Tattoo shops in Mexico City
Mexico City, CDMX has 23 tattoo shops on the map. All 23 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Mexico City (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Ah Puck Tattoo & Barber and Royal Tattoo, plus Myobu Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Mexico City's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Mexico City tattoo lineup
23 mapped within about 40 km:
Ah Puck Tattoo & Barber
Tattoo studio
Ah Puck Tattoo & Barber — Tattoo studio.
Royal Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Royal Tattoo is Tattoo studio on Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo. Royal Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Phone: 56586824
Myobu Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Myobu Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 2723 Avenida División del Norte.
2723 Avenida División del Norte
Tatuajes Mantrax
Tattoo studio
Tatuajes Mantrax is Tattoo studio.
Missink Laser Tattoo Removal Studio
Tattoo studio
Missink Laser Tattoo Removal Studio — Tattoo studio on 542 Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo.
542 Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
Placer y Dolor Tattoo
Tattoo studioRun by https://www.facebook.com/PlacerYDolorTattooo/
Run by https://www.facebook.com/PlacerYDolorTattooo/, Placer y Dolor Tattoo is Tattoo studio, found on 488 Alfredo del Mazo in Xico. Also worth knowing about Placer y Dolor Tattoo: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su 10:00-19:00.
488 Alfredo del Mazo, Xico, 56617
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-19:00
Chimallink
Tattoo studio
Chimallink is Tattoo studio.
Tatuajes Merlin
Tattoo studio
Tatuajes Merlin is Tattoo studio on Avenida Santa Cecilia, Tlalnepantla.
Avenida Santa Cecilia, Tlalnepantla, 54130
the monstersink studio
Tattoo studioRun by jadith perez
the monstersink studio is Tattoo studio run by jadith perez on Avenida Benito Juárez, Texcoco.. the monstersink studio also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00 - 20:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Avenida Benito Juárez, Texcoco., 56100
Hours: 11:00 - 20:00
Phone: +52 55 7487 0570
The monstersink and needles
Tattoo studioRun by Jadith Perez Salgado
The monstersink and needles is Tattoo studio run by Jadith Perez Salgado. The monstersink and needles also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 24/7; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Hours: 24/7
Phone: +52 55 7487 0570
Tatuajes del Barrio
Tattoo studio
Tatuajes del Barrio — Tattoo studio.
Free Hand Tattoo Crew
Tattoo studio
Free Hand Tattoo Crew — Tattoo studio.
Día de Muertos
Tattoo studio
Día de Muertos is Tattoo studio.
Honour & Pride
Tattoo studio
Honour & Pride — Tattoo studio.
Art N Black
Tattoo studio
Art N Black is Tattoo studio.
Tattos
Tattoo studio
Tattos — Tattoo studio.
Tatto Studio
Tattoo studio
Tatto Studio is Tattoo studio. Tatto Studio also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +52 55 3792 1566
X Siempre Tattoo
Tattoo studio
X Siempre Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Tatoo Piercing
Tattoo studio
Tatoo Piercing — Tattoo studio.
The Monstersink Studio Tattoo Piercing
Tattoo studio
The Monstersink Studio Tattoo Piercing is Tattoo studio.
Fire Ink
Tattoo studio
Fire Ink is Tattoo studio.
Dunkel
Tattoo studio
Dunkel — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Dunkel: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +525536311651
toro tattoo
Tattoo studioRun by Leo Sánchez y Antony Lopez
toro tattoo is Tattoo studio run by Leo Sánchez y Antony Lopez on Avenida Minas Palacio, El Molinito (Naucalpan). toro tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00.
Avenida Minas Palacio, El Molinito (Naucalpan), 53570
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Mexico City
4 of the 23 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
The Mexico City tattoo shop tour
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Ah Puck Tattoo & Barber, Royal Tattoo on Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, Myobu Tattoo on 2723 Avenida División del Norte, Tatuajes Mantrax, Missink Laser Tattoo Removal Studio on 542 Avenida Miguel Ángel de Quevedo, Placer y Dolor Tattoo on 488 Alfredo del Mazo, Chimallink, and Tatuajes Merlin on Avenida Santa Cecilia. That's 23 stops on the Mexico City tattoo shop tour. 15 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Mexico City
First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Mexico City:
- No swimming while it heals at Ah Puck Tattoo & Barber. Pools, lakes, hot tubs — all off limits for two to three weeks. Fresh tattoos and bacteria don't mix.
- Browse portfolios before anything else at Royal Tattoo. A studio's Instagram or website tells you more than any review. If nobody there does the style you want, keep looking.
- Small first tattoos are smart. Your first session teaches you how your skin takes ink and how you handle the pain. Start modest.
- Don't haggle on price. You're paying for hours of someone's skilled labour on your skin forever. Bargain hunting has no place in a tattoo shop.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Mexico City — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Mexico City can take a while to appear. The 23 above are only as current as the community map. A tattoo shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 23 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Mexico City: 23 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.