Fatty's Tattoos & Piercings H Street

Matt is amazing to work with. He's meticulous, professional, knowledgeable, and a true artist. My tattoo experience couldn't have been more positive. I enjoyed the whole process and love my tattoo so much. His presence is calming, which helped me relax into the experience and truly enjoy it.

Absolutely Amazing!!! I had my first tattoo done with Kevin he was so nice! Made getting my first tattoo done such a pleasant experience. Didn’t feel nervous at all after a few mins. Really love how my tattoo came out. Thank you so much.

I truly hate giving bad reviews, but this experience was so piss-poor that I feel like I should contribute my experience. I wish I could review the tattoo, but never got the option:

I went in to the Fatty's on H Street on April 12th to discuss a tattoo design with them. The next availability was in late June, which was fine and I booked an appointment and left happy with the consult. Unfortunately I neglected to make note of the exact time or date, which is 100% my fault. On April 22nd I emailed the artist and asked for a reminder of my appointment date. I never heard back. For weeks I tried to contact both the shop and the artist to find out when my appointment was made. I called several times during work hours and never got an answer (I later saw on their website that they're not answering phones during COVID, which is mind-boggling, but there was no indication given on their answering service that this was the case, and instead it would just ring and ring). I emailed the shop on May 17th and June 11 requesting a reminder but never got one. I emailed the artist and never got a response. I messaged the artist on Instagram and never got a response.

I never got a reminder call or email of any kind and, now that it's July, I have presumably I missed my appointment completely. In contrast, I got a tattoo at Tattoo Paradise in AdMo recently and maintained great contact with both the artist and the store itself, even during COVID.

I'm really disappointed in Fatty's 'cause not only do I want to support local tattoo artists, but I wanted a tattoo, and had scheduled one months in advance. More importantly, I could've scheduled tattoos elsewhere and actually gotten one in the meantime.

While I admit that I should've written down my appointment date and time as soon as it was scheduled, even if I had I wouldn't have been confident in appointment without confirmation and reminders from the shop or artist. I'm sure that if you actually get to go to your appointment you'll get perfectly good tattoos, since the artists are not representative of the poor management of the shop, but I'll never give Fatty's my money.

I live in Illinois, halfway across the country from this shop. I emailed the shop before traveling to the area after hearing positive things about them and was given an appointment with no deposit needed. I gave the artist my ideas and was exchanged a few emails regarding my ideas. A few days before my appointment I got an email confirming the details. When I arrived at the shop as a first timer, the artist and secretary were extremely professional and made me feel at ease. They answered all of the many questions that I had and fully explained aftercare as well as the actual tattoo process. I got a black feather on my inner left bicep, and my artist, Mat Slime, absolutely nailed it! I fully recommend this establishment for any first time tattoo customers

Awful experience. Chatted with Kyle to make and appointment for a piercing and confirmed it with me. When I showed up me and my friend waited 45 min. When he finally came out he said he only had one appointment booked and said he had no time to do my appointment that we clearly booked. Never coming back so unorganized.

I worked with Brian to get a piece done that I wanted for a while. Consultation was smooth and pricing was very reasonable, and turns out it was worth every penny. Hands down the best tattoo I’ve gotten to date.

I had a fantastic experience with Fatty's. I had an important tribute piece that I needed to have designed for my shoulder. I brought my concept to Brian with some basic sketches, and he used them to develop something stunning, beyond anything I could have imagined. I was particularly impressed by how much he actually seemed to care about the piece, considering how many of these he does. He was really excited for the design as it came together. It could not have gone better. I will probably be going back soon to clean up the 15-year old ink on my other shoulder (and perhaps add to it).

Overview: Clean, professional, nice, and talented.

My sister and I received tattoos in the summer of 2016. She was visiting from New Hampshire and we wanted to get them done at the same time as a sisterly bonding experience. Gia and Matt were awesome to work with. They took the time to get to know us and made sure the experience was comfortable.

I would highly recommend this parlor for first timers or people getting their umpteenth tattoo. My sister received her fourth tattoo there and, out of all the shops she's been to, it's been her favorite so far. We can't say enough good things about this place.

Very helpful desk personnel and clean establishment. From the start communication with the artist was non-existent. I reached out numerous times with ideas through email only because the invite to do so had been given. Not once were the emails replied to. When I did show up to the initial appointment I knew I should have turned around and walked out. The artist after measuring my arm and drawing a template for the sleeve had zero drawings of the sleeve I wanted. So 2500 dollars later I have a coverup of an area 5 inches by 6 inches. I had him finish the top of the arm and cut my losses. At 175 an hour you would expect an artist to give a crap about what they are doing and also not take a lunch break in the middle of tattooing you.
The shop I would give 5 stars but the artist I had sought out from looking at his online portfolio came up short of delivering the goods or even caring about it.
I have a full sleeve and a back piece that covers two thirds of my back so I am very familiar with how an artist should treat their clients and I do not mind spending the money on a quality product. This being a new artist to the area who ask you to recommend them to my friends should work harder at keeping the clients you already have.

I went in to Fatty's for a DC flag tattoo on my wrist. I had it mentally laid out and wanted the artist to transfer my idea onto my wrist. The tattoo artist told me that a 2x3 inch tattoo would not look good. He said that I should make it small. Because he is the professional I took his word. My tattoo is 1×2.5inches.
Later I saw someone with the same tattoo same placement and he was the same size as me but his tattoo was 3x3inches and looked perfect. I told him of my experience and his response was "scam! tattoo artist didn't want to do the work but I bet he still charged the quoted price". Well he was right. What I paid for my tattoo was more than he paid for his and his showed better. It's not the price that's the issue. It is the deceitful method the artist used to save time and make a buck.
Professionals should at as Professionals