Sons of ink in Jamaica
Site: https://sons-of-ink.business.site/
- Monday:10:30AM–8PM
- Tuesday:10:30AM–8PM
- Wednesday:10:30AM–8PM
- Thursday:10:30AM–8PM
- Friday:10:30AM–8PM
- Saturday:10:30AM–8PM
- Sunday:10:30AM–8PM
DO NOT COME HERE I had recently got a tatto here on April 25th 2022 and the person I had was a girl an Hispanic girl with black lipstick and she did my tattoo completely wrong knowing that she did it wrong she kept trying to fix it and keep messing it up i am not happy with my work and this tattoo shop needs to close down .
WORST EXPERIENCE EVER! Listen to the reviews! This place just cares about the money. If you’re looking to get a piercing this is not the right place! I suggest you keep looking. Sarah is not properly trained. She has no clue what she is doing! She does NOT know how to pierce. A refund was requested due to the situation, but the owner Cali said they don’t do refunds. Me and my friend suggested getting jewelry instead since we can’t get our money back. But the owner Cali got angry and started cursing at us!! Not professional!! If the owner treats his customers like that what tells you his employees are going to treat you any better?
Got a dermal here twice. First time my dermal rejected very poorly because it was pierced wrong, so I end up going back to them the second time so they could fix my dermal and they over charged me to fix it. My dermal then rejected for a second time and I went to another piercing shop to get their opinion even they said it was pierced wrong again. So now i have two scars, that have to heal. Please dont waste your money and go to this place. They are very money hungry, disrespectful, and he hires people who doesnt have license to pierce.
Coming from someone who worked here, Sons of Ink was an unfair and toxic workplace. Most of the staff is severely underpaid for our time and efforts. I would work 11am-8pm sometimes there until 9/9:30 and got paid $75 a day. And then he brag about how much hed make and how much money he was able to spend. Cali has asked me and the other front desk girl to leave 5 star reviews for him to make his business look better, and i regret doing it. When i first started he had me start piercing on my 3rd day, i noticed whenever Cali used to pierce he wouldnt sterilize the customers skin where they desired their piercing. His prices are way too much, $50 for a small heart on a finger?! I felt bad taking the customers money. He would argue with me and customers on FaceTime. Overall he is very rude and unpleasant. I am glad i quit and recommend you not go here.w
This was the worst piercing i have ever received it is now crusty and infected , I would rather get my piercing done with a gun. The guy was teaching the girl as he was doing my pericing and the earring that he gave me is very ugly and it is such a rip off tbh. Never comming back
This establishment is very unprofessional in the way they conduct business. I have no problem with their payment upfront policy BUT if your customer is not feeling safe with the quality of prep your employees are doing and they request their money back prior to ANY service being received, than you should give them their money back. Furthermore, you should hire qualified piercers who are knowledgeable about anatomy and placement. Someone who does not know how to properly place jewelry or the correct jewelry to use SHOULD NOT BE PIERCING CUSTOMERS! If you are considering going to this establishment I highly suggest you do not. Please do your research and go elsewhere!
I have been coming here once a year for my tattoos but this last time I have been treated very unfairly lately. The owners are very unprofessional, made me pay in full up front, I clearly told them I needed a female because of my tattoo location and all they did was lie and gave me the run around because they already got their money and dont want to finish the job, then try to force me to see a male artist. As a business woman, customers are the main priority and they just lost a good one.
Me and my friend came here for some tattoos and piercings and right off the bat the owner Cali was very rude and unprofessional. As well as the piercing girl named Sarah had no idea what she was doing terrible. I went there today and it was such a bad experience we paid upfront and didn’t get piercings bc we didn’t feel comfortable with Sarah she didn’t know what she was doing (put wrong placements) and the owner refused to let us get jewelry instead of getting the piercing or give us our money back. He was cursing at us and told us he doesn’t care we aren’t getting our money back to “call the cops”. He was just so arrogant and honestly just needs to be closed apparently he does this to customers all the time. Please save your money and find a better tattoo artist that treats there customers with respect and dignity.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE! Do not go give these people your money. The location on Colie block, after I paid receptionist kept telling me to wait outside for hours because the tattoo guy was currently during a session. She didn’t communicate at all but i made sure I was gonna come back to get my tattoo . She said someone would call me to reschedule. I ended up calling the owner Cali. We spoke and I even have texts confirming I was gonna get my tattoo done on Sunday at this location. Coming from two boroughs on a rainy Sunday morning.. I came back. Another receptionist puts the owner on Facetime. He claimed he didn’t know who I was even with proof of receipt! He doesn’t care about what you have to say because he loves to get loud and act like since he’s the owner, he’s right. He then recalls who I was after his other female receptionist told me to “SHUT UP!” While I was explaining to him through FaceTime. He goes on a rampage telling me I’m cheap even after me and his wife agreed on the price during my last visit. He also racial profiles me and tells me if I think this is Guyana. Mind you I’m not even from Guyana. What a waste of business. Beyond terrible . Never again
DO NOT GO HERE!!! I would give this place 0 stars if I could. My friend and I came in to get a specific piercing and Sarah, the piercer there, had zero idea what she was doing. She dotted the piercing in the wrong place, she has no experience whatsoever. She was about to give me a helix piercing WITH A GUN! DO NOT COME HERE! The owner got very loud, rude, and arrogant and refused to give us a refund. The owner fought with us and said it’s “how he does business.” They should be reported. DO NOT COME HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON!
Worst experience ever. They are very unprofessional and rough with their customers. I had my ears pierce and they let the blood drain without cleaning it up, then telling me I had to leave because the shop was about to be close. The place is very sketchy also, my friend couldn’t come with in the room when I was getting my piercing done. I wouldn’t recommend. If I could rate 0, I would
If you go here, do NOT go to Sarah. She does not know how to pierce and the owner Cali is disgustingly disrespectful and straight out mean. We got charged before the actual piercing. She had no clue what she was doing and I felt really weird even witnessing this yesterday. I have gone to many piercing places but this one was the worse experience I ever had. Not only me, but also my friends. Sons Of Ink is not the place to go for any friendly hospitality.
My tattoo got infected and when I went back to speak to the owner he was very unprofessional and rude he didnt listen to anything I had to say while we spoke via face time but he told the girl at the front desk to call the cops on me while I had my young child with me smh very unprofessional would definitely not recommend.The fact that I got two tattoos on the same day and one got infected its purple and very swollen the owner Cali told me Im uneducated meanwhile I have 13 tattoos. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL !
I just left this piercing place and i wish i never walked in here. I asked for a daith piercing and the girl asked me to see a pic so i was skeptical off the back. They asked for your money up front so when i didnt feel comfortable getting the piercing anymore, i asked for a refund. She called the owner who got really crazy. He said theres no refunds, mind you, i never even got a service! Thats not the part that bothers me completely, this man (Isaac Martin-“Owner”) got really disrespectful, ON FACETIME! He began yelling at me and his employee, he said im a “broke peasant who will never understand business”.This man is severly mentally ill and should not own a business. DONT GO HERE!
Horrible Service made me wait 2 hours for a tattoo that i did not receive also made me pay in advance just to tell me to come back 2 days later. ALSO the owner Isaac/Cali threatened to shoot another customer when he also disputed coming back 2 days later for a tattoo that he paid for in advance. The Receptionist had a horrible stuck up attitude also threatened to call the cops on us and drag us out and have us arrested when inquiring about our tattoo or refund of payment.
Dont go here, horrible costumer service. I gotta tattoo and they charger my card a different amount aint even say they was charging taxes like most tattoo shops do. nikka only said the flat based price. Spoke to the owner and he was very disrespectful. He was like “go to target and see if they charge taxes” they wallling forsureee. JUST HORRIBLE DEFF DO NOT RECOMMEND GOING HERE AND TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE
This place is the worst piercing place ever! They ask you to pay up front and HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO PIERCE! And refuse refunds/ exchanges on services that were NEVER performed, (screams struggling business to me) My friend and I went in for a piercing and Sarah had never heard of it. She tried to continue to pierce even though she was clearly placing the dots in the WRONG place. We asked for a refund and she FaceTimed the owner who completely puts so much fear in Sarah’s heart. He spoke to her like a father instead of a “boss”. He said we were “wasting his time” when we were trying to explain that we weren’t comfortable getting a piercing from someone who didn’t even know what the piercing is called. There were so many Covid Violations as well, multiple people in the piercing area. If you value your money, self respect and overall experience, stay very far away from this place. Isaac is DISRESPECTFUL, RUDE, OVERLY CONTROLLING and shouldn’t own a business.Isaac spent 15 mins on FaceTime telling us we should leave or it was trespassing, he said it was “business” and after seeing all the horrible reviews, I can’t believe I even walked in there. This is the most unprofessional experience I have ever faced, this place needs to shut down.
Completely unprofessional staff. Artist pass their clients off to finish up each other’s work. And god forbid you don’t like it or have an issue with their professionalism because they will try to throw you out with an unfinished tattoo due to feeling “disrespected” by your opinion. Over all the first and only tattoo shop I’ve ever had a problem with.
Absolutely love the girl who did my piercing very professional,kind,and sanitary my industrial, forward helix, and rook have been done here the the price range for all those piercings were 40-50 dollars which for me is great the females who do piercings here are rlly nice, the owner isn’t nice tho my guy friend had to wait in the waiting area while I did my industrial n when I came out he told me he was rude
This place is horrible! My tounge piercing is crooked, she told me I retracted my tounge like how when I bit down on it so I wouldnt retract. she didnt mark the spot or clamp it or anything. I did return because I liked my tattoo but piercing is a nah. Wont be visiting again artist looked totally smacked the second time I went to get pierced too. I was trying to tell him how well my inked healed and he was completely blanked out. Be careful.
Just called in regards to get a pricing for a piercing person who answered the phone stated they dont do pricing over the phone you have to come in and eye ax for a piercing you cant tell me the price and he stated no we dont do pricing over the phone you have to come in . His demeanor was very rude and I stated Ill go somewhere else and he stated OK then bye
I don’t know how this business is still up and running. I went to the location in Corona Queens and got violated now they shut down, came to the Jamaica ave location and got violated because I didn’t agree with the design of the so called “artist”. If you like those cheap coloring book tattoos, this is your place but if you want quality detailed art and to be RESPECTED, STAY AWAY!
The receptionist is very rude. Both the owner and the receptionist try to take your money without giving a receipt then plot against you if/when you call the cops if you change your mind. They talk about all customers then call us “broke negros”. They’re very rude. DO NOT GO THERE!
Do not go here !!! The owner is very rude, the tattoo quality is terrible. The artist don’t know what they’re doing. The owner tried to kick me out because my tattoo was badly done & I was not happy with it. He kicked me out with an incomplete and expensive tattoo. Never again
Don’t fall for the bots the owner has hired to boost his reviews. This place is not where you want to get serviced. If you want a preview of how the owner speaks to people, look them up on YELP. Screenshots are there since google won’t let you upload pics. Stay away from Sons of Ink, all locations. Especially if you want to feel safe.
Piercer didn’t know what she was doing, didn’t know where to place the piercing I wanted. Incorrect rings for the piercings. We decided to get jewelry instead. Owner was rude af, said no exchanges or refunds. That we had to get a piercing, honestly couldn’t even believe his customer service. Terrible
Great Shop. My piercing Went Well I Just Wish They Let My Sister Come In The Room To Be There For Me . It Was My First Time Getting My Belly Pierced. Plus the Manager Was Kinda Rude When I Asked Nicely if My Sister Can Come In. Overall I Would Reccomend This Shop Here.
The shop looks clean overall but the black manager was very unprofessional and careless with my pericing. He didn’t open any needles in front of me and proceeded to stick me with the needle while I was standing up on the phone with my grandmother. Never even cleaned my piercing with alcohol afterwards. I quickly noticed a few moment after getting the belly piercing that it was extremely crooked. When I went Back to the shop a few days later to get it removed the manager had a very nasty attitude and tried to mumipulate me in the keeping the piercing by talking about my education and my friends ear piercing.. overall if I could Give this place a -1 star I would. Waste of my money and time.
First off the manger of Sons Of Ink is highly unperfessional in every aspect. He didnt use gloves to do the piercing or use alcohol to rub the area he was going to pierce. I didnt see him open the needle that he used for the piercing as well. He also didnt give any aftercare tips to take care of the piercing. The belly button piercing that he did came out crooked; so when I addressed the issue the manager he started arguing with my friend and I instead of Listening to us as clients. He also went on to say he thought my other piercing that was done by someone else was crooked as an insult. I would never do business here again. I left the establishment feeling upset, hurt, and insulted because I was told I should worry about college more than a piercing that he did incorrectly.
My cousin and I got our noses pierced here. First of all he didnt sterilize anything infront of us. He didnt clean our noses either. Then he pierced our noses so fast the piercings ended up crooked. When my cousin went to confront him about it he argued with her and told her she was wrong and it was her fault the piercing came out crooked; he even had the nerve to say that maybe her nose is crooked not the piercing. In all honesty he shouldnt be in business without learning proper techniques and sterilization.
First off these people tattooo minors and their customer service is horrible ‼️ I went to get a tattoo two months ago, the forced me to get the tattoo smaller and charged in total $200 dollars. The tattoo artist was nice but very amateur. I didn’t even bother to come back to make a fuss because the owner is so RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL. Below is the tattoo I wanted and the tattoo that was put on my body for $200.
The OWNER pierced my frog eyes slanted, and completely wrong, was talking the whole time while doing it (I have video proof) and then when I went to get my surface done by my ear there was a tattoo artist doing it, and she had me screaming, don’t go here they are SOOOO RUDE espically the small girl with the black hair. They rush everything. If you want your pericing done right DO NOT COME HERE, stay off Jamaica Ave period.
Lastnite me and some friends got a tattoo done here the guy that did mines put the tattoo right on my arm than while he was shading it in he spelled the name wrong so I asked the boss what can he do about it he just came in the room looked at it walked away being rude and unprofessional they have to do better here
This is so disgusting. I really wasted $300 and on top of that had to go back 3 days in a row. This place is sooo ridiculous and unprofessional. I just can’t even believe that they thought I could even walk outside with this so unbearable!! I’m done I wish I could sue. 🤬 only thing I could say is very clean place smh.
One Month update and I’m not as happy when I first got it . So one , come to find out the bar wasn’t long enough so when it was going through the swelling process the bar started to push down into the shell of my ear and now I have a indent there that looks awful and another reason for that is because the angle was off .
The tattoo artist were cool and ok but wasnt professional they could draw but hand writing was horrible like a kid the gay black owner was very disrespectful and it crazy cause it to his own race of people for no reasonable reason other than that I wouldnt go back to any disrespectful person who I spent my money with period it sad cause I woukd have love to have kept supporting a black owned company
My tattoo is horrible haven’t had it for a month and letters aren’t missing lines are messed up I contacted the owner both of them were very very very rude and gave the whole tattoo shops aren’t supposed to be open till July 4th but they were open during quarantine That’s how I was able to get my tat Let alone That It’s Only The Outline I Haven’t Gotten A Shade In Yet And They Keep Talking About A Missed Appointment when I never missed anything I don’t recommend going there personally
Total reviews rating 2.9
137 Reviews for Sons of ink 2023:
Review №1
2022-07-18Love and hate relationship, I’ve gotten all my piercings here without a problem all healed nicely but tattoo wise. I’ve gotten 5 tattoos from them the first 3 were amazing the last two were so horrible the tattoo artist couldn’t even draw the hands I’ve had to get a cover up for the one on my neck and when i went back in the shop to complain they knew who did that tattoo without me having to say who it was and wouldn’t offer me no discount price
Review №2
2022-07-11AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COST!I know friends that used to work there, and according to their description, many of the employees are working there without any proper training. I doubt they even have proper license for tattoo and piercing. I wouldnt be surprise if any of their customer got blood transmitted diseases due to equipment not being clean properly.1 star is too kind, this place deserve 0 star.
Review №3
2021-08-19This is a long overdue review, I visit this establishment on April 25, 2021 to get a simple three letters on my finger. On that day my tattoo artist were upset with the receptionist because he didnt have simple supplies as gloves, etc. Which, I should of left at that time but once you pay your money, it is non refundable even though this was no fault of mine. I find out they didnt have gloves after I paid and would have to come back another day to get the wotk done.The tattoo artist was very apologetic. He then went into his bag and retrieve a box of gloves. He said the Tattoo shop suppose to provide the necessary supplies for me to do my job. The tattoo artist was nice, friendly and most of all made me feel comfortable so I decided to go ahead and get my tattoo and I didnt want to loose my money. I were excited about my tattoo and pleased with the final result but approximately three days after I got the tattoo it started to fade. A week after I was back to the tattoo shop. When I got there the same receptionist were there and I explained to her what happened, she immediately referred me to contract and said finger tattoo is not guaranteed and if I need it to get it fixed I would have to pay the full fee again. Oh wow.!!! As a receptionist, you would think she would informed the client that finger tatoo is not guaranteed and that I should consider to get it in another location. I then asked to speak to the tattoo artist who did the work on my finger and I couldnt even get to see him, I asked to speak to the manager but he wasnt there, and she went on to tell me that her boss have finger tattoo and he have to repeatedly go over it because thats the worst place to put a tattoo. You would think she should of told me that when I asked for a finger tattoo. I pretty sure if I had gotten to speak to the tattoo artist he would of accommodate me in some way. Please if you are thinking of visiting this tattoo shop dont go. The photo is first day, 1 week, and current stages of my tattoo. After a week my tattoo should not look like that.
Review №4
2022-07-13This place is absolutely awesome. They treated me well from the 1st time i was there. They do all my work now. 🙏🙏❤️❤️
Review №5
2022-07-08Just got my septum pierced & he pierced through the cartilage & not the sweet spot. also, he didnt sterilize the area prior to shoving a needle through my cartilage. that has to be a health code violation. i shouldve listened to the reviews. ☹️ hopefully it heals eventually.
Review №6
2022-07-06I came to get a septum piercing with the owner and he did not disinfect the area AT ALLLL. You can’t go in with a friend and he was incredibly rude about it. 0/10, would never go again
Review №7
2022-09-19I used to go to there other shops to get tattoos the minute I go to this one they scar my bicep tattoo then made me pay 50 for a recover up that wasn’t truly cover. Don’t go to this place if you don’t want to get scam
Review №8
2022-02-11I worked here in 2021 and had to quit.This was the most toxic work environment Ive ever witnessed and worked in!I was a piercer/manger-in-training/counter person (it wasnt a part of my job but I was also a personal assistant and babysitter at times while working here).The good thing I will say about working here was meeting the other employees who were friendly and talented.The bad things however all stem towards the husband/wife duo who were the bosses/owners.As I write this review, I am still owed money by them after I quit last year (I am debating whether to sue or not because its not a lot of money Im owed but its still money I worked for and rightfully is owed to me still!) Its a new year and I have not seen a dime of it.Also, they have not sent me any of my tax forms for this year and they never even gave me tax forms to fill out when I started working for them last year.While I worked for them, they were late with my pay numerous times, with no apology or explanation why I wasnt getting paid on a promised pay date.The one good thing I have to say about them is they taught me how to pierce BUT they werent at the same time, the best teachers (I was told to teach myself by watching YouTube piercings, which I did during work hours even and outside of work hours) and I was often forced to do piercings when I was new at it, that I wasnt familiar with or comfortable doing. Theres MUCH more I can say about working here that isnt good and could possibly have their business shut down... but this is the shortened version of how bad it was working for these people.God speed to any new employees who are brave enough to work for them!
Review №9
2022-09-17The worse place ever the owner is loud and clearly doesnt know anything about tattoos hes a poor excuse of a shop owner clueless and looks down on others if it was up to me he wouldnt even get a half a star the only good thing about the place was the tattoo artist was very nice and his wife but never again please dont ever go and give that guy none of your hard earned money.
Review №10
2022-07-16Worst customer service ever!!!! The girl made a mistake with my piercing and the manager said he believed his worker over me the customer.