The Pittsburgh Tattoo Studio

I had a wonderful experience with The Pittsburgh Tattoo Studio, both in Dormont and in Washington. I was tattooed by Lizzie - she was knowledgeable, efficient and nailed all of the fine lines in my tattoo.

Both locations had friendly and helpful staff, a clean and chic environment, and were run by women (love to see it). 10/10 would absolutely recommend!

Highly professional and amazingly talented artists. The setup they have is private and clean, the staff are intelligent and kind, and they have so much to offer! We had Marcella Hans and they were amazing! They talked us through the process, and I had drawn my tattoo and they worked with it to ensure it would fit the size and helped me work through it so it was perfect. I highly recommend getting your next tattoo or piercing here! They also sell mugs and shirts!

I took my then 16-year-old, while we were doing some college touring. I had promised her she could get a tattoo for her senior year. This was over the summer, and I don't remember who the young lady was who did it. But she was super awesome, and my daughter was very comfortable with her. My daughter was very happy with the tattoo as well.

My daughter will be attending college in Pittsburgh in the fall, so I won't be surprised if she schedules some more visits there.

Thank you!

This place has amazing artists and receptionists, but AWFUL ownership and business practices. I had sent them my design over email of the piece I was having done on 11/1 by my artist. I had sent this email a week prior to my appointment. I got a call the next day, 6 days prior to my appointment, and they told me my artist had left over a month ago and I could go to a different artist. When did they plan on telling me my artist had left when my appointment was IN their system with the artist that had left?! So, I had said I wanted my deposit back because my artist had fully left the business and I did not want to see another artist at the studio because it was not my artist. It was not fair for them to keep my deposit under these circumstances. If it was my doing or reasoning for the tattoo not being completed, that would be a whole different scenario, but this was a business based doing. After calling and talking to the owner, she gave us our $50 back and BANNED us from the studio for rightfully wanting our money back. This place has awful ownership and I will not be recommending them to any of my close friends for future tattoos because if this is how a business treats their customers and their artists, I don’t want to support them.

I have gotten several tattoos here over the years. I was always a fan and referred people here...that is until today. On 8.26.22 I had a piece done by Lauren in Dormont. It had quite a few flaws and the shop and artist graciously agreed to do their best to "fix" it at no charge to me. I had a touch up on 9.30.22 and discussed some other things I'd like to add/correct. Lauren said no problem, I'll make notes and just call to schedule. Fast forward to today- I called to schedule another correction/touch up as well as add in a small piece that we had discussed. The male receptionist was very rude from the time he picked up the phone. He got frustrated that I was trying to schedule for a piece that he did not have a picture of, despite me trying to explain that it was already discussed with the artist. He put me on hold to take another call, but prior to pressing hold, he audibly said "I hate it when people call and..." before putting me on hold. When he returned to the call, with an attitude and rude tone, I asked what does he hate when people call and if he had an issue with me scheduling. Let me tell you, I have never been so disrespected by someone who I was trying to bring business to. He got irate and started raising his voice at me. I very politely said to him that I would just reach out to the artist since he was having such an issue with me and he became even more rude stating thatbhe doesnt know who i thinknibam, but inwill not go around him. I am appalled that the "receptionist" a business would be so very rude to someone on the other end of the phone who is just trying to get her butchered tattoo corrected by the artist who did the sub par work. I will never recommend this shop to anyone again. Very disappointing because there are SOME very talented artists here and I have enjoyed coming here over the years.

Amy is PHENOMENAL! My husband and I have been going to Amy for years now. We recommend her to anyone looking for new ink!

Amazing people, friendly and so supportive, I got my first and second tattoo and it was awesome Lauren is an amazing artist and passionate about her work, definitely a place to go

An absolutely predatory tattoo parlor. Don’t ever go here. They make their artists sign contracts that sign over all their artwork to the studio so they can’t use them in portfolios because it’s the ‘studios’ property. They work them to the bone and force them to take every walk in ever, not allowed to say no. There are so many problematic things about this place, it’s not even funny.

Fantastic experience beginning to end. The shop is clean and well lit, each chair has ample privacy. Bethany pierced me and she was very patient, professional, and charming - and very prepared. The whole shop seemed to be staffed by women, which was refreshing and made me feel comfortable immediately when I arrived.

I got a tattoo and a nose piercing at the Dormont location today. The staff were all extremely nice and welcoming. Mik was delightful and did fantastic job on my tattoo. I highly recommend!