This product is good looking, functional, and inexpensively priced if you don't consider the bench as part of the set.  The chairs are nice and strong, however, the same can not be said about the bench.  All the other reviews I read said the same.   The bench is made of thin 1/2" MDF board with a laminate top in an attempt to match the finishes on the other chairs, but the stamped wood grain pattern is slightly lighter than the chairs.  The bench bowed under the pressure of anybody over 50 lbs sitting on it.  It would have been much better if they have not skim on the materials and construct the bench out of real wood that match the chairs.  Luckily, I purchase the set with the intend to have my younger children set on the bench, so it works out, but eventually when they grow and become heavier, I may have to replace the bench.