I went in to have my septum pierced with a female piercer. She wasn't warm or friendly towards me to begin with. Once she pierced my septum she slipped up and bumped my jewelry out of place, she then didn't tell me what happened and had this look of panic on her face while yanking my jewelry around trying to get it back in place. Eventually I have to ask her to stop because I was becoming light headed from the pulling on my wound plus the blood gushing down. She never apologized, never expressed concern, and barely would look at me after even when I was extremely nice about the whole situation. I felt she could have handled things so much better, I could have left happy if she would have handled things better after the mistake. I understand mistakes happen read more

Came in to get my nipples pierced. Jesse did my piercing and he was extremely professional and explained every step. I also brought my son in to have Jesse do his snake bite piercings and Jesse was great yet again! One of his piercings came out at school and I took him back and they helped put it back in and gave us a new jewel for the stud. I will only go here for my and my sons future piercings read more

I just got back home from the emergency room due to the HORRIBLE infection I got from the naval piercing I had done at Maritime about a week and a half ago. When they did my piercing they used only a 7 millimeter piece of jewelry when it's normally supposed to be 10 millimeters. I woke up yesterday morning with the top bead literally sinking into my extremely swollen and infected skin. I couldn't sleep due to how badly it hurt. I went to the shop to get a bigger bar but the infection did not go away. The whole entire day yesterday and today there has been pus leaking out of my piercing. The infection got so much worse today and started to spread on my stomach so I decided to go to urgent care. The nurse at urgent care told me that I needed to go to the emergency room so thays exactly what I did. I'm very disappointed because the atmosphere at Maritime is really cool. Please do NOT get your naval piercing done here because this infection that they gave me is so painful. read more

Amazing :) The guy at the front desk was very patient & informative which made me choose here to begin with. Ricky pierced my nose and was so welcoming, knowledgeable and personable. I felt like i was in good hands! Overall I had an amazing experience. 10/10 would recommend! read more

Not sure how the piercer has good reviews, I've been to him twice both times he was a jerk. I have 9 piercings then I go to him and both of the ones he did healed horribly, got infected and were extremely painful. My tragus and helix piercings that he didn't do healed up beautifully so it definitely wasn't how I took care of them because I have plenty of piercings and I'm fully aware of the aftercare. The first time I came, it was with a cousin visiting from out of state, he was a jerk but I just got it done and left. The forward helix he did for me, was horrible. The earring he placed in there had minimal space to allow for any healing to take place, I had to go to Tracy's the second I was able to change out the jewelry to get a ring that allowed for swelling and healing to take place, once I did that it was smooth sailing. The second time I went to him, it was four of us girls. We decided we would go and because of convenience we decided to come here. He must've had little man syndrome because the entire time he talked down to us, was condescending, making us feel like we didn't know what we were talking about, just an overall again, jerk. I won't be back because of this last experience. He claimed the earring placed was on tight,...WRONG the NEXT MORNING IT FALLS OUT! The diamond that was screwed on was completely stripped. I had to again figure it out until it was time to change the earring out. And still I have issues because having to mess with it the beginning few weeks. If he wasn't so into trying to be a "macho man" and impress any of the women who were there maybe he would've noticed he messed up. The hole is even crooked. My sister got both of her tragus done, one healed up the other got badly infected as well that she had to remove it just a few short weeks after getting it done. Just avoid it, go to Tracy's if you can, or anywhere else but here. read more

Me and my 2 friends walked in and got our tongues pierced Monday night by the piercer w black hair super nice girl. This was my second time going to her she's so quick and gentle and sweet!! Super talented thank you!! read more

Super quick, nice and knowledgeable. Great prices and liked the vibe of the shop! Came in for a quick piercing, would definitely come back for more and a tattoo! read more

Front desk lady was clueless. I went in to get my nose pierced and she had zero answers to my questions and kept telling me to hold on while she went to ask the piercer. The piercer was rude and didn't give me anything I wanted. The second I walked out of there I drove 3 minutes to Body Piercing by Tracy and they helped me out so much! Highly recommend going to them over Maritime. Worst part is- they make you pay before you get pierced???? I tipped and everything and walked out unsatisfied. I wouldn't have tipped if I was given the choice to pay after my bad experience. Kind of shady if you ask me. read more

Walked in to get my nose pierced - Jesse was awesome. Cool staff and very clean place - I was in and out in less than 15 minutes. Highly recommend! read more

Gotta say this place never ceases to give me good service my last 3 tattoos have all been done in this place and the last 2 were done by Ron Hendrix. If you ever plan on getting a tattoo get it done by this man he'll help you and do an amazing job read more

Mike hit me up with a clean tattoo the employees were great as well as the service 100% recommend read more

Maritime Tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Oceanside, California

I have a cartilage flat piercing from a different piercing shop that got completely swollen over - I went to Maritime to get it popped out and the jewelry changed. Sam was so nice and even though it hurt a lot it was super fast and I have not had an issue with the piercing since. read more

I have to agree with the other reviews. It was our first time coming here. Took my daughter to get snake eyes on her tongue. The female that did the piercing provided very little information off the piercing. Never the less my daughter loves her piercing. read more

Would recommend. Easy walk in, great and kind piercer, and my piercing healed so nicely.

Great customer service and excellent tattoo artists. I've recommend this shop to multiple people already. They are always have customers in and that's a good sign! read more

After having a horrible experience with another tattoo shop this place was a breath of fresh air. They were so welcoming and accommodating. Mike was awesome! Will be returning read more

Cant say enough about the service and creativity. Mathias knew exactly how to turn my loose idea into a masterpiece. i am obsessed with my tattoo. The shop staff, especially Rayne, were polite, helpful and went above and beyond. Rayne made sure I was all set while waiting to start and we had a great conversation. 10000% recommend this shop if you're looking for quality, bold and beautiful tattoos, and service that kills. read more

I came for a nose piercing. The piercer was a good piercer. Very quick and fast straight to the point. They told me to come back after 3-4 weeks to shorten my piercing and shape it as they do it for swelling reasons. I came back & the same piercer was there seemed like he was absolutely irritated with me being back. The process HURT more than getting it pierced. He took out my nose ring and " shortened it " though it still dangled out of my nose. I figured he'd shape it like a cork screw or an L shape. I'm not sure what he even did. Long story short my nose ring was stuck in my nose I could not get it out in any way. I had to go to another person to get it out and replace the ring. Here's a picture of Maritime's piercing and my new piercing. I was told theyve never seen the shape of Maritime's in their life. Which is why I could not get it out of my nose. Now I'm left to wonder if he just wanted me out of the shop and had no care what happened to my nose after I left. Which sucks. read more

Maritime Tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Oceanside, California

I took my Son for a septum piercing, and they did an excellent job, they definitely knew what they were doing, and made him comfortable. Excellent customer service! Thank you I will be back for a tattoo! read more

I've been to Maritime twice and received 3 piercings from Jesse. I've had piercings from other places in Oceanside and his are by far superior. They are so fast and basically painless because of his skill level. I see some people complaining about his personality, which seems silly to me because he just speaks his mind. He is good at what he does and that's all that matters! I will never go anywhere else for piercings!! read more

Came in to get my nipples pierced by Sam! She was amazing and got me done so quick. The front desk was super nice as well. Definitely recommend any piercings here! read more

quite literally the worst tattoo shop ever, got a simple tattoo of my wife's name on my finger and this is how it looked about a week later, and yes I followed all proper post tattoo care protocol, $80 for absolute garbage read more

I went here to get a septum piercing. The guy I got didn't tell me to get ready for it, he just immediately poked me with the needle. In fact, my blood from the procedure was draining so much to the point he had to keep wiping off the blood before twisting the ball. I don't recommend this place. read more

Me and my brother went on a whim for him to get a small 3 word tattoo on his thigh for a little tattoo in memory of our dad. They told us they couldn't get an immediate quote even though we showed an exact model of what we wanted which is okay that's normal I guess. What sucked was they made us wait nearly 4 hours just for them to print the tattoo on a sheet of paper and tell us it's going to be nearly $200 for quite literally 12 small letters. Like you couldn't have told us that 4 hours ago? Also when the time finally came for the price and doing the actual tattoo the artist seemed incredibly irritated some reason. Almost like he had to waste his time on a smaller tattoo nearly making me think he gave a high price on purpose. He said about 6 words to us and turned around and walked off. They turned around and asked "what our budget was" like they knew they were charging to much and that's when we decided to just leave after waiting for forever. Only reason it's a 2 star is because I'm sure the artists are fine at what they do. The artists choose the prices at a whim and it just so happened it's an arm and a leg. If you're going to go then expect to spend higher on the spectrum when it comes to pricing and expect it to be a very long wait and expect the process to seem harsh and rushed. read more

Went to get a fairly simple tat, provided a reference pic and all. Waited 2-3hrs in line and when I finally got to talk to my artist (I think Ron), I told him I wanted him to take some creative liberties. He was extremely offended by this and told me "you don't know me or my work and I don't know you like that." Okay fair enough you don't want me to make a mistake w an artist I don't know, whatever. Then proceeded to point at another customer telling me "Once you get like that we can talk about taking liberties." I get it if you just wanna get through a quick saturday tat but don't treat me like a child or act like I just insulted you by asking you to make it your own work. Made it very obvious that he didn't care ab the piece and just wanted to get numbers for the day as well as treated me like a complete idiot in front of other customers. I've had a couple tats done here that were fine, nothing crazy. But I can't justify supporting a business if they're going to tolerate artists blatantly disrespecting clients. Apologies for the tedtalk but figured it was a notable experience. read more

Went in last night and got my nose repierced by Samantha! Had a bit of runaround looking for a place open after 8 pm, but Sam was super wonderful and sweet, and walked me through everything she was doing! Love how it came out so glad I ended up here, thank you Maritime!! read more

got my septum pierced by jesse about a month ago and it's healed amazingly! he was very nice and reassuring during the process of getting my septum pierced which i appreciated very much! read more

Went for a industrial piercing. All the staff was great, and we only had to wait for about 30 min.

Went in right before they closed and they still helped me. Girls were super nice and helpful! Sam was so nice and did my nose piercing super quickly so that pain was minimal. Super professional, kind and awesome! 10/10 recommend. Only $45- so cheap! Thank you guys. read more

Took my 16 yr old son today for a nose piercing. Great experience! Only 15-20 min wait, fair pricing, piercing was quick, Jesse made it so comfortable for my son and also gave him after care tips. read more

Went in for a helix piercing and was in and out in less than 20 minutes! Staff is professional and place is clean. Highly recommend!

i came here today with my friend to get pierced. the whole experience was AMAZING! the girl at the front desk was so sweet and fast with everything. my friend and i were both pierced by Ricky. HIGHLY RECOMMEND RICKY!!!! he made me feel super comfortable as i got a body piercing that is very exposing. he was so nice and funny and did such an amazing job. made it SO painless! highly recommend this place to everyone who is thinking about coming in for a piercing. will DEF be back!!!! read more

This place is trash as fuck and they'll try to rip you off and take as much money from you as they can I just recently lost a family member and wanted a tattoo of a little heart with there name in it about the size of a half dollar and I went in to ask for a reference and probably would have got it that day but the Chrome dome fool working the front looked up in the air to think about how much money he could get out of me then said for just an outline of the heart with the name would be around $180-$200 when in reality it should be about $50 with a tip he must have thought I was an idiot or something because I only have one tattoo but he was heartless and wanted all the money he could get, fuck him and this place would never recommend this place to anyone and now actually going to go out of my way to tell people not to go here and to go anywhere else. Fucking trash tattoo shop with no heart and if they don't care about shit like that then there not going to give a fuck about the ink they put in u for the rest of your life and probably going to rush and do a shitty job. read more