As a whole, it's a nice set. It's smaller than I thought but it's workable. The assembly instructions are a little frustrating as it's all pictures, nothing is written, but everything needed was there. Total assembly time is a little lengthy so I definitely recommend 2 people, as suggested. I have yet to actually USE the set as I haven't had the time to assemble the chairs (due to my schedule and the fact that there are a lot of pieces required to assemble just 1 of them) so I can't speak to comfortability, but the cushions arrived in good shape so I hope they are. I don't know that I would buy this again if I had the choice, but for price I paid, I got exactly what I received.