Review of Southside Tattoo
Southside Tattoo: Located on South Congress Avenue, Southside Tattoo is a popular tattoo shop that has been serving the Austin community for years. The shop is open seven days a week, but their hours vary, so it's best to call ahead or check their social media pages for updates.
The shop has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and the staff is known for their exceptional customer service. They have a team of talented artists who specialize in a variety of styles, including traditional, black and grey, and watercolor tattoos. Customers can choose from a wide selection of pre-designed flash tattoos or work with an artist to create a custom design.
While most of the reviews are positive, some customers have complained about long wait times and high prices. However, many customers have praised the shop's cleanliness and the quality of their work.
If you're looking for a new tattoo, Southside Tattoo is definitely worth checking out. Their talented artists, friendly staff, and welcoming atmosphere make them one of the best tattoo shops in Austin.
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- In-store shopping
Southside Tattoo Reviews - 100
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Shi Reetz
Marcelo is AMAZING. He is so incredibly talented. I lost my boy Tyson two weeks ago and Marcelo was able to get me in asap and designed the most beautiful and perfect tribute. Marcelo is very kind, personable, checked in often, and very thorough. I was comfortable the entire time, everybody at the shop was awesome and accommodating. Every interaction felt personable. They're also reasonably priced. I found Marcelo on Instagram @mp.tatt. I would have never thought I could afford a tattoo from here. But they're super competitive and fair. Everyone was really nice and kept admiring his work. The shop is very clean too. They had a nice playlist and lots of cool stuff to look at. I cannot recommend this place enough. Insanely impressive. Definitely repeat customers.
chance miller
I’ve been here a couple of times and had an amazing experience, so much so that when I came back to Austin with my girlfriend I wanted to take her to get a tattoo. This most recent time was different, we arrived at 3 waited 2 hrs, then 3 hrs, then it’s finally 6:30 and they let a walk-in get his tattoo done within minutes of walking in. While me and my girlfriend are sitting there holding our sketch’s for hours. I understand that things may not always work out but the overall feeling we got from the staff was that they did not want our business and felt very ignored. Ended up leaving after they asked if we could wait another hour. They didn’t want my business therefore they will not receive it.
Melanie Helmick
I wanted a souvenir from my trip to Austin and my friend suggested this shop as he's had work done there in the past. The guys at Southside were friendly and accommodating to a tourist with only the vaguest idea of what I wanted. Kristian was the only one taking walk ins, and while I was on the table 4 or 5 more people came in to get on the books. He was quick and efficient but didn't rush, and it was one of the most painless tattoos I've had done. The shop is nothing fancy which means their work speaks for itself. Price was reasonable for a well crafted piece of flash on the fly. Next time I'm in Austin I'll go back to add to my collection. She's 3 days old and a little scabby but absolutely beautiful. I love when a tattooer considers all the art on your body when they choose placement and palette, and my little spider complements all the rest beautifully. Thank you guys so much!
Kassandra Quiroga
Got my first tattoo here as a walk in! Service was awesome and Jeff was super friendly throughout the tattoo process. Definitely recommend this place!!!!
Donna Winters
Great experience and people. Pedro was the artist who gave me my "souvenir" for my stay in Austin. A week later we came back for my husband's first tattoo. We are happy with our pieces and Pedro's talent.
Byron Velasquez
Jeffrey Tate is my guy for alllll of my tattoos. He is very easy going, helpful with ideas, and an amazing artist.
Evan
This is my third tattoo at Southside tattoo, and I highly recommend. The artist that did this particular tattoo is Pedro. He did such a great job and delivered an excellent tattoo!
SupernaturalDarling10
Was put on the waitlist when we walked in (which was fine) so my boyfriend and I decided to walk around to kill time. We walked around for an hour and decided we should go back to the shop and just wait there. We walked in and we saw we were up next on the list. We sat and waited for 2 HOURS before someone finally came up to us and told us that we would probably need to wait another hour or come back tomorrow. My boyfriend and I ended up just leaving because a walk-in had come in and was taken back within minutes of arriving. Clearly they didn’t want our business, so we didn’t want theirs.
John
I went to this place twice, both times to discuss the same tattoo idea. Both times the staff were rude, short and the first thing they ask is "how much do you want to spend?". They aren't interested in the art anymore, only the mighty dollar. They don't have time for you unless you want to spend $2000 on a tattoo. They tell you to leave your number and someone will call you, but no one ever does.
*UPDATE* I was scolded on an app by one of the employees spouses for leaving this one star review. I stand by my assessment of this establishments practices and my experiences even more now. You don't release your dog when someone gives you a bad review. YOU FIX THE PROBLEM! I have included screen shots of the chat and my responses to the artists spouse for reference. I absolutely would not recommend this place to anyone.
Carlos G
Southside tattoo has amazing talent working there. Everyone is friendly and the overall vibe reminds me of what Austin used to be back in 07-09.