Wicked Tattoo is a tattoo studio on Hardy Street in Waterloo, Lower Hutt, working in tribal, portrait, full colour, and black and grey. The studio does not do piercings. Artist Al is the one named on the website, and we hear the studio is not taking walk-ins at the moment. Customers describe a cool studio decorated with the artist's own paintings. They say Al is friendly and easy to talk to, which helps people feel at ease before and during the session, and that he is understanding with first-time clients. Reviewers praise the designs and say the price was good.
One customer chose the studio because of its five star reviews and says the result matched exactly what they asked for. Within a kilometre there is one other tattoo studio, Flash Bang Tattoos, and of the two nearby with 10 or more reviews, neither rates higher than this one. Our pick in Waterloo for a first tattoo with a friendly, unhurried artist.