Juliens Driving School Isle of Wight

Negative experience: Paid £380 for 10 hours worth of lessons, stated to me that he does refunds but didn't provide me with an invoice or reciept. First couple lessons were very poor, repeatedly forgot who I was and assumed each consecutive lesson was my first, every lesson forgot my address and had to spend half an hour guiding him through ryde to my address over the phone, additionally when each lesson would end he would guide me to "my house" which would be the wrong address on the other side of town. He would constantly cancel lessons with me stating that his "car broke down" (its an electric fiat 500) on multiple occassions and during the span of the lessons he would vape with the windows closed, be indirect with his words and actions and not provide me with information, I always had to ask. As of recently I had called Julian repeatedly to imquire about a refund, to which he didn't respond, however when we phoned him from an alternate number he responded immediately. Julian had refused to give us a partial refund and stated that he would message me and try to finish more lessons. No messages from him, sent him a message myself and recieved no response. Thrown a substantial amount of money down the drain, I don't think I need to say more.

Negative experience: Don’t book a block of lessons with Julien. He didn’t show up or contact me three times when I tried to get a refund for the six hours I hadn’t taken out of the ten I paid for. He said he normally doesn’t do refunds, but on this occasion, he would, as he had let me down multiple times. He told me to send him my bank details, and I did. However, every time I tried to contact him afterward, he didn’t reply, and his number wasn’t ringing. I tried using my partner's phone and got through to him straight away. When I asked again for the money, he said he hadn’t received my text with the bank details and asked me to send it again, which I did. After that, I still didn’t receive the money. Eventually, he blocked both my number and my partner's. I paid £380 for ten hours and only received four lessons.

Negative experience: I had a test booked for wendsday 11-11 He said I meet you in sandown library at 10 in the morning and he never turned up . Let me down on my driving test date Avoid

Negative experience: Let me down on my driving test day !! I don’t recommend this man at all!! AVOID AVOID AVOID

Negative experience: He’s a bit of an odd one. I got a really weird vibe from him on my lesson, the car was dusty, he was strange and I didn’t enjoy it. I then just spoke to another girl who without knowing my experience said she thought he was weird as well. He might be a nice guy but really I wouldn’t recommend

Fantastic experience: Best driving instructor out there, i am very anxious driver who felt near enough unteachable after going through multiple instructors and getting no where but julien had me confident and ready to pass in no time! Always informative if running a little late even by a few minutes (never late and always genuine reason if he was), and was always fair with the hours charged (if we were stuck in traffic and couldn’t properly get the full lesson in ect) which i found was a re occurring issue for me with instructors on the island. Can’t recommend julien enough!

Fantastic experience: I started learning to drive with julien at the start of this year, as a nervous driver, I found he had lots of patience and a calm approach which helped me too build my confidence. He is very reliable and an all round outstanding instructor to have! I passed first time! Thank you Julien!

Fantastic experience: Passed my manual driving test with Julian’s driving school today, Julian is a very patient & calm person perfect with someone who is anxious or who has additional needs.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant driving instructor. Julien is really understanding and knows what he’s doing, but doesn’t take it too serious. I had really great experience and passed first time after a good few hours in the Yaris!

Fantastic experience: Julian was a brilliant instructor. I can't thank him enough for all his help and support. Louie Lacey

Fantastic experience: Excellent instructor and has great humour as well as great ways to improve with every lesson. Julien allowed me to pass with flying colours and provided me with the knowledge and confidence to excel in my driving. Huge thank you to you Julien.

Fantastic experience: Really enjoyed working with Julien! He was always patient with me and made me feel comfortable and relaxed when driving! Thanks to his help I passed first time with 2 minors! Really grateful for his help and would definitely recommend! :)

Fantastic experience: Julien was an absolutely wonderful driving instructor! Patient and understanding, but knows when you need a little added push to get you over a stuck point. Able to have a laugh whilst getting you to a great level, I was able to pass first time! Thank you Julien!

Fantastic experience: Top driving instructor very thorough and positive very nice experience highly recommend

Fantastic experience: A patient and kind instructor who helped me get a first time pass, despite nerves. Would highly recommend!!

Fantastic experience: Julien is a fantastic instructor. Very patient and understanding, with a little bit of humour added in. He helped me tremendously and I can't recommend him enough. Thankyou Julien ☺️

Fantastic experience: Professional, patient and a great teacher. Thank you for everything Julien !!!

Fantastic experience: Julien is a fantastic driving instructor, I was extremely nervous to learn how to drive due to my anxiety and autism but julien put me at ease straight away, he is very patient and understanding, I would thoroughly recommend him.

Fantastic experience: Julien is a fantastic driver, accommodating and understandable to any problems you may face. He is a very persistent with his students, always wanting the best for them and their abilities. I managed to pass my practical test first time around and I don't think I could have done it without Julien! Definitely would recommend to both new and starting out learners.

Fantastic experience: fantastic driving instructor, helped me feel safe and on the roads. Juilan has incredible patience and is really nice. without Juilan i would of not been able to do my test due to another instructor deciding not allowing me to use his car. with so little notice and with times so hard to get lessons, Juilan allowed space for me and gave me the confidence to pass my test first time. best instructor on the island, definitely would recommend.

Fantastic experience: Passed first time today thanks to Julien. Really friendly, knowledgable and helpful instructor who always made me feel confident when driving.

Fantastic experience: Brilliant instructor. Julien is calm, patient, well-experienced, knowledgeable and he got me trough my lessons with a result of a 1st time pass. Couldn't have been had a better experience anywhere else in my opinion. 5 stars!

Fantastic experience: Good instructor, passed first time thanks to Julien for all his hard work and patience.

Fantastic experience: Passed first time today! couldn't have done it without the patience of Julien ! great instructor! would highly recommend :)