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    Native Flesh Tattoo

    4.2 (19 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Start to my Shoulder, hip & foot thank u!!
    Anika O.

    Mahalo Brandon !! He was busy all day and took me before hours & was able to give me some tribal work to start on my side

    Brandon in the midst of my rib tattoo.
    Mari P.

    I was looking to get a tattoo during my recent trip to Hilo. Both my parents were born and raised in Hilo,and it's a very special place to me. When talking to my cousin, he mentioned he was going to get a tattoo at the shop of the guy who had done his other tattoo give years ago. I went in with my cousin, met Brandon and made an appointment the next day to come back and get my tattoo. Their shop is filled with books and ideas for tattoos if you're contemplating your next piece. They're also great with talking about options and what you're envisioning. One of the girls I ran into is from another island and flies out to Hilo a few times a year to get work done with Brandon. Brandon was great! He immediately makes you feel welcome and is very accommodating. I loved that he spent he time to make sure I liked the size a location of the script before he got started. There was absolutely no rushing, he wanted to make sure I was ready for the ink. The shop was very clean and Brandon was thorough with using sterile tools, gloves and lots of disinfectant before getting started. My tattoo was only six letters on my right rob and took him about 5 minutes...I absolutely LOVE it and its exactly what I wanted. It's beautiful with even lines and straight. (Seems a given that my tattoo would be straight, but you'd be surprised of other tattoos I've seen) I'm not quite on the tattoo bandwagon just yet...but if I was to get another tattoo of definitely want to go see Brandon and Native Flesh!

    Kawehiokalani G.

    Awesome work.. Brandon was very helpful with understanding what we wanted. Planning on going back very soon!

    Edward K.

    Mahalo John Balucan for the tattoo session yesterday! He did an awesome job and was professional during the whole process. Come check him out in Hilo town! I will be coming back to add to the one he did for me last night...

    Saw this drawing on IG @Nativefleshbrandon and I knew I had to have it. This tattoo represents my papa and I'm so happy.

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    Frank did an amazing job on my shoulder tattoo. I highly recommend him. It's best to make an appointment ahead of time.

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    I got a nose peircing and the peircer was amazing. It barely hurt and he told me how to take care of it.

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    Aloha Tattoo Hilo

    Aloha Tattoo Hilo

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    He did not go deep enough so most of the tattoo is gone... I'm so disappointed. It's basically…read morecompletely faded.

    On day 4 of healing and more than 50%of the ink in my tat has come out. I followed after care…read moreinstructions to the T. This is just poor quality of work. I absolutely do not recommend going to this shop Especially if you're a tourist. This review is based off the work performed and the professionalism of the employees. I'd like to start by saying Sonny did my tattoo and he is one of the best people I've meet. He had me laughing the whole time and I was in such good company. This 1 star review is based not only off the quality of my tattoo but also the fact that I had scheduled 2 appointments with them 4 months ago via Facebook. I messaged the company 2 times prior to our honeymoon to confirm the appointments and time. Both times the time and date were confirmed. When we showed up for our appointments and were told they didn't have anyone to work on us and they were not available for at least 45 minutes to squeeze is in. We ended up having to leave and walk around for an hour before being able to go back and get our work done. My husband worked with Johnny and loves his completed tattoo. I work with Sonny and unfortunately cannot say the same. I will be having to get my tattoo completely redone on by another artist back home which completely defeated the purpose of getting a tattoo for honeymoon in HI. We missed our dinner reservations because of how late we started and at then end of the day my tattoo looks awful. The outline is almost non existent. It looks like the whole left side of the tattoo was just thrown on. The top flower doesn't match the bottom ones and wasn't even completely. Overall it was not a great experience for me . I would recommend working with another shop especially if traveling and trying to stick with a schedule.

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