I contacted The Village Ink through Instagram after reading terrific reviews on yelp. They got back to me within 2 minutes of sending a message. I explained that I was in town from California and wanted to get a tattoo from every country I visit. I described what I wanted and they told me to come in the next day at 12pm. I mentioned that I was leaving that day at 4pm to fly back so time was limited. When I arrived I was given paperwork to fill out and was told that the tattoo artist I was scheduled with was on his way in. After waiting for 20 min, one of the women working there told me that the tattoo artist was not coming in, he had to stay home with his child. While I understand things happen, this is a situation where I think communication was lacking. After telling me my guy wasn't coming in, the only other tattoo artist there said she did not want to do my tattoo, it wasn't her style and that she already had appointments. They told me to go to a different neighborhood to try if t was something I really wanted to have done. This is not a walk in friendly place, as only one tattoo artist was working..... It would have been nice to have been told about the cancellation sooner so that I could have found a new place.
Since posting this review an hour ago, the owner contacted me and was very apologetic and said he was very embarrassed. He was very nice and offered me a gift certificate when I come back. He was very nice. I will be going back, if/when I make it back to Toronto :)