I used a 30" table for my breakfast nook. The higher tables and chairs did not seem as comfortable. I am also short 5'2" and getting up on the higher chairs is a challenge for daily use but not for enjoying a cocktail at your most favorite bar. Also, I think they are in style now but will not be in style tomorrow.

So, take into account the ease of someone seating themselves on higher chairs and comfort for dining.

I love it. I also like them for the porch as well.Gail

Taller tables - pub tables or "gathering" tables - have been popular recently, but I think that some of the popularity relates more to appearance than to functionality.

That is, I think that they work best in more open areas, where the drama of a higher table may be desirable and a regular-height small table may look, well, small and dumpy. Although I don't really like to sit at high tables, I like the way a high table looks in a large family room or in an open plan, but I don't think a high table would look as good in a nook where it can't be approached from all directions.

Just for information, regular table height is 29 or 30 inches and the seat of a standard chair is at about 18 inches. Counter height is 36 inches and requires a 24-inch stool. Bar height is 42 inches and usually requires a 30-inch stool.

I like them. I do think it has something to do with people getting taller. My dh is 6'3" and his knees stick up in a regular chair. Also, he needs less leg room when he sits at a taller table.

They are nice in a room when you have people both standing and sitting (like in a kitchen). Talking feels more face-to-face and not looking up or towering over someone.

My Sis-in law has one in her condo, and I hate sitting there. I am 5'5", but it feels like a big deal every time I have to get up and down off the stool to get something. Probably cool for kids, but not something I would want as my only kitchen table. Not sure it has anything to do with height, either, as DH is 6'4" and doesn't find it particularly comfortable, either, but that may be the style of the chair more than the height.

These pub style tables are popular right now, for sure. One complaint I have read on this forum is the height of the table itself can block out any view you might have out the window from other areas of the kitchen. A friend of mine had her heart set on one. When it was deliverd she quickly realized the table blocked the view from other areas in the kitchen looking out. She never thought of that before, and they prompltly sent it back. A good point to consider.

I guess I have a contrarian view. I'm 5'7" and I really dislike those tables and their tall seats. I always feel like I am teetering and will tip over. They are hard to pull up to the table and I can never seem to get my feet comfortable (not comfortable to have them hang, and I feel like I need to sit forward on the seat to put my feet on the footrests). They make me feel like a litle kid at a table too tall for me.

I've never actually seem one in someone's home. I personally think they look a little, well, bar-like. A lot of restaurants near us have them. I won't sit in them.