Clean and professional work done here. My wife and I have had several pieces done here and I have no complaints. Most work seems to be on appointment base which works well for me. Motto is "Good work ain't cheap. Cheap work ain't good." So if your looking for a $50 dollar tattoo job this is probably not the place for you. Read Less

Alex was very professional from our first contact (discussing my tattoo) setting appointment,polite, patient and provided is expertise regarding my tattoo. I love my tattoo. It was my first too. I will be back for tattoo two on my year anniversary if not sooner. I would definitely refer my family amd friends to him. Read Less

Can I give a big YEEHAW to Davis St. Tattoo!Thank you Josh for giving my Mucha girl on my sleeve- life and definition! I really enjoyed my session with Josh and will post a pic soon! It's healing well!The atmosphere is great with so much artwork to keep you busy looking and intrigued during my 3 hr session. Very clean and professional establishment. And I enjoyed the music too!Josh was willing to enhance a 3/4 sleeve I had done but was not able to get the original artist to finish since he seems to have gone out of business. I am so grateful to Josh that he was willing to complete her for me and retouch her face and features again. Read Less

I wouldn't go anywhere else in TX. The entire staff is very friendly, and Mark's work on Japanese style tattoo's easily rivals any other top tier artist in the US. He also isn't shy about helping you translate your "perfect idea" from paper, into a tattoo that will look great and stand the test of time. Last but not least the shop is very clean... almost too clean. Read Less

The shop looks great and you can tell they take very good care of it. Very clean and laid back atmosphere. All the staff members are very friendly and seem to really care about providing great customer service and high quality custom tattoos. Mark Thompson is my guy and I've been going to him for years. The moment you have a consultation with him you'll realize the amount of experience he has to offer and learn it's in your best interest to let him take the drivers seat in design. He will listen to your ideas and then explain what works and what doesn't which is so important when getting something that's going to be on you forever, I can't stress that enough. Marks very easy to talk to and most importantly a true artist that really wants to give you the absolute best tattoo possible. I've gotten many tattoos from him now and will continue to go back. Easily one of the best if not best shop in Dallas hands down. Read Less

Response to Lauren S. I believe we all go to tattoo shops thinking we know what is best for our look, art, and body. Truth is we don't. Usually. I have been going to Josh R who responded to your review since I was 18. Now being 31 I can say he has steered me always in the right direction. Sometimes I don't want to hear it because I have seen similar work as to what I want on someone else and it looks amazing....but Josh will explain why he feels as a artist it isn't a good idea for me personally. Key word artist. This is their career. Their calling. I would never walk into a artists studio and tell them their vision is wrong and mine is right. I have referred many people to Davis Street and before when most of the crew was at Obscurities down on Cedar Springs. All have had amazing experiences with Josh and other artists. I would highly recommend in the future you don't go to a shop that is highly recommended. Because most of the time people like you will experience this same thing. Artists that will stand their ground and not just slap something on you that you think will "look great"! So to anyone looking for great artists and someone to help guide them with their canvas please go to this shop. If you are like Lauren here move along. Also side note. I'm very proud of all the work I have had done by Josh. I'm a hairstylist at Floyd's and I would say at least 80% if my clients rave about my work. They always ask where I go. Especially transplants new to dallas. I probably hand out my card more with Davis Street Tattoos info written on it than just my card for future appointments. Just saying. Read Less

First off, Davis Street Tattoo does respond to e-mails. I had a tattoo started in Iceland but was unable to get it finished there. I didn't expected to have such a hard time finding someone to finish it. Most shops that I e-mailed never even got back to me. So, thanks Mark for the e-mail back and suggesting Alex.  Alex looked at what I had and come up with a plain to finish it. One session down and it looks great. Just a couple more session before it's complete. I will be having all my tattoos done at Davis Street Tattoo with Alex. Read Less

When coming into this tattoo shop: 1) shop was clean, 2) service was excellent, and 3) shop was professional! I had Alex as my tattoo artist. He was super friendly and did an amazing job doing my tattoo! I am glad he was creative and added which kind of detail I wanted for my tattoo. Overall, I would recommend this shop to anyone! I will come back soon!Read Less

Walked in yesterday and had a tattoo done by Dominik. He was so kind about it being my first time getting inked and spent time working with me to come up with a great custom design that I love. We also walked through placement and landed on my inner forearm. The whole experience put me at ease, which I appreciated since it was my first time. Read Less

When I was 18 years ago I looked up who was the best in Dallas and I found Mark's name on many awards. I drive down from OKC and picked something off the wall. I was 18 and didn't think it out. The color never faded and the lines were perfect. When I turned 30 I wanted to get something that meant something to me. So I went back to Mark. He and I went back and forth with a few ideas and once we got it locked in as to what I wanted he sketched up an drawing. I loved it and he covered my silly tattoo with a fantastic custom design. Read Less

Got my first tattoo here bc many friends with a lot of work get it done here. Ian Jones was my artist and he was super rad. The whole experience was excellent and comfortable, not to mention a good time. I knew this shop is excellent but my experience really exceeded my expectations. My husband even ended up getting a piece done on a whim bc why the hell the not. Both our pieces look great. Thanks Ian! Read Less

Dominik did my second tattoo. He was so nice to work with, and helped me understand the changes we needed to make to my design and why. I had such a great experience and will definitely be going back for my next piece. Read Less

If i could give more than 5 stars I would...my opinion Mark Thompson is the Shit...he is a cool cat that is very professional and has funny story's to tell to keep your mind off the pain...I had an arm sleeve done a couple of years ago and I have had several people ask me who does your work it is amazing..if anyone gets work done by Mark Thompson and says it is not good I will pay for it... Read Less

I had originally left an honest review about my recent experience here, but then was attacked in private message about it. So instead I want edit it so you know what to expect with this place. Since Yelp has a character limit, I have shortened the review. Please refer to Facebook for the full reviewMy cousin and I had been planning to get a tattoo together for a long time, and since she was planning a trip up here we decided to make an appointment. We searched around and a friend of mine had suggested this place. 3 weeks before her trip we made the appointment with Domnick to do our tattoos. Since I live 1 hour away and my cousin was 6 hours away, he was able to accept the appointment over the phone and an email description of what we wanted. We had spent some time on the email being very specific with what we wanted and we added several pictures for reference.Sunday comes around and we drive to our appointment super excited! We walk in and met Dom right away. We walked back, sat down, and then he asked us what we wanted to do or what ideas we had. I asked him to pull up our email so we could reference it and the pictures. It felt as if we were starting from scratch, and that our email wasn't looked over. My cousin definitely wanted some type of vine with flowers around her upper arm like an arm band, and I definitely wanted flowers behind my ear along my hairline. He briefly told me neck tattoos are a no-go since I'm not covered in tattoos already. It wasn't really explained why, but it wasn't as big of a deal as my cousins tattoo. For the next hour we discussed my cousins armband tattoo. Dom told us the armband idea was a terrible idea and that she would regret it later. We had a brief moment to cool off, get a drink, and collect our thoughts. We both felt completely overwhelmed and upset at this point. We were under the impression that our simple ideas were okay since it was explained in detail in the email and no questions were asked prior. Despite feeling this way, my cousin figured she would at least see what other ideas Dom had. He made some suggestions that were far from what we wanted (We wanted specifically Viola flowers in memory of our grandma named Viola) and eventually my cousin found something that could work for her. The tattoo they came up with was said to be a 3-4 hour long tattoo and with only 2 hours left there was only time for me since the shop closed. So we began discussing my tattoo. I had found tattoo flash online of a purple pansy/Viola flower that I absolutely loved. I knew it wouldn't be exact, so I tried explaining what specifically I liked about it. He started drawing and figuring out the exact placement and so on. He began working on my tattoo and I felt no pain! When there was pain it was very minimal, and I was impressed. My cousin took an in-progress picture and showed me, and at that point I realized I wasn't getting the colors and style I had asked for. However, what I saw was so beautiful that it wasn't worth mentioning at the time. After discussing the entire situation in the car driving home, we realized that even though I got a great tattoo... The entire point was that my cousin drove in from out of town for us to get one TOGETHER. And then there was the fact that the tattoo I received wasn't what I expected, and it wasn't made aware to me that what I was requesting was impossible or a bad idea. I had mentioned our experience to a few people and every single one of them mentioned their artist staying well passed closing for out-of-town customers. They then told me to leave an honest review... So I did. About an hour after I left the review on Yelp and Facebook, I noticed I had a private message in Yelp from Josh R, another artist at the shop. It was addressing my recent review and seemed apologetic at first. As I read further, I couldn't believe what was happening. I felt like I was being attacked about my review. I strongly felt as if our overall experience was worth mentioning to the general public. After all, that's what reviews are for! It seemed as if he was suggesting that himself (and his coworkers) are superior and us customers are inadequate and don't know what the definition of a good tattoo is. *i copied a piece of his message here, you can view it on favebook* I am left completely shocked at how this shop handled my review. I own my own small business, and when customers complain to me or leave bad reviews, I look further into it and try to see it from their perspective. People are allowed to feel the way they feel even if I don't agree. When I did graphic design, we could give suggestions with our professional opinion, but in the end the customer gets what they want and we were not allowed to belittle the unhappy customer in any way. I work for the customer, not the other way around. The same thing should apply to this situation with our tattoos... However, that is not the case. Read Less

Dominic is the best ever!  He listens to what you want, studies it and brings you samples prior to the actual tattoo.  I can't speak more highly of this artist.  He is great and the staff in general are just a great bunch of fun, cool dudes.  BEST TATTOO PLACE IN DALLAS, HANDS DOWN! Read Less

Davis Street Tattoo is hands down the BEST! Dom C. took the time to listen to my ideas,then really bring them to life. Great line work,super accomodating,extremely creative. Mark Thompson, well.....that should about say it all!... Pretty Cool cat too! Riley. I've not had the pleasure of working with him. Although in conversation I'd say" I agree" to just about everything. What's the saying, Great minds think alike Afficher la suite Read Less

I looked all over Dallas to fix/finish a sleeve I had done in Utah. After some extensive searching, I chose Josh Robinson. I came in for him to see what I had and to see if he could help me out.. He looked it over, explained what he could do and graciously accepted the challenge. Josh was very polite and professional. I tested his patience during the process with my nervousness, lack of understanding Tattoo art, and how he was going to fix my sleeve. However, when it was all said and done, the sleeve looked great. He also has great taste in music (Deer Tick) and beer (IPA's).. If your looking for a clean, professional, and great group of guys this is your place.. Read Less

Riley did my tat! I got a wild hair one day, walked out of my house and down the street to Davis Street tattoo. Told Riley what I wanted (feather) on my leg/ankle. He drew it up and described it to me and I was outta there 2 hours later with a kick ass feather! Everything I expected. Nothing I didn't. Good experience. Read Less

This place rocks!!! I have nothing bad to say! I love the staff very friendly and helpful. I will definitely come back for another tattoo. Josh worked on my tattoo and it came out great, he knew I was nervous and he was nice and patient with me. I will definitely recommended any one to come have them work on your next tattoo. Read Less

Davis Street Tattoo is where it's at!!  If you are looking for truly custom art on your skin, and not just a tracing or stencil, then this is your place. Mark has done work on me in the past and it has all turned out great. Josh is currently working on my wife's full back tattoo and it is looking incredible so far. The shop has a very laid back and friendly atmosphere. Looking forward to the next visit!! Read Less

Working with Mark was simply amazing. My wife and I went to him to have similar but not matching pieces done. I got a full sleeve and my wife got a rib piece. Concept was the same but the 2 pieces stand totally alone and look amazing but are awesome when seen together. Mark drew our ideas out during our consultation and it was more than what we could've possibly envisioned!! We did 4 back to back 3.5-4 hr sessions with Mark, he is laid back and so easy going! Always making sure we were comfortable..Our experience was so great and my wife went back about 6 months later to get a quarter sleeve. Wouldn't go to anybody else!! He is our artist for life. Read Less

Mark Thompson is a master of his craft. I've truly never felt so comfortable in a studio or with an artist,as I did today at Davis St. Tattoo.The staff was friendly and knowledgable and really seemed to make sure I was well taken care of. Read Less