Ghostrider's Tattoo & Body Piercing Studio

Went to get a tattoo and ended up walking out because James- the artist made both me and my boyfriend so uncomfortable. He even cussed at my boyfriend at one point. Very sketchy person and only seemed to be in it for the money. Once I explained to him that I didn’t feel comfortable getting the tattoo, he told me I could not leave without paying him a $35 setup fee.... prior to now I had always heard that this was a reputable business, but I will definitely not be back and will be deterring everyone I know from visiting.

Patty always gives the best piercings!

This is the only tattoo shop in lubbock I trust, they have done several of my tattoos. My most recent tattoo was done by an artist there named Tanner and he did an amazing job!!! I could not be more happy with what he did!

GO HERE TO GET PIERCED. Cheapest and most efficient in town. She's always there when I wanna go in and she is FAST. I came to her for 2 industrial bar piercings, because she was asking very little for it, and when I asked her to make sure they were symmetrical (I'm just slightly OCD) she legitimately took the time to make them look amazing and asked for my approval. She gets it done and supplies you with free salt and cleaning instructions. Shes a gangster and you wont be mad you let her poke a hole in you.💟💟💟

I had my first tattoo done here. It didn’t hurt. Tanner did it perfect 👌 I absolutely love it. I highly recommend this place and Tanner. I’ll be back for more tattoos soon.

Great service. Miss Patty did a great job on my daughters nose piercing. Very quick and clean

I found this shop via Instagram. I sought out Spooky, as I fell in love with his realistic roses. I sent him photos of my ideas and we set up a consultation. I went in and we met briefly to discuss everything. That night, I put down my deposit and we scheduled the appointment. He came up with a beautiful design and we began the session around 8 pm. As he was tattooing, I began to have some ideas and changes to the design. He completely welcomed my ideas and made sure he understood them before he continued tattooing. I thought that was really wonderful and I felt very comfortable and understood. I'm in love with my new tattoo. It almost looks fake it's so beautiful. Truly, it's an art piece. Spooky was careful and focused during our entire session. He took his time tattooing, which is clear just by looking at my tattoo. It was pricy, but I think it was absolutely a fair price if not cheap for the quality I received. I highly recommend seeing Spooky.

In early November I came to Ghostriders to get a tattoo, because my old tattoo artist's shop had closed. I saw good ratings so I figured it was a good place to go to. I WAS WRONG. I can't remember the tattoo artist's name, but if you walk into the shop, his "office" is the first room on the right. I was getting a "T" tattoo on my wrist, which cost $50 even though it was tiny, but they said it was the minimum, so I didn't mind. When I met the tattoo artist, he was incredibly rude. When we were preparing for my tattoo, I tried to make light conversation to try to lighten the mood because I could tell me was extremely angry and annoyed as if I was bothering him. He would just reply rudely. Anyway, he completely ruined my tattoo. The bottom half of the "t" was not even straight, and the top of it was too short on one side. I wish I could get a refund. Luckily, the tattoo shop Stay True (which I highly recommend) had KIND staff, and were able to fix my wrist tattoo.

Got my tongue pierced by Patti. I love her. Perfectly painless. Also got my nose pierced here. 👌

This was my only poor interaction with the shop and unfortunately will be my final interaction. My wife and extended family have gotten extensive work done by artists here and specifically Rudy Parras. The work that he's done has always been worth the time, money, and pain of a tattoo but there was always an agreed upon trade off. There would be difficulty in setting an appointment, the only work that was done in our circumstances were directly off the web (never drawn), and time management was often not handled well. Late to appointments, reschedules, pushing appointments back to the point where the work could not be finished in the agreed upon session. That all to say the price would always be fair to match so getting a large piece at a discounted price was a solid trade off. My last appointment I was only able to sit for the line work but he strongly recommended to pay the entire price then so the next session would be free and we could finish the color portion. Unforseen circumstances occurred and I was unable to complete the piece, so for the first time ever I requested a third of the price collected to be refunded. The $200 for what was done was more than generous and $100 back seemed fair. He admitted that he didn't have it at the time so after some back and forth, I agreed to provide a full six weeks. The morning of the 42nd day he invited me to the shop to collect the refund, but I was greeted by the owner, Patty, who refused to let me speak with Rudy personally. I explained the situation which she seemed to have some base knowledge about but still refused and only offered to leave it unfinished or have him complete the tattoo. That was not was agreed upon not was it an option I requested/request so the conversation wasn't going to be resolved. One last thing she informed me about is that any public, negative review would be threatened with a lawsuit with the aid of the BBB. Again this is just one experience that damaged the artist and shop's reputation with me and those within my influence. Highly recommend Sunken City and EDOC as better options for your tattoo needs. Ricky Flores and Chris Vargas are true professionals at their craft.