My girlfriend & my apartment is a bit small & we purchased this because we have limited space.It worked out PERFECTLY for our little dining area.Worth the price!!Pleasant surprise. It arrived well packaged and protected - all pieces in great shape - real wood, not compressed sawdust - sturdy bolt that are pre-set. The instructions were OK, but as long as you align all 4 posts correctly, the rest is pretty simple.Tips:1. when attaching table legs, leave some slack in the mounting bolts that way it's easy to slide the cross support dowels, then tighten them and recheck.2. some have reported that the cross support are wrongly aligned, that's because the legs were not put on correctly. - there are two set of holes in the legs, match these up before final assembly and the cross sections will be level.3. the rubber padded leg bottoms are adjustable for table leveling. Once leveled, ours is very sturdy against the wall. Not sure this is a good table for free standing given it's height and thin profile.4. for extra strength and durability, we applied a little wood glue at each connection point before tightening down all the screws.5. tighten the leg bolts the go back and recheck as they can settle in after a few uses. This will assure a very sturdy table and chairs.6. We ordered these pads and LOVE the look and feel:Square Chair Pads, baibu Super Breathable Stool Cushions Square Seat Cushions - One Pad Only (12", Black Velcro)Ehhh...I mean it does the job...We wanted something for a quick sit in the kitchen. Maybe for a quick and easy breakfast in the AM, appetizers or a glass of wine while waiting for dinner to be ready, socializing. I means, it looks nice, but the functionality is the problem. The table is wobbly, so it’s not comfortable to rest your arms on when sitting at it, and the corners of the stools hurt your butt when you climb up to sit on them. Assembly took about 45 mins, which isn’t bad, but we ran into problems with some of the pieces. For example, some of our stools don’t have screws in the legs! Why? Because some of the holes where the screws are supposed to go (in the shorter pieces that connect the legs), weren’t even there! We’ll see how this works, but may end up returning. Just can’t justify paying more than $100 for something that doesn’t work. Will update.This table went together pretty easily but it just is not a sturdy piece of furniture. It would be "ok" for occasional use but to use for your main place for eating meals (which is what I needed due to having a very small kitchen) it just won't hold up. I was hopeful and it fell short of my needs.I bought this for a small studio space as a dining table. I need to eat while sitting down - and this makes it easy to quickly sit down at and eating. The stools aren't very comfortable - I would recommend a cushion. I haven't found much wobble in the tables but the chairs have a light unbalance. Not very noticeable. Cleaning is fairly easy. The stools can also be partially put underneath the table and that keeps them out of the way. So it's really a pretty good buy if you need a table to eat, but don't need something where you might spend more than 10 minutes at and expect to eat mostly solo.I thought I was getting brown but it came in white so I went with it. It's super cute with a good finish to it and I'm pleased with the look but not so much the functionality. I'm about 180 lbs and it's very flimsy and hard to get seated at. I plan to make some cushions bc it's not comfortable to sit. I mostly need it for quick breakfast or for my preschool grandsons. I recommend attaching the table to the wall for stability because it's very narrow and feels precarious. It has beatified my little nook area so we're all very pleased.Nice little table that doesn't take up much room. The chairs are not comfortable but they aren't meant for long term sits. I took out one of the bottom rails to be able to tuck chairs fully under table without losing much stability. Goes together easy. Good buy.Crooked. Will be returning. The bottom bars are extremely uneven, which doesn’t allow chairs to fit under table. Also, make sure the sliders on bottom of legs are screwed in fully to help with the tipsy factorUpdate: as I was taking table apart, I did some tinkering. Instructions aren’t specific, but if you do some twisting, turning, and switching of table legs, the table is not uneven. Just make sure the bars are even before screwing.Absolutely love this as it looks so stylish in my kitchen. Also comfortable to sit on. Great value I would highly recommend. Having got rid of a big table this lovely set makes my kitchen ellegant and loads of spacePerfect for the small space I have. Its actually good quality and very sturdy when set up. Very easy to assembleGood value for money and easy to assemble. Bar itself not too sturdy and could do with securing to a wall as will easily tip over if lent on. Otherwise a good buyAfter reading some of the more critical reviews, I wasn't sure about purchasing, but then I simply said "have faith in Amazon Basics" -- everything else I'd purchased from the Basics line was always well designed, decent quality and good value, why would it be any different with this bistro set?In the end, I'm glad I did:1) Amazon Prime got it to me the next day.2) It's the perfect size, true to the dimensions in the description.3) Assembly was easy, about 45m taking my time.4) Quality and finish exceeded expectations.5) The stools DO stack underneath, unlike what some reviewers have reported.It turns out it is very easy to build the table incorrectly with the long bottom cross-members in the higher position, when in fact it's the short cross-members on the sides which have to be in the higher position if the stools are to nicely stack (see my photo). I guess other reviewers didn't notice this subtlety -- one reviewer even chose to leave-out one long cross-member claiming it was necessary in order to store the stools underneath!Take your time building it. A small power screwdriver helps with all the long bolt installations -- Amazon even provides a bit for this in the packaging, nice touch (see photo).Hope this helps anyone on the fence as I was, I'm really happy with my purchase.Currently unusable as the table wobbles and needs securing. I would not recommend. Waste of money.