Best Tattoo Shop in San Diego
Bay Ink Tattoo brings together twelve artists across Bay Park and La Jolla. Our San Diego tattoo studios offer fine line, American traditional, geometric, mandala, ornamental, realism and black-and-grey work. Explore the portfolios, find your artist, and tell us what you have in mind.

Explore the work
Twelve artists. Tap a tattoo to explore their work.
Fabio Fontinelle
Darien Perez
Wanessa
Ruby De Leon
Gerson
Hailey
Nacho
Jorge Martinez
Lina
Cameron Walter
Marcus Vinicius
Veronica Mantelato

The Piercings Club
We offer a full suite of piercing services performed by our sister company The Piercings Club, with highly-experienced piercers. At our San Diego piercing shops, your comfort and privacy are our top priorities. Focused on safety in healing, we work with sterile, high-quality biocompatible, and gold jewelry options – this is piercing at its finest!

Word on the Street
Caleb Kelly (Google): "Nacho gave me an awesome tattoo - very communicative and responded quickly when I reached out to book an appointment. Their shop was very clean and professional. I wouldn't hesitate to book there again."
Amir Yassami (Google): "I would say hands down the best spot to go to for a tattoo. Fabio just opened up a new location and the spot looks phenomenal."
Lauren C. (Yelp): "This place is so great for piercings! The girls that work there are so sweet and make you feel really comfortable. I'm in love with my daith piercing and will definitely be coming back!"
Meg Menard (Facebook): "I was very impressed with how quickly Nacho did my text tattoos and how clean they are! He was vigilant in making sure the placement was exactly what I wanted."
Elvis N. (Yelp): "Flew down to SD for the first time to see my guy Marcus here to get the upper part of my arm done. It was worth the trip."
Cynthia H. (Yelp): "This is the most LIT tattoo shop I've ever been to and I don't know how else to describe it. Every single person here is amazing."















