Steady Tattoo & Body Piercing

Category:	Tattoo Shop
Address:	2621 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA
Phone:	+1 612-379-4455
Site:	steadytattoo.com
Rating:	4.8
Working:	Closed 12–10PM 12–10PM 12–10PM 12–10PM 12–10PM 12–10PM

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Reviews 5

Anna H

Id really like to rate Steady 5 stars as it seems a reputable place (which is why I went there), but I had a HORRIBLE experience getting my industrial pierced here. I went at 8pm on a Saturday, which could explain it, but the service and experience were both so terrible I felt obliged to write a review. 1) I walked in, said I wanted my industrial pierced. Was met with nothing but "can I have your ID" then the front desk guy disappeared for 5 minutes before slapping a form on the counter and walking away. I guessed I had to fill it out so I did. 2) Selina, my piercer, came out, looked at the form and said it was the wrong one..did not make any apologies for that but had me fill out another one instead. Mind you, there was only one other customer in the shop so its not like they were too busy to check that they had the right form... 3) Get into the back with Selina to get pierced. She barely talked to me, just told me to lay down. And then she proceeded to pierce me WITHOUT sterilizing or cleaning my ear! WHAT?!? Ive been pierced 10 times before this and I have NEVER had a piercer just directly pierce me without cleaning my ear or asking if the position was correct. I was so appalled; I couldnt even say anything and before I could fully comprehend what was going on, the piercing was over! 4) I was escorted out immediately after that, told the total I had to pay, and then that was it. No follow-up from Selina about aftercare or anything! Also no "thank you" or any kind of goodbye. The dude up front took my card, processed the amount, and then just walked away. The whole experience took less than 10 minutes, and for the amount of money I paid, I felt ripped off. Im half wondering if my ear will get infected now as I was also given absolutely NO after care directions or even told when I could take the jewelry out! If this had been my first piercing experience, I would never get another piercing.. thank God Ive had others so I know how to care for my piercing... Would NOT recommend Steady if this is your first piercing!!! Sorry but Steady was a HUGE letdown and Im honestly so upset by this experience. I hope no one else is treated this way because it was a horrible way to be treated by a customer. I will definitely not be recommending Steady to my friends and as a repeat customer, they have just lost my business.

Alexis Kalina

I have been coming to Jerome to work on my right arm sleeve, full color floral design and its almost done. It is incredible! The color work is so bright and vivid, incredible blending as well. Daily compliments on the work and color. Jerome is an amazing artist, hes also doing my fiancé s leg sleeve and did his arm sleeve traditional Japanese dragon and its amazing. The leg is incredible, all hand drawn from start to finish just incredible work. Very fair with pricing. You get what you pay for!!! Cheap tattoos are just that.. Cheap. Dont expect to get something incredible and only want to spend 100$ for a whole sleeve. He is very fair with his pricing and well worth what you pay. Great attitude, funny and sarcastic if thats what youre about too but also lets you just chill and zone out if thats what you prefer as well. All the Artists are great there. Im just partial to Jerome for obvious reasons. The shop itself is super clean and nice. Nice front sitting area and open floor plan for the tattooing area, one big open room which doesnt bother me at all. Were all there for the same thing, tattoos ! Reception is always great wether its a guy or girl Ive always been welcomed kindly and chatted up in a very chill manner, nothing too overly intruding but youre not ignored. All around awesome place! Follows laws and rules so dont expect some cheap under the table underage bs. It wont happen

Leah Miller

Do not go here for piercings! They require you to by in-house studs and rings, the majority is "surgical steel" which they recommended to me. Surgical steel is basically a marketing term and does not hold any medical standard. Surgical steel should not be used in fresh piercings, especially if this is your first piercing. If Steady Tattoo was a reputable place, they would use gold or titanium in fresh piercings. I went to Steady Tattoo for my first piercing 6 months ago not knowing a lot about piercings. They pierced my ears with surgical steel studs. I went back in four months later saying that my piercings were still sore and were not healing even though I was doing the proper after-care. The male piercer completely discounted my concerns and told me piercings could take 6 months to heal. I waited until 6 months and the piercings still had not healed. I finally went to my doctor who said that I likely have a metal allergy (for most people this is nickle) and that is why my piercing never closed and was irritated. My doctor also inspected my studs and said that they did not appear to be 100% stainless steel. Most surgical steel has about 10% nickle, which could have been causing this adverse reaction.

A Private User

Ive gotten two piercings from Axis, and two tattoos from Steady, with a third tattoo appointment on the way. The piercings were great, I couldnt have been happier, and they totally went over the top to make sure I got exactly what I wanted. My first tattoo was from Roger, and he did an amazing job. Totally chill guy to talk to while I was getting the work done too, it made the whole experience a lot better. My second tattoo was an appointment with Miles to get a tattoo fixed up that I had gotten on the cheap in South America (bad idea), and I was so happy with his work on it that I set up another appointment with him right away to get more work done. I get compliments on it all the time, and I know its his work theyre complimenting, because it was absolutely horrible before I went in to see him. Anyway, this place has awesome people, and do some of the best work around. Its always good to see people in the industry who are truly artists, and this place is full of them. I would recommend Steady to anyone for any work you need done, be it tattoos/piercings/whatever. These guys and girls are freaking awesome!

Jennifer Chang

The building that Steady is in is about to be knocked down for apartments which Im super sad about. I was Jeromes last tattoo at this location! Theyre looking for a new place around campus so theyll be back :) Jerome did an amazing job on my tattoo. I got a cherry blossom branch and flowers on my side/ribs. I made an appointment and went in with no photos and he sketched a design directly on my skin with sharpies and it looked amazing! Its amazing what they come up with when you let them do what they want. The whole tattoo probably wouldve taken an hour or so without any breaks but it was my first one and it hurt pretty bad - I ended up needing 3 breaks! He was really patient with me and put up with my whining even though Im sure he was sick of it as I was his last tattoo of the day and he probably had to put up with whining already earlier in the day. He also gave me an AMAZING price on the tattoo! They also offer free touch ups. I really have nothing negative to say about the place or the artists, everything was absolutely perfect. I even left him a 25% tip since everything was excellent!