We really love this table.   We bought two and put them side by side.  If we have a lot of people over we then put them end to end. The smell went away in under 1 week.   We found that we prefer the bench seats compared to the high back chairs.   Negatives:  Don't throw away any packaging until you are positive nothing is damaged.   We found that both of our tables were cracked on one side after cutting up the packaging.   There is lots of packaging.
Positive:  Customer service was excellent.