I'm a few months later on this review, but hey, better late than never.I work down the street from this place and I have to Uber to work early cause of the expense after 4p. Anyways, I had about 3hrs ... Read More
I'm a few months later on this review, but hey, better late than never.I work down the street from this place and I have to Uber to work early cause of the expense after 4p. Anyways, I had about 3hrs to spare and stumbled upon this place. I love ink so i keep all of my printouts in a folder in my backpack (I know I'm weird. (Side note: PRINT OUT your tattoo ideas, they like when they can actually see it and not flipping thru pics on your phone)).Anyways, I walk in and the guy (dont know his name) politely walked up and asked about my needs (Mind you, he had just put his stencil on his client, about to start, but still pause to at least greet me, and the client was totally cool about it, thanks dude).Not even 2 minutes later a guy walks out from the back room after hearing our convo and relieved the guy to take over. I show him my picture and he studied it, like reeeallly studied it, and the area I wanted it. He decided to take me back and was totally blunt and said he wasnt sure it would work out. I guess I should note that this was a mandala tattoo on my middle left hand finger (very tedious) so I appreciated his honesty. He told me he would draw it out on my finger first and then decide, and I was cool with that, I mean, its permanent, I want honesty. He takes me back and started to draw with his red and green sharpies getting a feel of if he wanted/could to do it or not. Luckily he decided to go for it and by this point I had total confidence in his work because he didn't even want to attempt if he didnt think he could do it. So away we went and well, let the fun begin. The guy was super chill and we talked story the entire time. At the end of it I was already following the shops Instagram page (@restlesstattoohawaii) and his personal page. He told me the price and I was a little taken back considering the size and placement, buuut, then I found out he was the SHOP OWNER &&& usually never takes the walk-in clients, so I couldn't complain a bit because i wasn't disappointed in any experience i had had there, even being a first time client. With that being said ... PAKX YOU ROCK!!! And I thank you thank you thank you for your patients and consideration on my piece. I definitely recommend this shop! They are all rad! Read Less