Tattoo Paradise

From start to finish, the experience at Tattoo Paradise was incredible. The artist portfolios on their website and on Instagram are updated almost every day, allowing you to narrow it down to an artist who best fits what you want. After figuring out what I wanted, I walked in to ask some questions and the desk staff was very welcoming and gladly answered all of my questions. They introduced me to Nikki, one of the artists who was very enthusiastic to hear my ideas, set an appointment and promised to sketch something up. When I came back for my appointment, Nikki was ready to go with a perfect design, and made me feel comfortable by cracking jokes and telling hilarious stories while doing the piece. Speaking of the piece, it exceeded my expectations, turning out perfect. There's a reason Nikki has almost all five star reviews! I would recommend this place to anyone looking to get inked, and will definitely be going back for my future tattoos.

Edit: ten months after this review, I've been back twice and gotten a tattoo from Thomas Kenney and Dave Cavalcante. Both have been topnotch work and like Nikki, artists who go out of their way to make you feel comfortable. The front desk staff is also always incredibly friendly and willing to answer any question you have, no matter how silly you think it may seem.

Got a tattoo today done by tattoo artist, Scott. He was so nice & friendly and did an amazing job on my Pisces tattoo. I love it and am completely thrilled with how it came out! I'll definitely go back to him when I'm ready for my third tattoo.

Had got Tatted years ago here twice by Carly, Scripted lettering at first , he did a great job. Second was a Joker. Gordie recently tatted me a Cupid for me daughter , was very happy and tattoo healed nicely. Am happy and will go back. Secondly I found out that the shop owner had once worked @ Pirate Tattoo In MIA which I have also frequented for more than one tattoo. I believe that Gordie and the Shop owner have learned the right way, and I would recommend anyone in the DC area to go here.... I mean where else would you go in this area?? Except for Baltimore and further out DC this is IT.

I am super bummed out about this place. I had some time to kill in DC and had been thinking about getting another tattoo for a long time. This place was recommended by the locals and has good ratings so I gave them a call. When I called and asked if they could get me in around two hours later they said come down we take walk-ins. I thought that was cool and grabbed an Uber. When I got there the place had a good vibe and I was ready for some ink. The gal at the counter was nice but didnt care that I had called. I waited as I have waited at parlors like this before. Over an hour later they were ready for me and were basically going to repetitively stamp me with a design I had shown them as an example. I said no hold up I'm looking for you guys to take some creative license that's just an example. They told me it would be $500 bucks for the tattoo and I was blown away. It took an hour for them to ask me what I wanted and then they came back with an outrageous price for a simple tat that would be around 4x8 inches and one color. There was no negotiation so I politely said not thanks and walked out which is fine but I would have preferred to have walked out over an hour earlier. Anyways no ink for me today and much time wasted.

They are not necessarily the friendliest bunch of people, they don't like to listen much, but Brian did my daith and he's good at his job. He said he's been piercing for 18 years and the daith is a complicated piercing, but so far, I have no problems with it. I have 15 piercings though so I know how to take care of them.

Anyway, all in all, good place for piercings, about average priced, or maybe a little more pricey, but you're in good hands. Don't go here if you're trying to make friends either.

Horrible-pierced my ear poorly leading to scars on both front and back. I’d never had this problem before. When I went to see them again they told me to use tea tree oil which did nothing and then asked me to tip them for the advice. So basically now I just have an awful scar that won’t go away and there’s nothing I can do. Thanks for disfiguring my ear

Got a tattoo here last week by the store owner, Matthew, I believe. I've had nothing but problems with my tattoo and so has my friend that went with me. It's been a week and it still hurts to touch because of how hard he was going with the needle. He used the wrong colors from what we wanted because he wouldn't look at the picture again when I asked him to. Mine is on my thigh so I couldn't really see to watch what colors he was using. My arms were twitching because he was digging into my skin so hard. I'm just taking care of it the best I can and hoping it doesn't blur out. It's still scabbed as if I got it yesterday.

Great experience for a first tattoo. I'd emailed ahead of time with some questions, and they responded quickly and courteously. On the day of, Billy explained the process, was very calm and patient, and fielded all my nervous questions. I'll definitely be back.

Setting up an appointment was super easy, they were very prompt and responsive.
David C. is the man, he finished my tattoo super quick and did great work. Will be coming here in the future.

I'm really late with this review since my tiger tattoo was done probably 4 or 5 years ago . I had it done toward right upper chest area and I love it!!! I'm always having folks say "Hey nice ink!" I'm going to get another one near my 68th birthday in August and I would never go anywhere else. My tiger's green eyes are still sparklers. V