First, this piece is beautiful and seems quite sturdy. It looks great in my house and is an excellent combination cocktail station/storage for our china. 

I just moved to a new home, so I have been assembling a large quantity of furniture from several different manufacturers. This is the worst assembly experience I have had so far. The wooden pegs to hold pieces together for screws are too small, so the pieces aren't held together until the end of assembly. Pieces don't quite line up, and I found myself lying on my back like a mechanic trying to screw in several of the wood screws. The illustrations for assembly are vague and don't show appropriate detail. Pieces are given a letter in the instructions, but I had to take painter's tape and figure out each label individually because the pieces were not labeled at all. 

So overall a great piece of furniture, but star rating gets knocked down for assembly difficulty. 

Pros: Looks great, good value
Cons: ASSEMBLY