This cute store is one of those places that does furniture, home wares and then bits and pieces of…read morebooks, accessories, handbags etc. I got sucked in by their amazing window display and then wandered around "oohing and ahhing" for quite some time before walking out with a very cool Australian artisan made necklace. The staff are super friendly and helpful and were very keen to give me the low down on where to check out in Bendigo (seeing I'm not a local). Excellent service and as a Melbournite, I was very tempted by their great range of lamps and tables... if only I had a bigger car! A must to check out if you're in the area.

The salesperson was 10/10. She could provide lessons in how to interact with customers. Absolutely…read morefirst class. Delivery was timely and efficient by a very nice man. Product is very good quality. Overall an outstanding experience.

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Great service, friendly knowledgable staff. I truly have not…read morebeen welcomed so politely, with a smile and such assistance before. I highly recommend this business for knowing their products WELL, and the service is of the utmost hightest standard. I left there feeling very pleased and happy. Thankyou Shaverman, you restored my faith in young people able to give excellent service and treat the customer with the utmost respect and friendliness. I first attended your store approx 5 years ago and have been going there once every one or two months for this time and every single time you provide the best most professional yet friendly service I have ever received anywhere. I cannot thankyou enough as I buy many things online now due to bad service, but you good people have kept me coming there because its an absolute pleasure to go there every single time. Thankyou.

Cute kid stuff alert!!!…read more Milt & Joe have plenty on offer for kiddies of varying ages. They have clothes, bags, toys and decor to suit newborns through to school age babes. I love the quirky little toys they have like wind up robots, wooden dinosaurs and crocheted rattles. Their stock is on the pricier side for kids stuff but you can see why with the effort, passion and quality that's put into their stock. Definitely worth a look in if you're after something special.

$4.50 for a small take away cup and a cheap Nerada tea bag. Tourist places seem to not care about…read morewhat they do because they figure the customers will keep coming. Bendigo Pottery is worth a visit but could be a lot cooler. The café needs a little love.

Let's take a quick trip back in time to 15 years ago... We were at the tail end of an 8 week…read morecamping holiday (our last big pre child excursion) around central Australia. The heatwave conditions in the red centre had convinced me that the wearing of a hat was a very sensible thing to do in order to avoid third degree sunburn. Over the course of the trip I had managed to demolish 2 or 3 cheap hats. On our homeward stretch we passed through Bendigo and happened to find a hat shop that sold genuine Akubra hats so as a spur of the moment thing I chucked the shattered remains of yet another cheap hat in the bin and wandered in. I wandered out shortly afterwards with a brand new Akubra perched proudly on my brow wondering whether it was a good investment. Fast forward 15 years to today. I am still wearing the same Akubra I bought at the Bendigo hat shop 15 years ago. What's more, I am back in Bendigo and standing in front of the very same Bendigo hat shop which is not only still in business but run by the same lady who served me 15 years ago. My old hat has been worn pretty much every day for 15 years and spent at least 12 of them looking pretty good but over the last few it has started to look a bit shabby (in answer to the "was that a good investment question" , the answer is a big yes) so it's time for a new one. The Bendigo hat Shop has a huge range. Not just the Akubra but straw hats, fedoras, trendy flat caps, fascinators and pretty much anything else you can perch on your head. The service is fantastic - the lady who has run the shop for the last few decades knows pretty much everything there is to know about hats and can pretty much pick your head size, and the styles that will suit you best, the moment you walk in the door. Even better she is a trained milliner (hat maker) and can adjust, pad or otherwise tweak your new hat to fit perfectly. I walked out with a nice new Akubra. My old one is now retired to gardening duty and will server me well for another 10 years at least. My wife walked out with two hats - a wide brimmed straw number (that she looks fantastic in) and a marvellous red cloche hat (that looks amazing on her) for winter. Even my son got in on the hat action with a new Fedora (he looks like a spotty youth in his but that's not the fault of the hat).

A part of me was somewhat surprised that I couldn't find a second hand bookshop in Bendigo, but…read morethat was before I found this place. It's located in a old building, and it certainly does have a pretty decent range. In fact the interior of the place is absolutely gorgeous, especially if you happen to be one of those people, like me, who likes to wander around such places, and explore what books that lie here, forgotten. Yeah, this place certainly did have quite a lot of charm, and is one that I'd have no problems returning to in a hurry.

We've visited this wonderful bookshop twice while travelling in Victoria and bought a good number…read moreof excellent books. Downstairs there are cabinets with special interest books at the front (first editions, unusual, signed) and a decent selection of art books. Further in is a large amount of literature and fiction and nice hardback editions. Upstairs is a large range of different categories of books including poetry and non-fiction. Prices are reasonable. (Sadly, we learnt this time that the owner is in ill health and the building has been sold. There are discounts now being applied to encourage you to buy up big as they are selling their entire stock.)