Ink & Ivory Tattoo Co. — Local services in Town of La Grange

I've seen good work from here and poor work infact both on my sister. If you want to over pay, sit for hours longer than necessary, be ignored, have your tattoo change throughout in ways you didn't approve or were aware of, wait for 22 cigarette brakes have the tattoo unfinished when promised it would be only because artist wasted more hours in time than actual tattoo hours then to have them want to charge to finish something you paid for in full like they did to me then by all means go to queen city. When I got my tatt it was my first... Is as I been pretty turned off by it... I got to the shop before it opened and was told to come as it was his open schedule I was it for the day, I sat there for almost 5 hours before he even got to even sketching my drawing because of family drama shop drama a meal and 10 or more cigarettes then once I hit the chair and ink started flowing out of the actual 9 and a half hours after only just under 4 and a half were spent with a tattoo gun in hand the rest were cigarette brakes. Many aspects of my tattoo were changed without asking even the part I sketched and he traced he changed. Since the tattoo was never finished and I was moving away Everytime I had a chance to come visit and get it finished he was too busy or not in town and never accommodated me now that we both can find time to do it he's charging what I paid originally to finish it even though what I paid originally was supposed to be full price and I changed nothing. I nearly lost my appetite for tattoos even though I drew a few after 3 years of it I'm finally just going to have someone else finish it and see who makes me happier. I feel I was let down on nearly if not every aspect of this experience which is not cool I really wanted many tatts and am afraid of what I'll end up looking like if I have this...

Do not get gift cards from here. I had a hard time this past year with availability to get an appointment. Their shop changed names, and I was under the impression I was SOL. I called more than a month prior to the GC being expired and was told that if I booked prior to the date, they would accept it 'within reason'. I had to pick out a tattoo artist because the GC was left open-ended for the shop (no big deal). I called a week before the GC expired and wanted to set something up for end of MAY (same month it expired in) and I was told by someone that I had to talk to the owner, he took my info and I never heard anything. 🙃

There was an issue that each person mentioned about the GC being "not to a specific artist," which I get, but they also issued it that way. I just would really consider not spending $300 on a GC here because you could be out of the money and someone not...

I went in while in town last week to visit a friend and we both got tattooed by Josh. He was a super nice guy and we both enjoyed him but I have to say I was way overpriced. Something I would normally pay shop minimum for (I was in the chair for maybe 10/15 min total) I was charged $160. I got 3 small simple arrows on my arm and 5 very small symbols on my upper knuckles smaller than the size of a dime and as simple as half moon and a triangle and they are almost unnoticeable as they heal and some lines are completely fallen out (I have about 3/4 of my body done and know how to take care of them etc and yes I know finger tattoos are a bit tougher) all in all I guess I can only be upset with myself for agreeing to pay that price to begin with. Other than that, beautiful...