Bellevue Tattoo Emporium

"Absolutely loved my experience here thanks to Reese! She made me feel right at home from the very beginning. We went over exactly what I wanted & where I wanted it. I got three smaller tattoos but one being a cover up and she made sure the placement was perfect. The other two were names & the lettering was perfect as well. Couldn’t have asked for a better experience! Y’all don’t sleep on her! She’s young but hella talented!! She definitely has a long & bright future in this industry! (The last one is in a spot I don’t want to post online but looks GREAT!!)"

"Amazing tattoo place!! Reese has incredible talent/skill and provides the upmost customer service. She has a genuine interest in her clients wants and needs and goes beyond above and beyond to get them the work they desire. Highly recommend anyone to come here to get their art work done!"

"We love this shop!! Tom and everyone here are amazing.We went in as walk-ins for our first tattoo here,and my boyfriend and I were immediately blown away. Tom was able to customize tattoos for both of us and in less than two hours we were done! I love that he works so quickly and with a light hand. He’s also very honest about what he can and can’t do and his prices are incredibly fair I love that you rarely have to wait he usually has time for walk-ins. If you do have to wait, it’s never more than a few days. Tom is so easy to work with and talk to, never never made me feel pressured to talk when I just needed to zone out, but at the same time he’s very easy-going and chatty and just fun to be around! the whole store just has a laid-back friendly, fun vibe He’s now done three tattoos on both my boyfriend and myself I even took my 19-year-old daughter there to get her second tattoo. I got a piercing there as well and it’s healed perfectly. this is absolutely our go to tattoo shop and I’m thrilled that I live so close by I’m sure to be back for a lot more ink this summer. I would recommend the shop to anyone!"

"I'll start this by saying this is not my first tattoo. Please don't get a tattoo here. The guys are super nice, but I cried on my way home and bawled once I looked at it at home. When we first walked in, the shop reeked of weed. I have nothing against it, but you shouldn't be stoned while tattooing someone (and my artist Tom was zooted, red eyes and all). We should've left then. My artist missed a bunch of color, rushed the shading (he legitimately shaded like he was coloring in a coloring book), and half washed the needle so I have pink instead of white. He used a different color blue than the picture and when I mentioned it, he brushed it off. I of course said I liked it because what can he do? It was supposed to be lighter and there's no fixing that. The lines aren't straight/clean and the text isn't centered. Everything that could be wrong with this tattoo is. After he "touched up" multiple issues my boyfriend and I pointed out, I pointed out more. He said it looked great and that the issues were due to swelling. He again said it looked great and that I could come back for him to do more work when it's healed, free of charge. That's nice and all, but this tattoo is awful. I wouldn't let him near me with a tattoo needle if you paid me $1,000,000. It's my body and I loathe this tattoo. I saw his response on another review that someone else left. He said the client didn't express her dissatisfaction before leaving. He didn't seem to understand why, but I get it. When someone puts a tattoo on your skin forever that you hate, what do you say? It's there forever. I, however, expressed my dissatisfaction and still left severely disappointed. I didn't mention the pink-instead-of-white or severe line issues, but what's the point? It's there now. You can't fix some things. My point is, I certainly did express my dissatisfaction and he still didn't fix my issues. I shouldn't have paid professional prices for a subpar tattoo that honestly wasn't even that difficult. I've included a picture of what I wanted, the stencil, the tattoo before I left, and the tattoo the next day (you know, once the swelling was down). I'd greatly appreciate a refund, because I'm going to have to pay someone else to fix this monstrosity. I am devestated. Editing to add: it's been almost 3 weeks and I haven't heard anything from this shop."