Love Hate Tattoo

Zane did a tattoo on my wife and I and did a great job. Such a great staff. Amazing work, would love to come back and get another one! Thanks again for the memorable experience!

Everyone was friendly and welcoming as soon as we walked in. Zane did a tattoo on my foot and did a great job! Thanks again!

I’m giving this place five stars because of Jet and Zane. I can’t speak to Dylan or Adam as I have never had work done by them. I haven’t had work done by Jet, either, but as the owner I’ve had interactions with him on the many, many occasions I’ve been in this shop and he is a peach, honestly. He’s super nice and very professional. Not surprisingly, Zane works in the shop and is also a peach. I’ve been getting tattooed for 11 years and I’ve always felt confidant in their cleanliness and practices.
I haven’t been to this shop in a long, long time. I started getting tattooed by Adrian when he was apprenticing under Shawn Conn at The Ultimate. At that time, he was my go-​to artist and remained my go-​to artist for several years. That is, until he started treating me poorly in my opinion. Several times he forgot appointments or showed up hours late. The last time I got work done by him, I had an appointment for a small (about the size of a quarter) piece. I made the appointment I did because I had to work later that day. When I arrived, he was running behind. We both knew my piece would only take ten minutes, but instead of taking me, he took a 2 – 3 hour sitting and left me in the waiting room. I could absolutely understand taking that client ahead of me if my sitting were also going to take an hour plus, but when he finally got to me, it literally took ten minutes. 15 – 20 tops with set up and clean up. I didn’t say anything at the time, but I’m sure the 2 – 3 hour sitting wouldn’t have minded waiting 20 minutes in order to save me several hours. As a loyal client for years, I was very disappointed with this experience and I haven’t been back to him or the shop since. I do acknowledge that this happened many years ago, but unfortunately experiences like that stick with you. Due to this, I probably wouldn’t return to Love Hate Tattoo.

Great experience. The guys here are thorough, clean, and very straightforward/​easy to work with. Dylan was the artist who I requested and he was excellent all around. I was especially happy to have someone to talk Star Wars with while getting my tattoo done. I wish I could give bonus stars for that.
Call and set up a consult, put down a deposit, schedule your appointment, show up to your appointment; BOOM, done.
The waiting room is nice and bright, lots of seats. There is parking in front of the building and also ample street parking near by; so you have no excuse to pass this place up ;-)

Zane does AWESOME work! I have had two tattoos from him so far and he really helps your half ass ideas come into full reality and with amazing lines!

VERY disappointed in the service i’ve received here. It has been dreadful dealing with an incapable receptionist who cannot communicate effectively nor can she properly relay messages. While I have anticipated and placed a deposit to get my tattoo done here, they have permanently lost me as a customer because business is impossible to generate via phone so long as this receptionist continues to be employed here. She’s useless, rude, and incompetent. If she learned effective listening and communication skills, she would probably get a simple request or message through to encourage more business=$. But that’ll never happen and I would not recommend this shop to anyone.

I’ve gotten 2 tattoos here. The establishment is clean and so is the equipment
I’ve only seen Dylan so far but all the artists have portfolios.
I have no plans to go anywhere else for a tattoo in Rochester.
You might complain at the price but you get what you pay for when it comes to tattoos.

I got my first tattoo today by Zane. My experience was awesome and he made me feel at ease! I highly recommend him.

I went here because I’ve been going to Dorje Adornments for piercings for years and my boyfriend got me a gift certificate. My artist was Zane. I got text tattoo on my forearm. To be frank, I was nervous about going to Zane because his portfolio on the website isn’t all that great. I decided to put my worry aside because, from what I could see in pictures, his lines were good and that’s all I needed for a good text tattoo.
However, now that my tattoo is almost healed, I’m very dissatisfied. I held perfectly still the entire time but some of the lines are blurry which from research I guess is a blow out. There are lots of loops in the design, some of which are not really circular. Finally, there are some lines that are just plain inconsistent– thicker in some spots and thinner in others. I definitely need to get it touched up but I’m not even sure how easy it is to fix mistakes like what I see on my arm. I obviously don’t want to go back to the same artist and given my unhappiness I’m also kind of nervous to go back to the shop at all, to get this one fixed or for any tattoos.
Maybe this was one bad experience with one artist and everyone else is amazing. I feel bad leaving this review because Zane came in on his day off to do this tattoo for me and he was very sweet and pleasant to me throughout the process. I’m just deeply unhappy with the result.

I’ve gotten 3 tattoos done at Love Hate and in February I will get my 4^th tattoo by my 3^rd artist.
The artists I’ve experienced were:
Zane — his personality is sweet and kind, he makes you feel very much at ease when tattooing you. I love that he is the new generation of a family business, his pride shows on his face and in his work.
Dylan — not much for conversation and his beard was just too magnificent to be comfortable around. Although he wasn’t much for warm fuzzies, the tattoo he gave me is absolutely beautiful. I get complimented all the time but most importantly, when it’s just me and the mirror, my thigh has now become my favorite body part.
In February I have an appointment booked with Ben. Based off his instagram page I don’t think I’ll be disappointed in his work either. So far I experienced the planning stages with him; he was prompt and clear when answering me and seemed genuinely intrigued about designing my new tattoo.
A very clean shop with lots of nice supportive artists.

After being recommended by few friends I made an appointment with Jet. I brought in an illustration that a friend made for me. I knew Jet’s style and allowed him to put his own spin on it. Not only do i LOVE this tattoo but I get constant compliments on it.
Jet and his staff are super friendly, they listen and I had a blast while I was there. Can’t wait to get inked again!

Jet & his crew rock! Wouldn’t go anywhere else.

While this city is home to a handful of talented tattoo artists, Love Hate is the crème de la crème of tattoo studios in Rochester. Clean, professional, and experienced is what you’re paying for– and it ain’t cheap (I believe the starting rate is $ 150 an hour). Although expensive, you’re paying for extraordinary artists who have years of experience in creating and tattooing custom artwork. If you have a huge piece you’d like to get tattooed, this is one of the few places in the city you can trust to get the job done right the first time.
I’ll admit my first experience with this shop was intimidating, but like other reviews have stated once the ice is broken, they’re all very nice and social. I had scheduled an appointment with Ben Wight in the fall of 2006 to get a custom piece done on my feet. I came to Ben with an idea of what I was looking for and he took my ideas and inspirations and created a beautiful piece that I am proud to show off. Ben was kind, professional, and made sure to clearly explain to me everything he was doing before he did it. The tattoos came out beautiful, and out of all my tattoos, they are still the most complimented on to this day.
Love Hate isn’t cheap, and in reality great tattoo work isn’t. You can try and save by going somewhere inexpensive with inexperienced tattooers but in the end you’ll end up paying when you do end up at their studio to have one of them fix your botched tattoo anyway.

I got my first tattoo at Love Hate, so I feel obligated to give it a good rating.
The guy who gave me my tattoo was very nice, considering I was a young girl getting my first tattoo. He gave me a lot of advice on it and charged me the shop minimum.
This shop was very intimidating to me at first, but if you open up to them, they’ll open up to you! Everyone here is extremely tatted up, or pierced… which is a beautiful thing, but if you’re a newbie, you might want to try a different shop. I kind of wish I had.
Convenient location to downtown. Clean and reputable shop. While I have heard a lot of people say that it is overrated and overpriced, all of the work by the artists here seems very good, and they all come across as skilled and professional. They take what they do seriously.

I recently got my seventh tattoo from Love Hate. It was the first one I have gotten there, and my experience with my artist Ben will make me go there from now on.
Ben was super friendly and we chatted the whole time during the tattoo. He made me feel really comfortable and kept checking to make sure I was feeling okay and seeing if I needed a break.
All of the artists here are really nice, and chatted with me while I was there, and they all seem very talented. It can seem a bit pricey compared to other shops, but I guarantee it will be worth it in the end, and you get your moneys worth.
It can be hard to get an appointment, but if you have a small tattoo you want done they try to get you in the day you walk in, and if they can’t they will work to accommodate a time you can come.

I’m currently the owner of four tattoos from Love Hate.
By far, one of the best tattoo parlors I’ve ever been in – on par with New York Adorned in Manhattan. I’ve had three different artists work on me over the years at Love Hate, and they’ve all been professional and excellent. Attentive to what I wanted done, never pushy, always willing to honor any requests I had (i.e. specific placement of a tattoo).
The rest of the staff are really cool and don’t make it seem like they’re doing YOU a favor by setting up an appointment for you.
I’ve known many people to get work done there over the years and nobody — NOBODY — has ever had a negative word to say about the place. That speaks volumes.

I found this place when I was visiting the record store that used to be downstairs, never tattooed here but always recommended. I stuck my head in and talked a bit, very professional clean shop with brilliant colors and craft in the portfolios.