For the price this set is hard to criticize. Once they are built, they are sturdy, mildly comfortable, and can seat 4 people alongside a nice sized table. In that sense this is almost a no brainer purchase. The reason this set goes from 5 stars to 4 stars is they are really difficult to construct. It took me hours to get these pieces together, the screws almost never aligned properly and it took a lot of manual contortion of the pieces to get them in. Even with extra effort there were 2 screws that were not possible to install. Even with those screws missing each piece is sturdy enough to use. 

I got them to use as a temporary outdoor seating as I just purchased a new home and my parents are visiting. It looks like it should give us a nice place to sit outside, hopefully  my family agrees!