Mid City Voodoux Tattoos

Out of all the places I've been tattooed this one has been the best experience and quality of work. Richard is fantastic. He does amazingly clean line work and shading is on point. Great to talk to and can't wait to get more of his artwork done on me.

UPDATE: The manager at the shop promptly reached out to me to discuss what happened. He was apologetic, understanding, and made it clear this in no way was a reflection of the standards of the shop. He also offered to have someone cover the tattoo free of charge. I did ultimately decide to go another route with getting it covered up but he showed a high level of professionalism so I am updating my review to showcase that. As far as I know the artist who butchered my skin is no longer employed there.

This place was recommended to me by friends who had work done by other artists the week before. When I came into the shop, the artist I saw (Kaos) looked at my reference photos and gave me the impression that this was work he was comfortable doing, which clearly was not the case. The outline was drawn directly onto my skin… with a sharpie, which he told me was standard practice for him for tattoos like this one. He took a picture of the stencil and I made it clear I was very uneasy about it since it did not reflect the stencil for the fine-line work in my reference photo. But he continued to reassure me that the final product would be much better because the marker bleeds. He also reassured me the needle he would be using was fine enough to give me my desired results. The final product was nowhere near what I was led to believe it would be. The photos truly speak for themselves. The line work is crooked, inconsistent, uneven, and non-symmetrical. From the time I got home and was able to further examine the tattoo, it is clearly blown out and has only since gotten worse over the healing process. He also opted “not to wrap it up” because he was “confident I would take care of it”. This shows a high level of unprofessionalism and lack of care for clients and their skin.

If you are going to take walk-in clients, it should be expected that you are either talented enough to do whatever is brought in or be confident enough in your craft to have the competency to turn down work that you know won’t showcase your artistic ability. He claims to have been tattooing for over 20 years… this what I was left with. It’s going to cost me hundreds of dollars to either get this tattoo removed or covered up, if it can even be salvaged at this point. What was once a tattoo idea/placement I was excited about, is now ruined. He unfortunately jeopardized his own reputation as well as the shops and I will not be back nor will I be quiet about my experience because this was completely unacceptable. Giving the place 1-Star simply because the other staff members were helpful to me. I reached out to him as well as the shop and was left with no response from either of them.

After going to 3 other tattoo shops and not really liking the places, workers/artists or prices we called Mid City Voodoux Tattoos and were greeted with enthusiasm and great energy from the start we were told to come right over and were seated almost immediately. Myself and two of my friends wanted matching tattoos while in town and our artist Kaylen did all 3 within a very short period of time. She was awesome and very professional with a friendly demeanor. The guy that was there (think he was the owner, didn't get his name) he was cool as heck and very accommodating. The prices are a little high BUT that comes with the location as ALL shops in the area have a minimum but they were the cheapest, others started at $100 minimum. I highly recommend this place and when I go back I will be paying them another visit.

Richard is the best. I brag about him every time someone asks. He’s the only artist I will see.

Not a bad experience, the tattoo artist was a nice kid, but charged $120 EACH for dime sized tattoos - not intricate - then explained they were “priced down” from $140. I’m not kidding - literal dime/nickel sized. Find better value other places - I recommend Lucky Dagger and Tattoo Temple.

We had a strange experience here. My husband and I came in for some tattoos before leaving New Orleans after Buku. After a lot of poking around online, I found Voodoux on Instagram and we liked the designs on their current flash sheet. Lirette was who was at the counter and who was going to do both of our tattoos, although she never introduced herself. I went first, and the tattoo process was pretty much as expected, Lirette didn't make any small talk or sat anything, so my husband and I chatted. When she was nearly done with my tattoo, she pawned my husband off to somebody else instead of doing his tattoo, which was strange because simple flash is quick money, no? My tattoo turned out well and I am happy with it. However, Jimmy Two Thumbs did my husband's tattoo, and it isn't nearly as well done. Lirette passing my husband off to Jimmy didn't seem to benefit anyone either. Lirette stayed at the shop, and Jimmy decided to take a break before beginning my husband's tattoo. He also complained about tattooing the entire time he tattooed my husband. We were happy to add to our tattoo collections on vacation, but this was a very strange experience.

Update: four months later and both of our tattoos have faded and aged horribly.

Got a helix piercing here; they give the lowest quality jewelry & it came out within a few days. Went back to have it fixed and they were unbelievably rude and dismissive. The place is dirty and unprofessional. I highly recommend going elsewhere. I don't know who runs the business, but the staff is abysmal. There are better options in the NOLA area. Don't be fooled by the bot reviews.

Super cool place and all the artists are as skilled as they are friendly. Austin really hooked me up with my first tat. I definitely recommend!

Based on the reviews I was kinda skeptical to go here because they were so mixed. However, I'm so glad I did! My artist was Lirette and she is absolutely one of the best! She was super light handed so I barely felt anything while being tattooed. The atmosphere was super chill and laid back, great music! And the price was more than fair! If you're looking for a tattoo I would encourage you to go see her or anyone at Mid City! 10/10 would recommend

Lirette did my best friend tattoo and she is awesome! She is a straight forward person and no BS and I love it! Fair priced and clean shop, very cool people. You definitely pay for what you get. I will come back for another tattoo by her for sure!!