Smith Street Tattoo Parlour

I had a very similar experience to Jess F.

I have a lot of tattoos, and I take a lot of time researching to find a shop I want to check out before I make a trip. I came to Smith Street completely based off the mostly positive reviews on Yelp, but I was incredibly turned off by my experience.

I came in looking for a cover up.. I walked in and was greeted by a young guy at the counter. He was not very friendly..looked like he was sizing me up as I walked in--asked 'can i help you?'--I started to talk--then he interrupted me to answer the ringing phone. Then he let me continue--called one of the artists over to consult me. A larger guy with a metal front tooth came over and talked to me about the cover-up..I knew it would be a challenging tattoo, but the way he talked to me made me feel really insulted and uncomfortable.

He didn't like my ideas and didn't have any good ideas himself for a cover-up, and he recommended I laser it off. I told him I had no interest in lasering it off, and he just shrugged and looked at me like, 'alright--whatever.' He seemed completely uninterested in even trying to help me and was so rude the entire conversation.

I walked out--after being insulted and talked to like I was stupid-- I had no desire whatsoever to spend my money here. Besides my cover-up, I was also interested in getting other tattoos by them in the future, but not anymore!

I have an appointment at a DIFFERENT shop--and I'm getting exactly what I wanted. My cover-up just takes a little creativity, which Smith Street seems to be lacking.

Love this place . Got my tattoo over a year ago and still in love with it.

Got my second tattoo here around Thanksgiving and my experience was just as great as the first time around. Steve inked me with a work of art, again. I think one of the guys even offered us pizza - so nice. I can't imagine going anywhere else.