I was only in the city for a couple days and my friend and I decided on a whim to get new tattoos…read more I'm usually very particular when choosing an artist to work with, but the design I wanted was small and simple, so we just did a quick search for shops with good reviews that take walk-ins. Abraxas happened to be nearby, so we went for it and I can't believe how we lucked out.
My immediate impression upon entering was that this place seemed too upscale to take walk-ins and more like the kind of place where you have to schedule appointments weeks in advance. I was worried we'd be turned away, but we were helped immediately and only had to wait ~30 mins for one of the artists to be available. The tattooist was a native English speaker, which was fortunate for us since my French is extremely rusty and my friend doesn't speak a lick (but all of the staff I talked to spoke English, at the very least proficiently, so we would've been good either way). I had a specific image I wanted and it only took him one minute to prepare the transfer and three minutes more to do the tattoo. My friend had only a vague idea of what she wanted and they were able to work together to come up with something beautiful in no time at all.
As far as pricing, my perspective is a bit skewed (since I'm from nyc, where it'll run you one arm to tattoo the other), but I believe the flat fee for under an hour was 100€.
All in all, we had a great experience at Abraxas and are both in love with our tattoos. If I happen to be itching for another the next time I'm in town, I know exactly where I'm going!