Goethe-Institut London

I've started going to their film screening every month, and it's really nice to see such involving and thought-provoking films that one wouldn't otherwise be aware of. Wheelchair users take note: the Institute is in a big wedding-cake building, but it is accessible - you just need to go round the back and the access is via Cafe Berlin. Everyone is friendly and helpful.

Teachers are good and my classes have been made up of very friendly students.Good library and helpful, pleasant staff

Very bad customer service. It takes long time (it has been over 2 weeks and still waiting) to get back to your reply and the receptionist is very unfriendly. Please carefully choose your teacher. My teacher is like a 19th century primary school teacher. she picks up each person to read text book sentences and answer the question, not in a way of motivating you. it is more like a patronising you. They told me that I should ask the teacher to change her teaching style. really? is it my job after all? They don't care of students? I could not change my class either. What a waste of money. 'Rosetta stone' is much better to learn the language.

Very good as a learning institute, very poor customer service. I was trying to enroll over the phone and I had to wait 1.5 hrs before someone answered my call. There is not even the option for online enrollment + payment.

The C2+ class was full of people who could barely be classified as B2. Incredibly teacher-centered lessons. The teacher was just full of herself loving her own voice. If I want to listen to someone speak German I’d rather switch on the radio, which is free, and listen to an interesting topic and accent of my choice.

Always welcoming, wonderful resource for Germanists. And some art to boot!

Brilliant place, traditional located in an exquisite part of London - a few yards from Hyde Park in an ellegant leafy road. Gorgeous building and colourful walls. Super friendly staff. Spacious and very peaceful library with vast range of books, magazine, newspapers and surprising cinema and music session. A lovely robot greeting us and answering 1000 questions about the library. Good toilets, classrooms sizes and equipment are extraordinary! The whole place very luminous and clean. A place to visit !

Excellent, extremely well run with excellent courses.

Overall pretty good experience. As a native, English speaker this is my first foreign language. The course is fast paced, which for a beginner language student is tricky to keep up at times.The tutor makes no secret of the fact, as a student, you do need to put the work in. The fundamentals are covered and within a few months - working on the exercises in addition to my own additional practice - I can broadly read and understand basic German. If you are looking for a quick result with minimal effort then I would say this is not for you, but if you really want to build a strong base to seriously study this language then the beginner courses are ideal.