Golden Needle tattoo studio is located in Phuket Town, near Rama IX Park. The owner of this multi-award-winning tattoo shop, Chart Khemtong, has a predestined name in Thai as ‘khem’ means needle and ‘tong’ means gold, which explains the name of the shop. With 20 years’ experience in tattooing, Chart is one of the most talented tattoo artists in Phuket. Golden Needle studio is a nicely decorated, compact wooden house (check out the lampshade entirely made of used tattoo needles). Working with two employees, Mee and Kai, Chart specialises in oriental designs. Famous UFC and MMA fighters have been tattooed at Golden Needle which uses only electric tattoo machines. Hygiene is priority number one here, and the prices – which start at 1,000 baht - are according to the complexity of the design.

• Opening Hours: Daily 12:30 – 21:30
• Location: At the southern entrance of Phuket Town, on Chaofa East Road, near Rama IX Park
• Tel: 081-2717152 or 076-246461

Located opposite Surin Tesco Lotus Park on Bangtao Soi 2, @Ink opened in 2013. Mit (the owner of Patong Tattoo) opened this studio in association with Kai, an experienced tattooist born in Bangtao itself. Set in a contemporary style shopping plaza featuring restaurants and bars, @Ink is a neat and clean air-conditioned tattoo studio. Here, you also can get temporary tattoos (body paint and airbrush), and all permanent tattoos are done with an electric machine. Free-hand, cover ups, Sak Yant, all styles are available and prices start at 1,000 baht.

• Opening Hours: Daily 11:00 – 22:00
• Location: Opposite Surin Tesco Lotus Park on Bangtao Soi 2
• Tel: Mit – 081-7471146, Kai – 084-8407964

Celebrity Ink Tattoo is the home of Phuket’s most famous “hand-picked” tattoo artists. They deliver custom high quality tattoos at affordable prices. Their team go above and beyond your expectations to ensure every client returns time and time again. Celebrity Ink Tattoo currently holds the most awards throughout Thailand. The highly skilled and fully licensed tattoo artists are happy to give you expert advice when it comes to creating your new work of art.

• Location: In Soi Sea Dragon on Bangla Road, Patong Beach
• Tel: +61 41 357 0476

Aussine Tattoo may be small in size but it’s large in talent. This studio is a nine square-metre room located opposite the entrance of Holiday Inn Phuket on Rat-U-Thit Road in Patong. Five tattooists work here (not all at the same time though): Adam, Eddie, Jui, Can and Mint, and all tattoos here are created with tattoo machines, with custom-made designs or images brought by their customers. Curiously enough, Australians are the folks who are most likely to get a tattoo in Phuket, hence the name of the shop which has been open since 2008. Here again, all-style of tattoos are available – tribal, Japanese, Celtic, Sak Yant, and so on – and their prices start at 1,000 baht for small black tattoo to go up to 60,000 baht for a detailed and coloured full sleeve.

• Opening Hours: 10:00 – 22:00
• Location: In Patong Beach, on Rat-U-Thit Road, opposite Holiday Inn Busakorn Wing’s entrance
• Tel: 086 690 2909

One of the most experienced tattooers in the Phuket region, John began his tattooing career in 1993 using traditional Thai bamboo techniques to make beautiful Thai inspired tattoo’s. Four years later John opened his first shop then located in Kata. Old Man Tattoo’s was established in Phuket Town in 1999 and remains the longest running tattoo shop in Phuket Town, well known for quality tattooing work and attention to hygiene. Inspired by artists such as Filip Leu, Paul Booth and Sid Siamese – John specialises in oriental/japanese, black and grey, Thai designs and cover-up’s created in his own unique style.

• Opening Hours: 10:30 - 22:30
• Address: 134 Phang-Nga Road, Amphoe Muang, Phuket 83000
• Tel: 081-5359498

Located at the entrance of the Paradise Hotel Complex in Patong Beach, Siam Ink tattoo studio has been open since 2008. Employing four tattooists (including international award-winning artists), this parlour uses both bamboo sticks and tattoo machines and performs all styles of tattooing, including custom-made layouts following their customers’ tastes and requirements, free-hand, repairs and cover ups. The studio is large and spotlessly clean with a modern design. They are accredited by the Thai Health Department and charge 3,000 baht per hour for tattoos.

• Opening Hours: Mon to Sat 12:00 – 24:00, Sun 18:00 – 24:00
• Location: On the left at the entrance of Paradise Hotel Complex in Patong Beach. You can’t miss the green big bike in front of the shop.
• Tel: Dana – 081-6769411, Ong – 089-4710963

Mit and Wat are brothers who have been working in the tattoo business since the end of the 90s. Their studio at Loma Park in Patong has been open since 2002 and they’re quite famous on Phuket’s tattoo scene for their polite professionalism. Working with bamboo sticks and a tattoo machine, they can create any design, whether it be Japanese, Thai, Sak Yant, or simply according to their customers’ wishes. Prices start at 1,000 baht (for a simple small black design) and increase according to the difficulty. They also do piercing. Mr Mit opened a second shop, @Ink at Bangtao Beach.
Remark: Member of Association of Professional Tattoo Artists (APTA)

• Opening Hours: 10:30 – 20:00 closed on Sundays
• Location: Soi Loma in Patong Beach
• Tel: 081-7471146 or 089-9092357

With over 15 years of experience behind him, Rucky of Seed Tattoo has a great selection of designs to choose from, including Thai, American and Japanese styles. The shop meets international standards of hygiene, with fully sterilised equipment, high quality inks and many satisfied customers. His shop is situated right by the Patong Boxing Stadium, on Sansabai Road.

• Opening Hours: 12:00 - 24:00
• Location: 179/10 Sansabai Road, Patong
• Tel: +66 (0)86 860 7807
• Website: https://www.facebook.com/Seedtattoo-patong-481950695267288

Bloodline Tattoo on Soi Patong Resort is an Australian-managed studio with a tight-knit team of award-winning Thai artists. Offering both machine and traditional bamboo tattoos in a wide range of remarkable designs, they pride themselves on their highly sterile environment, using only disposable tattoo equipment and high-quality imported inks. Many satisfied customers have walked away with exceptional Japanese, realistic, dot-work and cover-up tattoos, among other styles.

• Opening Hours: 09:00 - 23:30
• Location: 54/2 Soi Patong Resort, Bangla Road, Patong
• Tel: +66 (0)64 030 0100
• Website: https://www.facebook.com/bloodlinetattoophuket

Australian owned and operated, Mayhem Ink promises no language barrier for English-speaking customers in explaining exactly what they want for their tattoo. They use only disposable equipment to ensure a safe and sterile environment. Available designs range from gothic to comic book characters, Japanese to realistic and colourful to monochrome.

• Opening Hours: 10:00 - 22:00
• Location: Patong Beach Road, next to Maximum Fitness Gym, Patong
• Tel: +66 (0)92 796 6096
• Website: https://www.facebook.com/mayheminkpatong