Absolutely recommend without hesitation! Expert artist, works fast, easy to work with and very reasonable pricing. Don't get any ink without at least checking out this shop. You won't be disappointed! Two tattoos in 3 days due to my body just not being able to handle long periods of time in the same position, but won't be my last. read more

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I've been coming to this place for years for most of my piercings and now I am very disappointed on my experience getting my Tragus piercing. The customer service was great but due to improper earring it caused an infection. I was not aware that I should have a flat back earring and as a professional piercer I would have thought that the proper education on what proper earring would have been required due to the swelling. I would not recommend getting any piercings here. read more

Went to get a tattoo by pako and drove over a hour in a half and told him I would be there around 4 and got there at 4:13 and he turned us down Im just so disappointed in there customer service I will never step a foot in this place again read more

Great staff, Mr. Johnny did my tattoo of my husbands name with a crown. I walked in and he was able to get it done within 15-20 minutes. He is a very light-handed artist which to many is really good and hard to come by. Amazing work, i'm definitely thinking about going back tomorrow and getting my finger tattoos. Thank you Mr.Johnny I will definitely be coming again soon !!! 3/01/2022 read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Mr.Johnny in action - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Got my first ever tattoo here which was YEARS ago, apprx 2012-ish? Anywho, the guy who did my tattoo was REALLY nice. I had initially went in just to look haha. But I told him I wanted my kids initials and he whipped up a drawing real quick. 8 years later it still looks great. Thank you mystery dude, I'm sorry I forgot your name lol read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I got my venom piecing here, a couple of days ago, and the lady was very nice and professional. Definitely coming again. read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Venom piercing - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Never going back there again. Period. Do not go there! Very unsanitary. She picked up something off the ground after she put her gloves on to pierce my nose. She didn't give me a warning. Just pierced and that's it. Didn't educate me with any infortmation afterwards. Also told me that she usually pierces men on the left side but afterwards I realized that was wrong information and women normally get it done on the left side. She just seemed like she wanted us out of there as fast as she could. My first piercing experience and it sucked. I'm so sad. read more

Walk-in piercing was quick and flawless. Piercer was very knowledgeable and professional. Will definitely be coming back!

theyre always closed and no one answer the phone!! i dont know if its business closed or what.. but everytime i passes by its always closed

Susie/Suzy is amazing at piercing. Made me feel comfortable and at ease! Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a piercings! Due to Covid she took temperatures at door and I felt completely safe with how clean the shop was. read more

Decided to get my nose pierced and had been debating if I should even do it for a while because I was so nervous , when I finally just decided to go it was sadly not what I expected. Everything I was nervous about happened . she didnt even count to 3, no warning she just stabbed the needle in . my bleeding was non stop . also got pierce in the wrong side . if I could just get my piercing fixed correctly I'd appreciate it . (My friend took video of the whole thing) read more

I went in for a piercing removal. I'd had my nose piercing for the last 4 years but stuck for the last 3 years. I was so scared that removing would be super painful as I had tried myself but I did not feel a thing. I was in and out in a minute. read more

I've gotten ALL my piercing here. I love her that runs the place, she's awesome and she knows her shit. Highly recommend

Female piercer did my Ashley last year and I loved it. Healed perfectly and centered correctly.

Pretty good piercing. Staff was super nice and professional. Call before you go to make sure they are open.

My review is based on my experience with the piercing part of the business, didn't touch the tattoo parlor. Generally dont write reviews, unless my experience was either interstellar or amazingly horrible. Welp, amazingly horrible this one was. If I could rate with a 0 star I would in a heartbeat. Twas my first time getting my nose piercing, came in and "Susie" gave me a clipboard and said sign. Took me into the back, without a warning caught me by surprised and stabbed my nose, answered a question, offered a paper towel, and thinking I had already paid, walked into the back of the store, literally kicked her feet up on the desk and went on her phone. So I had sat in the chair for a couple of minutes using up a full paper towels worth of blood, wondering what happens next. She finally came out and said "I completely forgot you hadn't paid" as im still in the chair bleeding out. No tips/tricks, no cleanup, no aftercare products, it literally was the worst service experience I've ever had in my life. Was recommended to lefty's by a friend, but when I called the friend back, he said he got pierced by a guy (assuming Johnny). So this Susie employee is quite literally an embarrassment, please I highly recommend staying away as far as possible. Your better off grabbing a hot sterilized needle and doing it yourself for an 1/8th of the cost. read more

Been coming here for 2 years and Johnny has been getting down with all this artwork! Literally the best guy ever! read more

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I got my piercing done here 2 months ago with my friend , the piercer looked like she didn't give a fuck she picked up a glove from the floor and still used it, she didn't open a new needle pack in front of me nothing. Well I'm 2 months in on this piercing and It's swollen I have a bump on the front and back of it I'm going to go get it removed this has never happened to me before * WORST PLACE EVER DONT GO * read more

Once upon a time, I was heavily under the influence of pain killers and went about getting inked up. So as I proceeded to drift from cloud to cloud I stumbled upon a friend of mine whom was also very lit, blown into the skies. He did tattoos, and well he tatted me. What appeared to be a "dope" piece ended up looking like an old drawing a kid could have sketched up. Once my mind had came back to reality I had figured that the piece would need work in the future. So, yesterday I walked in after I made an appointment with Robert and yo I was out within the hour. I showed him the tattoo and he determined that due to the size there wasn't much modification we could do so he offered to clean it up. He quoted me a very fair price and went on. He's a very chill dude, nice and easy to get along with. He does a great job in his field. Wish my piece could reflect a lot of his skill but it's definitely a lot better now than before. I'm really looking forward to coming back and adding stuff to it. read more

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Always gotten my piercing here the girl is super nice. She makes you feel.comfortable in.her.homey little shop :) shes.not that expensive. There are cheaper out there yes but.not really in chula. I will continue on getting my piercings here. read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Monroe piercing - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

No place to park, the price was $5 more then quoted on the phone, the lady doing the piercing was unfriendly and not very helpful.

service here has been *mostly* fine but the most annoying thing is they are constantly just randomly closed or open 1+ hours later than the days and hours of operation listed on Maps. extremely frustrating. read more

I first started getting tattoos when I turned 18 and after the first, it became a habit. I quickly started getting tattoos almost every other month. My first artist was Arnie, and then Johnny, and unfortunately I even had Robert. I loved and still love all of Arnies work same with Johnny. I did have an unpleasant experience with Robert, but it's my fault. I went in on Johnny's day off so my tattoo to say the least wasn't what I imagined and wanted. Today after 7 long years and putting it off, I went into Lefty's, and to my relief, I didn't see Robert. He no longer works there. Johnny did an amazing job redoing and adding to my tattoo. I am so happy with the end result. Thanks Johnny, you're awesome! read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - My redone Key - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I have gotta several tattoos by Johnny & he was great! Color looks amazing after years! I recently got my nose pierced by Suzanna. And she was amazing. Answer and helps through all my questions. read more

I went as a walk in, and was greeted by a friendly smile and awesome personality! I did a small tattoo, but the lining on it is was has me impressed and very happy with my piece. He was very professional and very nice, which made it an awesome experience. I don't remember his name, but I will definitely be coming back for another tattoo!! read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

My daughter got pierced by Johnny. Was he professional? NO. HE TOLD HER SHE HAD NICE BOOBS AND SLAPPED HER ASS !!!!!!!! He hit on her during the piercing process . She's 18!!!!!!!!!! He said don't tell your bf and I won't tell my gf. What a prick Totally irresponsible ,unprofessional and sleazy. Will be reported This man should be fired. Total sleaze ball. read more

This has got to be the best tattoo shop in Chula Vista. Johnny is the best. He did an amazing job on all my tattoos and even fixed one that I had done somewhere else. read more

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Thank you Susie for your patience with all my questions ur the best! (Septum piercing)

A couple years ago I came here to get a tattoo. The gentleman was rude, I showed him a drawing of what I wanted, and asked him to do it in his own style. I wanted the dragon Haku, from the movie Spirited Away. When I showed him he smirked, laughed and told me it looked more like a rat or a goat. Anyway I asked him to do that dragon but in his own style, and he ended up doing a traditional Chinese dragon which looked nothing like the dragon I actually wanted. I should have just walked away but I felt kind of pressured to keep going. Also to mention there were like 3 or 4 other customers waiting before me and for some reason he decided to take me first and it ended up being almost 4 hour session. The other customers stayed there waiting the whole time and I felt really bad because he kept telling them to wait and that he would be done soon. I don't remember the tattoo artist's name but the experience left me feeling regretful ever since. read more

Got a little rose tattoo by johnny, love it can't wait to get another!!! He is very patient and has a light hand read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

If there was a ZERO that's what I would give it. Very unprofessional, a bunch of liars. They don't give a f$%k about customer service. Lame excuses. Never again. I should've listen to all kinds of ppl that told me font go. Lesson learned. read more

Got my tat done here about 4 months ago by a guy named (Paul) and yeah he can be very aggressive but he knows what he's doing. Service was great and tattoo came out pretty good. read more

Got my septum pierced here when I was 18, and definitely the main guy who's in there all the time (can't remember his name since it was so long ago) was definitely so nice and very professional! Clean facility and fair prices for the services :) read more

Bad experience went to get a belly button piercings and to start off the lady was super rude and seemed like she did not care. She pierced me standing up which you should NEVER do because that's how u faint and you should always lay down for a belly piercing. She put me a ridiculously small piercing and didn't even mention aftercare or anything. Three days later of getting it done since the jewelry she put on was so small the top part sunk in . Do NOT recommend this place don't know what they're doing and super bad customer service. Had to go to another piercing shop so they can fix it up and change it to a longer jewelry. read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - 3 days after getting it pierced . You can see it had sunken in and extremely swollen due to the small jewelry that was given by the piercer - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

I love Susie super sweet and comforting when getting a piercing. All my piercings have come out GREAT and Susie was super helpful if I ever needed ANY help with my piercings she's made me feel welcomed to just walk in and ask away Thank you Susie you're great and thank you for all your patience !!! read more

I got a nice tattoo from here with a great price, with the artists creativity added to it which made it look so amazing. A few sketchy lines in it, luckily it is fixable and also I've seen some of their other work and some aren't so great. I guess i got lucky for the most part, not necessarily recommended read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - Beautiful Tattoo... - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

Susie was amazing! She's so beautiful and got me and my nieces piercings in quick and it didn't hurt at all thanks Susie u did great!!! read more

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Very unprofessional!!! And rude, they're better places out here. I called to ask some questions and immediately cut my sentences and was just plain on mean, glad I didn't go there. read more

So I wish I could give this place no stars but sadly I have to leave at least 1 star. I'm giving it 1 star due to my experience at Lefty's being a horrible experience all around. I've been to Lefty's 3x for my piercings and was pierced by a very sweet young lady with blonde hair, but this 4th time I interacted with this man who's name is Big Johnny and is apparently the owner of the shop and is very rude. So I had gotten my dermals pierced at this place (pierced by the blonde lady) and went back to go get it taken out due to one of them becoming infected, keep in mind that I'm in severe pain, the area is swollen, red, tender and very painful. So I walk in to Lefty's and I speak with big Johnny (owner) informed him that the other piecer charged me $10 to get my other one removed, he said ok , and also informed him that when I first got these pierced the other piercer charged me $40 for both, he cuts me off and states , "No, she would of never charged you that much." I then stated , "well she did." He then proceeded to tell me and cut me off while I was talking that I was wrong and he is the owner of the shop and he would of never allowed that, then he goes on to say we can argue about this all day but she didn't charge you that much. (Mind you I am a very calm and respectful person because my profession is in customer service , so there was no arguing going on) I then told him ok that's fine I'm just letting you know how much she charged me, then I said I wish I would of had my receipt ( I get receipts everywhere I go and couldn't remember if I got one or not) he then cuts me off and chuckles and says we don't give receipts and I tell him well I don't remember if she gave me one or not but I remember paying $40 for both, another customers then states out loud he basically is calling you a liar and then Big Johnny (the owner) states , "Yea , if that's what you want to call it." Big johnny then proceeds to walk to the back to make a copy of my ID and then comes back and crumbles the copy of my ID and says that he does not want to remove my dermal because of what the OTHER customer had said got him really pissed off and that it was very disrespectful. I looked at him and asked him if he could please remove it because it really hurts, it's infected and I'm in pain. He states that no he is not going to remove it because of how the OTHER customer had disrespected him. My friend then ask him if he can please remove it because of me being in pain and it being infected . And he still said no I don't want to and he kept going on as to how he was very upset about the whole situation and doesn't feel like removing it and I could come back another time when the other piercer is there to remove it. I proceed to walk out and he states , "you don't have to come back, you know what just don't come back at all." I told him no worries and left in tears. In my opinion I did agree with him about the other customer being disrespectful, but what that other customer had said had nothing to deal with me. I was confused at first when he rejected services to me because in no way did I disrespect him or get loud or say anything to upset him but had a disagreement about the pricing, which I understood and said ok well then I just want to remove it and will not get them re pierced. I work in customer service and to my understanding at my job regardless if the customer is wrong or right the customer is always right. So in my opinion Big Johnny was very unprofessional and very disrespectful to me which he had not right to be after me being very respectful to him. I honestly will never go back to that shop, it's sad to say that this is the first time meeting the owner and I was disappointed in so many ways. Even after explaining myself to him as to how badly I'm in pain and asked him politely to please remove it he still did not care and turned me away, I still don't understand it. I never cry but I cried as I was walking away because of how badly I wanted it to be removed and how badly it hurt. I use to recommend people to this shop because of how amazing I thought this place was and now I will never recommend this tattoo/piercing shop to anyone. Good luck to you and your shop sir. read more

Lefty's Tattoo and Body Piercing - My infected dermal - Tattoo Near Me - Chula Vista, California

my piercing came out totally wrong and i've gotten a lot of piercings never did they hurt like this one. Susie is very rude and disrespectful. wrost choice ever read more