I like the look of this table.  However, I did ask if it was a flat top before purchasing, and the answer was "yes".  It is NOT a flat top.  It does have ridges in the top. I did not want any ridges as food get stuck in there and hard for my boys to do their homework on it.  I would have returned, but did not want to pay the fee.  Instead we will have to add a think layer of poly in the ridges to fill them.  Disappointed that I asked and the answer was not correct.