Stefano's Tattoo Studio

Terrible. None of the pictures they post are of artist that work there. No one will fix my tattoo that they messed up. They also make you sit there and write a review. That's how they got my first review.


-response. This is the first time someone has contacted me about this period. Last time I visited home (south fla) I walked in and they told me no. With something I live with daily in public view, I think it's perfectly ok to still be upset about. I don't even like to talk negative about any business at all. Obviously this was and has been mishandled which has lead me to this point. Not much more to it.

The wife and I decided to get some tattoos to remember our vacation and have to say the staff was awesome very friendly and took our ideas and made them real next time I come back I will gladly go back and get more Akira was my artist and did an amazing job on my gator Sabrina did my wife's tattoo and did an amazing job as well can't wait to go back thanks guys!

I've been to Stefano's Tattoo Studio once before in 2016 for my first tattoo. I got this tattoo in Hebrew on 3/18/23. They always do high quality work. Treat you respectfully. Explain the process thoroughly. Akira was super accommodating, chill, laid back, and easy to work with. Would come back for more art work with Akira or possibly another artist.

This has taken me a few months to process, for one because we were in the process of completing so many other tasks related to my own private business. I want to give an honest review of my last tattoo experience with Nick and not necessarily a reflection of the whole studio. It would be fair to say my first experience with Nick was positive and it was a pleasure receiving my first tattoo from him. Though there were red flags. For one, this tattoo artist is habitually late. Every time we have scheduled a time to meet he has arrived no earlier than an hour after our scheduled time. Be prepared to block off the whole day because this man does not respect your time. It was something his fellow artists notice and chuckle about as well. On the planning of my second piece with him, I gave him ample notice of my design inspiration and offered to meet with him a few days ahead and had a rigid time constraint being I have regular client meetings. Nick was 15 minutes late despite my advising him of this and that left me with just a 20 minute window. I was hoping that he would work on what he could throughout the week and we would be perfecting the design until Saturday (we met on Wednesday). I was clear to express myself and my partner wanted to color in other work which we had agreed upon before and he would need to meet no earlier than 6pm, and he nodded in agreement. I thought we had a set schedule and was prepared as much as I could for things to go smoothly. What I received was literally the opposite of that. On the day we were scheduled I waited at least 2 hours for him to show up only to learn that he had created a design haphazardly in the last minute and mistook my husband for myself in messages on Instagram (mind you my handle is clearly my name and his handle is clearly masculine). He seemed annoyed I wouldn't approve to tattoo permanently on my skin a design that he only just threw together and not sensitive at all to my concerns or the modifications. He was combative about every modification and even went so far as to belittle my judgement about what would "look good" on my own skin. He spent another 1-2 hours redesigning the tattoo and we were there until 2-3am. I wanted to give him so much of a shot because my previous experience was great but this was just foul. While he was redesigning the work he was complaining to his coworker. While he was finishing up and even though we were not finished with the coloring he was complaining and gaslighting me like it was my fault that I didn't want something on my body he threw together that wasn't what I wanted. I did not complete my tattoo with him, we got as far as some shading and the outline but the color and end result I would prefer with someone who is more respectful.... it doesn't matter whether his work looks in any way cool, which I will admit some of it does. It's not worth being treated like shit. I'd rather pay more to someone else and be respected.

I wandered into this tattoo shop a few years back while staying at the Marriott. I got my wife's initials on my ring finger as a bet with my wife. She loss, and she paid the tattoo shop bill. The quality of the tattoo was very good and the shop was extremely clean. I definitely recommend this location.

I went in for my first tattoo, and I was pretty excited because the tattoo I chose was relatively simple. I'm not sure what her name was, but she is the only woman that works there. She was the one who did my tattoo. I've seen some of her work that she has done and it looked really good and she was super nice during the whole process. I left thinking that it turned out amazing when in fact, it was super sloppy. Now i have to go somewhere else and HOPEFULLY get it fixed. Every other artist though was extremely nice and they did my friends tattoos, which turned out amazing. I recommend you coming here for a tattoo, just don't get it done by her.

On Friday, March 17, 2023 they had a $50 shop special for flash. That's a great deal and probably well below shop minimum.

I'd picked my flash out of the book, and the page confirmed, "shop special $50 flash" also, the artist then said, "that one will be $70."

I'm not new to getting tattooed, and if I'd booked an appointment, it'd be a shop minimum tattoo all day, and I understand that. but how in the hell do you look me in the face and lie to me?

I did not get tattooed that night because the artist couldn't honor the special and accept that id tip on top of that.

We went to this store because it is very close to our work and of course is Estefano's, but the tattoo artist DAMAGED my valentine gift ... my husband and I showed a picture of the tattoo that we wanted and the tattoo "artist" Alejandro at that moment he accepted, we set the time and day, at that point everything was normal.
At the day of my appt the tattoo artist arrived 1 HOUR LATE, no one in the store could locate him, once he arrived he gave us a stupid excuse, we tried to make the most original tatto at his suggestion (I didn't understand why he couldn't just copy what we wanted). In the end I get a thick tattoo like sharpie drawing, my first and only tatto ended up HORRIBLE, my self-esteem is on the floor and sad of seeing my gift ruined... I absolutely DO NOT recommend this shop, the owner should be a little more careful with the tattooists who work there they could ruin someone skin like with me, there is no customer service, I think they just want you to come in and leave your money, they don't care about the feeling or meaning that a tattoo can have in a person ... stay away from this TATTOO SHOP !!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm so happy I decided to check out Stefano's based on the Yelp reviews. As a native South Floridian who loves tattoos, I have been on the hunt for a studio that only has top notch artists who can create totally clean and crisp tattoos.. WELL I FOUND MY PLACE! This studio is clean and has a really "cool" feel. Definitely not pretentious.

Walked in on a Monday when they opened and was greeted by Marco. Let him know that I wanted a small/medium size pineapple on my ankle with two little hearts on the body to signify my daughters. He said no problem, had me email him some pineapples I liked, and within an hour he was ready to go.

I'm REALLY HAPPY with the result. He was willing to do color if I wanted, but I trusted his artist discretion and decided to go with his preferred style of black and white. Pic included in this review. :)

Looking forward to coming back to Stefano's the next time I get a tattoo itch!

The fact that this tattoo place is on the beach is definitely a plus !!! I got a really special piece done by Jackie ( IG : @jpumaa )

Love this place ! Down below I have the hours of operations listed below.

Really great customer service, this place offers many services besides tattooing such as piercings etc


I CANT WAIT TO GO BACK, If you're ever in the Fort Lauderdale area and you're looking for a tattoo or piercing this place is highly recommended by me