Not that I've had many experiences in tattoo parlors, this was tucked away in a middle class…read moreneighborhood. The owner was nice enough to stay late for my daughter's whim to get an additional ear piercing. Place was clean and he was super nice although we didn't speak Italian.

Oh my, I don't even know where to start about the experience I had recently at this tattoo shop. I…read morehad always wanted the Shakespeare quote "Love all, Trust A Few, Do wrong to none. As I was passing through Rome I'd figure I'd go ahead and chose this shop since it was near by and had such wonderful reviews I gave the tattoo "artist" the quote and he typed it out on the computer and I selected the font and text I wanted. After he stenciled it in I asked for the front to be a little bigger and thicker front, but the same style of writing. Once he completed it I anxiously got up to look in the mirror and noticed the guy totally missed the "A" and only put "Trust Few". When I pointed it out he proceeds to tell me the meaning is the same and he couldn't add the "A" because he basically left no space. No idea how this shop got such good ratings! Also, once I left the shop and arrived to the train station I noticed I had forgot my Versace sunglasses. I called and sent messages and i was told immediately that they "didn't have the time to look for nor were they in the shop and that I must have left them in the taxi" while I knew this wasn't the case because I distinctly remember taking them off as I laid on the table. Once I arrived to my final destination an hour away does the bald headed shop guy texts me and says he found a pair of sunglasses and to describe what mine looked like. I sent a picture and he said he had found them behind a table. I asked him to mail back to me and I'd pay the shipping costs and I was told "he didn't have the time" so, what do I do?!? I decided to go back on the train an hour each way to retrieve. This guy gave me such a hard time getting my sunglasses half way in route. He insisted I provide him with my passport number and identification and sign a document he wrote in Italian to receive them back...seriously?! They had no business asking me for such info. I notified the police and gave the shops address and text history and was told to go retrieve and if any issues to call them. When I arrived I did not show him my passport and signed a paper to get my sunglasses back. What a hassle. Also, why didn't I need to show identification to get the tattoo? But, he want my passport number to pick up my sunglasses I think he thinks he's the police or something. All I can say is BEWARE!!! Also, is a seedy part of Rome, too! I've attached a photo of the text I gave the tattoo artist and what I ended up with. Also, the bald head piecing guys demand to sign a hand written paper in Italian before he'd give me back my own property.