it going to kill you to start at 1030? Not 1040, not 1055. Like figure your shit out, pee before you start. Something! I have a road test scheduled on the 27^th of January. Due to the storm, today’s 2 lessons were cancelled. I called after 12 as instructed to see about tomorrow’s lessons and Wednesday’s road test. The desk woman says «we will call you later to see if the DMV rescheduled due to the road conditions» That didn’t sit with me (hallelujah for my intuition) so I called the DMV and no, Jamaica queens road tests are not cancelled. I called back and told her no they were not cancelled, she tried to give me some lame excuse. I told her she doesn’t not have the authority to cancel my road test. I leave for Florida Feb. 1 and I need a road test before that. She said «well the drivers don’t want to come in «I told her I don’t care if the DMV deems the roads safe enough for a road test, you better figure out something. I work in BPC and my job still opened up and I was still expected to be there. They need to practice wherever the lesson is, because the road is obviously clear enough there since the DMV is still having road tests. I will keep you posted to see if they A. Prorate my package or B. Keep my 4 lessons tomorrow and my road test on Wednesday.

I recently took my driving test and passed on my first try! I purchased the 10 class package and had excellent instructors — Jose, Raymond and Sharmala. Raymond is great at laying down the fundamentals of driving. Jose is great at helping fine tune those turns and parking maneuvers. While I never took a class with Sharmala, she was the instructor who brought us to the site on the day of the test. She shared some helpful tips about driving and how the whole process works. In the end, everyone in my car passed!
Ena’s Driving School is a great school to learn and instill confidence in new drivers. The receptionists are very helpful and always provide reminder calls before lessons. I highly recommend them!

This one star is actually for an instructor not the owner, reception, other instructors, and the cleanliness of the building. Let me start off by saying stay away from David he is by far the most unprofessional, brash, and worst driving instructor I have ever had in my entire life.
This instructor was sexually inappropriate, overbearing, and volatile. I failed my road test after working with him by the way. I will not be returning to Ena’s driving school or sending any referrals unfortunately.

Took the road test today and I PASSED (so did the other students I took the test with), so big thanks to everyone at Ena’s. Everyone at the school was very friendly and professional, and most importantly they knew exactly what they were doing. Be proactive about your needs, and they will try their best to accommodate and meet them.
At Ena’s, the 5-​hour class was indeed five hours long. I thought it was going to be dreadful, but Mr. Dean was the facilitator and he made it as painless as possible, which was cool. David and Jose were my instructors, and I definitely felt prepared and confident for the road test thanks to them.
This would’ve been a 5 star review if it wasn’t for a minor issue I had with the main office. The school was flooded with students and they had a hard time calling me back when they said they would, and it happened so many times, including when it came to notifying me about my road test date. Pretty much I called in one day to ask for updates and was told that my road test was in two weeks time– at that point I didn’t even have my first class scheduled. But we worked it all out, and that’s what matters.

I could not have asked for a better experience. I am 36 yrs old and a 1^st time driver. I orignally begun learning 16 yrs agso and after an accident as a passenger left me badly hurt and burned i was traumatized. As a teacher it made me feel pretty horrible that I let my fear cripple me so I decided to change that this summer.
I found out about Ena’s from Unilocal,read the reviews and was convincouldn’tced this is where I needed to go and I had to use Sharmala as my instructor. From my very 1^st phone call Elizabeth (Office Assistant) took her time to answer my questions. I scheduled my 5 hr class right away and purchased the package for 10 lessons ($ 360) and scheduled my 1^st lesson.
I started my 1^st lesson on 6÷28÷15 and from day one Sharmala was super patient with me even though I kept fighting the staring and she had to talk to me a lot. My 1^st lesson she had me parallel park and gave me great pointers to always get it right. That had seemed like the hardest thing to do so when I saw I was able to do that it gave me hope. 5 lessons in I would still forget things but she was always calm and gave me positive criticism that I could use to make corrections. For my ⁶⁄₇ lessons she was on vacation and I had to user another instructor and he and I did not work well. I was happy for Sharmala to return to pick back up where we left off. She suggested I pay for the extra 5 ($ 115) and I did. Around lesson 9 things started to feel better and by 12 I knew I was on my way. The 5 extra lessons gave me huge confidence because I did not really have access to a car outside of the driving school. Today (9÷3÷2015) was my test and I passed. I got 15 points for parking a little too far away from the curb and for not checking once. I am so happy. Now I can return to work as a teacher who is finally driving. I plan to get a car and start driving myself right away.
If I had to do it all over again I would chose both Ena’s and Sharmala.

No frills driving school instructors are good should have more package deals for defensive driving.

I signed up for the 5 hour class and ten lessons. All of my instructors were professional, easy to get along with and very helpful. Before my first lesson, I never drove a car before. By the the end of my ten lessons, I felt comfortable and confident. I also passed my driver’s test on the first try! Definitely would recommend Ena’s Driving School to others!

This is an awesome driving school. I especially liked the fact that Charmela (my instructor) was patient and consistent. After 12 lessons I passed my road test on the first try. This is a good school to learn from if you have never driven or need a refresher. I recommend it to everyone. Don’t forget to ask for Charmela!!!

Can’t believe this place has only 1 review.
Today was my 1^st road test attempt with this school and I passed!
This is a good school where everybody is professional and nice. My instructor, Sharmala was great though she did scrap few minutes off my lessons sometimes. But I didn’t mind that as I got good instructions from her. I had a class each with Jorge and David too, they are good too. All the instructors were very specific with their suggestions and tips.
Best part — they try their best to instill confidence in you, which I really appreciate as it is important while driving even more so during the test. To top off, they are reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend this place!
P.S: It helps to be flexible with your schedule while taking lessons.

You know that nasty, gritty, cramped, dark, and dirty feel you get from walking into other driving schools? This place is the opposite. Nice and bright, clean, lots of open space… definitely not what I’ve seen at other driving schools. Everyone is super sweet and nice. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because it’s CASH ONLY, which no one informed me of until I arrived for my 5 hr class. That was annoying, but whatever. Dean was the instructor and he really does a great job of preparing you for the road test. 5hrs is 5hrs, and you have to do it, but he makes the class entertaining.

Unprofessional.
I signed up for one class with them and thank goodness I didn’t buy a full package. For my first lesson, the driver called me 30minutes after my scheduled class should have started to say he had just finished a lesson in the bronx and won’t be able to pick me up on time. 30minutes after the time my class should have started! I live in queens, so he knew he was going to be late for my lesson, why not make that call a little bit earlier instead of making me wait for you for over 30mins? very unprofessional. needless to say that was my last lesson with them. BE WARE: they have another location in holis, Queens listed under Unilocal with 4 stars review. Don’t know if it’s the same drivers at that location. But my experience with them was not good.

Stay away from Ena’s Driving School!!! I took a package with them and I’m extremely disappointed with the way they run their business. I arranged my working schedule and ran from work in the city to be home for my classes and they didn’t maintain their classes with me 5 times!!! twice they said that «my driver had an emergency» and they couldn’t pick me, they other 2 times they called me 15 minutes passed my schedule class and said the driver was running late and after I complained and spoke to a gentleman named VJ, I assume he is the owner or manager and he apologized, promise to give me a free class if I would give them one more chance they failed to pick me up at 6:00 pm on the day of and when I called at 6:15 pm to know the whereabouts of the driver, the young guy that answer the phone seems careless, unapologetic and just said the driver was late. Now my road test is in two weeks and I was fortunate enough to find another school to give me a few classes and go with me to the road test. Really this Ena driving school made me lose money and time. Worst experience ever. Stay away!!!

My husband and I joined ENA’s. I’ve driven previously, in my country, but my husband has not. Ena’s was very understanding and told me that I would be good with a 5 package and my husband took a 15 pkg. We both took out test yesterday and got our license.
What I liked about Ena’s: the people. They duly followed up and called with reminders before each class. Very flexible with our requests and were not very business minded in trying to push us to take more than needed. I felt that I was paying for what was required and their prices are also very reasonable.
Shyamala was my instructor. She was great! Vijay took our last class before the exam and ensured we perfected everything before our test. He knew spot on what needs to be improved and provided alternatives if one method didn’t work. My husband also had Mark and Dean who taught him and said they were all great as well.
I would recommend Ena’s to anyone. They truly give it their all to help you pass the exam and also give you so many tips to perfect your driving skills and parking skills!