Neptune Tattooville — Local services in Neptune Township

UPDATE: 10/19/18 The darker brown tattoo was Erik's work. The pic with the quarter is what I asked for. The lighter picture is an additional $50 later, which took longer than the original, as all lines were straightened, and white and gray were used (the colors I wanted in original pic) Tried to fix the area where the feathers were blended together and bottom feather looks detached. I never said Erik was not a nice person, but He was RUDE to me. I was just stating the facts of my experience. Entitled? I did not feel entitled, but after my second trip for this little tattoo, with a 2 hr scheduled appt. starting at 4pm, I did not expect to rush through everything in the last hour as employees were waiting to close up shop. Actually it was a 40 minutes spent with me out of the two hours. What's sad is ... it is not what I wanted. It is still dark, and it can not be fixed. You turned around and blamed me for the bad experience? Lol That says a lot. I am sure Erik has had happy customers, but unfortunately, I am not one of them. I wish I could say differently. You see, it is MY arm.

I have had quite a bit of work done in the past and decided to get my first tattoo in an area that is showing. My wrist. I chose Erik by viewing work he had done on the website. I called and asked if I can walk-in and I was advised he had a two hour appointment that is scheduled until 4 and he could probably do my tattoo then. I arrived and waited and was then told to come back the following week. He said he was doing an entire sleeve . So I scheduled a two-hour appointment the following week. When I returned I waited over an hour. Until 5:15...My appointment was from 4 to 6. Erik sketched the tattoo in 15 minutes while I waited in the lobby. It was not like the picture I gave him. With a pen he quickly drew in what was missing. I asked for no color and what was supposed to be angel wings look like dark bird wings. Where he put the nicks in the feathers randomly with the pen, last minute... the feathers look detached. Some look like swords. His hand was shaky and he had to go over the lines and this caused them to be a little thicker than they should be for a small tattoo. The shading has no Rhyme or Reason. I asked a coworker who has many tattoos for her thoughts and she told me it was not a good tattoo. It's not like the picture I showed him, but like pics I showed him what I don't want. The darkness and too much dark outline. There was another small tattoo I was supposed to get but I was asked to come back for a third time. He basically did my tattoo in a half an hour to forty minutes and they were closing the shop. I was charged $120 plus $8 tax and I actually tipped him $20 Erik told me that he would do both tattoos and if he had to he could stay a little later after closing.. but instead I was asked to make a third appointment. I drove 45 minutes each way for this small tattoo that was very expensive. I got my deposit back the following week .....another hour and a half of driving! (right after i had my second tattoo done by someone else) and when I told Erik how I felt about having to wait and feeling rushed he told me sarcastically maybe I should find somebody that works at my speed! Really? I literally just had my upper arm done a week after leaving my second visit to Tattooville . That man was spent three hours total going over drawings and his ideas. The new tattoo cost $120 and was a lot more work. I CAN NOT speak for the other artists there or past, but there are artists out there that care about the permanent art that they put on people. I had to pay more $$ to fix the tattoo. At least what could be done. I now found a tattoo artist and shop in Edison 5 minutes from my home. And I'm going back...

Was visiting a friend in Jersey who has gotten two tattoos done by Lil Chris. Both of her pieces looked great so I trusted it. I got a small cross on my wrist- which is a pretty simple tattoo. When I unwrapped it I was immediately unhappy with it, sloppy work. Some pieces of the cross were crooked and thicker than the other pieces. I went back and he was EXTREMELY rude and nasty to me. First he told me I'd have to wait at least 40 minutes to get it fixed. My friend and I left, cus we couldn't wait. He came downstairs from the shop and told me that he never told me I'd have to wait, that he'd take me right away... okay. Go back in and nicely apologized and explained that I'm probably being picky but it's going to be on my body FOREVER. He pretty much slammed my arm on the table, told me I was being picky and was extremely nasty the whole time he touched up the tattoo HE MESSED UP. This isn't my first tattoo, and I waited until the tattoo was completely healed before writing a review on him. I never write reviews but I had to say something because this guy was a total jerk. I will have to go to another artist to fix it. I will NEVER go back to this place again, my friend got a tattoo there at the same time. The other artists seem like they do good work.. Not Lil Chris' best work & his attitude sucks.

To respond to the owner who replied- I was aware he was in the middle of a client but I was unable to wait. He first told me I had to wait 40 minutes, and then changed the story when he got me and told me he told me he would take me right away- I apologized for the misunderstanding. I don't deny that he tried to correct the mistakes he made in the tattoo- my issue was with his general attitude towards me. I know he does great work, he's tattooed my friend twice and his pieces on her are great. I agree we did not click but I thought I'd shared my experience & I still stand by it wasn't his best work. Thank you for...

This review never posted prior. Came here specifically because it had good reviews. I'll never come back. I don't know if they still have the same piercer here, but I went here for my birthday and got 3 piericings, one of which was a nose piercing. He pierced me with a hoop/ring. I called to ask about it, since it's apparently a obvious no-no among piercers to put a hoop in as initial jewler. Found this out when I looked it up and went to another shop because I was having unusual pain and irritation. The other shop told me this and took out the ring, replacing it with a high quality stud, since my nose piercing got infected and painful when it had a hoop in even though I was taking care of it as instructed. Once a stud was in, the uncomfortable symptoms cleared up and I had no issues of reinfection. Likely because it didn't move around as much, like a hoop does and can heal much better. I have returned to the other shop for other piercings instead since and they were great. I called this location to ask about the jewelry and spoke to a woman named Christine/Christina who was SO RUDE when I was just asking a question nicely and seeking advice. Had she not acted like an @$$hole and realized that maybe her employees are capable of messing up, I would've returned for them to remedy it and switch it out to a stud. This lady acted like my concern was a direct insult to her intelligence and to her business practice, when it was nothing personal. She wasn't the one who had an infected nose piercing anyway. She didn't ask me to come in (which makes way for a repeat customer...duh. guess they don't need it) ask questions or offer any resolution. No customer service skills, super unprofessional. I'll never...