LOVE LOVE LOVE his work Rick is the best I have not gotten any ink from Jill but she is an amazing artist as well really nice colors and fun artwork The prices are reasonable and the staff is friendly sorry for those who may have had a bad experience but everyone has bad days Jill and Rick are extremely kind and the shop is awesome clowns and all lol Read Less

LOVE LOVE LOVE his work Rick is the best I have not gotten any ink from Jill but she is an amazing artist as well really nice colors and fun artwork The prices are reasonable and the staff is friendly sorry for those who may have had a bad experience but everyone has bad days Jill and Rick are extremely kind and the shop is awesome clowns and all lol Read Less

I had my first tattoos done ,I'm extremely happy with the service I received.No nonsense and great results.Easy to work with.When I arrived to my appointment they were already researching what I wanted done that day.I will be back. Read Less

Stopped in off the street to talk about my first tattoo. Set up an appointment, then I had to reschedule, no problem, then I rescheduled again, still no problem. When it came down to it, Rick explained the process, then hevgot right to work and created an original masterpiece. It came out great! We talked extensively about aftercare. Highly recommend. Read Less

I've been going to house of 1000 tattoos for years. When 3 different artists from other shops said my cover up was impossible jill took on the challenge . She did a beautiful cover up with flowers and a Venus fly trap. Considering I had a thick black lined tattoo to cover I was amazed she was able to pull this off ! I'm going on 3 years with this cover up , and 2 large tattoos from Rick . All of the colors are still vibrant and I get compliments about my work all the time. If your looking for tattoos that will look great see Rick or Jill they are both great artists. Read Less

I went today to get a tattoo from here and it was one of the best place I been too they are very nice and friendly they also do great work I am very happy with my new tattoo thanks Jill and Rick for everything Read Less

I had an old tattoo that was in need of repair. Randomly took a chance and was not disappointed. Great service and they are very personal with you. He worked quick and was light with the needle. I was all healed up within a week and the color is bold. I read the other people's remarks and they just didn't add up to when I went. An as far and the one persons comments about some apprentice. He is no longer there I believe. Oh and call and check with them. Sometimes they do specials for example my tattoo was 350 but they knocked 100 off because it was shark week. They gave me a sweet certificate too. Pictures will be included. Mines the US Navy tattoo. Read Less

Went here for my first tattoo 10 years ago and have been going back since I wouldn't choose a different shop! Rick is a great tattoo artist will years of in shop experience! The shop envision fun and friendly and the work that comes out speaks for it's self I wouldn't ever choose a different place to get tattooed or to hangout in! Don't judge based on reviews go in the shop and check it out for yourself Read Less

Not only is Rick a great guy but he is by far the best tattoo artist around. He has a tremendous talent that will without doubt exceed your expectations. He runs a first class shop with top notch assistants and tattoo artist. In my opinion House of 1000 tattoos is a solid 5 star operation!!! Read Less

Just got my first tattoo from Rick. I have been wanting to get this tattoo for about 10 years now and have gone and walked out of about six tattoo places because ever time I asked one of the artist to draw something up it always came out cartoony and campy . When I explained this to Rick I could tell he immediately understood. He took a couple of days to draw something up and when I went in it was perfect. Better then perfect. He took my idea's and reference materials and ...gave me something beyond my imagination. I sat for Rick for six hours which is a very long time for me. He always made me feel welcome along with the other people that work there . His coworker Jill was very friendly and helped to clan my nerves by helping me to laugh. The end result was a fantastic tattoo that I've wanted for so long. Thanks Rick and everyone at house of a 1000 tattoos for a great experience and a great work of art. See more Read Less

OK, i want to start this off by saying that this place has really great reviews elsewhere on the web. i'm not sure how because there has to be someone else out there that had the kind of experience i did. i have reviewed this place elsewhere and seemed my reviews were not well received because they went against the grain. i had a terrible experience here and i feel the truth should be out there somewhere. getting ink is no light matter and you want to pick the right place. well, this ISN'T it. my fiance and i went based on a friend's recommendation. we went in person to schedule the appointment and check out the place... the front desk woman appeared a little "out of it" but we dropped off our sketches (i drew up what we wanted) and that was it. the problem started when we went back during our SCHEDULED appointment time for our ink. the tattooist (and owner) had decided to take a drunk friend in for a quick spontaneous tattoo instead of keeping our appointment time. i know the guy was drunk bc he smelled like beer, everyone else was talking about how he tried to walk in with a 6 pack, and the guy himself was slurring and talking about how he just came out of the bar and was sloshed. it was around 4pm. my fiance and i were taken aback but tried to keep it a positive experience bc we had looked forward to getting inked together. as we are waiting, and waiting, and waiting (the drunk guy came in to get the bare breasts of his mermaid covered bc he just had a baby with his wife, true story, but then also decided to get the infant's feet tattooed on his chest, TRUE STORY) the apprentice guy comes in and doesn't have our sketches ready. he had over 4 weeks to draw them up and he didn't. when asked why they weren't ready, he mumbled something about being hungover and taking a giant "pizza" crap. i am not making this stuff up. this is real life, exactly what happened here. i remember it all so clearly because it was so ABSURD. by this time we wanted to leave. we really didn't know what to do, and we knew we wouldn't get the deposit back from these people...plus we had already waited 2 HOURS. we decided to stay and hope for the best bc the tattoo guy was supposed to be so "talented." the tattoo guy (big rick shrek) was annoyed with the apprentice for not having the tattoo sketch ready... the apprentice tried to draw it up quickly but it was all wrong so the shrek guy had to do it himself, which pissed him off even more. there was so much tension we were so uncomfortable. once in the room ready for the tat, things got slightly better. shrek guy tried to be friendly, but he rushed through our tattoos. we were getting smaller ones than he usually does, so felt like he was rushing us through even though he was the one who was running late for taking that drunk guy walk-in during our appointment time. in the end, my fiance's ink came out... and he had to go back and get it re colored. he showed up again during his scheduled appointment time, and they actually told him to GO HOME AND COME BACK bc they weren't ready!!! what?!! so after another 2 hour wait, he finally got his color re-done, which has since come out again. he is getting it touched up elsewhere at this point. overall, this place was the most unprofessional and uncomfortable tattoo establishment you can imagine. and they charge TOO MUCH! not worth it at all. AVOID this "house of 1000 headaches"!!! Read Less

After going to 2 other tattoo shops and being told that what I wanted was impossible and would look stupid I found Rick via my Brother-in-law and one of my patients. There Tattoos are AMAZING! So I when to see Rick. He listened to what I had to say and then say ofcourse it could be done! I now have an amazing tattoo myself! Rick is very professional and had a great personality about him. He takes pride is his work and will not let crap leave his shop. If you are looking for a great artist and a great tattoer RICK IS THE MAN!!!! Read Less

Researched central NJ tattoo shops becasue I wanted to stay close to home.  Met with this shop a couple of times on a cover-up tat.  Owner said he would draw something up within a week, so I left a deposit.  Called after a week and spoke with store manager.  My job hadn't been included in the owners work flow, so nothing was done.  Another week goes by, call again and still no mock-up.  I was told to schedule an appointment to get on the owners calendar.  Showed up for my appointment thinking we were going to review mock-ups for my cover-up and it was an appointment for the actual tat.  We hadn't event discussed what I was getting!  Too scattered and unprofessional for me.  Live so close to some of the best tattoo artists in the world (NYC), I did more research and wound up going to East Side Ink for my tat.   Wanted to support local NJ business, but can't take a chance with something so permanent.  Very pleased with East Side Ink, I'm going back for another tat. Read Less