The padding is nice.

These are okay to go lower than bar height but no higher so they max out at that level which is almost exactly what you need.

Some work to put together like most chairs but haven’t had them long enough to test the durability but like they so far. Because they don’t have arms you can put them in other locations in the house too. For example we found one went great with the makeup desk / counter in the bathroom. This is because the desk is higher than a normal desk and doesn’t have the width for a chair with arms. So this chair fit perfect because it could be lowered to the desired height.