The Plug Tattoo and Piercing

Okay… two stars because my artist was entertaining, the shop was very clean, and they got me in for same day session. Unfortunately, the tattoo is pretty rough on the eyes. IF you only see it from far enough away, it looks great! But the line work is REALLY bad… like hilariously bad. Even more hilarious because the artist told me these were the straightest lines they’ve ever done 😂, and they were holding their breath to be sure the lines were straight. I won’t call out the artist, but please don’t accept a detailed micro tattoo if it’s not in your wheel house 🙏🏽. All artists have their strengths, but good gawd… it’s okay to turn a job away when it’s not a style you are comfortable with.

I originally left a 5 star review for the services I was given in previous years, but my experience here has quickly soured. A few months ago, I communicated personally with one of the tattoo artists for a moderately large piece and paid the required security deposit and total of the tattoo. We had to end our session short due to the artist's personal reasons, which I understood. I then asked when we could continue the piece, and was given a date two weeks out. I waited until our appointment date, and once I arrived I was told it would be an additional cost to have the rest of my tattoo finished - this was not mentioned at all before. I was left to believe I had already paid for the entire tat. We had to cancel the second session because I could not afford making another payment, and I was told to reach out to reschedule whenever I had the funds. Well... that morning I messaged the artist asking how much it would be to have it finished, just to be ghosted. Now I have an unfinished tattoo on my arm and I have to find another artist to complete this unfinished work. Unfinished that was out of my control. Very unprofessional lack of communication and I will no longer be bringing my business here. I would not recommend The Plug to anyone. EDIT: The Plug has responded to this review saying they have "recently" spoke to this about me and that the artist I am writing about has not worked here ever since 2020. I got this tattoo in June of this year... Sounds like they’re either avoiding accountability, unaware of their employee’s work ethics, or both. Not a good look either way.

Bam(ig is slavetothegrave) is an amazing tattoo artist! I followed awhile on Instagram until I finally got a tattoo. He has great all day session deals!! I have been to the plug 3 times now. Once last year getting a tattoo in June, again in August to get piercings for my son and I(we did the 5 piercings for $100) and again yesterday getting another tattoo. Bam knows how to work with the ideas given and comes up with beautiful work! I love both my tattoos, I do have to finish up this session due to no time to finish but can't wait! I hope to plan more tattoos in future. The Plug is clean and love the attention all the artists have to making sure it stays clean and neat. Everyone is friendly and love seeing the work environment in between the artists and clients.

Do not go here for piercings! My bellybutton piercing is crooked, which means I’ll have to take it out and wait for it to heal before paying for a better piercer to redo it. I watched the video back of her piercing my bellybutton, and she totally went in sideways, making it completely crooked. I was tempted by the 5 piercings for $100, which can be shared amongst friends. The woman piercer acted like she wanted us out as soon as possible. She didn’t take time with me and my friend, who were clearly getting our first real piercings. The only question she asked us was what piercings we wanted, then had us out in under 10 minutes. Some people may like minimal talking, but if you’re with a client who clearly doesn’t know much about piercings, you should be teaching and talking to them about it. She was very aggressive in the way she handles the needle, especially going through the nose. I know good piercers are supposed to know anatomy and what piercings will work, but my nostril piercing pushes on the inside of my nose because of my deviated septum, which is super annoying. She also never gave us aftercare instructions. Turns out the aftercare instructions were on a business card she handed to us after the fact. So, it’s no shock to me that all of the bad reviews on here are for the piercings. You would think they would have good piercers considering their tattoo artists are great, but sadly, no. Don’t be tempted by the cheap piercings, there’s a reason they’re cheap.