KidKraft Uptown Espresso Wooden Play Kitchen Set with Metal Accessories - Pretend Play Toy for Toddlers & Kids (Cooking, Role Play, Gift Idea)

Love that it is good and sturdy and has lots of little details for our little one. It was a bit of a challenge to assemble but we'll worth it.We have only had it a few months but seems to be holding up well to our toddlers play time. The fridge area is a bit of an odd size so good luck finding containers to fit. It would also be a plus of they added a shelf under the sink.Over all I would recommend this for the value and quality of the product to anyone looking for a little modern play kitchen. She loves the water knobs move and the stove knobs click!This is a gorgeous-looking, very realistic, very detailed and well-made kitchen! It's so cool that I want to play with it myself! Ours didn't have any broken or defective parts on arrival and was very easy to put together, with clear instructions, though it did take a while. I'm very handy and had a helper (my mom) and it still took me about 4 hours. So, be prepared to spend a good hunk of time putting it together. It arrives completely disassembled into a million pieces, but it comes together easily. For some parts it does require two people. I guess you could do it alone, but it would be very awkward and difficult. For some things, one person needs to hold the part level while the other puts the screws in, for example, and you just need more than two hands. So keep that in mind.I'm very impressed by the level of detail on this kitchen. Other similar kitchens have just a big sticker where the water/ice dispenser is on the fridge door, with the dispenser as a picture on the sticker, but this one has an actual nook with buttons above it (they don't press down, unfortunately, but it's still better than picture buttons!) The knobs on the stove make fun clicking sounds when you turn them. I see that they've updated the phone now - in older pictures it looks like an older kitchen phone, but now it has been updated to what looks like a white iPhone. I guess that's what the kids of today will associate with the word "phone", so it makes sense.I absolutely love that the kitchen has a realistic, elegant look. It matches our real kitchen perfectly, because we have stainless steel appliances and dark wood cabinets, so it looks great in it. It looks like a part of the kitchen, not like the total eyesores that a lot of other play kitchens are - ugly and plastic and in horrible bright pink colors. This is something I wouldn't mind actually having in my home and looking at every day. It's beautiful!This is just a kitchen though, it doesn't come with any cookware or play food. I prefer that, so I don't have to pay additional money for gear I may not like. Everybody can buy their own accessories as they see fit. But if you don't have any yet, definitely do get accessories before presenting it to the child, so they can actually play with it. Not much you can do with just the kitchen. I got a set of pots and pans, a serving set (dishes, utensils and a tea pot), and a couple of sets of play food, including the kind that you can cut (that was a big hit, highly recommend!) and topped it off with a toy high chair for the dolls, and the whole thing was a huge success with my 2-year-old. We've had it for almost a month now and she plays with it every day, for most of the day! If you don't have anywhere nearby to sit a doll down, I do recommend a doll high chair, as well as some sort of little table to serve food on. I didn't want anything big or expensive, so I got a cheap little folding beach table that works perfectly for dolls. The kitchen, the accessories and the chair and table together make for endless hours of play!There are only a couple of things I wish were a little different, but they're all very minor. I wish the ice/water dispenser nook was a little deeper. Most toy cups don't fit and keep falling out (my daughter keeps putting them down inside the nook instead of holding them while the "water" pours in). There's plenty of room inside the refrigerator, so they could've made the space a little deeper... Same goes for the microwave - it's too shallow and plates don't fit in it, only small bowls and the saucers of the tea cups. There's plenty of room, they could've made it just an inch or two deeper. And lastly, the bar that holds the towel isn't attached to its holders, but just loosely slides inside the holes and rests in them. It's really easy to bump it and then it slides out and falls down. That's easily fixable though - I glued it in place with hot glue and now it stays put. That's all - nothing major, it's a great kitchen!UPDATE: We've had this kitchen for a year and a half now. We got it right around the time when our second child was born. He's 18 months old now and his sister is 3 and a half, and they both absolutely adore this kitchen!!! Don't look at the recommended age - any age child can play with it! Our baby loved opening and closing the doors as soon as he could crawl over to them, before he could even walk. Then he loved pulling up to stand on the kitchen, and standing and playing on it. Now he's old enough to actually pretend cook, and this is his favorite play area in the whole house! He loves putting cups in the microwave and saying "milk beep beep!". It's absolutely adorable. So don't discount younger kids! I now feel bad for my daughter because I didn't think to get this for her sooner. She was a ripe old 2 when we bought it... She could've enjoyed it so much longer. Oh well. The two of them will be playing with this awesome kitchen for many years to come!I really like this kitchen. It isn’t too obnoxious, which is important because it’s in my living room. It has all the necessities and it has an amazing amount of storage so all of the other pieces we bought (food, pans, etc) for perfectly inside and there’s room to put other toys in it too. It’s great!This is a heavy play kitchen but solid and no issues so far. Our granddaughter loves it.I wanted something realistic and durable. I went off the reviews and it did not disappoint. Very cute and sturdy. My 1 year old is a little short for it but that’s not stopping her for using it lolI like it enough that this is the second one I’ve purchased. The first one was for my house. This last one is a Christmas gift for my youngest granddaughter. It is cute, relatively easy to assemble, sturdy and the kids love it. What more could you ask for?Assembly was pretty smooth and I’m just one person. Feels very sturdy and all the pieces came in great shape and fit together perfectly. As you can tell by the pic, I got bougie and painted it (a easy way to make it unique)This was very easy to assemble. The directions were easy to read and figure out. The play stand itself is sturdy and it looks very modern and nice. Once fully assembled, it had no give in it what so ever. My 35lb daughter even stood on it without it breaking.I love this kitchen! Worth paying extra for quality. Does not fall apart like the cheap plastic crap ive bought before. Bought it for my sons 4th birthday so put it together the day before -It takes a FEW hours and there was two of us. Had a bit of a panic when on first part of assembly. You get two cardboard packs of screws etc with letters marking each type, it said we needed for example D only the parts marked D was not what it should have been. Dont panic if this happens to you, the bits are there just in wrong place.The microwave door was scratched not in the best of condition but after a couple of emails to kidkraft who were very helpful and quick to reply, they sent a replacement. I am very pleased because it is very sturdy and looks nice, the quality is good and theres also plenty of space to put things away in the different compartments. For anyone stuck about what saucpans to buy because a lot of kids ones are a rip off, we bought some lovely small metal saucepans and a small frying pan (not kids ones) that are perfect size from B&Ms, saucepans £2.99 each, frying pans £1.99 and nice colours too.Our 4 year old and 2 year old love this kitchen and have played with it so much im very pleased.Some of the bolts were missing.Spoilt the birthday surprise for my daughter.Bought it in March 2018 and tried to set it myself it was too complicated as the instruction is rubbish.Tried to get a paid professional handyman to set it up and even he couldn’t and he was the one that discovered there were missing bits.I am super fraustrated.I now plan to bin the entire product. I can’t be bothered to return it as it’s been a while since I bought it.Have been researching kitchens for my Grandson , saw thi snd it looked impressive at a resonable price. It arrived within two days of ordering, it was flat packed as expected. Please be warned it takes a few hours to put together as it is the equvalent of a proper kithen. Having said that the quality is excellent and it looks really good they haven't stopped playing with itWe got this for our two year olds main birthday present in March. It’s a great sturdy kitchen & looks really high quality & would highly recommend it. The only reason I haven’t given it a full 5stars is because it was delivered without a few parts (as you can see from the picture) a few door handles missing which we got in touch about and they did send us them out a month later which is fine. You need to be prepared to put it together, it takes quite some time. But look at it... it’s lovely!The worktop arrived damaged. The company knew that the damage had occurred as there was an attempt to cover it up with what looks like Tipex or a poor quality white paint. The edges of the worktop had also been scuffed. I don't expect it to be in pristine condition when the kids have played with it but I did expect it to be perfect out of the box.It is a challenge to put together, but if are meticulous in nature and take your time to ensure you fully understand the steps, then this goes up really well.