Black Swan Tattoo

Category:	Tattoo Shop
Address:	2947 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33803, USA
Phone:	+1 863-937-9777
Site:	blackswantattoo.com
Rating:	4.7
Working:	11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 11AM–8PM 12–6PM

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Reviews 7

Kandice Scalf

I received a tattoo from Mike about 2 weeks ago, on the north side. After 2 MONTHS of him "drawing it up". I realized he had NO clue who i was when i called , lost the drawings several times, and even though i had left a deposit of over half the amount, he still hesitated to recognize me when i saw him face to face. He had NO memory of the deposit, which i had a receipt for ( thank god) and when i finally showed up and pushed him into making an actual appointment, I still had to wait 2 HOURS before he started on my tattoo. The tattoo was a cover up and initially he told me it would be easy and not a problem and look exactly how i wanted it. My $300 tattoo took him LESS THAN 20 MINUTES, AND HE CONVENIENTLY FINISHED THE SECOND HIS 18 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND ARRIVED. I stood up, looked at my tattoo in the mirror, and it looked NOTHING like the stencil of the SIMPLE CROSS I asked him to do, while also not covering up the tattoo i was in there to cover up in the first place. It looks like a kindergartner drew this tattoo. I am EXTREMELY pissed about the service I received from MIKE. I would not recommend him to my worst enemy....seriously... I"ve always heard good things about Black Swan... but dont ask for MIke.

Rachel White

Its bad for business when a customer not new to the tattoo world experiences what I did today. I made the mistake of going into the Black Swan against my better judgement and friends bad reviews. Sometimes you just have to see for yourself. Today I went in and requested a cover up on a very small tattoo thats almost 25 years old. Its faded and the the length of my finger. I brought in my own stencil for my new ink and the acted like I was crazy. Previously I was informed that since it was so faded I could have it covered in one color during one visit and come back after it was healed to have my new one drawn over since it was an open Japanese symbol. So instead of this artist telling me what he thought was best and offering up any useful information he sat back and proceeded to bash the other artist. News Flash for you, that just makes you look pathetic and incompetent. I looked at him said can you you do it or will you not do it? He said he wouldnt do it and by the looks of the ink he was sporting he simply wasnt capable. The man was rude and disrespectful and by the looks of their online portfolios Im thankful I didnt get anything done here today.

Lauren L

I absolutely could not be more pleased with this tattoo shop. Ive had five experiences over the course of a year and they have all been fantastic and I refuse to go anywhere else other than Black Swan. Jake has done an amazing job with my belly button piercing, my industrial, and my nipple piercings. He was very professional when he was piercing my nipples. He is very confident in what he does and very, VERY clean. I think thats so important for a piercer. Phil did my first tattoo and I felt like he was patient when I was panicking about it. He is very fast at it (but definitely not lacking in skill). It was over before I knew it and I love my tattoo. Today I had Cory for my second tattoo, and while it took longer than the first, it still wasnt as long as he estimated and it turned out fantastic. I love all of my tattoos so far and cant wait to go back for more! All of their tattoo artists are professional and make you feel at ease. I would absolutely recommend Black Swan to anyone looking for a great quality tattoo.

Stan Morgan

My fiance and I came in after being told this is the shop to go to for good work. We came in on Monday morning after 11:30. The tattoos we got were only each others names on our necks. The price we were quoted was $80 per tattoo, the reasoning behind that the tattoo artist Phil said because its an awkward place to tattoo. Come on 4 letters in my name and charged me $80 I talked him down to $60 which still seemed high. Her name is 6 letters which $80 still seems high. Anyways we went ahead and had the work done, after barely 20 mins he was done with both our tattoos and neither of them came out $140 worth of work. Her tattoo and mine have very shaky lines, both of the tattoos that Phil did werent even the same as the patterns he showed us. I would not recommend this shop AT ALL WE ARE BOTH VERY DISPLEASED.

Ari

Ive been in this shop twice despite living within walking distance for years(I simply have a more preferred shop, nothing personal). My first time I got a Harry Potter tattoo for Friday the 13th which I absolutely love and more recently I got a new piercing. This shop is very clean, friendly and personable. Even during the Friday the 13th sale that they had going I didnt feel resented, I didnt get an ounce of attitude, if my artist(whose name I dont remember) was tired by the time he did mine I had no idea. It was a bit of a wait(to be expected) but I was out in under 10 minutes. For my piercing it was Jake who did it who was very gentle(with the exception of sticking a needle through my skin) and answered all my questions and those of my friend, who has the same piercing. I definitely like this shop.

A Private User

i went to have my tongue pierced and im 17 so they gave me a paper to have noterized (for ten dollars!!!!) then went back at 8pm ()they r open til 11 and he told me to come back anytime before 9:30) went back and the piercer had been drinking so he couldnt do it and i was leaving to go back to north carolina that night and they didnt even give me the ten dollars back that they told me to go get noterized! ok after i posted this i got an email saying sorry and that the drinking has been taken care of and they sent me the $10 bucks and a free shirt! guess i just caught a bad day but hey who doesnt have one of those. thank you very much to Kaleigh who emailed me would go back if i lived there lol very nice clean shop. best one that i found in that area!

bucN nOle

I first went in to Black swan because I was referred to an artist there by another artist at the Southside location to get a tattoo covered. I was told to ask for “Mike B.” and he would hook me up.. Well he did such a good job on the cover up (couldn’t even see any signs of the previous and "dated" tat) that a week after getting several compliments on the new ink I asked Mike to do something to cover my other "dated" tat on my other arm.. He did and through the last year I have ended up going back several times and as a result getting a full sleeve on one arm and he is finishing up my other sleeve soon. He is the only guy I trust to do any of my tattoos.. I highly recommend him to anyone that wants original art that is clean and gets attention!