I wanted to like this set, but when it arrived and I tested out the chairs, I discovered that my feet couldn't easily touch the ground. I'm a shorter dude -- 5'7" -- and with shoes on this could work OK, but I have no-shoe house (new oak floors are pretty but can make you crazy) and so, well, these chairs just aren't comfortable. The website says they're a standard 18" height, but for whatever reason they seem taller and deeper and don't work for me. I think anyone 5'9" and above won't notice, but if not, then pass. I'm sending them back, which is a huge pain because the boxes are enormous and I'm in a city, it's not easy to get them to FedEx. That's the next challenge.