Since moving to Ballarat in 2004 I have been waiting for the day Hudsons Coffee came here. At last that day has arrived! For those who aren't aware, Hudsons is a Melbourne-owned company (unlike other popular coffee chains). The new Ballarat store opened a few days ago and the coffee is of course delicious, as one would expect, but more that than the staff have been really helpful and lovely regarding the difficulties we've had trying to buy coffee card credit there. Loading the credit onto the cards has been difficult and with eveything being new it hasn't gone smoothly. Today the owner insisted on compensating me with coffee for the minor inconvenience while they correct the apparent computer glitch. I'll be a regular there and couldn't recommend it more!