This tables are nice, but not fantastic. I'd probably give them 3.5*, but I'll leave it at 4. They're a good height to fall right below a standard couch arm. The color is a deeper gold- I would call it a dark champagne. It's very easy to put together since the pieces all screw together, but that makes it pretty unstable and rickity. I'm going to see if there's a better way to secure the stability of the legs