I was having a ROUGH day to say the least. I needed some ink. I called around to different shops in…read morethe area to see if they had availability for walk-ins. The shop minimum was also $80. We were greeted when we walked in. Cheetoo was very helpful. I showed him my inspo and he went to work. I was crying before the session even started due to me grieving. He was very patient and tried to cheer me up. I absolutely loved my tattoos. Make sure to check him out. The shop was clean and they played really good music. They also had some pretty cool art on the walls.

I love going to this place!! Everyone was super nice and got straight to it. Me and my dad had…read moreCarlos do our tattoos and he was very professional. Everything for the tattoos turned out better than expected! This is my favorite spot, I would definitely recommend Carlos!

Our first time at The Mandala Effect won't be the last!…read more While I didn't get inked, my sister in law and husband both did. Huge shoutout to Mikey who did an AMAZING job. My sister in law got two smaller tattoos and my husband got one larger one. This was both their first time and Mikey took time with each of them to make sure they loved the design and size before starting. He asked questions and made sure they were going to love it. During the tattooing, he had great background music playing but offered to let us pick our own. The room was small but comfortable. He made sure I could sit and watch he regularly offered us water. We talked and got to know each other for a large portion of the session. Mikey was also SUPER patient and at the end, made sure we knew how to care for the tattoos and asked if we had any questions. When I get my first tattoo, I will absolutely be visiting Mikey at Mandala Effect. P.S. Shoutout to the boss whose name I didn't catch but who was also very kind!

This was truly the best tattoo experience I have had! I worked with Kay (@toots_ink) and she was…read more amazing! So kind and patient with us as we worked together to created exactly what I wanted. She was so accommodating and reassuring to my first-time tattoo friend who was feeling a little anxious. My group was with her for nearly 5 hours and she was professional, welcoming, and funny the entire time. I will 100% be coming back to see Kay!

I've had art done here not only by the wonderful Brien but Kaycee as well. I am so happy and proud…read morefor the whole gang at 77 for their badass upgrade. Well done. The atmosphere is always outgoing and plenty of laughs up in there. I always feel like part of the family. so much so that I've brought in my sister for some work and have my son scheduled for his first tat for his 18th bday. And I know I'll be back for more and will keep bringing my people. I only wish y'all would fix the booking process of it all because I have trouble every time trying to schedule. Other than that love y'all!!

I came in today originally scheduled w/ another artist who wasn't there and Max offered to do my…read moretattoos, he was very nice, professional and diligent. He took his time and gave me very thorough after care instructions! Highly recommend him. @mvd.mvxx -Instagram

Lavon was great. I called in the morning and was able to get an appt by the afternoon. He worked…read morewith me to get a great design and I had an amazing tattoo by the end of the day :). I was looking for a design that was pretty untraditional and not like tattoos he had done before and he did it exceptionally! I hope to come back for more!

My daughter and I came to A1 Tattoos to get mommy/daughter tattoos. Lavon, owner/artist was very…read moregenerous with his time, helping us finalize details before getting to work. He was fun to work with and talk to throughout the process. I highly recommend Lavon!

Got my first tattoo there today, and it was a great experience from the moment I walked in. The…read moreplace was super clean, good music was playing. Quinn had the art ready that we'd discussed, and walked through the process, and we moved the stencil around to accommodate what I wanted, and she knocked it out. About 3, 3.5 hours for a pretty large, full color tattoo in comic book style, and I couldn't be happier with it. A++ Would Tat again, and would HIGHLY recommend Quinn Shockley.

We had been looking around but every other shop was closed on sunday, thankfully they were open…read more Corey tattooed 4 of us and made it a great experience. He helped make it as comfortable as possible and all of our tattoos came out so nice 10/10 service over all would highly recommend going to him

A cautionary tale: It is my intention to be civil and clear in the telling today. I am honestly…read more85% happy with the completed, healed tattoo. I'm not happy with the business part. The last time I got a tattoo was over 10 years ago. I met in person with 2 different shops and got 2 very similar quotes. The agreement I signed, put a deposit on and made an appointment for was based on a misrepresentation of services and time required. Which was 4 hours of service and hourly equivalent rate of $100/hr. I showed him 2 simple components for a commemorative tattoo to honor my recently deceased youngest son; requested a specific style - watercolor; the size and location of the tattoo. He took my deposit, made a copy of the art and said, if you don't hear from me by Monday, text me for a 1st draft. I had to text him. It was obvious in the 4 days he had not worked on a composition and I actually liked what another of my sons designed using those 2 components in the interim, which I shared with the Tattooist, allowing him to work with or improve on. In the end, he used my son's art which he had a copy of before the appointment. On the day of, he rescheduled our appointment; was not ready at that time and completed the tattoo in less than an hour. I tried to renegotiate the final cost, based on the previously stated facts. His refusal made me uncomfortable. Two weeks later, I sent him a text explaining my position and requested a refund. After he consulted with the owner of his shop, he asked if I would take another tattoo instead. (Which to me is proof I was over-charged and an admission they agreed with me.) I said no. In the end, they refused a refund.

Backstory: My daughter had gotten an industrial piercing October 2024 by another black owned/woman…read moreowned business as that artist is well known around the city - we then found out she had a severe nickel allergy & had said artist remove the piercing not even 1week later. Fast forward to our blank ink experience, we scheduled about a month out via IG DM's on their business page after specifically asking if they pierce with surgical steel (which we were told energetically "YES, that's all we use". Day of the piercing, we put the location in google maps and it takes us to their OLD location in castleton I called twice before getting them to answer the business phone and we then were instructed the location is on keystone. At my fault, I forgot to bring my daughter's birth certificate & school picture ID so we had to reschedule for the following day. Following day comes and we head to the shop and arrived early for our appt time. The piercer was getting prepped for a tattoo and continued doing so for almost a half hour before telling us to go sit in the chair. As he got prepped for her piercing I then talked about our terrible experience with the nickel jewelry & he had a shocked look on his face. I had to remind him "I'm the one that specifically asked for surgical steel" and he was like "oh wow I can't guarantee this is steel because we don't get this piercing often so we had some jewels from our previous order that were in fact nickel. We mixed them in with our new order of steel so this will be a toss up" the look on my face I'm sure said it ALL - I got it in writing that if she has an outbreak from his jewelry he would switch it out immediately free of charge for a steel rod. Thankfully, we're week 3 and still no outbreak so I guess we got lucky! Our piercer was nice & gentle buuuut the professionalism lacks a bit.

At the recommendation of my son, I went here. Josh was the best! I'm sure they are probably all…read moregood, but my experience was with him. Great, gave me exactly what asked for, I felt relaxed. He was quick and it was painless. I'm be back. Love mine and my son's latest additions.

I have no idea how Doc Ock is even a tattoo artist. His linework is atrocious. His squares aren't…read moreeven and looking at his other stuff on Instagram is fantastically bad. The art is there but the technical ability is not. How can this guy not even draw a straight oval? You just print out the stencil! What even is this??

Had to get piercing redone at Mystic Images Tattoo…read more Person who did septum piercing used a retainer which came out in a couple of days and I couldn't get to back in. Staff were nice and helpful but this was only my second piercing and I didn't know a lot about what to expect.