These are high quality dishes and practical. You can dress them up for good or use them every day. I have been looking for a good set of everyday dishes that I could use for both good and everyday for a several years now. A trend in dishware has been to make dinner plates the size of serving platters and coffee mugs the size of big gulp drink glasses. I absolutely HATE this trend. It is not practical. Big mugs are hard for elderly guests to handle and they make hot beverages cold fast. Denby's dishes are perfect in everyway. The dishes are appropriately sized, inclusive of the coffee mugs. I couldn't be happier! The price is awesome as well.