At first, I was worried about this table as I’ve never heard of the brand, and I knew that a lot of Amazon furniture has to be assembled at home with a lot of small parts. I’m a petite 24 year old woman and I was able to easily assemble the whole thing in a little over an hour (except for the very last part, which is assembling the pop up top. The directions state you need someone to help stabilize it, which is very true). The directions were typed very clearly, and had an option to go to a video in case you get confused but I didn’t find that necessary. The screws and other parts are packaged and labeled clearly. The finished product is completely sturdy, and it does not look cheap at all. I’m not positive if cold drinks can be placed on the surface, but it does seem to have some sort of finish. The pop up works perfectly, but you do have to press down firmly to allow it to settle back in to place.