Keku's Driving Academy

We had a great experience with this driving school. My daughter was well prepared for her road test and passed on her first try. Thank you for helping set her up for success.

I want to say a huge thank you to Scott. I was very nervous and scared at first, but he was extremely patient, kind, and supportive throughout the lesson. He helped me feel comfortable and explained everything clearly step by step.
After just one day of lessons with Scott, I was able to pass my driving test and get my driver’s license. I truly believe this was possible because of his excellent teaching and encouragement. I highly recommend Scott to anyone who is learning how to drive.

Auntie Keku was nice, but the BTW instructor ruined it for me. He made me break down after he had insulted my driving at one point... only do the BTW if you're okay with being constantly berated.

Took adult BTW lessons first with Scott and then mostly with Jimmy. They were both extremely helpful and I passed the road test on my first try. Highly recommend. Prices were fair and they were patient and gave great tips.

Passed my road test with ease

I get my licence from the first try because of Jimmy ,who was so patient and gives me confidence. Thank you Jimmy

I'm an adult that had driven for 25 years then let my license expire because my husband liked to drive us everywhere. Fast forward and I need my own driver's license again. I passed the written, but failed the road test horribly twice! Boy did I feel like a dummy. My confidence gone. So I read the online reviews for Keku's and set up an appointment for a driving lesson with Scott. He was direct, patient and explained everything very clearly. A few days later I took my 3rd road test and passed with a nearly perfect score. Thanks Scott and Keku's. Woo Hoo! 😊🎉

I found Keku's Driving Academy in an employee forum and they came highly recommended and I encouraged my adult niece to get lessons from them since my anxiety and patience prevented me from teaching her myself. She was able to get a weekend lesson from Jimmy right away and I am so glad she got Jimmy. In addition to learning all the safety and technical things she needed to know Jimmy really helped her with her confidence on the road as she is quite the overthinker. He was patient even when she didn't pass the first time, and I won't go into detail about the second road test (Jimmy and Scott both know what went down in Kapolei, LOL) but I would be remiss not to mention how grateful we are for both Jimmy and Scott for being such great advocates for their students, especially in a DMV environment. Niece is finally a safe, licensed driver thanks to you. And we will continue to recommend you all to our friends and family. See you again in 3 years when it's the next kid's turn to learn!

Let me start by saying that Chuck deserves 5 stars. He did an amazing job teaching my daughter for her behind the wheel hours. Made her feel very comfortable and confident behind the wheel. This review is for Scott and Karen. While our initial interactions were ok and Karen was "nice enough" according to my daughter during in person instruction, they were extremely rude in recent weeks. About 3 weeks ago, I called to schedule my daughter's behind the wheel hours. I was not aware that her behind the wheel hours needed to be completed within a year from her classroom hours (Karen said this information is on their website, but I still can't find it anywhere). Karen was upset on the phone and scolded me for taking 1 1/2 years to get the 50 hours of driving logged (class was taken in Dec 2022). She said I needed to pay $300 on top of the $550 I already paid because a year passed. I wasn't happy, but I didn't really have a choice, so I paid the $300 again for the behind the wheel hours. I let Karen know that we still needed to pick up my daughter's certificate for her classroom hours. Again, I was scolded and grilled about why it wasn't picked up at the end of the class (last session was held online due to an unexpected closure of their Mililani office on the last day...I live in Kaneohe, so making it out to Mililani is not easy). However, she assured me that I can still pick up the certificate. I spoke to Scott the next day to complete my $300 payment and again, he assured me that I could pick up the certificate. I have some time off this week, so I called on Monday to find out when I could pick up the certificate. Scott told me to come down on Tuesday morning. We agreed that a little after 8:00a would be perfect. We get to the Mililani office at 8:10a and no one is there. I call Scott and he apologizes for forgetting that we spoke the day prior, but someone will be down soon to get me the certificate. I get a call a couple minutes later, but this time Scott is upset and tells me that my daughter never took the classroom hours. I assure him that I recall driving her there for 5 Saturdays. I remind him that we spoke 3 weeks prior about my situation. He responded, "3 weeks?! 3 weeks?! Where have you been for 2 years?! You had 2 years and you only called me 3 weeks ago?!" He proceeded to tell me they're coming and hung up on me. Karen arrived at about 8:45a and immediately yelled at my daughter saying, "You had 2 years to get this certificate and you're only coming now?!" She tells my daughter to "Get in here!" to sign the certificate. My daughter tells Karen that she asked her friends if they remember hearing that they only had a year to complete the behind the wheel hours and they said no. Karen yells, "You're the only one who didn't pick up their certificate, so don't give me that!" I was pretty upset at this point, but I had already paid them $850 so there was no way I was leaving without that certificate. Karen finished signing the certificate and shoved it at my daughter without saying a word. Then we left. I have never felt so disrespected in my adult life. I was spoken to like I was a misbehaving 3 year old, not a paying customer who paid twice.

I got my license with the help of 4-5 sessions with Jimmy! Couldn’t be more grateful and excited to be driving safely and confidently. Wonderful instructor and a great service for adults learning how to drive.