Electric Ladyland Tattoo

I'll preface this review by saying I did not get a tattoo here. This review is based solely on customer service.

I ended up here one night with a friend. Both of us were interested in tatoos but didn't have a clear idea. We went in and started looking through their folders. Meanwhile, the guy at the front desk helped other people... if you can call it that.

As we lingered for about 30 minutes, I saw him berate one customer and telling her that her tattoo would look like shit in a couple of years and that he would have never done it. This other guy was asking for input on a design, but he was so busy being an asshole to other customers, that he up and left.

When we finally talked to him, my friend had picked out a design from one of the books and he gave us a price quote. I joked that she wouldn't get one unless I did at which point he replied that he coudn't care less whether or not she got a tattoo. We didn't bother asking any more questions.

I have several tattoos and I've gone into a ton of tattoo places just to chat or get some ideas and have never been treated so badly or watched other people get treated so badly in such a short time span. If you have a stick up your ass, then I'm not interested in what you're selling.

There are plenty of places that are clean and have talented artists that are not run by rude assholes. Go there for your body art!

One of the cleanest tattoo parlors I've ever been to. Everyone was very nice and accommodating to our requests. Got a simple tattoo. It literally took about 5 minutes and didn't hurt as much as I was expecting it to.

Very reasonable pricing. Friendly and professional staff. Would recommend to anyone wanting to get a tattoo in NOLA. They accept credit cards but prefer cash!

Since I had a fantastic experience during my last visit back in July, I decided to arrange an appointment with Ed to get another tattoo done. Ed is a great artist and it really shows with his passion and pride in making every tattoo he works on a beautiful masterpiece. I went in for a consultation with him to go over my next tattoo, which was a beautiful looking opera singer in wardrobe to dedicate to my Grandmother who was an opera singer for over 30 years. I wanted to get it on my left arm. Nonetheless, he had a lot of ideas to make it look even better than the sketch.

After the consultation, I went back in a week later to get it done. After about four hours of detailed work, he got most of it done, but recommended that I come back in to get the rest of it finished. Unfortunately, my arm didn't heal as quickly as I'd hoped and there was some scars that came from it. The way that the human body responds is unpredictable, but hey, that's life : ).

I came back in a couple times once I healed to get pieces of the tattoo touched up. Ed understood that the healing can be a bitch sometimes and put me at ease that the scars would not be an issue to clear up. After these visits, I walked out with a gorgeous looking opera singer tattoo on my arm : ). Went back to New York and my Grandmother was so pleased that she couldn't help but shed some tears. Music and singing is an important part of my life and also important to my family. I've gotten tons and tons of compliments on it and have recommended Ed to everyone that is thinking about getting a tattoo.

I realize that I'm exceeding this review, but I wanted to let anyone who may read this know that this tattoo shop is very professional in their approach and have fantastic customer service. Louie (I think I have his spelling right) was great with getting in touch with me as well and working out the appointments and consultations. It's a real pleasure to get work done with these guys. I look forward to getting more work done in the future.

Thanks Ed and ELT.