Reviews of Pink Elephant Tattoo Studio (Tattoo Shop)

Sayeh Anderson

Nick did amazing with me me and my mons tattoos! Shop was very clean, well organized, and friendly. Nick was very easy going and great to get along with. Will definitely be back!!!

Jennifer S

Professional staff. Accommodating.

chris kiel

Place is awesome!!! Robbie hooked me up with my first sleeve! !!! Rest of the staff is super friendly and will come over!!! Ask for Robbie, Luke, or BJ to zap Ya!!!

Tylyn Lundquist

Awesome and fun staff. Bj did fantastic work for my walk in tattoo

Hannah Hesseltine

I’ve gone to Pink Elephant since they first opened up in Ankeny and have had all of my piercings and two of my tattoos done there. I went there to get another one and a guy named Dante had quoted me for my tattoo after drawing it up. Upfront he quoted an extra $100 if I “squirmed and jumped around like a jelly bean”. I’ve never heard of a tattoo artist quoting extra money before even starting the tattoo. If I had to take breaks and caused him to take an extra hour and a half, sure, I’ll pay extra money. But if I have to take a 5 minute break, how do I know he’s not going to charge me an extra $100 just because he can back it up with quoting that at the beginning? I’ve gone elsewhere for all of my needs after that. Not to mention I tried to get a hold of the owner for 2 months and never got called back. It was very upsetting to lose my go-to location and having to have one of my tattoos finished by a different artist than the one who created the original.

Hannah Dilka

First off at every station they have stencils of tattoo they have drawn which is great gave me an idea for my next one! All they guys are so funny and make it a very calm and laid back environment! Cleanest tattoo shop I have been in! Aaron did my walk in tattoo and actually quoted me less than 3 others I had gotten! He's a really cool guy, as soon as you sit down he gets very focused and that was really great! He did an amazing job on my tattoo better than I thought it would turn out! Explained everything very clearly! Great shop!

Kait davis

So amazing and played back I suggest here

Zack Vande Krol

Aaron is a solid artist.

Sara Wenger

Studio looks very clean, the staff is friendly, and their artwork is amazing.

John Styron

Staff is excellent.

Josh Brooks

Great Prices with a fantastic atmosphere and awesome personalities. Does Tatooes and Piercings.

Anna Gates

Awesome, clean, friendly environment and they always put out quality work! I will never see another parlor again!

Nicole Priori

Favorite place to go. Ask for Emily if getting a piercing. She's the best!

katie bose

Got our 6 year olds ears pierced here. Very very good with kids, talked her through everything. Very sterile! Highly recommend!

Teddy 2.0

I am actually going to come heber to ay for my cartilage

Courtney Dimit

They seemed nice enough however I'm a bit disappointed to say the least. I had a piercing done here years ago and really liked the service so I tried to come back. Well, we tried 3 days in a row to go in to get a piercing. Their hours online say open until 9pm so on Wednesday we stopped in at almost 8pm, the place was closed but the open sign was still on. Thursday, we tried at like 4pm but were told the piercer was not in on Thursdays. Friday comes, we call ahead to say we would be there at ~6:30-6:45. Get there and same situation as Wednesday. I'm not sure if their hours are just wrong but I'm still disappointed as we should have been told when we called ahead.

Amber Davidson

Got a couple piercings done, it was super busy. But Emily was efficient and the wait wasn't bad. Plus she made u feel comfortable when getting peirced. Love this place!

Ryan Bernholtz

Excellent service for piercing very thorough and clean

Don Helm

Darian had done a couple pieces for me now and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out.

Travis Murphy

Good place to get some ink done

Mike Stubbs

They did a great job fixing a tattoo that someone else screwed up

Victoria Marco

Emily is the best piercer ever. Ive been going to her for almost 3 years now and I have yet to be disappointed.

BEN HURST

2ñd time here with my daughter to get her ears pierced. Both times were very satisfactory. Didn't take to long to wait and reasonably priced. Would come back at 3rd time

Sydney Barker

Great experience! Emily is amazing! Highly recommend

Jami Tharp

We had a great experience here. My husband, daughter and I all got tattoos.

Claire Marienau

Went to pink elephant for my first tattoo, Robbie exceeded my expectations, will be going back for another! Shop was clean and all the staff were friendly, highly recommend.

Steve Nuzum

Have had Aaron do all of my tattoos including the sleeve we are part way through. Everyone has been great. Shop talk is always upbeat and everyone has great stories to tell, music is varied, and the atmosphere just couldn't be better for a tattoo/piercing place. Extremely clean, great at explaining care and what's going on, and they know what they are doing. Even hearing other artistes work with their clients it's clear they are top notch. Highly recommended.

jim fisher

Robbie is the best

Carlos D. Nelson

The Tat Artists here are Good, did an Awesome job at getting us 3 Nellys' in at last minute. Nick, Jordan and Kyle are our go to's when in Ankeny, IA. Stop by and check them when u need a Sharp Tattoo!

Tami Nelson

Kyle made my first Tattoo experience a great one....very courteous and respectful and cool!!

Jacob Miller

As always a great place to go, great atmosphere and great people and of course amazing art

Steve Harris

Great place forTattoos and more! Staff are very professional and do fantastic work! My artist is Kyle and won't go anywhere else! Great place!

Don Julio

Got a tattoo by a guy named Robbie. Very well done exceeded my expectations and worked with me on my design. He was very open about the design and showed that he wanted it to be 100% perfect. Great atmosphere everyone is always smiling or laughing. Good prices too I highly recommend this place!

Breanne Fox

I have had one of my two tattoos done hear I brought in the exact design I wanted. The shocking thing was for the size difference between my 1st and this one is quite smaller it was only $10 less. But love it

Dale Buck

I was interested in getting my first tattoo at the insistence of my Grandchildren. I didn't get that Tattoo because of the caring attitude of the employee at Pink Elephant. He explained that at my age and with the medications that I take, the tattooing process could tear my skin. It was a simple tattoo that I wanted but he was kind, and careful to point out the dangers and recommended that I not get the ink. He said Pink Elephant wouldn't do it AND I really appreciate the honesty and concern he showed. Having heard from the expert I will be getting a temporary tattoo for my 50th anniversary. I would recommend this location to anyone not in my age group LOL. Thanks again!!

Josh Sebring

They did great work!!

Macie

LOVE LOVE LOVE this place!! The staff are friendly and funny and nice to be around and the tattoo artists are all amazing and very talented!! Great prices too

Macie M.

Every time I wanted a piercing i called ahead and they told me a piercer would be there when I told them I would be there and every time i went in no piercer was even schedualed. Plus my cartilage piercing was crooked...

Shawnalee Seward

Did a awesome job! Clean and professional tattoos. I will definitely be returning for more soon.

Keith Poe

Awesome place

Liz Drummer

Got a nose piercing done. Staff was super friendly and knowledgeable!

Nicolle Hook

I had a wonderful experience at Pink Elephant today! The piercer (Emily) was so professional and helpful- she didn't try to pressure me AT ALL to buy the more expensive jewelry, but she DID take the time to explain the pros and cons of each one. She was patient and kind and was so gracious despite how nervous and chatty I was! Although I live over two hours away, I returned here after having a great experience four years ago. The expectations held up and I am so glad we came here! Highly recommend.

Jaci Hartley

They are good at tattoos and piercings, but they don’t answer the phone at all, I call right when they open and they don’t answer

Jackie Iverson

I wish I could say I had a better experience! I loved the tattoo I got and was told by the artist if I had any fading to let him know and he'd fix it. Well I emailed him to advise I needed it touched up and he said it was my fault it was fading because I didn't sit still during the process and then proceeded to say he told me the foot was the worst place for a tattoo but that my friend made him put it there. Not quite how it all went down. Then he refused to agree to touch it up. I won't name names because I don't want to stoop that low. Just wish I could give 5 stars! I'll be taking my business elsewhere for my touch up and my next tattoo! Super bummed out.

Delani Hayes

If you want a piercing I suggest Pink Elephant. They are very thorough and clean. Everyone there is very nice and easy to talk to you.

Adriana Medina

First time my friend and I walk into this place. One guy asked if we needed help we told him what we needed he said to just look through the albums and went back to another customer, got him setup for a tattoo but never checked back with us again. Two other guys were there also that didn’t bother checking with us either.

Shawn Boesen

I travel all the way yearly to have tattoo work from BJ. Truly outstanding artists at the shop. Friendly staff.

Eddie Dehoyos

I've gotten several tattoos at pink elephant Aaron is my artist one of the best I've had work on me

Sarah V

They do amazing work. And have been very helpful on making the tattoo i want work instead of just tuening me away and saying ni they wont do it.

zoey omega

Went to get a few tattoos and google says open till 9 I showed up the sign was on but the door was locked and no one came to open it. I took my business elsewhere

T M

Beautiful work

Jesse McLearn-Montz

Got my first tattoo from here about a year and a half ago. Although I needed to wait for an artist for a while, because I was a walk in, it was worth it!! And although I'm now out of state, I may come back when my girlfriend and I decide to get a tattoo. And I also end up on getting one or two more while in the process of getting one with her!

Jessica Haney

Two friends and I decided last min we all wanted to go get a tattoo, they fit us right in with Nick. He was really nice, prompt, and did great work. No complaints at all. Did all 3 tattoos in less than 2.5 hours and that includes drawing up the 3 diff tattoos as well. Will be going back to add onto my piece and my husband wants one done now as well.

Emily hill

Three tats by Robbie. Kinda dreading having to find someone else since I moved!! Might have to just plan my tats around my Iowa visits =D

Ben Jorgensen

Always a great time with BJ

Jasamine Miller

Wonderful experience And was one of the most cheapest places we could find I totally say go to the Pink Elephant for a piercing

Alyssa Miller

I just went in last night to get a piece on my arm done. About a month ago I went to Pink Elephant and picked out BJ Shorter via his portfolio work and made an appointment. I am beyond impressed at the piece he designed for me and the quality of his work. I could tell he wanted it to be absolutely perfect and made it a good experience. I will come back here for future work and refer all of my friends here as well. Now to wait for it to heal so I can really enjoy it!

Ema Ibrahimovic

Emily was amazing. Very friendly and explained the whole process. I'm still surprised that my tragus piercing pretty much did not hurt a bit. I'm obsessed with it and I feel very cute!

Cara Murphy

I've gotten 2 tattos and by navel peirced here and I've always left with a smile. My tattoos have come out awesome and the artist, Jessie, did an amazing job at bringing the picture in my head into beautiful artwork. They are also well priced and take a lot of care into making sure you understand after care correctly. Not only this but when I made the mistake of getting an industrial peircing at a different shop and it ended up getting infected and having a host of other problems they helped me to change my jewelry, clean my infection and help me with after care without any extra charge than the cost of the new jewelery. I will never go to another shop for peircing or tattoo!

Michael Levine

Nick did a great job! Very friendly and inviting environment!

Jordan Rude

I got my 1st tattoo at Pink Elephant. I walked in and asked if I could talk to someone about designing a tattoo. I talked to BJ and he asked what I wanted. I had some pictures and talked out a design with him. BJ took the pictures and what I said and said come back in a couple of days. I went back a week later and BJ had a outline of the tattoo done. The outline looked great!! made an appointment to get the tattoo. The tattoo turned out great and it looked better then I could ever imagined!!!

Lindsey Printopoulos

Love this place best and only place to go to!!!

Aaron Becker

Brought my daughter in for her first tattoo. Nic took great care of us and did excellent work. The whole group made it a great day for tattooing.

Shane Twogood

Great tattoo artists and great place for some lively banter. I am very satisfied with the results of my tattoo.

drew Larsen

Kyle is one if the coolest and most down to earth guys ever, and is incredibly talented at what he does. I'm always going to go back to him.

Jeff Moines

WORST customer experience of my life. The front desk people were very nice, place was clean and fun looking, but getting them to start work and return phone calls seems impossible. I brought in two designs to be drawn up by Nick, but he was with a client so I left the designs with the front desk. I was told I would get an email with the designs and we could go from there. I loved that idea as some places make you go in to the shop before you can see their work. So I waited a week and called to see how long it might be before I see the first draft. Again he was busy, so the front desk said he would email me midweek the next week. I didn't received anything so I stopped in to the shop. Only the front desk people were there since it was a week day around 3 or 4. I was told by the same guy I had been talking to (front desk guy - super nice), that Nick would get on this right away and that he was sorry they hadn't reached out yet. I was told I would get a call or email next week. Again nothing came, so the following week called again - same story...something will be coming via email this week. I called today (a Friday) hoping to catch Nick, who I still haven't spoken to. When I called I got a fax machine beep after several rings, so I checked the number again on Google to make sure it was correct and tried again. The guy who answered was a jerk. I know he was busy, and apparently not happy that he had to answer the phone, but regardless, I was looking to spend a lot of money on two custom tattoos....so for a business, customers are everything... I started to explain that I had stopped in nearly a month ago, called again, stopped in again, and called one last time, but despite all of this, I still haven't gotten any sort of rough draft, or even a response. He cut me off and said: "Okay, well if you'd stop, I'll get Nick for you and you can talk to him". As I started to say OK, he finished by saying "instead of telling me this whole "Fu**ing" story"... I said you know what, don't bother... I'll take my business somewhere else. He said 'good bye dude' and hung up. So you be the judge, but weeks and weeks of patiently waiting, then basically being told to "F Off" is a bad way to run a shop. Keep in mind, I didn't ever speak to Nick...he was referred to me by someone else. His work looks amazing, so I was HOPING to have him draw mine, but needless to say I'm not going to give my money to them. Pros - front desk people are incredibly nice and helpful -Shop is fun and clean Cons - Don't follow up on calls apparently -HORRIBLE phone manners

Megan Gethmann

I've had the best tattoo experiences at pink elephant! First, nick was great when dealing with me, as I was getting my first tattoo on my foot. He was very calm and helpful, which is all I could ask for. My second tattoo was a walk in, and it was drawn up and put on me in 10 minutes time. Everything has turned out beautiful! I love it here!

jourdan bell

Nick is the bomb. All the artists are cool and friendly.

Erick Millan

Got my second tattoo here I really liked it, will definitely come back for my third tattoo.

Michael Mosbach

Spur of the moment decision and was able to walk right in! Staff made me feel very welcome and removed any anxiety I had. Nic took great care of me and the tattoo turned out great. Will definitely be going back.