Empire Tattoo

Visiting Asheville for my bachelorette and decided to get an impromptu tattoo in honor of my dog who passed away earlier this year. The guys were awesome in talking to me and helping me customize it even for a walk in. They were so chill and hilarious and the shop was super clean - I had an amazing experience and would 100% recommend for anyone who is looking for a parlor in Asheville (they actually knew my artist from back home too!)

Omgness! Love Love Love Greg & Chris❤️. I was visiting from NJ, my sister often saw this place while walking downtown. So I decided to get a piercing while visiting. When I tell you God works in mysterious ways, I went her and I will say, I will travel to Asheville NC to get any piercing that I want. They were patient, caring, kind, informative, professional and so so friendly.

super cool people, very nice and clean, awesome tat

I got my septum today for my birthday and i felt so welcomed! and a special thank you to the piercer who helped me not get anxious! I will be back soon

Got my conch redown by Greg he was bery nice and professional

Zeke is awesome. He laid the tattoo out exactly like I wanted, even drew up another style, just in case I changed my mind. He allowed my 14-year-old son to help design the tattoo, with him because it had so much meaning behind it for both of us. I felt relaxed the entire session., And I got an amazing tattoo out of it. I highly recommend!

I don't even know what to say. The whole experience was surprisingly surreal. I had my bridge done years ago at another shop, one thats well known in the area but has very mixed reviews. My bridge wouldn't heal. I tried for a year. Which could be a thousand and one different reasons, but I just chalked it up to knowing that bridge piercings had a higher rejection rate. I wanted to try it again, and I asked a friend for some recs. They made a rec for someone that wasnt available, and this was their second pick. I came in, I waited for the piercer to be ready. Once he was though, I wasnt in the room for more than 6 minutes, and most of that was marking the placement. I expressed my anxiety, I asked multiple questions about new factors, all of which was answered quickly, and with confidence. He confirmed I definitely had the anatomy and also expressed genuine shock at how deep it was the first time. He explained a few other things, but for the most part he seemed like he really thought it was the former piercer at the end of the day. Nothing to do with my anatomy or my aftercare. He had me lay down, explained the process and the why between everything. And I took a deep breath. And it was over. The first time I had this piercing I thought I would never get it redone if I ever had to because it was the worst pain id had over any other piercing. But it added even more credibility to the first time having been a botched job to begin with. I didn't sleep last night. I almost didn't come in today. But I am so glad I did. Its already swelled and given me a slight headache, obviously, but aside from that even right now it doesnt hurt near as bad as it did. It didnt bleed as bad. It didn't anything as bad. This was surreal. And professional. And by far the best piercing experience I have ever had, and I've had quite a few. Thank you so much for addressing all of my concerns, making sure I wasnt just heard but validated, helped – in a way you probably didnt realize at the time – take off some self blame I was carrying, and made this so easy.