Comfort is great. The styling has some modern elements, but it also has a traditional theme and should be timeless. We have had these chairs for a couple of months now and have had had no issues with them. They are a little lighter weight than other chairs we have purchased in the past, but I think they will hold up fine. The only reason I gave them four stars is that the fasteners supplied feel less robust than they could be. One of the inserted nuts broke during assembly and had to be replaced. We have purchased several sets of chairs online to match our oak table, and this is the only set that truly had a natural oak finish. All of the other sets were either tinted slightly darker, yellow/orange, or honey.