Tattoo directory
Tattoo Shops in Berkeley
Berkeley has 21 open tattoo studios in the directory. The most-reviewed on Google is Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio, 5.0 from 571 Google reviews. South Berkeley has the most studios of any neighborhood, with 6.
Cover-Up is the style named most often on Berkeley listings (11 studios). 21 of the studios list a phone number and 18 link to a website.
- Studios
- 21
- Detailed
- 21
- Styles
- 9
From the listings
What Berkeley studios say about themselves
Going by their own listings, Berkeley tattoo studios commonly emphasize custom work across multiple styles. War Horse Tattoo welcomes both walk-ins and appointments, while Dollhouse Tattoo texts availability for drop-ins and describes itself as a queer shop welcoming all bodies and skin types. Jen Lee Tattoo operates appointment-only as a private studio. Dark Water specializes in fine line, blackwork, botanical, illustrative, geometric, anime, realism, and color work. NoNo Tattoo offers dotwork, pointilism, color, traditional styles, cover-ups, and fine line, and identifies as an intentional collective run by LGBTQ women. Many studios highlight artist experience and professional expertise with their teams.
Summarized from the studios' own listing descriptions and checked against them. Each linked studio's page shows its full description.
21 studios
Berkeley Tattoo Studios
21 studios
- 01
Art Underground Tattoo
2466 Bancroft Way · Berkeley, CA
- Blackwork
- Lettering
- Cover-Up
- 02
Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio
2021 Shattuck Ave. Ste A · Berkeley, CA
- 03
Berkeley Tattoo
2804 San Pablo Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Lettering
- 04
Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio
2556 Telegraph Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Neo-Traditional
- Blackwork
- 05
Dark Water
2035 San Pablo Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Blackwork
- Fine Line
- 06
Deggy Tattoo
1624 University Ave · Berkeley, CA
- 07
Dollhouse Tattoo
1624 University Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Fine Line
- 08
Gifted Spider Tattoo
1757 Alcatraz Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Blackwork
- Japanese / Irezumi
- 09
Industrial Tattoo & Piercing
2434 Dwight Way · Berkeley, CA
- Lettering
- 10
Jen Lee Tattoo
1962 University Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Fine Line
- Cover-Up
- 11
Magnetic Arts
2110 Ashby Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Blackwork
- Fine Line
- Cover-Up
- 12
Modern Electric Studio
3330 Adeline St · Berkeley, CA
- Blackwork
- Fine Line
- Lettering
- 13
Natural Selection
1411 Martin Luther King Jr Way · Berkeley, CA
- Fine Line
- Lettering
- 14
NoNo Tattoo
3354 Adeline St · Berkeley, CA
- Lettering
- Cover-Up
- 15
Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery
2812 Telegraph Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Blackwork
- Realism
- Fine Line
- 16
Philthy Clean Tattoo & piercings
2506 Shattuck Ave. · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Blackwork
- Japanese / Irezumi
- 17
Ritual tattoo
1563 Solano Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Fine Line
- 18
Sacred Rose Tattoo
1960 San Pablo Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Neo-Traditional
- Blackwork
- 19
Tattoos by Hannah
2812 Telegraph Ave · Berkeley, CA
- 20
True Love Tattoo
2700 San Pablo Ave STE 100 · Berkeley, CA
- 21
War Horse Tattoo
2599 Telegraph Ave · Berkeley, CA
- Traditional
- Blackwork
- Japanese / Irezumi
Explore by style
Tattoo Styles in Berkeley
9 of the 10 styles we track appear on Berkeley listings. Cover-Up is named most often, by 11 studios.
By Google reviews
Most-reviewed tattoo studios in Berkeley
Ranked by the number of Google reviews on each listing. Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio leads with 571 , ahead of Industrial Tattoo & Piercing with 534.
- Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio: 5.0 from 571 Google reviews, Downtown Berkeley
- Industrial Tattoo & Piercing: 4.7 from 534 Google reviews, Telegraph
- Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio: 4.8 from 470 Google reviews, Telegraph
- Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery: 4.8 from 203 Google reviews, South Berkeley
- War Horse Tattoo: 4.7 from 116 Google reviews, Telegraph
- Dark Water: 5.0 from 102 Google reviews, Poets Corner
- Philthy Clean Tattoo & piercings: 4.7 from 97 Google reviews, Downtown Berkeley
- Ritual tattoo: 4.8 from 89 Google reviews, Thousand Oaks
Where the studios are
Tattoo studios by Berkeley neighborhood
Neighborhoods with two or more studios, from the area named on each Google listing.
- South Berkeley (6)
- Gifted Spider Tattoo, Magnetic Arts, Modern Electric Studio, NoNo Tattoo, Old Crow Tattoo and Art Gallery, Tattoos by Hannah
- Telegraph (4)
- Art Underground Tattoo, Cleopatra INK Tattoo & Piercing Berkeley Studio, Industrial Tattoo & Piercing, War Horse Tattoo
- Downtown Berkeley (3)
- Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio, Jen Lee Tattoo, Philthy Clean Tattoo & piercings
- West Berkeley (3)
- Berkeley Tattoo, Sacred Rose Tattoo, True Love Tattoo
- Central Berkeley (2)
- Deggy Tattoo, Dollhouse Tattoo
More in California
Other Tattoo Cities in California
Keep browsing California. These nearby cities also have studios listed, ranked by how many we have on file.
Common questions
Berkeley Tattoo FAQ
- How many tattoo shops are in Berkeley?
- Local Tattoo Shops lists 21 open tattoo studios in Berkeley, CA. 21 list a phone number and 18 list a website.
- What tattoo styles do Berkeley studios list?
- The most listed styles in Berkeley are cover-up (11), fine line (11), lettering (11) and blackwork (10), counted from each studio's public listing.
- Which Berkeley tattoo studios have the highest Google ratings?
- Among Berkeley studios with at least 20 Google reviews, Baron Art Tattoo & Piercing Studio (5.0 from 571 Google reviews), Dark Water (5.0 from 102 Google reviews) and Magnetic Arts (5.0 from 39 Google reviews) rate highest. Ratings and review counts come from each shop's public listing.
- Which tattoo studios in Berkeley mention walk-ins?
- Dollhouse Tattoo, Gifted Spider Tattoo and War Horse Tattoo mention walk-ins in their own listing description. Call ahead to confirm the day's availability.