I've been to quite a few piercing and tattoo shops but I real appreciated my experience with the…read morepiercer here, Gina. She made me feel really comfortable the whole time and I would not hesitate to return to her. This day, I had my rook pierced (ear cartilage) and it was so quick and easy. I also requested that she change and replace the jewelry in my tragus (another ear piercing). Once she called me in, I was in and out in less than 20 minutes. She is the master piercer here and you could tell she knew what she was doing. The major difference between her and other places, is she will use beautiful starter jewelry. The curved bar she put in my newly pierced rook was a double ended prong gem and I was so excited and I am so pleased. Most places will use a standard barbell and you have to settle with that until it's healed and you can return to have it changed. Since she pierced with this, I am set for years. She also put a beautiful gem in my tragus. I think this is the best place to get pierced in Albany.

This is my first tattoo, the experience is pretty good, although the artist is a little impatient…read moreduring the disscussion. The picture one shows the tattoo on the third day, I think the line is really lack of continuity and it looks not smooth. Overall it looks fine and the total cost was $120.

The service was great. John was my assigned tattooist and did an excellent job.Everyone was so…read morefrienly . Visiting from Staten Island NY loved itThank you for taking us without an appointment .

Eric did a great job of taking a simple outline and doing a fantastic job of coloring. I had a…read moreunique request for a pentagram with coloring to match a previous tat of a hummingbird. WOW ! The colors are a mirror image. The shop is wonderful and laid back, It is worth your time to get there and get on the calendar. It is truly worth the short wait to get a time slot.

great tattoo artist and a all around stand up guy I highly recommend this artist for anyone. he has…read moredecades of experienc and just is an all around awesome dude!!!

I have never gotten a tattoo before today, so I can't say how this place compares to others, but if…read moreI get another one I'd definitely come back to this place. Everything was super clean and sterile and the people there were very friendly. James did my and my aunts tattoo, and he made us feel very at ease and relaxed. We just got very small, simple tattoos, but they were very well done! 10/10 recommend.

I made an appointment with Daniel based on seeing a tiny bird tattoo on a waitress at a local…read morerestaurant. I wanted something small and was a tattoo virgin, so made an appointment. Daniel was charming, funny, a bit silly, but I liked his style. When we made the appointment, they were supposed to be no bigger than a business card, he said it was definitely doable, but I received a much, much bigger design on both wrists. Again, at 43, I knew nothing about tattoos. I was kind of shocked, trying to just stay calm and cool due to the pain of the tattooing. When finished, I was still in shock. Daniel (who up and left the owner high and dry to go to another studio in Oneonta) told me to come back when they were healed for the second free seating to blacken them in and I did come back, only he wouldn't schedule me. He said it needed more time. He told my young daughter that he didn't like to book non-paying gigs, but I paid up front for everything and of course, tipped. I have been trying to get an appointment for a year and finally gave one last ditch resort to message through Facebook with, "OK, I'm a newbie to the tattoo world, but every seasoned person I talked to said I shouldn't have to hunt down the original artist for my second seating as I already paid for it. I will go somewhere else as the black is so spotty, then review you online wherever I can for just blowing off a client. I needed other work done and will go elsewhere to work with a real professional. I'm on 5 major sites doing recommendations at a senior level and hopefully can spare some others this type of grief. It's just silly on your part because I actually have the cash for other projects and you just don't bother answering or giving me an appointment. Oh well." This was his reply: "I'm out of state. Ill get back to you when I'm back in the shop, sometime next week. Also you could call the shop at any time and schedule an appointment for a touch up. [He told me before just to message, which I did repeatedly for the first few months.] Which is the professional way to do something, not harass and threaten me on Facebook. [He told me to come in, I did, no appointment, he told me to msg, I did, no appt, I waited a month or more between asking.] Sorry for any delays. But for the record I told you I would touch them up about a year or so ago. So please don't give me Sh*t and slander my name (wich is illegal by the way its called defamation of character). So again sorry I didn't get back to you right away, since yesterday. [He himself admits to not giving me an appointment for a year, so not sure why yesterday was brought in] But you have been dragging this on for over a year and expect me to jump at the whim of your convenience and a dollar. That is not fare to me in the least bit. Now I'm going to get back to the 1100 more miles I have to drive to get back home." In the end, another studio did the final seating without charging me for it, but I learned a lesson and will do my research on an artist before allowing them to permanently mark my body.

The ambiance is very calm and relaxing which helps my anxiety when I get a tattoo. They even have a…read morecoffee area with some seltzer waters. The back porch has a real tranquil river running through too! Best Tattoo parlor And tattoo artist Ive been to . Fridays are walk in days.

I have gotten quite a few tattoos from different places and since finding Felix, I will never go…read moreanywhere else! Not only is he incredibly talented but he makes every tattoo a collaborative effort -drawing up different options and is super receptive to any changes you want. He is seriously the nicest guy! He's a joy to talk to through the tattoo and his work speaks for itself.

My 14 year old daughter and I came in to get our second earlobe piercings, and we had a fantastic…read moreexperience with Caleb! This was our first time getting a piercing done professionally, rather than the usual childhood experience with piercing guns at mall stores, and Caleb was incredibly kind, patient, and professional throughout the whole process. Caleb took the time to explain everything clearly, including how the piercings would be done and what to expect. He was very precise with placement, even measuring carefully to make sure everything was symmetrical and that we were both happy with how it looked before starting. After the piercings, he went over the aftercare instructions in detail and made sure we understood how to care for them properly. I was honestly more nervous than my daughter, but Caleb's calm and friendly demeanor made the entire experience feel safe, comfortable, and positive. Highly recommend Caleb and this shop, especially for first-timers, teens, or anyone who might be a little anxious. We couldn't have asked for a better experience!

I went and got my ashley pierced like 4 days ago, at first it was fine but then the healing process…read morewas not getting any better i was in constant pain the swelling wasn't changing, come to find out the piercing was crooked and wasn't going to heal correctly if i didn't get it removed AND the bar was way too short from the get go. the guy who pierced me was super nice tho so it's unfortunate that the experience ended like this- I did end up getting it removed to let it heal and get it redone elsewhere.

We were visiting from CA and we're passing by when we saw Black Whiskey Ink and we immediately knew…read moreit was calling our name. We stopped in to ask about getting a tat so Colin who was in the process of doing a tattoo said go on FB and contact me. Next day we contact him and he responded immediately! We came in and got our tattoo and wow! Nice! Our official Cooperstown tattoo! Nice place and quality was great.

From the owner: Hi thank you for choosing Black Whiskey Ink. Have you chosen an artist or would you like us to…read moreassign you an artist based on your style preference?

I love this place and I love these people. The shop is super clean and everyone who works there is…read moregreat. I would highly recommend this place. I don't want to pick favorites but Whitney is my favorite.

I got a tattoo recently. My first. This is shocking to me still because I've turned this idea over…read morein my head for years. The conclusion was always the same. No. Can't do it. Then, an important occasion came up and I thought, why not memorialize it with a tattoo? Suddenly, the "no" became a "why not?" Then, the next question. Where to have this tat done? Well, if you look it up on Yelp, The Dead Presidents Lounge has rave reviews. So I called up. Next, I was asked to email what I was looking for. The manager took a look at my request and assigned me to an artist named Mel. There are about 10 artists working there. The art that I was asking for was very delicate. It turns out, Mel is awesome but full disclosure, she has a slogan. It's written on a sign in her tattoo room. "Always late but worth the wait." I arrived 15 minutes early. Mel arrived 20 minutes late. No worries. I brought lunch and ate it in the waiting area. I studied all of the sample tattoos on the walls. It was an interesting place with a Hindu vibe. It was explained to me that the business owner is Hindu. When Mel showed up, she arrived in a cheerful burst of energy and she immediately threw herself into the project. She presented me with options. We talked at length. She was very determined to deliver what I was looking for and very understanding. She has mad skills as both an artist and a communicator. She got it. And when she was done, it was perfect. A floral armband with a tiny blue butterfly was designed to look a bit like arm jewelry. The cost was $200. Mel was concerned that I would be in pain but actually it didn't hurt much. She gave me instructions on how to take care of the tattoo so that it doesn't get infected or dry out. As I was getting ready to leave I asked Mel about her thoughts on Asian fantasy animals. She smiled. "So you're already thinking about your next tattoo?" she asked. " I get that a lot." Yup. She got me. After years of putting off getting a tattoo, I may be back soon enough to get a tattoo on my other arm. Thanks, Mel and The Dead Presidents Lounge for your remarkable work.

Finally a piercing shop that actually has earrings for your piercings, seems like a given, but it's…read morenot. I went to three different piercing shops on Long Island and not one of the shops had hoop earrings for my tragus or forward helix piercings. So I had to drive four and a half hour away to find a hoop. (Alright, I was in the area, but still.) So I'm strolling down Main Street in Oneonta and I see this place but they didn't open until noon so I walked into another piercing place down the street and they didn't have any hoops either. I really cant understand the concept of calling yourself a piercing shop if you don't have a variety of earrings to put in peoples' piercings. When this place opened at noon I walked in and voila, hoops for tragus piercings, amazing stuff, really. Side note: this place is airy bright and CLEAN. I was loving the exposed brick with the art on the walls, really nice place and made you feel like you were working in a sterile environment when necessary. The guy helping me was great and super knowledgable about all things piercing. He showed me a hoop and I didn't like the color of it, I wanted rose gold. He told me they could do some sort of magic back there to change the color of the hoop. Something with water light ions electrical activity, everything over my head basically. The hoop was $15 and since I hadn't had a piercing in my tragus for a few months, he wanted to do some kind of sterile insertion, which cost an additional $5. I have gone to piercing shops all over Western, NY have had my earrings sterilized and it didn't cost me anything but this place used a special machine to sterilize their equipment so paying the additional $5 just to be extra safe didn't bother me at all. The guy talked me through everything he was doing, which made me feel super confident in what he was talking about and also comfortable. I watched the sterilization process and also watched him change the color of the earring. It definitely didn't come out to be the rose gold color I wanted, it was very dark but it did have a gold tint so it was good enough for me. He put the earring in no problem and I was on my way. I would highly recommend this place to anyone who is looking to buy body jewelry or have a piercing done. It is clear they know what they're doing and have a really clean environment, which is always a plus in my book.

Piercing prices are outrageous and you have to go get paper work notarized before getting one !!!…read moreWow