Otautahi Tattoo Christchurch

Have received a few tattoos at Otautahi, all done by Whitney. She’s awesome!! All 3 of them have healed super well and it was well worth the price!

After our trip through New Zealand, we wanted to end it with a lasting memory of this country and its people. Since our trip ended in Christchurch the decision was made for Otautahi Tattoo and we did not regret it for a single moment.Our tattoo artist was Brad and after hearing our life story he created a free style traditional design that reflected our love for each other, our children, our grandchildren and our love for New Zealand.We have also seen the work of the other artists and it is all equally beautiful. The atmosphere is relaxed end pleasant.Thank you Brad and have a happy life. You are a great guy!Erik&Jolanda.

Chloe was amazing! Made sure was exactly what I was looking for, with size, placement and detail. She’s brilliant at fine line.

Absolutely lovely experience everyone I interacted with was so kind. A great frist experience. 100% recommend. If I ever get more tattoos will definitely he back. Such a lovely space too.

Sent them a design I wanted for a tattoo so I could get an idea on cost. Was asked to come in for a consultation and pay a fee upfront. Went in, consultation lasted all of 30 seconds, took me longer to find a park. In this time all they did was look at the photo I’d already emailed them in. Ended up booking it in for a month out, and was told they'd email me the design prior to my appointment. Get to the day before and still haven’t received it so emailed them. Get no reply. About an hour before my appointment was meant to happen Jordan rings me to say they’re running a bit behind. I cut in and let him know i wouldn’t be there as per my email the day before. His exact reply was “I get like 80 emails a day, I can’t read them all” I explained I was still waiting for the design, he didn’t seem to care. Wasn’t interested in sending it though or apologising, just didn’t seem to care. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone, seriously need to work on the customer service side of their business. Would like my deposit refunded, but doubt I’ll get that without a fight.

Brad was awesome, he does beautiful work! Amazing tattoo artists here and super friendly! I would recommend checking this place out for any tattoos, they have a bunch of artists that do all different things.

Amazing shop, amazing staff. Make you feel right at home. Spent 2 back to back days with Shaun, as he worked his magic on my new amazing piece. It has a special place in my heart. Thanks for everything gents!

Emailed about my first ever tattoo. Wanted a fine line design and specifically asked about this. Sent through my design prior to my appointment (done in fine line) and paid the deposit.Turned up for my appointment and they were running late due to doing a large group that were on a rugby trip. When I returned for my appointment later, it was very disorganised. Artist hadn't seen my emails, request or design. It felt very rushed. Artist was nice, but you could tell he was under the pump. I should have rescheduled, but I was so excited about getting it done - my mistake.Design was done okay, but definitely not fine line. Still Feel quite disappointed with it weeks later. Wouldn't go back again.

I checked out Otautahi's web page and Instagram and immidiately was drawn by Ebony's work, she is a talented artist with over 13 years of experience in the industry.Not only she gave me my best done/designed tattoo ever which by the way is so brilliant everyone has been complimenting it a great deal, her customer's service was top notch.She's truly a nice person with a big heart, and she made me feel very comfortable throughout a 4 hours tattoo process. I am extremely glad I waited 1.5 years to finally got tattooed by her (covid, lockdown, rellocating), it was completely worth it and I would recommend her to anyone.Also, big shout-out to the entire Otautahi Christchurch team for their professionalism from start to end, great team with many great artists for any styles you want.

Walked in at 10.30am to see if there was any availability that day (travelling back to Aus the next day) was able to be fitted in at 1.30pm. The tattoo arist did amazing work on my daughters first tattoo. She was confident, precise and made my daughter feel at ease even though she was not long out of her apprenticeship. Have had so many positive comments about her tattoo and could not recommend more. Thanks so much.