Adept Tattoos-Body Piercing
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ADEPT is an AWARD WINNING tattoo and body piercing studio with two locations located in the heart of Halifax and Bedford, NS. Most recently ADEPT was named BEST TATTOO SHOP in The Coast's Best Of Halifax readers choice awards for every year from 2012 to 2019. In previous years, The Coast readers poll has awarded us Gold and Silver placements for the Best Tattoo Shop and Best Artist categories each year.

Amber Thorpe is an 8 time Coast Best of award winner, voted Halifax's Favorite Tattoo Artist Faces Magazine 2012 and has won numerous other trophies. At ADEPT we offer only the best talent with state of the art equipment and ink, tattooing for the future. All of our work will last and still look great for years to come.
Reviews (16)
Stephanie Samson
Stephanie Samson
Jan 22, 2022
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Adept is the absolute best place for tattoos and body piercings. They are both talented and very professional. Its always a pleasure dealing with anyone there!
Holly Dunn
Holly Dunn
Jan 11, 2022
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My daughter and I had tattoos done at the Cornwallis location and thoroughly loved the experience. Friendly staff, impeccable hygiene and tattoo artists who are the right combination of creative, professional and fun. Our tattoos are beautiful.
Roxy Adele MacLean
Roxy Adele MacLean
Jan 07, 2022
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My two daughters had their ears pierced and it was a great experience. Thank you Andrew (Bedford location)
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Oct 27, 2021
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Positive: Cleanliness, Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Value
Ive got a few piercings here and one tattoo, everyone is so nice and so professional. they are super clean and fast. would definitely recommend coming here!!
Arzoo Rahimi
Arzoo Rahimi
Oct 21, 2021
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Andrew is so sweet and helpful! He’s the best!! I’ve been here two times for a jewelry change and he does his best to make you comfortable and laugh as sometimes it can be a little painful! Front desk lady was also very nice. Highly recommend Adept Bedford 😊
Emily Brown
Emily Brown
Sep 19, 2021
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Andrew / Bo did my ear piercings today 3 on each side. Not only was he extremely professional but took extra precautions to ensure everything was clean and that I left happy with my new piercings. He was really nice and made it a relaxing experience for someone who is nervous about getting a piercing done! Would highly recommend!!! 10/10
Ashley Britten
Ashley Britten
Aug 31, 2021
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Received a very amateur tattoo, extremely poor quality and they would not correct as the placement was on my foot. Understanding that I received the tattoo in November and had to wear closed footwear over the winter, they would not guarantee nor would they take a look to clean it up.
I reached out and provided the opportunity to have them correct as the quality of the tattoo was so bad for a place that has such a good name.
I have other tattoos on my feet from other less popular tattoo locations and they still look brand new.
I am extremely upset with the quality and less than impressed with
Craiglan Gushmore
Craiglan Gushmore
Aug 29, 2021
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Excellent, talented and very clean. We had a great experience getting piercing done at this professional business.
Julie Lambert
Julie Lambert
Aug 16, 2021
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Greg is awesome I’ve seen him 2 times in the last week and a half very fast and professional knows what he’s doing.
Crystal Dawn
Crystal Dawn
Jul 09, 2021
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Got an Industrial piercing done at the Bedford location. Andrew did a great job. His personality puts you at ease and makes the whole experience wonderful. Shop staff were very friendly from the second I walked in.
Leah Lawlor
Leah Lawlor
Jun 22, 2021
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I had my tattoo done by Chanelle, she was so amazing, friendly and very focused. I wanted something simple and colorful. She created the perfect tattoo for me and I couldn't be happier!!! Thank you Chanelle!
Jennifer Naugler
Jennifer Naugler
Mar 20, 2021
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Went and got my nose pierced and the staff was very nice and friendly would recommend again
Olivia Stevens
Olivia Stevens
Jan 20, 2021
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I got an extremely bad piercing done in Sydney and called Adept to fix it! They got me in that same day and the piercer was super professional, explained what went wrong when the first person in Sydney did it, and even explained how it should have been done and will be done better. He educated me on the anatomy a bit and mentioned that he does annual courses so he always has the most current information available and also had his certifications on the walls too. Super clean as well! Once I'm all healed from the first piercings we had to remove, I'm absolutely going back to him to get them done
Jenna McDonald
Jenna McDonald
Nov 29, 2020
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This is one of the cleanest tattoo shops I have ever been in. When you go into the shop every single person is friendly, it’s a great atmosphere. It’s one of the only shops I have been to that brings you in for a consult before booking your appointment, so it allows you and your artist to make sure your getting exactly what you want. I went to Amber, not only is is beyond talented but she also keeps you laughing through the whole session. Greg who does the piercings is hands down the coolest most professional one out there. Don’t second guess booking with adept, you will absolutely love it
D. Bowden
D. Bowden
Nov 14, 2020
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My first trip back into a tattoo shop in 13 years and happy I did. Have been wanting to get work done for awhile and Adept made it happen for me. Very professional, organized, easy to communicate with, customer focused shop. Will definitely be going back here for more work. The staff at Adept made for a really great and positive experience. Thanks to all staff at Adept and big thanks to Dakota!
Dave G.
Dave G.
Jan 09, 2020
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I had work done by Travis. A simple ankh. It was done very poorly, the shading went outside of the line work, and the black was not well saturated at all. It was spotty and the line work was not even close to perfectly straight
I had it touched up by Travis after it healed giving him the benefit of the doubt. To fix the shading going outside of the line work he just made the loop of the ankh fatter, which distorted the ankh completely. Even after the touch up the black was poorly saturated and the line work was a mess.
I was very dissappinted as an ankh is such a simple design, it was hard to