Flaming Dragon Tattoo

The layout of the place is odd. You walk in and it’s very dark and everything is wood. There is a large open space (for people to hang out???) And then you walk a few more feet and the tattoo table is right there, basically on display. The female artist wouldn’t allow me to get what I wanted on my ribs because the writing wouldn’t fit, even though all I wanted were five words in a smaller font. And she didn’t agree with the design of my tattoo. She also didn’t seem interested in tattooing either.
They require $ 100 CASH deposit??? And they DO NOT accept credit cards. What a joke. I ended up walking out, went on Unilocal to find another tattoo parlor, and got the tattoo I wanted. I don’t recommend wasting your time or money here.

Flaming Dragon has talented artists and a clean, professional setting. I’ve referred both friends and family to this shop. Dave is extremely talented and I couldn’t be happier with the work I’ve had done.

After seeing some seriously impressive tattoos from some family members who’ve gone here I felt inclined to check out the place for myself. (despite the fact that they charge more than any other tattoo parlor I’ve ever heard of) let me just say I’ve been to many many other tattoo parlors and have a considerable amount of work done. but when I visited this tattoo parlor I was shocked by how badly I was treated. The staff there is so rude I couldn’t believe it. Very unprofessional. And not just to me, that seems to just be the way they treat people and I do not appreciate that. Don’t get me wrong, the quality of tattoos they do is amazing (it would have to be at what they charge) but the service is horrible. If a friendly professional comfortable welcoming environment is important to you, this isn’t the place for you. If you’re looking for affordable tattoos, you won’t find that here either. I admit the quality is worth the price but I doubt you’ll have a good experience having to put up with such a rude snobby staff.

Flaming Dragon is THE BEST tattoo shop around. So clean you could eat off of the floor. Scott Shafer (the owner) is currently working on a full Japanese back piece for me, and Darin Forrest has done multiple pieces on my husband and father in law. It’s the kind of shop you go to when you want art on your body. A little pricey but you get way more than you pay for as far as quality goes compared to other shops in their price range. These artists know what they’re doing — and they will tell you if something you want won’t look good, absolutely smart and honest. Love Flaming Dragon — won’t go anywhere else.

My experience went from awesome to a disaster during my actual appointment.
Zero points for Sara C. at the Pacific Avenue location. I had 2 small pieces I wanted done, and she indicated both would probably take about 2 hours in total. She indicated she’d show me some art on the day of the appointment. I returned the next day with a cash deposit and was really excited to get my first tattoo!
The day of the appointment came two weeks later, and I unfortunately had not been able to print out the art I’d liked to get done. Due to this, I’d decided to try and see if I could work with Sara to get something else she was comfortable with free-​handing done (as I knew she’d blocked out at least 2 hours for me.)
I informed her that I unfortunately didn’t have the art, and before I could even explain that I wanted to work with her on something else she’d be comfortable with (as it it obviously wasn’t her fault I couldn’t get the wanted art) Sara’s face became angry and she completely lit into me! Rather loudly and repeatedly stating such things such as ‘You’re wasting my time!’, ‘If you didn’t want to get tattooed why did you come here?’ ‘I blocked you for three hours, I could tattoo (one of the small tattoos I’d wanted) on you in ten minutes!‘
I completely understood that she’d blocked out time for me and knew how the situation seemed on her end, but she hadn’t even given me a chance to TRY and work with her as I’d been planning and just totally tore me down! I certainly don’t think I would have left a $ 60 cash deposit if I ‘hadn’t wanted to get tattooed’ either. Needless to say I wanted Sara nowhere near me with a needle after that and simply left, not caring about my deposit at all. I wound up getting an appointment at another shop who let me make an appointment without a deposit as I’d just lost mine with no tattoo to show for it.
5 stars for Jason at the 6^th Avenue shop, though — I called and explained the situation and he was very professional, apologetic, courteous and indicated that he would call around and get a hold of everyone that needed to be talked to so that I would be taken care of. He also explained that Flaming Dragon does not like thier customers being treated in such a manner at all (unless they’re being a jerk first, of course!)

DUPLICATE REVIEW gave to 38^th/​Pacific Ave also!
LOVE this shop. Had scoped them out 5 years ago passing through and didn’t go in until 2009 when I knew what I wanted to commit too.
Brought my friend in for a quick wrist piece and Jason did a fantastic job. Now she finally has a good tattoo as opposed to all of her not so good ones. Scheduled and appointment with John Sabin to get a consult and start the process that next month. OH my LOVE what he did for me. John did the best job on my very large back piece. I get all kinds of compliments and I love it. Every single one of these guys knows their stuff. Just look at any ones portfolio. Hands down the best place I have been for tattooing. (this was my sixth and largest piece and my sixth shop) When I get my next one regardless if I live in town this is where I will come. Clean, friendly, knowledgeable. They will let you know if your design will or won’t work and offer help to draw you up a rendition that will. No crappy art coming out of this shop at all. Bonus is they are all really cool guys to talk to when getting your work done. No weird vibes at all.
Can’t wait to schedule my next one!

I got my second tattoo done at their Pacific Ave branch and I did it with Sarah. She was amazing!!! I gave her an initial design of what I wanted and she asked me to come in the next day to see what she drew up for me. She was very very patient with me and even though I had to ask her to adjust the design she made, it turned out amazing. Another tattoo artist was there to critique her initial work and help her make sure everything was perfect. They also helped make me laugh before and after the session because I was nervous.
It was quick and she was very precise with her work. I’m really happy with how it turned out and i’m coming back to finish up the rest of my tattoo. Go to her if you want original and good work!

Flaming Dragon Tattoo Co. is one of the best tattoo shops in the Seattle/​Tacoma area. I have been to both of their locations on 6^th Ave and 38^th St. and they are equally exceptional establishments. Their shops are what I call «East meets West», hip and funky environment and walls adorned with eclectic Asian artwork and masks. Both locations are meticulously clean as well as comfortable and all of the artists are amazingly talented and professional and provide the highest quality of work.
I had been wanting to get a back tattoo for the longest time and when I heard their artist Scott Schafer specializes in Chinese and bird/​fowl artwork I knew he was the one. He listened to me from the beginning and combining my ideas with his many years of expertise has created the most beautiful tattoo for me and has by far exceeded my expectations. Only two sessions in so far and I can’t wait to see how the shading and color will turn out!
If you live in Seattle/​Tacoma you are very lucky! Gotta check these guys out, you will NOT be disappointed! Check em out at
and at the Seattle Tattoo Expo 8÷8−8÷10
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As I said in my other tattoo shop review, I find it odd reviewing the shop as opposed to the artist. I got my first tattoo at Flaming Dragon at the recommendation of a friend and after meeting Bryan to discuss my idea. I chose to go there based on seeing his previous work and feeling comfortable working with him. He did an excellent job and I’ve been back to Flaming Dragon several times. Now that Bryan is working at a shop closer to me I’ll continue to have him work on my tattoos.
Still, the other artists at Flaming Dragon are all great. The atmosphere there is relaxing, the shop on 6^th & Proctor is in an old house. They’ve done a great job refinishing and painting the place. There are private rooms for piercing, and a design studio upstairs for «fleshing» out your artwork.