Awesome place. Got a mid helix and upper lobe piercing. Went perfectly, the staff is very kind and…read morecares greatly about the customers. Everything is very clean and if you have any concerns or questions they are happy to help. Will definitely come back.

Great experience. Super friendly and informative. I got my vertical labret pierced and it was quick…read moreand easy and the piercer matched the color of the jewelry to the rest of my jewelry. i love it, thank you :)

Got my first tattoo done by Memphis at Temple Tattoo. Good dude and he does good work. Only thing…read morebad about it is I am going to have to drive 4 hours round trip to get my next tattoo from Memphis. Worth the drive!

asked for help with piercing falling out and owner was rude all my family have had bad ex as wellread more

I absolutely LOVE Gordon's Tattoo asylum. Moldylocks (Sasha) and Gordon, are an absolutely…read morewonderful couple, and they are absolutely marvelous at what they do. Sasha and Gordon have both been in the job for over ten years, and I HIGHLY reccomend them both, Sasha as a piercer, and Gordon as a tattoo artist. :)

I 100% recommend going to Gordon's, whether it's for a tattoo or a piercing. Sasha (the woman who…read moredoes the piercings) is the sweetest and has taken care of me very well both times I've went. Friends of mine say Gordon does a phenomenal job, and makes you feel welcomed. I'll most likely go there for my first tattoo, and any other piercings I get.

I have several piercings, and this was by far my worst experience. This review comes late as my…read moresister is looking to pierce her ears, and when she suggested this location, I warned her to absolutely not come here and realized I should warn others as well. This experience is from a couple years ago, but I've been told that they still use the same outdated practices. This warning is applicable to everyone, but especially if you are a POC. Firstly, they use piercing guns. If you don't know, piercing guns are NOT safe and cannot be 100% sterilized, in addition to simply being a more painful, forceful piercing that will take much longer to heal. I have gotten my ear lobes pierced by a legitimate piercing place with only a few weeks heal time. At Piercing Pagoda, my ear lobes swelled, bruised, and took 6+ months to heal with careful care. I learned after following their aftercare instructions for months, that their aftercare instructions have been disproven and actively recommended AGAINST for years and years by both piercing and medical professionals. They will tell you to turn your piercings at least once a day. Absolutely do NOT do this, as it will aggravate your piercing and allow more bacteria to enter the site. I learned the hard way. Additionally, since they use a piercing gun, you are pierced with the jewelry that stays in your ear until healed. Because of this, they can't use a screw-on back, which is much more suitable for new piercings. Instead, they use a lock back, which seems reasonable until you have to take it off. It took 3 people to painfully remove my lock backs when my piercings finally healed. Lock backs are horrible and extremely difficult to remove. The jewelry they used is also smaller than standard earrings, so I had to essentially resize my piercings myself, with normal-sized jewelry. You can't see that the piercing is small with your naked eye, but you can absolutely tell the difference when normal earrings won't fit in your healed piercings. (I have other piercings and have never had this experience, so I know it's a size issue, not a fresh piercing issue. I waited long after my lobes healed to remove and replace anyway.) Lastly, the service was so so horrible. I wish I left a review as soon as I got this piercing so I could guarantee this employee still worked here. My mom brought me here to get my ears pierced as a present and was so excited. However, the interactions with an older lady employee were so negative, I could see my mom just shrink. When we approached, this lady did not even look at us, although I saw her jovially interacting with every other customer who approached, before, during, and after our interaction. The only difference was that we are not white. The entire time this woman spoke to my mother, she did not look her in the eyes. My mom has an accent but is completely understandable in English, even to a child who has never heard her accent. Even if she wasn't, a decent person would have the respect to speak directly to the person and try to understand without making faces. But the employee spoke to my mother through me: "Which one does she want?" "How will she be paying?" These are some very obvious examples, but her attitude the entire time was just extremely rude and sent the message that she wanted us to leave as quickly as possible. I wish so badly that I had the maturity and confidence at the time to call out this blatantly racist behavior and just leave, but as a teenager I didn't. I hope that employee has been fired since then or management immediately knows who I'm talking about. The younger employee with her never called her out either, but I know she saw and heard it. This location needs basic customer service and bystander training, to say the least.

These people are some of the best I've ever known in my life. I love all the work I've had done…read morehere. I recommend them to everyone I know and some people I don't know.

Went into the shop while I was visiting Morehead. Asked for a small ampersand on my thumb. Mike,…read morethe shop owner, decided this would be a great piece for the apprentice and assured me that he wouldn't allow the apprentice to tattoo unless he had the utmost faith in him. I agreed, because I'm heavily tattooed and I think apprentices should get their chance to work on real customers. I regret allowing that to happen. We had to move the stencil six times. When he got to work, he couldn't follow the stencil. Eventually, we had to bring another artist in to try and fix his mistakes. It didn't look great. The healing process was terrible. I've never had such trouble with a tattoo. Most of the ink fell out and it doesn't even resemble an ampersand. It actually looks like I've got a prison tattoo on my HAND. Or something some teenager did with one of those beginner tattoo kits. Then the apprentice charged me $40 when Mike had previously quoted me $20. I felt bad for him too, because he tried so hard, so I gave him another $20. But this is not acceptable work. I would love to have my money back, especially now that my hand is permanently marred because of a serious lack of judgment on Mike's part. I wanted to write Mike directly before I left a public review, but the shop has no website or contact info so far as I can see. Anyway, if I were you, I would stay away from this shop or, at the very least, I wouldn't let the apprentice tattoo me.

Quato much left up front than they end up charging after done on tatoos. Dirty environment as well.read more

Kevin has done 4 Tattoos on me 5 on my wife. He did a great coverup of my exwifes name turned it…read moreinto a version of Munchs the howl. Another nude woman turned into Vampirella. My wife had a small mole incorporated into a heart. He spent 8 hours working the arm cover-up that others had turned down. I drove 8 hours for a touch-up @ no charge. My wife & I both decided noone else will ink us. He has one of the cleanest, sanitary shops I've seen & is a true artist. THEY ARE NOT a biker that bought a kit from e-bay & uses a hot dog steamer to sterilize. TRUE artist. This is what shops should be.