Hi. At first EASA seemed to appeal to me too, mostly cause of their prices. However, I knew there must something wrong there and it was then when I realised that many of the costs were indeed hidden and were not included in their listed price, while in other school's prices these things were actually included (making the price higher on the price list, however everything was included while in EASA's price list the price was low, but certain necessary things were not included). Furthermore, I have realised that many people have had a negative experience with them and they did not recommend it all. Just to make sure you understand, personally, I have never had anything to do with this school and actually I doubt I will because of the negative aspects I have read in numerous threads.
But your question was indeed 'which school to go to?' and not 'is EASA the school to go?', therefore I will point you towards the school that I believe could be a good school to go to - European Flight Training (EFT) in Florida. This school seems to have many good recommendations (not just on pprune) and I couldn't find negative aspects that would put me off (of course there were some, but as with every single company,there will be at least one person who doesn't like it; as long as the majority seems to be happy with it, then the company seems to be doing the right thing). Their listed prices are higher than the EASA's ones, however if you look closer at what is included, you will get to the point where it seems to be worth it. Again, as with EASA I had no experience with EFT - yet. I am saying 'yet' because this is the school were I decided (and decision making is not easy as you surely know since you are asking for some help and advice) to do my JAA PPL next year. I have considered many things and compared it with other schools, so if you want me to give you a better, more detailed reasons why I think this school deserves at least some consideration, simply send me a private message.
Hope this helps
dodos9