Westside Driving School

Fantastic experience: I cannot recommend this driving school & specifically Elliott enough! I am in my 30s and have had horrible driving anxiety since i was a teenager so learning how to drive was very touch and go. Signing up for driving lessons was the best decision I’ve made, i feel so much more confident driving, really understand the dimensions of the car and even got my license! Something i really didn’t think I’d ever actually do. 10/10 across the board and having the lessons start and end at my house made it so easy for someone without a car!

Fantastic experience: Richard, my instructor is the best. Very calm, detail oriented, able to work patiently with a variety of different learning disabilities. Also very funny. I felt safe during my lesson despite walking in with alot of anxiety.

Positive experience: Elliott was an amazing driving teacher for my teenager. He’s a legend and still talked about 6 months later. Jen was nice and accommodating. Overall, I would recommend.

Fantastic experience: If you want to learn driving, ask Elliot to be your instructor! I have tried to learn driving on and off for a while and also tried some other driving schools in Portland area, but never felt right. It was only until I started practicing with Elliot weekly that I started to pick up the momentum and be comfortable with driving. I got my license after 6 lessons driving with Elliot. But the most important thing is that I now feel a lot more comfortable in driving than ever before. Elliot is an experienced driving instructor and has deep insights on what you need to master driving. Elliot makes driving very concrete. He has different color tags in the car, and has various little concrete techniques for me to understand lane positions, lane changes etc. Those were crucial for me to get started and overcome my fear. Over time, I no longer think about those tags much anymore, but it was absolutely useful at the beginning. Elliot is very calm. I am always pretty nervous about driving on the highway because of the speed. Elliot gives me confidence and reassures me that I am ready and I don’t need to worry. With his help, I have gotten more comfortable driving on high way. I will continue to practice with Elliot despite that I have gotten my license. It is such a good experience and I think I can always improve more. I highly recommend Elliot to you too!

Fantastic experience: Okay, I said I would write this review many moons ago and never got around to it but think about it at least twice a week so here goes nothing. I received lessons from Elliot in late 2021 and early 2022. I received my license in high school, however, never had my own vehicle and then lived in very walkable cities so driving wasn’t ever a necessity. Fast forward to a decade later, I was not very comfortable driving so I reached out to Westside Driving School after not being satisfied with another driving school in the area. I was scheduled with Elliot who is very calm, knowledgeable, and encouraging – the exact kind of person you want teaching you the rules of the road. I found the driving instruction so incredibly helpful and structured which I prefer. I don’t believe the instruction changes for licensed drivers vs. individuals practicing so you start from the bottom and build on that. If I excelled in some aspect, we’d move on to the next, so I didn’t feel like I was wasting my time on something I already had a handle on. After my first package of lessons concluded, I bought one more. I really attribute this to Elliot being a fantastic teacher who really taught me a lot and built up my confidence on the road. After each lesson we reviewed what I did well and what needed work. I also got notes emailed to me outlining what we practiced, tips and videos on certain maneuvers, etc. I really couldn’t recommend Elliot enough!