Hawaii Driving Institute

I have two teens who went through this course. The instructor is great and patient.

Would recommend for anyone trying to get their liscence. Excellent teacher.

Ron Aoki explains things well and makes things easier. He's very patient and explains things thoroughly when behind the wheel. As long as you listen and remember everything he says, you'll do well. He also cares about his students. I had both of my kids learn from him and I was amazingly surprised that he remembered my son from over 3 years ago!

Mr. Ron Aioki was a pleasure to work with as a parent and our twins did great at his driving school and both passed their driving tests the very first time. He is professional and would even pick up or drop off at school or a different location if you scheduled it with him in advance. This helped during school a great deal. Loved the Saturday classes that allowed our daughters to finish faster than if classes were only on weekdays.

More than 5 stars! Ron's classes are jam packed! He is an awesome teacher! Covers all facets of learning; a)Hands on, b)observation with 3 people in car. c)class-reading books, Watching videos Anonymous here is the truth; Complaint: GIVES only 30 MIN LUNCH 1. Who starts this first? Somebody flunked high school. Why didn't you complain about starting at exactly 7:45 and ending exactly at 2:15?

You must be the one student that was falling asleep. Complaint: BAD MOUTH OTHERS 2. Bad mouth others. Ron is honest. Very Rarely complains about others Complaint: YELLS 3. Maybe a couple times. He is serious about his career! COMPLAINT: EXTRA FEES 4. My son missed the first hour and he stayed after an hour for free! I am in a wheelchair. He is very compassionate. COMPLANT: ON THE PHONE 5.

On the phone. During video only. He is busy with so many students trying to enroll. My suggestion, find a bigger classroom! COMPLAINT: BEHIND the WHEEL 6. Behind the wheel. Maximizes learning with him and 2 drivers. What a brilliant idea! Students Learn by observation! He is very patient and works your schedule as number 1 priority! Aloha & Blessings Jimmy, Student. 100% satisfied Karen Parent. 100% satisfied!

I agree with all the other people. 1. I took his class during my winter break and he only gives you 30 minutes for lunch. That includes buying your lunch, waiting for your take out lunch, and eating your lunch. 2. He talks bad about all the other instructors but he himself isn't good. He's been teaching for 20+ years but don't be fooled. HE CANNOT TEACH.

He basically EXPECTS you to know all these terms and rules but when you don't understand, he doesn't teach and he blames your mistakes on you. 3. He says he NEVER yells but then he blames every mistake on you. Saying how its your fault for not accerlating fast enough, or how you can't see the parking stall. Instead of correcting and teaching you, he blames you and makes you feel really bad and makes you want to give up. 4.

I text him a few days before that I cannot make a BTW lesson, and he charges me $53 dollars. No where in the class has he warned or told us that we will be fined for missing a lesson. All he wants is the damn money. He is a SCAM. I could go swearing. 5. He's constantly on the phone. Either texting or talking to other clients as if you weren't there.

He doesn't respect his current students. 6. His BTW lessons are so wrecked. You have 5 lessons and he basically puts you on the freeway on the 3rd lesson no matter how much driving experience you have. FYI: the 3rd lesson can be in 1 or 1 1/2 weeks (not that much time) If you can't drive correctly, as I said before, he'll just blame it all on you and how crappy you are.

In summary, he is the WORST. DONT GO TO HIM. He praises himself but all his wants is the money in the end. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. but this is my personal experience. I'm sorry Ron, you are a disgrace and no one should waste their time and money on you. You need to find another job.

I recommend taking this class, helped me get a perfect score on my roadtest first try! You won't regret it

My daughter just completed the classroom course with HDI and Ron did a great job. Since my daughter is completing high school outside of the US we had to ask Ron if he could accommodate our scheduling needs and he was happy to help us out. He is very caring, attentive and really cares about making sure the kids are safe and responsible on the road.

Loved it! Our son passed his road test on the first try. Ron is friendly and responds quickly to text and emails, he gives out a helpful tip sheet before the test.

Great class to learn more and to become a better driver. Ron is a great mentor & he's so cool, full of energy and keeps the class very fun! I highly recommend this class for everyone.

I'm upset by the other low rated review as I had a completely different experience. The instructor has had over 15 years in the business and hands down allowed me to learn driving techniques safely and as clearly as possible. Having had already had a permit in the state of North Carolina, I had to redo drivers Ed here due to some of the minor changes in the rules. I can say my experience was much different and hands down think you won't find a better instructor on the island.

I totally agree with Chris M. I had an even worse experience at this driving school. This rating should actually be negative stars. First of all, this guy named Ronald Aoki does not have any special teaching skills or know how to teach. All he does is talk and joke about random stuff and he has absolutely no patience while I'm driving. At the end, he blamed everything on me for making mistakes which he never gave me any clear explanations.

It was totally a waste of my valuable time and money. It was so obvious how much he sucked once I went to different driving school like right after. Unlike somewhere, I definetly learned the right skills from other institute more than enough to pass the driving test at once. AVOID THIS DRIVING SCHOOL!

Mr. Ron Aoki helped me with all of the fundamentals of driving in a short period of time. Ron was VERY patient with me, especially from the beginning. Every behind-the-wheel lesson, he made sure that my brother and I were well equipped with whatever Ron was teaching us that day. I took my driver's test for the first time today, and I passed! If you are looking to learn how to drive with a trustworthy teacher, Hawaii Driving Institute is the place to go!

Such a joke. On the first day, he was telling me how great he was and that he is the best in the island while saying nasty stuff about others. Their office is actually in downtown next to Honda. I didn't get receipt on my payments and the instructor named Ronald Aoki didn't give me receipts on any of my payments. He just asks for the money right after driving.

He even told me I dint pay one time but I did. He was constantly on his phone while I was driving(first time). He was negotiating with new customers while on the road. He had too many excuses too. He had to cancel one of my trip because he said somebody banged his car and was talking to the police at that time. But the funny thing is he took the same car to my next schedule without any visible damage!

On my supposed to be last day, we had to cancel because he said he would be in the other island during that day. I never got to learn how to park at all. And to add, while on the road with me, he told me he haven't renew his permit to teach yet. He was actually teaching with an expired license. $50/ 1.5 hour isn't worth it with this guy. ====== I ain't going to take back what I said because that's what I experienced.

How can I be mistaken if I got your name right and when I said the location is next to honda, that's the honda in bishop street. It's that all glass on the corner. There's 2 other reviewers that supports my instance so you can't say I'm making this stuff up.