Rubin’s

I got my tattoo done here when I was 14, years before Unilocal.Very professional… The work was complete garbage and halfassed. It’s 3D. I had to get someone to cover it up.

never, ever get anything done here. no tattoos, no piercings, no anything! kids, you’re probably heard you can get piercings and tattoos done here without any i.d. — you can, but don’t. wait a couple of more years and get it done once you’re eighteen by a professional. don’t be stupid enough to get it done at this place like i did.
i was about fifteen — twenty now– when i went to get my tongue pierced. they didn’t ask for i.d. but a simple: are your parents cool with this? i obviously said yes and they led me to a little room at the back. dirty, disorganized and honestly quite sad. the only thing in there were a couple of posters, boxes and the piercing chair. piercer had to be called — when he finally came in, the smell of weed leaned from him and his eyes were completely red. i was stupid enough to sit there and let him pierce me anyway. hey, i was fifteen, what else can i say? he needed to stick the needle in my tongue four times before getting it right. he still charged me thirty dollars. you’d think i’d get it for free since he stabbed my tongue four times. i kept swallowing my blood for the next hour or two.
a couple of weeks later i decided to get a tattoo. again without any i.d. verification. the end result was a lopsided mess. now i have a permanent reminder of how crappy this place is and how stupid i was as a teenager whenever i look at my stomach. can’t wait till i finally book that laser tattoo removal appointment i’ve planned for myself.
spread the word and warn people about this horrible place. i’m surprised the police haven’t closed in on them by now. this place needs to be shut down.

This place is not sanitary. They also giving piercings and tattoos to people who are under 18, without question. I would not suggest this place at all, they’re very unprofessional.

I would never go back to this place again. The only reason why I went here in the first place was because I was underage. They never ask for ID if you want a piercing or tattoo. The guy who did my tattoo was pretty much high. I only went through with it because I was underage and REALLY wanted the tattoo. Extremely unprofessional. I got lucky because he didn’t mess it up. They were really rude and the place isn’t the cleanest place ever. My friend got a tattoo here and they totally messed it up. NEVER AGAIN! Unless you are underage and extremely EXTREMELY desperate for a tattoo or piercing, then don’t bother coming to this place.

I got my tongue pierced here about 3 years ago (I was 15 or 16 years old and they didn’t ask for ID) and I was kinda unsure about how sanitary they were, but my adventurous side took over me anyway. The dude made me rinse my mouth with listerine before anything. He then asked me to sit down and stick my tongue out. He grabbed it with a clamp and stuck the needle right through there! It seemed kind of unprofessional, but hey, I was REALLY young and didn’t care much about those kinda things back then. Luckily nothing went wrong with me. no diseases, no infections.
About 2 months ago, I decided to go back for a nose piercing. The two guys there were extremely rude! Now, I did go with a big group of friends, so maybe he was annoyed of all the noise we made?
Anywho, we walked in and told them that a couple of us wanted to get piercings. The younger dude practically yelled at us and said «anyone who’s getting a piercing, have your ID out right now!» Like wtf, can you wait?! RUDE. I showed him my ID with an attitude. And he asked to see it AGAIN right before I stepped into the little room. Once I got in the little piercing room, I was thinking twice about getting a piercing. I told them I just needed a little time to decide whether I really wanted it or not since I was kind of doing this on impulse. The older piercing guy said «Do you want it or not? I don’t have time for this.» Can I just say DAYUM! Even more rude!
I asked them if I can CHOOSE a nose ring and they said they only have 1 kind, which was kinda sketchy to me. I have really sensitive skin so I was skeptical because I didn’t want something on my face to get infected. I got my piercing anyway. only because they put me under so much pressure. They didn’t give me any care instructions after, nor did they have any products for me to take care of it. Good thing I have lots of friends with their nose pierced and they showed me what to use and how to clean it.
Overall, this place sucks. The people are effin RUDE, and the place isn’t exactly totally sanitary. BTW, it’s also a smoke shop.
I do not recommend this place to anyone, unless you’re looking for somewhere cheap. (My nose piercing was a total of $ 30.) But I think it would be totally worth spending the extra cash somewhere else just to make sure it’s safe and clean.