Stopped in to inquire about a tattoo. Was treated absolutely rudely. I'm an older person, and I felt like the young man behind the counter couldn't be bothered. All I got was a "no." after briefly explaining that I was looking to get a small design on my arm. Rude. Great way to chase off business! Read Less

Just say yes. Garrett was the artist who completed my piece. He was very professional (in fact his peers we're too). The entire parlor was relaxed. My tattoo is beautiful and flawless yet Garrett was fast. If a shop has been around for over twenty years...they're doing something right. Read Less

Finished up my 3rd tattoo today from Sean. His work is amazing. Everything about the shop and the artists are perfect. I constantly get compliments on allof my tattoos. I highly recommend coming to the tattoo machine and going to Sean. Read Less

Brian is absolutely AMAZING!!! I didn't have any tats when I went to him, I now have 2 from him. Brian made me feel comfortable & understood I had a pinched nerve & I would need to take a break! I'm over the moon happy with what he's given me so far. Shop is very clean & atmosphere is on point. Thx Brian for making my 1st 2 tats amazing & they both look bad ass... TJ White Read Less

One of the cleanest shops I've ever been in, and as a medical professional this is super important to me. Very happy with the work Garrett did on my arm. I've had so many compliments one how it cools. He was very fast and professional and made me feel comfortable. Price was more than fair and my whole experience was very pleasant. I will definitely go back if I ever decide I want more work. Read Less

Majority of my tattoos are from random places around the US so I've never had a set tattoo artist where I live but was recommend Kristi from someone who most her pieces are done by and she's amazing! She did my biggest, most detailed and first colored piece and I couldn't of asked for it done better! She'll definitely be my main artist where I live! Read Less

Don't waste your money. Made an appt. with Sean the first time to get the outline of my tattoo (which I like) then scheduled the next to get the color and shading done. I showed up and only one artist was tattooing and Sean never showed up. I stayed for 30 minutes while she tried to get him on the phone but couldn't then she told me that she would have him call me. He still hasn't and that was over a week ago. Every time I call he is never working. I'll be going somewhere else next time. Read Less

Kristi has done almost all of my tattoos, and one of my sons dads. She NEVER disappoints. We're working on my sleeve as we speak and I beyonde thrilled with how it looks so far. She makes getting tattooed so easy! I will be a life long customer of hers 😁 Read Less

I had a great experience here! Kristi did my cover up and I absolutely love it.  She turned my childish outdated tattoo into a beautiful work of art that I can't wait to show off!  Nice clean place and good conversation made the time fly. The new tattoo is better than I had imagined. Read Less

This place is great!! I had a horrible tattoo that I over paid for from someone at a tattoo convention. Brian the shop owner fixed it! Did a complete tattoo cover-up/revamp. I was really scared because of what happened the first time but Brian made me laugh  and did a great job! Read Less

I had my first tattoo today with Shawn and he was great. It was cheaper than the other places that I went to.  My mother got a tattoo too and he took his time to make it right and improved her design. He made me feel comfortable and the shop as a whole had a great attitude and I would be comfortable getting my next tattoo from anyone in the place. Read Less

Kristi did my Lotus flower and Om symbol tattoo today and I love it!  Her sketch was beautiful and just what I wanted.  She was so patient with me with my indecision and did not push me and rush me.  She was very friendly and professional. Read Less

I have had all my tats (6) done by Brian.  From what I have seen all the artists in the place do a great job.  I have had so many comments on my tats about the fine lines and how good they look.  My oldest one is 11 years old and still looks new.  I won't let any other shop work on me.  I guarantee you won't be disappointed in the work.  I have seen other shop's work that just looks bad after a year or two.  Brian's lines stay are amazing years later.  If you are getting a tat you need to go to Brian Read Less

I didn't actually get tattooed here. I came in with an idea and it was simple Celtic stuff that I wanted. I didn't get greeted, the guy I spoke with (I honestly don't remember his name) was quite hostile. I mean, frak...it was going to be my first tattoo. So of course I had grandeur ideas and had questions. Well...the guy seemed like he either didn't want to answer them or didn't have the time. (Even though there was almost no one inside and he was just standing at the counter). Needless to say, I did not get ink done here. I went elsewhere. If you're going to run a tattoo place, you have to at least try to make clientele. People are going to have questions and ideas that are impossible. It's your job as a tattoo artist to put those ideas to rest if they're impossible. But at least do it in a way that doesn't make someone feel like an idiot. Being comfortable for something like a first tattoo is pretty damned important. Read Less

I got my first piercing here (belly button) a while back and they did not sell me any solution to maintain the piercing and keep it clean!! They just told me to go to any old grocery store and buy sea salt. Being new to this it wasn't that easy as I had a difficult time finding the product to clean it. I wasn't helped that well and was given very poor cleaning instructions and in the end my piercing became infected so I let it heal over. Thanks for the scar. Would never recommend this shop. Read Less

May 7, 2012 - I went to the Tattoo Machine off of a recommendation from a friend. The shop suggested Brian as the artist (and owner) for my particular tattoo, Celtic Knot work armband around my left arm w/a design (badge) of my son s initials on the outside facing part of my arm. I met with Brian and gave him the artwork that I already had worked up with another friend, so I already knew going into this that this is what I wanted. Brian re-drew the artwork and it looked great, just what I had envisioned. What was actually tattooed on my arm was not the same thing.The tattoo was an armband, and on the outside of my arm and the artwork, there was a design that incorporated my son s initials. So, from the facing design, around the front of my arm, to right under the armpit isgreat. The Celtic knot work is just supposed to be mirrored on the other side of my arm from under the armpit, around the back, and then link right back to the facing design in the front. That s not what happened. The knot work design is about 2 inches thick in the front, and 3 inches in the back. He just kept making it wider and wider as he went around. And the design was not mirrored, and was actually backwards from what went on the front. I was upset and shot Brian an email one night telling him I was upset and not happy with my new tat. He got right back to me and said he takes this kind of thing very seriously. He asked me to come in so he could take a look, and within a couple days I was back in the shop. He looked at it and agreed that he made a mistake. He said he had a friend that did Laser Removal and said he would pay to have the error part of my tat removed and then he would re-do that area.Months went by, I reached out again, he said he forgot. He asked me to come in, so I went in for some pics so that he could show his removal person. More time goes by, I reach out again, he says he d been busy but he will make this a priority. there were probably 3-4 times in a 6 month period where I keep trying to reach out to him and I was told he was working on it or something. I then let him be the one to reach out to me next. It has now been 1.5 years since the last time I contacted him, and just tried to reach out to him again this last weekend, and he has not even acknowledged me. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt but now this is flat out lying and he is just avoiding me. It s now been 2 years since my tat was done (incorrectly) and Brian promised to fix this and make it right, but yet I have heard nothing.I cannot even begin to describe how angry I am at the dishonesty and terrible artwork this shop, specifically Brian, has bestowed upon me. Now I have a half-good/half-bad tattoo that I will have to pay someone else to remove the bad part, and then go to another artist to re-do the artwork. I m almost OK with it as at this point, I m pretty sure that I don t even want Brian to re-do it anyway in case he messes things up again. Beware, Brian may have done some good work in the past, but I guarantee that he can mess up pretty good too. Do you really want to gamble that with something permanent? It s just worse since he promised to fix it and is notUPDATE 8/15/12: Within a week or so from the original post above, I finally got a hold of Brian. He claimed that it just slipped his mind AGAIN. I gave him one more chance. He claimed that he really does want to make it right. I gave him the benefit of the doubt. After 2-3 more times of me trying to get a hold of him over a month’s time, he failed to make good on this original offer. It’s now been 3 more months, and nothing. I originally was not going to post this since I had gotten a hold of Brian again, but now that he is ignoring his customer again, this review is being posted. I believe I have been incredibly patient, and I can’t stand it anymore, people need to know what they are getting into if they go here. My suggestion, don’t even step in the door. Read Less

What can I say except the clean cut guy is an ass hole. My wife and I went in there today 12/26/2011 to inquire about not one but 2 tattoo's. One for me and one for my daughter. Being that I have only one tattoo and I might ad I received it well over 20 years ago. Anyways we went in with a few questions and the guy acted like we were bugging him. We got there right as they opened and there was no other customers in the shop. Once again mind you we are new to this thing so we had a few questions. We were told the rate for them was $120 per hour and the work I was seeking would take about 4 hours, we said ok. They went onto say they couldn't do it then because they would have to draw it up, and once again we said fine. We were then asked to make a $20 deposit and once again be did. My wife and I left with an appointment in hand for New Years eve. After we left my wife and I just to happen by another tattoo shop," All Star Tatto". Now keep in mind my wife and I went in just to look and there was a guy inside doing work on a customer who very nicely greeted us. I told him I had a few questions but would wait until he had a minute. To my delight and surprise he was more then happy to help us all the while working on someone else. Needless to say I received my "Michael the Arch Angel" tattoo, my daughter got her tattoo, both of them were done with great detail for a grand total of $500 and completed in less then 3 hours! Tattoo Machine sucks, and All Star Tattoo rocks. By the way my artists name was Ian! Read Less

Great quality work. Garret is awesome! he helped me design my whole sleeve. and covered up my mistakes very well. we usually talk about video games while im getting work done. safe, super clean,  and very professional. Read Less

I'm impressed!  I came in to get a tattoo fixed that I had gotten on vacation.  I've seen Brian's work before, not only on their website, but also on a friend of mine and I liked what he's done.  The person I talked to when I first went in to schedule my fix (not sure of her name) was really nice and personable.  When I came back for the actual tattoo, Brian was equally as nice and I'm thrilled with how my tattoo turned out.  I plan on having a pretty large back piece done (hopefully this coming Winter) and will definitely come back to Brian.  The shop looks great and is extremely clean.  Before Brian uses a needle, I noticed him double checking it with a magnifier before putting it in the gun.  I've never seen an artist do that before, but I appreciated that he took the couple extra seconds to check it before using it on me.  It just shows that he's not about rushing through his clients...he took his time even with my simple tattoo.  I definitely recommend this shop!  I'm excited to see what Brian comes up with for my back piece! Read Less

As for Tattoo Machine itself, I give it 5 stars.  I only wish I had gotten my work done from Brian or Garrett.  I got 2 tattoos done from Mike (who left tattoo machine)  my 1st from him was a large back piece that Mike started doing a really good job on, then about 7 months in, he started to get a bit sloppy, then informed me about 2 weeks before he left that he was leaving and could not get me in for the touch ups, so he did not honor them and now I'm stuck with trying to find an artist willing to finish it, and I'll have to pay for the touch ups.  Don't get me wrong, I'm more than willing to pay for the piece to be finished given I can find an artist not only willing to do it, but an artist to make it look better than it looks right now. Read Less

Lovin' my tatts from this place! Very clean, professional shop with helpful staff. The artists here produce great quality work. I am very impressed with the talent in this shop. I definitely recommend this place to anyone wanting some ink. Read Less

Lovin' my tatts from this place! Very clean, professional shop with helpful staff. The artists here produce great quality work. I am very impressed with the talent in this shop. I definitely recommend this place to anyone wanting some ink. Read Less

i had a tattoo done by some girl, cant even, dont want, to even remember her name. it took her an hour to design the tattoo, something so simple! then i go back because i wanna finish it off, since she said that once healed i could go back for retouch. yea... these ppl are arrogant n rude. can they even welcome you to their stupid tattoo shop? do they even want ppl there. some dude called greg or something like that. can u even smile?? they dont even try to tell you when they have some time to tattoo you. they dont even care. piece of crap! im so thankful i didnt let them tattoo me again. even my friends said that they didnt like them anymore. hey! w.e ur name is Greg, u might be good... which i doubt it, but u suck at the most normal n easiest thing... greeting people. ur not kat von D. what a loser. i hope YP had the option of not giving any stars. FAIL! Read Less