Noritake Austin Platinum 50-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 8

These are absolutely gorgeous! Being dishwasher safe is a huge bonus as well. They are sturdy, but not thick and clunky. My only "complaint" if you will, is that every single 1 of the 50 items has a bar code sticker on it. The kind of sticker you really have to work to remove. Otherwise these dishes are really beautiful. Classy and they look much more expensive than a they are.

This set is very beautiful and worth the money you spend. The design of the plate is suitable for daily use. The only drawback is this item do not come with the teapot so it has to be purchased separately to complete the set. All in all, if you're looking for something simple for daily use, you can never go wrong with this set.

The product is nice but all the pieces have stickers on them that are near impossible to get off with heavy scrubbing or a few turns through the dishwasher. It’s upsetting and unexpected. Plan for this when purchasing.

I ordered this dinnerware on 7/11, it said it would be delivered aprox 15-19th so when two days later a postman nocked on my door i almost turned him away not expecting any packages, thats until he said it was heavy and fragile, poor guy. Anyway all the plates,cups and bowls were intact in great condition, looking just as elegant in person as they did in the picture.:-)

The quality of the dinnerware is excellent. Ordered this set as a Love you gift for my wife. Her first comment was they are so beautiful, I am almost afraid to touch them. (I did good. LOL) I would have given this item five stars without question if not for one issue. One soup bowl was cracked during shipping. It was one of the last items taken out of the box. Amazon said just send them back and they would send a new set. That sounded ok until we tried to repackage the dinnerware. (Wife threatened to break another bowl over my head after two hours of trying). Amazon says just take a soup bowl out of the second order, replace it with cracked one. Sounds good until you realize you have to almost empty the box to get one. Amazon says we have the soup bowls as an individual item on line and they would send me one for free.(Yahoo, I thought). Item is back ordered, will have in three to six weeks. I say ok, no problem. About three weeks later I get a email from Amazon say they did not know when if ever they would be back in stock and I should probably look elsewhere . I looked on line, they are everywhere. I will order one else like the email suggested. Hate to say it, but I will probably not order this type of item from Amazon in the future. To much hassle if everything does not go perfectly.

Update July 2015This set is spectacular. Love to show them off and use quite often. Almost 2 years now and not a single nick. And honestly with my family I did not expect these to last. Seriously I at least thought the microwave, but it didn't happen. 3 in college and 2 at home and this set has held it's own. If I could give more than 5 stars, then I would. Highly recommend.

you cannot beat the price, and you cannot beat the quality of Noritake. Although this product is not made in Japan (Sri Lanka instead), it still maintain excellent quality, finish, and elegant which Noritake represent. I already purchased two sets as gift and going to buy a third one for myself.

Everything arrived well-packed and nothing was broken. I read some other reviews about the patterns not quite lining up and can confirm that this is the case with many of the pieces. Theres a small gap where the dots ringing the items don't come together properly and a couple of the pieces of trim are off a bit. Its not too noticeable unless you're specifically looking at the patterns but it is there and it is common and it is a screw-up.Still, they look good and they work. Used them once so far and I got compliments on them. And they're some of the cheapest decent looking sets out there so you get what you pay for. I'll probably pick up another 2 or 3 place settings and some of their overpriced add-ons to complete the set. If you don't have tons of cash to spend on nice dinnerware, this is a contender.