These chairs look great at my black counter height table.  They arrived quickly, well packaged and with no damaged or missing parts.  In my opinion, they were not difficult to put together, they just required a bit of tweaking to get them to sit level without rocking.  Definitely follow the suggestion to sit in (carefully) or apply downward pressure while tightening the bolts at the end or they will not be level.  These will be getting pretty light use at my house and are certainly sturdy enough for my purposes, but I'm not sure they would be great for a household where they would take a beating...they don't seem THAT sturdy.