Darkside Studios
Review of Darkside Studios
Darkside Studios: A Tattoo Shop with a Mixed Reputation
Darkside Studios is a tattoo shop located in Cadillac, Michigan. The shop is open from Monday to Saturday, with varying hours each day. The shop is closed on Sundays. The shop offers tattoo and piercing services, with a primary category of tattoo shop. The shop has a mixed reputation, with some customers praising the quality of the work and the professionalism of the staff, while others have had negative experiences with the shop.
Some customers have praised the staff at Darkside Studios, noting that they are knowledgeable, professional, and talented. Customers have recommended specific artists, such as Jake, Trevor, and Crystal, for their exceptional work. Customers have also noted that the shop is clean and organized, which is important for a business that deals with body art.
However, other customers have had negative experiences with the shop. Some customers have noted that the shop is difficult to get in touch with, with no voicemail set up to leave messages. Others have had issues with scheduling appointments, with one customer noting that they had to message an artist directly on Facebook to schedule an appointment, rather than going through the business page. One customer had a particularly negative experience, noting that they had scheduled an appointment for a touch-up, but the artist never showed up, leaving the customer waiting for an hour and a half in the parking lot.
Overall, Darkside Studios is a tattoo shop with a mixed reputation. While some customers have had positive experiences with the shop, others have had negative experiences. It is important for potential customers to do their research and read reviews before deciding to get a tattoo or piercing at Darkside Studios.
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- In-store shopping
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Alicia Ahrens
I love all the staff at Darkside. If you want a quality tattoo or piercing, I highly recommend Jake and the rest of the staff.
Abigale Smith
My first experience here when I got my tattoo was great. However, after a couple years I decided to schedule an appointment for a touch-up. I called the studio to schedule an appointment and was told I had to message Jake on Facebook - not the business page - but his personal profile. I heard the person over the phone literally ask Jake directly if I could schedule an appointment while on the phone or message the business page (as I did the first time) and I heard him say, "no, she has to message my personal page." That's super professional making your clients jump through a bunch of hoops to even schedule an appointment. I messaged him directly and after several messages back and forth and one or two days of not even hearing anything back after the conversation was already started, we finally scheduled an appointment. Then, when I showed up to the appointment (confirmed at 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday) he never showed up. We waited an hour and a half in the parking lot and no one was even there. The studio is supposed to open at 11:00 a.m., so I thought maybe he accidentally typed 10:00 a.m. when he actually meant 11, but by 11:30 a.m. there was still no one at the studio. Extremely unprofessional and embarrassing. I messaged him day of to check in and he never responded. He has since seen my message and didn't even have the professional decency to respond. One of the most unprofessional businesses I've ever interacted with. Save yourself time and money and just go somewhere else where the people are professional and actually respect their clients.
Michelle Coolich
Met Crystal for the first time on Saturday. What a rock star. She was amazing. Had exactly what I wanted for my tattoo in mind and was ready to roll. Thank goodness for her because I was over waiting to get it done. Love my new ink and I made a new friend for life!
Bruce Strang (Charlie)
Only through my first sitting for a large tat and im very impressed with the detail going into it. Jeremy is very good at what he does.
Jamie Stearns
Very knowledgeable. I've seen many peoples work that they've had done and it looks good.
I followed the artist who's been doing work on me, Katrina G., and am still pleased. This was today's fix/cover. The whiskers were before and the dragonfly the after.
Awesome work Kat... Thanks again. I look forward to more ink 🥰😘
Bailey Wilson
Myself and five friends called at around 7 to see if they could get us all in for tattoos. Mind you they closed at 10 and were aware that we lived about an hour away. I personally had Trevor and he did and AMAZING job. Not just on mine but 2 friends as well. Even stayed past close to get us all in. Would definitely recommend!
Kawasaki Kayla
Absolutely LOVED Trevor's work, pretty much ANYONE I asked about getting my first tattoo said to go to this guy, and boy were they right!! 100/10!
Nichole Schepers
My daughter just recently turned 11 and wanted to get her cartilage pierced. I have literally called 25+ tattoo parlors in the past few days asking what the age requirements are. It is absolutely baffling the different responses I got. I've been told 12 years, 14 years, 16 years, no age requirement and finally that it just depends on the parlors preferences. I even had one parlor suggest to me to drive to Indiana to get it done and another suggested doing it myself. Out of all the places I called Trevor from Dark Side Studios Tattoo Parlor is the ONLY one who not only ACCURATELY informed me about the Michigan state law age requirements for body art but also went above and beyond to explain to me the risks you take when trying to do piercings yourself (with store bought piercing guns and etc...). Thank you very much for actually caring about the clients and not just the business. I would highly recommend Dark Side Studios Tattoo Parlor to anyone.
joni kaiser
Love this place. Very clean, organized and Crystal is very talented and I highly recommend her.
Jebidiah Scholten
Jake is the scariest looking nicest guy I know. Also a great tattoo artist