Tribal Rites Tattoo and Piercing Westminster

Excellent service! Liz was very professional doing my piercing and I'm grateful for a great experience!

I went into tribal rites today for my first tattoo and had the best experience!!! Nathan was my artist and did the most amazing tattoo on my cousin and I. He was so polite and professional and made the process extremely easy. His work is amazing and I would recommend him to anyone!! He is very humble about his work and overall and genuine person! If you are looking at getting a tattoo, definitely get it done by Nathan!! He’s amazing.

After searching for a good reviewed body piercing location one a Sunday afternoon, I thankfully ran across Tribal Rites Tattoo and Piercing. I want to start with the friendly and bubbly girl working the front. She was ON POINT and knew her stuff. When we walked in there was no sitting room (about 6 or more people) but that did not stop her, she was able to balance everyone walking in, handling payments, and jewelry. She was amazing!!!! Now lets move on the the wonderful lady that did the piercing. She was genuinely excited to be doing my piercing (even if it was just a plain ol' nose piercing). She was so sweet.THANK you so much for the wonderful service! I am sure I found my new home for any other piercings. Visit date - 4/17/16

I've had two piercings done here and both of them were perfect. The piercer was fast and answered all my questions and helped me post piercing when I had an issue with my nose ring. These guys are awesome, highly recommend

So much for providing a little motherly love! I gave one star because it didn’t give me the option not to give any stars. I helped my niece book an appointment to get her two month old daughter’s ears pierced. After lots of research and reading tons of reviews, we thought tribal rites was the place to go. We were told that Liz is the infant piercer and scheduled an appointment with her for today. We drove to Westminster from Johnstown. We ran into some issues trying to find the location and arrived 10 minutes late. When we arrived, all of the Tribal Rites staff (including Liz) were standing around smoking. We apologize for being late and explained that we had a hard time finding the location. Liz along with another staff member were incredibly rude and unprofessional. Not to mention, reeked of cigarette smoke. I don’t care if she smokes or not, but I do find it concerning that she would be out taking a smoke break knowing that she was scheduled to pierce an infants ears. Because we were 10 minutes late Liz refused to pierce the babies ears. There were still 30 minutes left of the 40 minute appointment, but she said she needed a full 40 minutes to pierce a sleeping two month old infant’s ears. Keep in mind that the entire shop was empty except for employees. She asked if my niece had the baby‘s original birth certificate, which she did not. She had other documentation Including the signed hospital birth certificate, but not the original birth certificate. Liz stated that “even if she wanted to“, which clearly she didn’t, she could not pierce the babies ears because she did not have the original birth certificate. This was due to a misunderstanding on our end. The tribal rites website states that there are different types of documentation that can be used including a library card. Even the confirmation email that we received says nothing about an original birth certificate. It turns out there is another section on the website specifying the need for an original birth certificate for an infant piercing. I highly recommend being specific in your confirmation emails regarding your policies in order to keep someone else from wasting their time driving to your shop and not being able to get the services that were pre-paid. We were unable to find any type of policy regarding being late to an appointment. We completely understand and respect the need to stay on schedule, but I have three children of my own and multiple nieces that have gotten their ears pierced and it has never taken 40 minutes. Especially if done by a professional who has supposedly been piercing as long as Liz says claims she has. After dealing with Ms. Murphy’s attitude and lack of professionalism, there was obviously no way we were going to allow her anywhere near the baby. My niece is a first time mom and after dealing with Liz, she was petrified at the thought that she almost trusted this woman to pierce her daughters ears. Naturally we asked for a refund and our request was denied. The only way to keep from losing the money was to reschedule the appointment. Obviously, that was not going to happen! Would you allow someone that was unprofessional, disrespectful, inconsiderate, uncooperative, and just plain rude near your infant?! I think not! Needless to say, this was a horrible experience. Other customers may have had great experiences with this person, but I have always been a firm believer that when someone shows you who they really are, believe them. I doubt this was the first time she was rude and unprofessional, and I can bet you money it won’t be the last. Do better Liz!

Liz was professional, friendly and knowledgeable. I especially appreciate that I didn't need to be repierced because the original hole was still open and Liz said as much. They could have pulled one over on me but their integrity was front and center. I am grateful and will absolutely be a returning customer.

Lauren was incredibly sweet, communicative and patient! She made me feel super comfortable and she was an absolute professional! I got my vertical labret done and felt absolutely NOTHING! Her voice was so soothing and she was very attentive to my needs and wants as far as requesting and getting jewelry on other piercings installed. I have come to this place on 2 other occasions and have absolutely loved the experience! Keep it up, you guys and gals! I'm proud to come to you for all of my body mod alternative needs in Westminster. ^_^ Did I mention one of my FAVORITE songs of ALL TIME was playing during my piercing? Definitely memorable. <3 : )

I've had all my piercings done here except one. The piercers are always nice, quick, and informative. I would highly suggest this place for piercings, not so much for tats. I went in to see about getting a small flower tattooed behind my ear. The guy was incredibly rude. He belittled and laughed at me the entire time and didn't even want to try to compromise or suggest something else.

Piercers were so helpful and very interested in how things looked on us and were also sooo patient. 11/10, Highly recommend.