Iron Age Studios

I don't want to write a bad review because I have gotten a total of 3 tattoos from this place and they did a great job on them all. However I do have a few things I was disappointed the last time I went. The first time I went, Jason tattooed me. He was very nice and did a great job, got me in and out in less than an hour, and had fair prices. I have nothing to complain about with my experience with him, he was great. The last time I went, I was told there was a 2 hour wait. I decided to wait and didn't end up getting the tattoo for 3 hours instead of 2. My fault for walking in, I won't do it again in the future for this reason. The artist Este didn't even come talk to me before drawing up the tattoo, he asked the girl at the front desk and when he did come over to me the tattoo was nothing like I wanted. I had sent in photos and he didn't reference them at all so I showed him again and he re drew it and it still wasn't what I asked for. At this point, he started being rude to me saying that "you didn't say you wanted that you said you want this" when I told him I wanted exactly what was in the picture with like 2 minor changes. I understand I am just another client to you but to me this is on my body for the rest of my life, sorry I want it to be what I asked for. He then charged me $200 for a simple line work tattoo less than palm size when my friend got a more detailed, bigger tattoo for 150. The tattoo itself looks good but I am just disappointed with how I was treated. He didn't give any aftercare instructions and said nothing about touch ups whereas my friend's artist did. I know it can be different for each artist but I feel like he over charged me because he was annoyed with me. I tried to be really nice and polite and I just don't feel like it was reciprocated. I would not recommend booking with him. I really do like this shop, just disappointed with this experience with this artist. In the future, I won't walk in and instead will book with Kino, Jason, or Emanuel.

I never left ya'll w laGoogle review unil now but here it goes. TWO years ago I got my first tattoo. (The 3 leaf clover) and Jason Bane did an absolutely AWRSOME JOB on it. Then 1 year later I came back and got a stacked STL logo that Miss Morgan did an absolutely fantastic job on. I absolutely love them and plan on getting a third this year. BTW these have all been birthday tattoos to myself so around the 21st of september I'll be back for my 3rd tattoo from iron age. Caht wait

I've been to Iron Age twice for tattoos and this past time I made an appointment with Carson Darryl. He was wonderful and did a superb fine line tattoo for me. I wanted my late Mom"s initials done very fine line. I cared for as she suffered from dementia and we were very close. He was so nice and we had a great conversation about our families and our love of animals. Great experience.

Run, don't walk, from this place, especially if they want you to use Patrick, aka TallMoose. What should have been a very simple tattoo, with the specific size drawn on paper for him, is a huge blob of ⚫️ and bigger than what was asked. Your 5 year old can draw better and follow basic instructions. Owner couldn't care less. Don't make our same mistake, as there are certainly better artists and studios in STL.

great service. friendly staff and great quality of piercing. my first time getting pierced here and would definitely come back again.

Get a tattoo from Darius he does mine and I’m satisfied with the tattoos he gives me i definitely recommend him!!

Went there as a walk in and didn't have to wait long at all. Everyone was really nice and I love my tatoo!

Had a bit of a wait but it was worth the wait! Steven made the adjustment to my tattoo, and I was so excited! Steven was amazing and took the time to talk about it, the coloring, etc, and was good enough to admit on going a different direction when the original plan didnt seem right. The tat came out simply beautiful! A member for my fav music group signed my copy of his 1984 photo book in 2008. Over the years, the autograph has slowly been disappearing. So this was to save the original in tattoo form. I had my first tat done at Iron Age Studio in 2005. I chose to return in 2021 for my third. I will return for more! Thanks Steven and Iron Age!

My sister got her first big tattoo(small wave first.) manny was great from beginning to end. tattoo line work and shading was amazing, and manny as an artist you can see loves his job and interacting with the customer.Appreciate the great work and conversation manny your an awesome artist 🙌and thank you Iron Age crew great experience

I had an awesome experience getting my first tattoo here a few days ago. I searched high and low for a fine line/single needle tattoo artist and was very impressed with his work on Instagram (@carsondarryl_ia_). The shop was professional and clean, and they actually had an impressive selection of jewelry available for piercing clients. When we started the session, Carson had my design ready to go on the transfer paper. He had multiple copies of the design, so he adjusted it until we got it just right. I could tell that he'd already put thought into the design for me and he was well prepared for the appointment. The actual tattooing took maybe 5-15 minutes. I got a 3" tattoo of my grandmother's handwriting and he did an incredible job making it look just like she'd written it. He was very easy going and made me feel relaxed even though i was a bit nervous. I could tell that he loves his craft and would recommend him to anyone looking for a fine line tattoo!