By far 1 of the best tattoo shops in Fredericksburg, VA. Clean and friendly. Charles was my tattoo artist and will continue to be my artist in the future. He made me feel very comfortable in his chair and through the tattoo. My new Mermaid tattoo is by far the best of all of the several tattoos I have. Charles is an amazing artist that produces gorgeous color tattoos. He does all his tattoos the justice they deserve and I am so glad I went to Ugly Bishop's Tattoo! Read Less

My sister and I came in and got matching tattoos before I had to go back to Florida. We walked in expecting a simple consult, but Brittany was able to take care of us right away. She was super nice and loved our design, she even put some dividers up so that my sister could have privacy since hers was on her hip. The pricing was great and Brittany's line work is fire. Definitely going back for her to touch up my mandala tattoo next visit. Read Less

The artist I was able to work with (fellow geek! Lol) Chris Kirschenmann was amazing at his craft! So I designed the Empire and Jedi logo together and he helped make it come to life. I felt respected the entire time and work was quick and precise. I appreciate it dude! May the Force be with you \m/ Read Less

Went here for a family tattoo a while back and we had two artists. The two by the guy look amazing.... but the female who did mine and the last two it was such bad work. She is bad at doing lines, when my sisters own healed it had gaps in the line. Mine looks nothing like what it should and I am disappointed. The lines on mine are shaky and blown out. I had another artist comment on it while getting a tattoo. I would get it covered but the experience and meaning is why we got them. Read Less

Absolutely amazing! Chris did my tattoo on my stomach to cover a pretty good size scar from a surgery 3 years ago. He does amazing work. Super cool and funny guy, definitely coming back for more. Bee was also very nice as well. Thank you so much Chris, I love, love my tattoo. Thank you so much 😊 Read Less

Charles mcninch does A++amazing work.. he has done both of my wife's sleeves and is in the process of doing my first sleeve..We wouldn't go anywhere else... everyone at the shop makes you feel at home and relaxed Read Less

I've been coming here for a few years know. The staff and owners are professional and always put the customer first. My artist Charles is top notch, I give him ideas and he always comes up with an amazing piece. I will be moving to Florida in a year but will still make the trip for Charles to do all of my work. Read Less

Great place only been coming for a few months but my artist Charles McNinch is doing a great job covering up a full sleeve of garbage that i have had on my arm for years into an amazing piece........... everyone else there is very professional and very neat and clean environment all and all great place and great artist Read Less

The best tattoo shop in Fredericksburg. I've been coming here for a few years now and everyone is always great. They do amazing work. Angel did my tat of a fleur de lis and I've gotten mad compliments. Thanks again Angel for hooking me up. Read Less

Your wasting your time and money if you go anywhere else. My first phone call to the actual day I got my tattoo were filled with nothing but 100% amazing customer service. The whole vibe of the shop is warm, friendly and helpful. Be warned this isn't your average shop, you are surrounded by TRUE ARTISTS who make every effort to make your permanent vision a reality. They are here because they love what they do and it shows in their work. SPECIAL thank you to Charles McNinch who created such an amazing piece for my leg I don't ever want to wear pants again;)!! Read Less

Bishop is the BEST tattoo artist in the USA In my eyes! Everyone was awesome, can't wait to save some more money up so I can get more tattoos, everyone should go experience Bishop's work it will blow your mind. Thank you everyone at UGLY BISHOPS TATTOO SHOP. Read Less

Jessica did an amazing job on mine and my fiancées tattoo like she always does we always leave with our tattoos looking better than we could have imagined and she puts a lot of extra work and dedication into her work. Definitely coming back for more tattoos. Read Less

I am really surprised by all the negative reviews. I've have nothing but wonderful service at ugly bishop. I did a walk in for my first and Bishop was nice enough to squeeze me in on that day. My artist was Jessica, and she has now done all 3 of my tattoos. Her service is wonderful, her skill is phenomenal! I'm very satisfied with the work she has done and I will continue to use her for my future tattoos. m.facebook.com/tat2oolady Read Less

My best friend and I went around a few weeks ago looking to find an artist to do tattoos on our feet. Once place we went, I won't name, seemed unwelcoming like they didn't need our business, so we didn't give it to them. Another place seemed to have great customer service but was booked too far out for our needs.Then we went by Ugly Bishop. I can't say the shop as a whole had good customer service, but our artist, Becca, did. She came out and talked with us for a while about what we wanted and was able to schedule us back to back so we could go in together.She quoted us reasonable prices, and was very honest about how certain things would look. She was very personable and did an excellent job on both our tattoos. The idea I had in my head came out beautifully in her artistry.I would definitely go back to have work done by Becca again. Read Less

I got my first tattoo over a year ago. I went to almost every shop in the area before I found Ugly Bishops. Sirvone was amazing with answering all of my questions, and had absolutely no problem with letting me watch as he set up. I wanted to see him sanitize everything and open a new needle- something that every other artist I had talked to had some kind of problem with. He made me more than comfortable and made sure that I was okay through out the entire process. Fast forward 5 tattoos and I'm still completely amazed with Sirvone as I was the first day I met him. Every idea I've had was made 100% better by Sirvone. My most recent tattoo tops them all. I came in with a terrible tattoo on the inside of my ankle and I desperately wanted it covered up. I NEVER in my life thought I would sit down and say "do whatever you want" and have complete confidence that what I would leave with would be amazing and that I would be happy with it for the rest of my life. That is exactly what happened and I am absolutely IN LOVE with what he did. I never thought a cover up could look this good. In fact, unless you know it's a cover up, you would never guess there was anything underneath it. Sirvone has continued to amaze me with his skill level, and the way he makes sure I am comfortable. The ankle was a tough spot for me, but he made sure to chat with me and the friend I had brought along the entire time to help distract from the pain. The comfort level of his clients always seem to be his main concern, and he never fails to disappoint in any way. If I could give him more than 5 stars, I would. He will be the ONLY person to ever tattoo me. Sirvone comes highly recommended from me in so many aspects. As far as I'm concerned, he's the only tattoo artist in the world. Read Less

So my tat is in the photos above that has a big patch missing. Sirvone did my tat and f***ed it up. I called him and seemed like he was putting the blame on me about my tat. Like I didn't take care of my tat right. So I went to another shop and they were beyond shocked. Even if I did something wrong in the taking care of it process, they said it still wouldn't scar up like that. I'm not dissing Ugly Bishops as a whole.....I'm just saying Sirvone sucks...get some better artist ASAP. Read Less

I am seriously disappointed with the service I got from Eric Badan. Two weeks ago, I asked him for a tattoo dedicated to my wife, saying my one true love, her name, a heart and some flowers over my left chest. He charged me $150 for the tattoo, which seemed like a pretty fair price, for the design.Prior to the tattoo, I gave him a $100 tip to do the very best work, as this was an extremely important tattoo for me. All my previous tattoos at other places had more developed tones to the colors, whereas his was closer to coloring in a coloring book. I should have told him I would tip him $100, if great, not give it to him in advance. My wife immediately pointed out that he forgot to cross the "t" in true love. She also said the odd stems looked weird. I admit I had accepted the design, so my bad on that. I worked out a design with small, simple flowers at the end of the stems, and went back the next day to show Eric. He apologized for forgetting to cross the "t" , and said he had been thinking to do the flowers on the stems to begin with, but decided not to. I told him I wanted something to fix it up, and was willing to pay, if it was necessary to fix it with the flowers. He said he would fix the "t" in the tattoo, and was not going to charge me for the flowers either. We scheduled it for 10:30 this morning. I had been debating on a simpler solution to make some interesting leaves instead of small flowers. I drew a design and when I went to Eric this morning, he looked at it, and said that would not work with unless he did them on the bottom too, as it would throw the entire tattoo off. I did not really agree, but told him that was fine. I talked to my wife and she said she thought that would look fine either way. He then looked at the clock, as though he had not planned for much time to work with me, and said "let me draw on you and see how it goes". Not once did he mention he would now expect any payment for any of the changes. He drew two very, very simplistic leaves, adding four lines to the tattoo to make the adjustment. It was lame, but since he was making the change at no charge and my wife said it looked better, I said it was fine,  but asked that he put small flowers on the stems with the dots he would not turn into leaves. He said he could not do anything with the other stems, which was nonsense, but I figured my wife is OK with it, so the simple fix would be good enough. Since he was not charging me anything, even though it was not great, it was OK. AFTER he finished, he tells me he doesn't want to, but has to charge me $60 for today's work. I told him that he had said he would not charge me when I made the appointment two weeks ago, and he said he didn't recall that, apologized if I was confused, but said I had to pay the $60. I paid, left and immediately sent an email to Mr. Bishop. If I had known, I would have demanded something better than the lame fix he put into place, that took him all of 10 minutes to do. If I had know I was paying anything, I would have demanded the design I wanted. Those lousy leaves cost disproportionately more than the rest of the tattoo. Since I had to drive back to have him fix his mistake, I would never have expected him to charge for a few minutes extra work. If he was planning to charge me, he should have quoted me a price up-front, not sneak it in at the end and tell me he didn't want to charge me, but was required by shop policy to do so. To tell me he has to charge me AFTER doing the work is wrong. I would never have agreed to such a lame change for $60 and would have insisted to get a quote to fix it how WE actually wanted it fixed. I chose Ugly Bishop's for their good rating. Having them treat me as I was treated is completely inappropriate. I was more than willing to pay for the fixes I had requested, but to be told he could not do what I asked for, and then charge me $60 for four lines and a little green color without even having the decency to tell me that upfront is criminal. $60 is nothing, but to not give me what I asked for and charge me for something any decent place would cover just for the inconvenience the mistake had caused, that angers me a lot. Read Less

Do NOT go to this shop & definitely do NOT leave a deposit. I have plenty of clean work & Ive been to over 10 shops easy. I called this shop to schedule an appointment for next day & was told I had to come in to leave a deposit. Granted, I just moved to VA & Ive never had to do that but the shop seemed alright, so I did despite living outside the area & Patricia put me down in their book.  I get it. Some shops up here ask for a deposit in the event that an appointment does not show up. Also, the artist I chose, Thom, was free for the following day. Well, next day I called well over an hour before my appointment at 4pm to give the shop a heads up that I was on my way. Becca said okay. I was coming from work about 2 hours away & when I got to the shop, Thom was in the middle of a large piece & told me he could not tattoo me & had no clue that I had an appointment & that Patricia, who took my appointment, was retarded. He was obviously taking a regular ahead of me. Im not an idiot. Despite that, I was real cool about it & explained that I would just take my deposit and go. Thats when they told me there was "no refunds" & before I could even explain my situation to the little girl up front, Sirvone, he started bitching literally, claiming he knew what I was going to say & that I wasn't going to get my money back. At no point did they apologize & instead, It came real close to me doing something I really wanted to do. However, I decided that I would ask to speak to the owner, Bishop, & respectfully explain the situation over the phone. Instead, Thom called & the owner said he would not speak to me nor refund my $50. But Im not a pushover & I was not leaving without my $50. I know better. Long story short, I figured out a way to get my money back & did. Go to Graffiti Ink. Exact opposite experience the next day. Highly Recommend. Read Less

This is the most horrible place I have been for a tattoo ever! Bishop has really changed to a snob since he got into his own place, he  seems like he is to good to do any small tattoos. Bishop was so much more down to earth when he was over off of Princess Anne St, and Block monster. I guess he doesn't like following other peoples rules. He seems to come in whenever he feels like it at his shop. If I had my own business, I would want to be at my business doing whatever I had to do, that's what normal business owners do. His "so-called professional" tattoo artist" are un-professional! Looks real nice for customers to come in the door and see them all sitting around on the couch and threw out the place, also it seems like it's very unorganized, like everyone is walking around dazed and confused, a few of them just want to hurry and get out so they can...and party. Another thing if someone either a doctor, a tattoo artist, I think it's unprofessional to open a needle without the person being present in the room to show them, the doctor opens the needle, or a phlebotomist (someone who takes blood, in case you don't know!) I'am a nurse. You can't trust anyone these days, and a person shouldn't have to ask that, it should be mandatory to open a clean needle in front of the person, the music is literally blasting, and it's so unprofessional to be in the middle of a tattoo, and answer a personal cell phone call, and also change the music, and then not change you gloves. I'am going to be making a phone call to the health dept.     I don't see you guys being around long, if you treat your customers the way you do, you may have some fooled, but you don't have me, and 6 friends of mine. I don't plan on coming back, your not the only tattoo artist my dude. Tell you peasants to not talk about a customer, when they are standing right near there, and lie. I guess he was stoned that evening. If you have every single person a drug test in there, including yourself, prob would pass. You have a little over two months to draw up some cruddy Halloween tats for specials, they should be way bigger, I'am guessing it's going to be $31 and a $7 mandatory tip? Man I hope you don't make us have to get the stupid 31 # incorporated in the tattoo, That's would be lame...but Bishop has turned real lame, since he "Has his own business now, he is stuck up, rips people off, he is over priced! Bishop used to be a real down to earth dude, until "He got his own business" which I think got to his head"! He sure isn't the same down to earth guy I met years ago... Read Less

This is the most horrible place I have been for a tattoo ever! Bishop has really changed to a snob since he got into his own place, he  seems like he is to good to do any small tattoos. Bishop was so much more down to earth when he was over off of Princess Anne St, and Block monster. I guess he doesn't like following other peoples rules. He seems to come in whenever he feels like it at his shop. If I had my own business, I would want to be at my business doing whatever I had to do, that's what normal business owners do. His "so-called professional" tattoo artist" are un-professional! Looks real nice for customers to come in the door and see them all sitting around on the couch and threw out the place, also it seems like it's very unorganized, like everyone is walking around dazed and confused, a few of them just want to hurry and get out so they can...and party. Another thing if someone either a doctor, a tattoo artist, I think it's unprofessional to open a needle without the person being present in the room to show them, the doctor opens the needle, or a phlebotomist (someone who takes blood, in case you don't know!) I'am a nurse. You can't trust anyone these days, and a person shouldn't have to ask that, it should be mandatory to open a clean needle in front of the person, the music is literally blasting, and it's so unprofessional to be in the middle of a tattoo, and answer a personal cell phone call, and also change the music, and then not change you gloves. I'am going to be making a phone call to the health dept.     I don't see you guys being around long, if you treat your customers the way you do, you may have some fooled, but you don't have me, and 6 friends of mine. I don't plan on coming back, your not the only tattoo artist my dude. Tell you peasants to not talk about a customer, when they are standing right near there, and lie. I guess he was stoned that evening. If you have every single person a drug test in there, including yourself, prob would pass. You have a little over two months to draw up some cruddy Halloween tats for specials, they should be way bigger, I'am guessing it's going to be $31 and a $7 mandatory tip? Man I hope you don't make us have to get the stupid 31 # incorporated in the tattoo, That's would be lame...but Bishop has turned real lame, since he "Has his own business now, he is stuck up, rips people off, he is over priced! Bishop used to be a real down to earth dude, until "He got his own business" which I think got to his head"! He sure isn't the same down to earth guy I met years ago... Read Less

I was really nervous about getting a colored tattoo, but the artists at Ugly Bishop's were so nice. Right as I walked in I noticed the shop was clean and bright and I was greeted by A totally awesome guy named Kenny who was able to calm my nerves. I got to work with Trisha, and she took my concept and turned it into an absolutely gorgeous tattoo that I absolutely love. I will definitely be back. Read Less

Thom did an awesome job on my mom and My's tattoos.  It was my first tattoo and um let's just say my pain tolerance was not as high as I had guessed it to be haha but Thom still did a great solid job on my tattoo despite the fact that I had to have been shaking and moving my foot. The other guy that was there was really rude. Don't know what his name was but he made me and my mom feel uncomfortable being there and glared at us. I was happy when he left. If you want a really great tattoo (and someone who can deal with you if your a bit of baby like I was haha) then Thom is great. Although looking through everyone's books they all look like pretty skilled artists. Read Less

Love, love, love this place! Awesome people that work here. I had Thom do my tattoo and he did an excellent job. Only guy I'll be going to for any tattoos. Bishop came in during my session to make sure everything was going alright and he was very pleased with how it turned out as so was I. Great place! Read Less