Reviews of Desire Tattoo Studio (Tattoo Shop)

Allen Felker VITVca

Jenny did a great job combining all the elements of my tribute to my Grandparents and family. I am eternally grateful.

Tiffany Hendricks

I’ve had a few tattoos done here over the last ten years and it’s always been a great experience being in the shop! All the artists are very talented and super friendly!! I also recently had a laser tattoo removal session done here and all the information I was given within the first few minutes was amazing! Extremely knowledgeable! 10/10 would recommend!

Craig Verrall

Desire's is one of the best Studios on the island. The care she and her staff take is fantastic. Thanks Des Craig & Mona

Jeremy Loewen

Very knowledgeable and professional. Desirée in particular was very friendly and had a broad scope of information and advice to offer.

micahla latta

I got my beautiful tattoo done by Cara and I’m in love with it! She made me feel at ease during the pandemic and not being able to have someone with me for my longest tattoo yet. The shop was clean and the staff is awesome. Highly recommend! I will be coming back for more.

Tiffany McLaughlin

I got my first tattoo here on December 22, 2017, thanks to Jenny Jarrett, and it was a very good experience. Jenny and Des both made sure I was comfortable and kept me laughing. Jenny had a light touch for someone armed with a tattoo gun, although I don't have anything to compare it to. Yet. ????

Kira Van Bergen

All woman tattoo shop. Fun,kind,helpful and clearly like what they do. Know what they are doing.

Justin Payne

Best prices and best artists I've seen !! Thanks again

Amelie Gerinroze

Really nice people ????

Lisa G

Great work will be traceling from parksville to nanaimo from now on to get inked by theese lovely people

Cal G Chow

Excellent artists! Love my first tattoo!

Kayla Pinske

Fabulous tattoo studio with great staff! Very impressed with all covid protocol and cleanliness. My artist Nicole was wonderful! Very chill and easy to talk to created a wonderful unique piece for me and I adore it :) delightful place to go 5 star recommend to absolutely everyone!

Mary-Anne Bowcott

Friendly and always amazing!

Laurel Bliss

Amazing Artistry <3 Thank you so much

Belle Pierce

This place is so amazing! If you need some awesome work done by some awesome people I would call them up. Specifically I worked with Brandi and she is amazing I have beautiful flowers from her on my hip and she is so gentle and respectful. It's a clean shop and is proffesional totally recommended!

Stacey

I've gotten almost all of my tattoos here and absolutely love them all! You're all amazing! I had one done today by Nicole, and it's perfect! She is awesome and super friendly! Can't wait to come back for more????

Jess von Rotten

(Translated) The way is amazing! (Original) Cara is amazing!

sue spurr

Awesome staff ! I have 3 older tattoos . Artists are amazing by far the best tattoo studio I've been to !

sunshine rain

very talented artists

Connie Stephens

Always a great experience! Thank you Nicole for a beautiful memorial tattoo for my Dad. You made mum's first tattoo experience awesome! As always good to see Des!!

Lisa Corlett

Awesome staff, gorgeous work

Sam Lockwood

The Ladies at Desire are all about safety and comfort, BADASS tattoos and more. I highly recommend.

Katrinna Louise

Great team of artists and top notch service!

Lexi Stuart

To be clear this is not directed at the owner of this shop, but it is directed at Nicole. I came in for a flash tattoo last Wednesday and I had the absolute worst experience I’ve ever had. Not only was she very rude from the moment I entered the shop I honestly felt like me being there was a total inconvenience to her. She was also pretty aggressive which made me extremely uncomfortable to a point where I was shaking a bit and I tried my best to stay still and made sure to apologize but suddenly she stops and tells me it won’t be her fault if it looks bad because I can’t stay still. At this point I should have just left but unfortunately I did not. I have multiple tattoos and don’t typically have that issue and if I did the other artists handled it a lot more professionally. There is a small mistake you can see from the movement but that isn’t what’s concerning me. The tattoo itself was hardly shaded which just looked lazy. outline is so thick it doesn’t blend together at all, even the shape is off so much that it looks like it was free handed when there was a stencil applied. By the time I was done I already knew I was just waiting for it to heal so I could go get it fixed by another artist. Either way I tried to be nice when I left the shop and tipped her for her work. Unfortunately by the next day while my tattoo was still wrapped with the saniderm that she had applied I could tell it was infected. So I’ve now gotten antibiotics to heal the infection before it got any worse than it already is. I thought a flash tattoo would be a fun option for a little less $ and I had checked out Nicole’s work and it seemed really good so I’m not sure if she was having a bad day or what was going on but that was by far the worst experience I have ever had and I will not recommend Nicole to anyone I know. Very unprofessional.

Barbara Porcher

Most awesome place to get tattoo, ladies there are great. Cara did my tattoo

Stefani Jones

Cara was wonderful, very professional, and my piece looks amazing. All the ladies at the salon were friendly and I felt comfortable with the COVID-19 protocols they had in place.

Mark Kehler

Great place ! Great Artist ! Great price !

Joel Sifton

Just got a tattoo and honestly wonderful work done. Very polite and amazing work. Truly best place in town.

Shannon R

Amazing place and talented artists

Cathy Larson

Best tattoo artists ever!!! Love all the pieces they have done. Can't get enough!!

Lexi Willis

I am incredibly excited about finding Brandi at Desire Tattoo. She is an amazing artist, super talented, professional and kind. The shop is gorgeous and clean and following all covid protocols. I’ve been for four tattoos here in the last few months and hope for more. Thank you Brandi and Des!

shellykelly drybrough

Lisa gave me and my 2 sisters a tattoo each and we are all incredible happy with the results and the whole experience.

Adam Walker

Amazing team, Epic tattoo and extremely clean with great Covid measures in place!

Robin Betz

Great people, friendly atmosphere, very clean. And most importantly, GREAT quality work.

chris baskin

Great place and great artists!

Jeff Sheppard

Brandi was super great to work with, understood what I was looking for, pretty much nailed the first draft, and after some resizing, was an efficient tattoo artist with a light touch. Shop was clean, super cognizant of Covid protocols, and had a great atmosphere. Super happy with my experience and tattoo and I'll definitely be looking to have more work done here in the future.