Diablo Piercing Eastside & Oni Tattoo

Alright, I brought my girlfriend here to get her septum pierced. We walk in and a man (whom we believe to be the owner) was sitting behind the counter talking to another woman, she noticed us and took a seat… you know what he did, pulled out his phone and called someone to complain about a Unilocal review, then proceeded to get up and go sit down with this lady to continue complaining about the Unilocal review. Not once were we greeted, but he sure as hell made eye contact with us. Finally after about 5 minutes, the piercer, Mike, came up. Mike greeted us and gave us the release form to sign and told us he had one person in front of us. Overall, Mike was pretty nice, although I did feel a little attitude when I asked what size gauge he would use, to which he responded, «whatever size you want». What the actual fuck yo, no, that’s not how it works, but whatever. We still have hope that he’ll be a good piercer to make up for their «customer service». Lol, but guess what?! He didnt have anymore barbells for her piercing after Friday the 13^th. We waited over 30 minutes for bad customer service and a piercing that didnt happen, but I will give Mike this, he gave us a 10 $ off coupon for another studio of theirs that would have the jewelry for her septum piercing. Unfortunately there is no way in hell we’d go to that studio again yet alone, another one of theirs. Apparently they hate bad Unilocal reviews too, probably gonna get another customer to leave a bad comment under mine like they did today for another bad review they got.

Mike pierced my tragus (few weeks ago) and I came back to him today to have my conch pierced. The shop is beautiful and very clean. I was nervous but Mike had me take 2 deep breaths and the piercing was a piece of cake.
Mike will also be correcting a few piercings I have that were done incorrectly. I appreciate his candor and trust him to fix my sub-​par piercings.
The shop is beautiful and has an amazing section of quality jewelry.

I’m not writing this because I got a bad tattoo or bad piercing, I’m writing this because of my experience. Their namesake in downtown is doing Friday 13^th tattoos but not at this location. I’m not even sure if the two shops are even related. Anyway, I walked in and it was pretty busy so I waited — which is fine I’m not a diva. But when I was greeted I asked about the Friday tattoos and the man said, «Well we’re not doing those. Instead we have a book of special $ 110 tattoos.» He showed me a book… and my jaw dropped. I didn’t know what exactly I was looking at. I wish so badly I had snapped a photo. I’m sure my 14-​year-​old niece could draw better. There was one drawing that stood out. It was a banana with a coconut and a lemon underneath. So basically a cock and balls. I can only image this was drawn up in hopes that some naïve drunk douche might saunter in, pick that and then later realize they got a cock and balls tattooed on them. Which I think is kind of hilarious but the drawing was so basic and unprofessional. They obviously have some talented artists — looking at the posted work. I just wouldn’t recommend the flash art.

If I could give this place more stars I would! Gill is the man, very helpful, honest, professional, friendly and confident in his work! Their new shop is also very inviting with a nice professional setting! Got my septum done the other day by Gill, which was painless, done smoothly and had a overall amazing experience! Five stars all the way! Keep doing a awesome job Diablo!

Diablo is definitely Austin’s number one spot for piercings and jewelry. Grade A gems, and a fantastic staff. Oni tattoo is also becoming one of my frequent destinations for ink. Highly recommend this shop and any of their other locations in town.

Really awesome customer service and, importantly, skillful artists!
I had a really terrible experience at another tattoo shop when I got a tattoo that didn’t turn out like the stencil and the tattoo artist sent me away as S.O.L.
The piercing manager, Philip, read my review and helped me right away. He mentioned that a tattoo artist at Oni, Kelley, would be willing to fix my tattoo. Super happy with the results!
Super nice people, very clean shop, and great tattoos!

What can I say? I’d follow Kelley Premeaux pretty much anywhere she tattoos, and Oni/​Diablo is no different. Fantastic artist AND SUPER patient. The wildflower upper-​arm piece she gave me is constantly getting praised and looks stellar.
The icing on the cake is that this space is superb. Very clean, designed well, great art, and has semi-​private tattoo areas (which is nice when you’re a wuss).
I’ve never been pierced at this Diablo, but all my piercings/​stretching have been done at their other location (S. Lamar). If you’re looking to get piercings done, Diablo Rojo is the way to go! Great owners that are committed to hiring the best piercers and keeping truly sanitary conditions and piercings.

I’m from San Antonio and I went up to Austin to follow my girl Kelly to finish my tattoo (which was in a painful area, ribs under my boobs). Never visited this shop but when I walked in, it looked very clean. Nice flooring, fantastic display of jewelry (which were gorgeous) and the other artists/​piercers in there were cool as ice.
My tattoo hurt but Kelly always puts you at ease and talks to you. In the end, it was worth. I have a beautiful lotus on the lower end of my sternum extending to mid torso and two design pieces on the side. Amazeballs. I’m not sure if I’m super human or Kelly is just that awesome (99% it’s the latter) because my tattoo healed so quickly, easily, and beautifully. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ would go back.

The shop was beautifully decorated, clean, all private rooms. My tattoo artist Kelly is fantastic. She did a large flower piece on my inner upper arm. It healed beautifully. Did not bruise like most I have heard. I would definitely recommend her. She has done 5 of my past tattoos and will be getting plenty more done.

Such an awesome place! Very clean and everyone is super friendly! This place rocks! Kelley is an AMAZING tattoo artist. just show her stuff ya like and BAM she will draw something so amazing it blows your mind. working on a sleeve with her right now and every piece is so unique.. Oh and did I mention how awesome her colors are. thanks Kelley. You are freakin Awesome!