The stools are comfortable although the seat was about 30% smaller than the seat of the stools I already had. These were to update the look and replace my current stools.  We ultimately returned them because the yield of the cushion brings the seat much lower than would be customary for a counter height stool.  I hated to return them. But my family agreed that although they look beautiful & were comfortable- the yield of the seat cushion when actually sitting on the stools made the height awkward.