The set looks great and the built in leaf is a nice easy option if you need more or less space. It comes with 8 chairs but they can not all be pushed in at the same time (even with the leaf in) which makes seating 8 people REALLY tight. Assembly relied mostly on an Allen key. This hurt required some muscle to get the pieces tight enough. My hands really started to hurt before my boyfriend and I eventually used a power tool to help the process move along smoother. It was also difficult to align the chairs BEFORE tightening it. If it wasn’t done correctly you had to loosen several bolts and try again.