Generation8Tattoo

Love this place! The owners of this place are good people that give back to the surrounding neighborhood and have fantastic artists. Currently getting a piece done by Hiro. Looking forward to giving more business to this shop!

Awesome place. Very professional and friendly people. Just got my first tattoos here, and they turned out great. 100% recommend going here.

I was just on vacation for a week and was shopping on Melrose, I wanted to change my lip rings to hoops and I went into this place. The piercer was great but He charge me $80 for 2 stainless steel lip rings, but I went with it anyway. And the ball fell out the next day and when I went to have them put it back in, no one would even attempt to try and help me. The girl at the front was so rude and dismissive like I was bothering her while she was on her phone and she just kept telling me “nope no one can do it” “nope the piercers not here” “nope no one will try”. Not “I’m so sorry this happened, let me ask anyone that’s here if they could help” or even direct me to another place. I left in tears. It’s sad how one persons attitude can completely degrade a business. I then went to another tattoo place and asked for help, they apologized they couldn’t help but even they took the time to direct me to an amazing shop called “Through your skin”, everyone there was amazing and I am grateful for their need to want to help me and make my day better. When u work in a business like that, you need to enjoy what you do and if you want to be successful, you need to act like you care. So I just want anyone whose doing research to know this is a real review, not someone paid to write a positive one. EDIT: I now know how bad 1 review can hurt a small business. I was on vacation and unfamiliar with the area. They deserve more than one star. Sorry it took so long but I apologize. Sucked a piecer wasn't there when I came. Otherwise clean friendly.

Yo this is a great spot to get some work done! They have a wide variety of artists and they all handle themselves professionally. My artist Nacho is highly talented and I would definitely recommend anyone who is looking for a tattoo spot to check this place out. They are kind of in the pricey side but it's absolutely worth it.

Just got my tattoo done and I couldn’t be more happy with the result. Chad did an amazing job. The attention to detail and the time he took truly shows that he takes pride in his work. The shop was extremely clean and everyone was very friendly. Will definitely be coming back for future tattoos. Thank you for such a positive experience.

So happy with the service and quality. All artists here are very talented and you will get your moneys worth here.

I received a tattoo here and it came out well. After 1 month of healing it practically looked the same the day I got it. My tattoo was done by Malang. :)

I do not write yelp reviews often… especially without having been asked to do so by management (which they didn’t ask here) but I feel compelled to do so because of the absolutely amazing experience I had yesterday at Generation8. I have been to SO MANY tattoo&piercing shops in my life, more than I can count; and the experience is usually the same. I’m usually met with snooty, snobby, upturned noses who could care less about my existence let alone my patronage. My experience yesterday at Generation8tattoo couldn’t have been more different.

I was half expecting to be understandably turned away since all I came in for was to replace a ball that had fallen out from my already pierced rook (without an appointment). Not only was I squeezed in and taken care of right away but the owner/manager (?) tried to not let me pay since it was such a quick & easy job. I was blown away. I insisted that they keep whatever cash I had to go towards the piercer’s tip.

While I cannot speak to the quality of tattoo or piercing work done here as I haven’t been tattooed or pierced by anyone yet, I still wanted to leave a review about the absolutely fabulous customer service and friendly treatment I received from all staff I encountered. They took me seriously despite having a silly, simple request. I find THAT to be what brings me back to a business more so than the quality of their work, although I can tell they do high quality work at Generation8 as well. The shop was way bigger than meets the eye, was clean and cool looking with a totally welcoming vibe. I will most definitely be coming back asap!

My wife Anne Marie travel from the East Coast to Generation 8 tattoo for any tattoos I am getting or piercings she is getting. We own several businesses and when I tell you Dave and his team deliver on every level….that is an understatement. You are always greeted with a warm greeting, listened too, assured of what you are doing and all in a pristinely surgically clean environment. I made the mistake of going elsewhere once on a trip to Key West and will never make that mistake again. THANK YOU Dave, Hiro, Jess and Brendan. You are all awesome 😀

It's very clean place and people were nice there. I just didn't have good experience with my artist Nana.

First she showed up late (no apologies from her).
And event though I explained to their assistant what kind design I want with pictures when I made appointment (that's what I was asked for) the artist said she never saw the information I provided in advance.
So I explained everything and gave her the exact same information, I found out she wasn't good at making her own design after I waited more than 2 hours. Also she doesn't speak English well, so it was difficult to discuss about designs with her.
I should have just leave at the point but I was really looking forward to getting a new tattoo so I decided to stay and get it over with.

There is a part she made mistake and I need touch up, but I don't know if I wanna go back again.

I gotta say she is skilled, her line is really good. If you have the exact design that you don't need to change it at all, then I say she is good.

Wanted two tattoos on my arm touched up/ fixed. Contacted them, shared pictures, explained what I wanted done, and scheduled an appointment. I show up and the artist was confused with my request, told me he doesn't work with the style of my tats" and told me what I wanted "would look weird". It's literally just geometric lion that need some bold lines and color. So overall they couldn't find me a capable artist to pack some color, be creative, or chill. I turned around and walked out, a shame.