The Inkery Tattoo Studio

4.7
(203 reviews)
110 Kirkland Cir, Oswego, IL 60543
Oswego, Illinois 60543

Hours

Monday: 11 AM–7 PM
Tuesday: 11 AM–7 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM–7 PM
Thursday: 11 AM–7 PM
Friday: 11 AM–7 PM
Saturday: 11 AM–7 PM
Sunday: 11 AM–7 PM

Features & Amenities

service

Walk-ins Welcome
Custom Tattoo Designs

style

Black & Grey
Realism / Portrait

Customer Reviews

7 reviews

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C Mueller
7 reviews
1 weeks ago

I’m not even sure where to begin. About a quarter into my tattoo, my artist needed to take a short break. During that time, one of the owners confronted her about money/rent and proceeded to verbally assault her in front of everyone—screaming, yelling, and cursing. This happened not only in front of me, but also in front of other clients and employees. As a customer, I felt extremely uncomfortable, even scared. The owner told my artist to pack up and leave and not finish my tattoo. As a professional, she tried to push through and finish, but she was clearly shaken and distraught. Understandably, it was difficult for her to focus, and the result shows—parts of my tattoo is incomplete and not quite right. This tattoo was meant to honor my dad, who just passed away less than two weeks ago, which makes it even more upsetting. When I left, I was still shaking and honestly considered calling 911 because of how aggressive and unprofessional the situation became. If the owner doesn’t care how his tantrum and rampage affect customers, I would strongly think twice about going to this place. Lastly, I am left with an unfinished tattoo and no apology from the owners or the artist. Do better people, honestly, DO BETTER!!!!!!

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Joshua Haynes
15 reviews
1 weeks ago

I was shocked by my experience here. While I was in the shop, the owner and one of the tattoo artists got into a screaming match over owed money—right in the middle of business hours, and while the artist was tattooing a client. It was unprofessional, uncomfortable, and completely unacceptable. No customer should have to sit through shouting matches about money disputes, especially during something as serious and permanent as a tattoo. This showed a total lack of professionalism and respect for clients. I will not be coming back and would warn others to think twice before trusting this place.

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April Peralta
6 reviews
1 months ago

Told us we can come in for a walk in for a 5 letter name and walked in the older guy with grey hair and arm tattoos had a major attitude not trying to answer simple BASIC questions.

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Shaniya Love
11 reviews
3 months ago

Came for the Friday the 13th sale !! I am obsessed with the end results and I want to shoutout their whole family for being so amazing and hardworking and lastly TC who did my tattoo in legit a blink of the eye. And the results showed work that looked like it took hours 💕 will be visiting again

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Chris Skinner
3 reviews
4 months ago

I had Gumby give me a tattoo just yesterday and it was a great experience. Easy to talk to, a great designer, and an expert artist. I would highly recommend

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Anthony Payne
6 reviews
4 months ago

Janell did a fantastic job. The whole shop was clean and fun atmosphere!

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kendall haug
19 reviews
5 months ago

my friend and i did a walk in recently.. we have sat on how we felt about this situation whether to be mad or not..however we have gotten other professional opinions and are still very upset and validated we are not overreacting on this matter. to start off… they accepted us as a walk in, we wanted matching SIMPLE tattoos, were told the same artist couldnt do our tattoo and were reassured that they will do the same work since its a stencil. we even asked twice, but were shot down, so we trusted that the professionals and the customer service we were receiving were accurate and not to question them. then we have the stencil placed and the stencil was poor quality but accurate and where we wanted it. once we were done it wasnt until when we left that WE REALIZED WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT TATTOOS!!! we called and went back to let them know, then one of the artists were laughing at the mess ups and said it looks like “booty cheeks” bcuz thats really what we want to hear about a tattoo that they messed up behind our ears. then the guy that messed up the tattoo the worst barely said anything, no apologies, no explanation, etc. there was another artist at one point coming up and being nosey and saying it wasnt that bad and we should just add to the tattoo.. but this is not what we came in for and werent getting taken seriously or reassured. we HAD TO FORCE THEM TO TELL US OUR OPTIONS ON HOW WE COULD FIX THIS SITUATION. they offered to fix for free.. but i live far away and cant just come back. they werent very understanding, the blonde girl was nicer of the two, but we were very calm and trying to be understanding during this but again… NO ONE CALLED US TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR CARE AFTER THE FACT OR TO OFFER OUR MONEY BACK SO WE COULD GET IT FIXED FROM SOMEONE WHO DOESNT DO TATTOOS LIKE A TWO YEAR OLD! so unprofessional and a joke. photos below show the stencil being the same and the tattoos after. the work is poor quality and drawn outside of the stencil. we should even as walk in customers be able to trust a business and their artists. but this was nothing short of a JOKE