Reviews of Slave To the Needle Tattoo (Tattoo Shop)

Audrey Mann

Third tattoo is the charm at Slave to the Needle! I have gotten all my work done at their Latona location and as before could NOT be HAPPIER! The artists always blow me away with what they add to the vision I bring in. Seriously, I would not go anywhere else. If you are serious about the design, quality and artistic ability of your tattoo and tattoo artist, then Slave to the Needle is your parlor! As always, impressive guys! See you for my forth!

Travis Fodor

Stumbled in here for a quick piece last week. Staff wasn't super stoked to help me out, but they did a great job. Would recommend for the work that was done.

Selena Luns

Friend and I did a walk in for our first tattoos, the staff was super nice and did an amazing job. They eased our nerves and made us feel comfortable would recommend anyone to come here. We didn't have super detailed tattoos done but they did an amazing job with ours :)

Curtis Wills

Thank you Tony for the awesome art and a great experience.

Mike Srok

I had a piece done by Ed Lott at the Wallingford location about 2 years ago, based on a pinup-style photo of my wife holding my Gretsch Electromatic (which she bought me for my birthday!). It's a full forearm piece (elbow to wrist) and it is excellent! It's a photorealistc full-color tat, which took 3 sittings start to finish. It was captivating watching Ed do his work - like watching a painter working canvas. I hear Ed has moved on since then, but I would still highly recommend Slave To The Needle, as everything I have seen come out of there has a consistent level of excellence!

kyle smith

The work I got done at there shop was everything and more than I could have hoped for I'll definitely be back for any future work

Tyler Balcom

Incredible tattoo place. Expect to pay a premium for the excellent work done here.

Tina Boggers

Worth the trip. Best work in the area.

Elizabeth Peck

Elijah Cole was very friendly and professional. I'm really excited for my tattoo!

Jooyong Chung

Everyone here is great. Rok is your guy if you want black and grey realism.

Bird Gillespie

Very busy, appointments necessary, do not go in drunk

Paul Carrasco

Went on a Saturday around 3 on and could not find anyone there to get in. Called got voicemail. Seems like bad service. Even Dm'd an artist and never got an answer.

Justin Sides

Lance did a killer job on my back!

Brian

Top tier artists! I've gotten 3 large pieces done here now (3/4 sleeve, full upper back, and inside bicep) great artists, who are very professional, creative, and precise. See Linsey Lawson! Be warned there is a long queue so plan accordingly, as with many good things you have to wait.

Shannon Grove

Danny was excellent!

bag hag

Incredible artists, quality work- can't go wrong here- would recommend Slave to the Needle to anyone looking for a tattoo- check out this shop

Geramy Wong

Staff is amazing and super knowledgeable. Answered my many questions I had and the art looks awesome.

Victoria Albritton

Cannot beat the quality of service here. Worth every penny. Elijah Cole's line work is on point . I wouldn't go anywhere else for script, black and grey, or small intricate designs.

Whitney Fox

Kiwi did an amazing job on my certain tattoo addiction. He was nice, talkative and made sure I liked it before I left. I will from now on be going to that shop only!

Birgitta Hendron

I went to Slave to the Needle last week to get my third tattoo, and it was absolutely the best body art experience I've had to date. Josh did amazing work (and put up with a LOT of swearing from me during the shading process), and everyone I interacted with was friendly and extremely professional. I'm starting the second peel of silver skin today, after following the aftercare instructions to the letter, and this has been by far the smoothest healing process I've gone through. Fingers crossed that it continues, and five stars for Slave to the Needle!

Telechronn

Excellent studio. Professional staff and talented artists.

Stuart U

Posting as a review of the shop, not the artists. Posting a review so that other can make sure to press a little more in order to make sure the shop upholds their due diligence prior to wasting the customers time and money. Previously, I had scheduled a consultation appointment with the shop and sent in the image of what I had designed. The shop and artist had the image for approximately 2 1/2 weeks. When I arrived at the shop and talked with the artist, he had no idea about the image I had sent. We went up to the reception desk and they pulled up the image I had sent. Within 30 seconds, I was told that the design was not feasible for the location I wanted. I had no problem with this answer, and now know I need to resign it. The artist gave me some short feedback that will help me going forward (this is the only reason I didn't give a 1 star review). My issue is with the business practice in that I made the drive out to the shop only to spend about 2 minutes inside it to receive an answer I could have gotten on the phone 2 weeks ago. It was my understanding that by sending in images prior to the consult, the artist would have taken a brief review of the mock up and we would discuss it at the appointment. What I received was an artist whom didn't even know the design existed/had been sent to the shop and told me an answer that could have been told to me in email or a quick phone call. While I do not doubt the skills of the artist, this interaction with the business practices has not provided me with the confidence to spend money and time on what I estimate to be a $800-1000 job.

Jessica Herman

My best friend and i drove 2 hours to go here and it was so worth it! I wanted to get some scars covered up and not only did Adam do that but he went so extra and amazing on it!!! Hands down my favorite tat so far. I may not ever have my tats done by anyone else.

Audrey Myers

Lance was amazing, delivered a beautiful elephant in black and white

Beatriz Martinez Pan

(Translated by Google) The service was excellent, although I had to wait about an hour I think q was worth it because the work was excellent (Original) El servicio fue excelente, aunque me tocó esperar cerca de una hora creo q mereció la pena porque el trabajo fue excelente

Beth FitzGibbon

Great staff, professional and talented!

Taylor Dunn

Eli is incredible with his line and dot work! He's charismatic, easy to talk to, and really cares about his work and making sure the client leaves happy. I'm beyond happy with my hop design he created for me. Thanks, Eli!!

Annette W

Great place to go as long as your not picky about design or color. shop was clean. I asked for a rain cloud with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, ROYGBIV, The design that I provided had 8 lines, The person giving me the tattoo said he would just add in some other colors, I told him, no, lets just drop one line and stick to ROYGBIV only. No extra colors. He confirmed ROYGBIV. and now I have ROYGBBI and a dot of V. If you just wanted a tattoo to get one and no request sure, go for it. Otherwise I would take caution.

William Blackmon

I got a tattoo by Tony, excellent work. Very professional.

Sean Martin

Professional, polite, clean shop. All the work I have got done there has been great.

Robin Locantore

A bit expensive but the work is outstanding by most.

Ethan Little

Got my first tattoo there, great people, overall great experience

Cherryl Renouf

Fabulous!

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Lindsey rocks!

Patrick Carney

I really enjoyed my experience here, they had great service, I am happy with the tattoo I got (my first one). Would recommend to everyone.

Morgan Gifford

I came to the Slave to the Needle in Wallingford to finally get cover-up work done on a regrettable tattoo I got in my younger days. I’m so, so amazed with the work done on the cover-up – there is no evidence of the original, stupid tattoo that was once there. I have nothing but praise for Slave to the Needle, they were able to transform gold out of crap!

Andrae Bopp

Elijah is the man!

Kurt Ranes

I've been coming here for years now and I love it. The staff is extremely friendly and the atmosphere is great. The artists do amazing work and are always willing to discuss their art with you. These people do some of the best artwork you will see hands down.

Scott Berg

Was there when aron first started out ..still have one of Aron's first skull tear out on my leg Aron's a great artist an has become a great artist I remember when it was a hole in the wall an now he has turned it into a awesome place rock on aron from crazy scotty

lacy rule

Amazing work from amazing artjst going back soon to get my sleeve started.

fa rt

I just got my first tattoo here and it was such a great experience! The tattoo came out perfect, and the people were so nice and informative. I highly recommend this place. :)

Jubal Essex

All I needed was a simple tattoo of my first granddaughter's name and Slave to the Needle delivered it in spades. I know my tattoo wasn't exactly original and I didn't really have any exact idea of what I wanted but the nice girl who did my tattoo drew out a tattoo that's almost as beautiful as my grand kid. Now my only hope is that I don't have a ton of grandchildren because I really don't want to be covered in ink.

Adrian Raff

Customer service. Staff.

Jared Parkin

Eli Bischoff is an amazing artist. He's booked for months but if you want a one of a kind piece then it's worth the wait. I flew in to get mine from him after seeing several of his pieces on friends and on his Instagram page. Couldn't be happier. The rest of the crew were friendly and helpful.

Tim Bailey

My wife got a tattoo done here in November by Elijah and I've worked with him to get two tattoos over the last couple months (both were custom art pieces and Elijah totally rocked them). The shop is clean and the quality of the tattoo art is incredible. I got my first tattoo at this shop about 7 years ago and I still get compliments on how great it looks. I wouldn't send friends anywhere else except here for their tattoo work.

Kristina Serfass

Over the years of getting tattooed at a few places, this place is hands down the best all around. From great customer service, the amazing artist and super clean shop! Everyone is very welcoming and no judgement whether your a first timer or a regular- very professional. I have had 4 tattoos done with Kiwi Matt and could not be happier!!!

Robert Neatherlin

I believe Slave To The Needle is one of the premier tattoo parlor's in Seattle.

Kandy Howell

I had a very special experience here yesterday getting my first tattoo in almost 10 years. I picked Slave to the Needle based on recommendations from friends, and I picked Tony as the artist because his portfolio online really resonated with me. He was very professional and passionate, and the tattoos are so beautiful I'm at a loss for words. I highly, highly recommend him, and Slave to the Needle in general.

Henry

I absolutely love this place. Greg, the artist that I work with, does such an amazing job. He stays in constant contact and is always quick to reply. They also have a little parking lot off to the side, which is definitely a plus in the wallingford neighborhood.

Mark Burson

Super talented artists here. Jason Metka is really skilled in Asian style tattoos, specifically large format Japanese designs. He’s incredibly detail oriented and meticulous. Starting as an apprentice and tattooing for over 13 years, he’s developed excellent talent. When I’m ready for my next tattoo, I’ll see him again. Definitely recommend him to anyone looking for a custom, Asian influenced design. Explain your concept and let his artistic talent do the rest.

Andy Wrucha

Dude just don't bother with other tattoo shops...this is the only one!

Wren Despain

Got two large arm tattoos this past year from Elijah. My sister also got smaller pieces from another artist here and loved it. Every part of my experience with this shop was enjoyable. The front desk is friendly and helpful every time. The scheduling process is painless. The artists are affable and knowledgeable during consultations and are quick to know exactly what you want. The actual process is great and you know you are in the hands of experts. There is no loud oppressive music or bad vibes here. It is very clean calm and professional. I can't see getting tattoos anywhere else. I'll be a customer for life and I'll recommend this place to anyone who asks! Elijah's art is gorgeous and I'm unbelievably happy to get to keep it forever.

Samuel Michelson

I got a large cover up on my forearm here about 8 years ago. The art is great and I get compliments on it all the time. There was immense scar tissue from me trying to scratch off the old tattoo underneath and the process wasnt too painful. Got a pretty large piece done in about 4 hours, took 2 smoke breaks. Healed up good and quick. 5 stars because I would recommend this shop to anyone for any style of art! Thanks guys!

Leslie Campbell

Wonderful! I had touch up work done at Slave to the Needle yesterday and though I am still a little sore, I am really happy with the job they did. I was recommended Slave to the Needle by my friend Amanda and decided to give them a try on touching up an older tattoo that has started to fade a bit with time. The darn thing looks absolutely amazing, and I think it might look better than it did when I first got it! Slave to the Needle definitely passed my trial run, if I get a new tattoo in the future, I am for sure going there!

Jeremy Quiroga

Yes it is pricy. Would you not want to invest well in something that is permanent?

Travis Smith

Elijah Cole is amazing! We'll be back for sure

John T

Jason did an amazing job! Very detailed lines. He also quickly envisioned the concept I wanted!

Momma Tree Katrina King

Lance Netherland is the best!!!

Catherine Binford

I went into the Wallingford location for my first tattoo after a recommendation from a friend and seeing good reviews. I wanted to get an abstract blue moon because of its deep significance for me. I knew that colored ink wouldn’t hold its color as long as black but I wanted to get the blue anyway, knowing I would probably have to get the color touched up more frequently. Karina was my artist and she kept telling me just to get black. I appreciated her warnings about color fade but I felt like she was pressuring me to change what I wanted. On to the tattoo... it had very simple curved and straight lines. She applied and re-did the stencil 3 times. I figured she was trying to get it perfect, which I appreciated but in the end she messed up one of the points and made some of the straight lines crooked. The tattoo took about 20-30 minutes and she charged me $160!!! All for some simple lines (no shading) about the size of a softball. All in all she seemed like she didn’t really care and was just trying to get paid. They gave me a small piece of paper with some aftercare instructions and that was it. I called to try to get in touch with the artist a couple days later to ask some questions and I have yet to be answered. I’m really sad with how my first tattoo came out, especially after having high hopes for this place. Now it’s on my body forever

casper the cat

I had a piece done by greg kinnamon, he was quick, clean and proffesional. I’m absolutely in love with my tattoo and will definitely be coming back to Slave to the needle for my next one too!

Dee Cho

Tony did an amazing job on my tattoo and was the fastest artists Ive had. Great work.

Nadia Cigarroa

Shout out to Elijah from slave to the needle for my tattoo. Very professional and experienced for sure. Great tattoo and great time here, my tattoo has gotten non stop compliments. I would definitely recommend Elijah to anyone looking for a great tattoo.

Laura

I was feeling really nervous about getting my septum pierced but read good reviews for this shop and am so happy I came here. Justin took the time to find the perfect placement for my septum ring and I barely felt the needle going in! Everyone was super friendly and professional, shop was really clean, definitely would recommend to a friend!

GraceKRX7

Very prompt with replies and will work with you to find an artist that is well fitted for the piece and with your time frame. Friendly personable staff and clean facility. Ample parking across the street in garage and next to building on gravel lot.

Gabi Seraphim

I won't go anywhere else!

Hannah Griffin

Got tatted with Tony here! He did amazing work, and worked with me to get exactly what I wanted. The whole place is clean, friendly, and professional. My tattoo healed in less than a week! Would recommend anybody considering a tat go and check them out!

Stephanie Kushman

I didn't realize how great my past three experiences getting pierced (by Josh) were until I recently had a piercing done here in my Midwest home town. Josh really makes the experience comfortable and positive and his professionalism is top notch. The aseptic technique, the client education...good stuff.

Alyx McNeal

My first tattoo (at 63). A colleague recommended Lance as an artist, and boy was my friend right! Lance is very, very talented, kind, witty, and made me feel very comfortable. He took very good care of me. My sister met me there and she's booking her first tattoo with Lance in September. We were both impressed with the cleanliness and atmosphere at Slave to the Needle Tattoo. Highly recommend (and you won't go wrong with Lance, I promise!).

Kelly Brookbank

Lance is awesome. Very kind, patient and clean

Jeanene Sanchez

They claimed they couldn't do the tattoo I wanted done.

Maggie Sanchez

Got my septum done here. The piercer was really gentle and did a great job! The piercing healed excellently.

Ryan McLean

I went to set up a consultation but the service was friendly

Brenna Thompson

An amazing shop with amazing artists.

jesse felix hernandez

Great atmosphere and great artists!

Quinn Collard

Love the work they've done

MJ Hendry

You gotta love STTN, best people, best reputation. Lindsey is the most wonderful artist!

Bobby Reiner

Eli is awesome, super happy with the work!!!