POLYWOOD Coastal Dining Chair
POLYWOOD Coastal Dining Chair by Polywood — outdoor dining chairs, Overall: 24.2" W x 25.3" D x 36" H; seat width: 19"; seat height: 17.4"; seat depth: 16.8"; arm height: 24.9". Compare it with similar pieces across brands, and see the rooms it appears in.
- Brand: Polywood
- Category: Outdoor dining chairs
- Price: $469
- Dimensions: Overall: 24.2" W x 25.3" D x 36" H; seat width: 19"; seat height: 17.4"; seat depth: 16.8"; arm height: 24.9"
- Rooms: Outdoor
Room×Lab Review · Review updated September 29, 2026 · Evidence rechecked October 4, 2026
Coastal Dining Chair owners praise the sling seat's comfort and solid heft, but misaligned holes and missing screws recur at assembly
Room×Lab read 53 distinct written reviews on POLYWOOD's page, which shows a 4.6-star rating from 53 reviews. They cover the Coastal Dining Chair, one dining-height armchair sold in many frame finishes and sling colors, from 2019 to 2026. Most are short 5-star notes; one 5-star review is only a customer-service complaint. Owners who name a seat describe navy, blue, white, blue-gray or teak/navy slings; none describes the All-Weather Wicker seat. Comments about other POLYWOOD pieces bought alongside are not covered here, and almost no one says how long they have owned the chairs.
Room×Lab rating: 7.0 out of 10 (limited confidence). Owners of the sling chair rate it highly for comfort and solid heft. The caveats: almost no one says how long they have owned it, several hit misaligned holes or missing screws at assembly, and one white-sling owner reports recurring mold.
- Sling seat comfort: 24 favorable comfort mentions and no critical ones. — Owners call the chair comfortable even without a cushion, plenty wide and kind to older backs, and a lake-house family lingered in them after meals. Two of these reviews name the sling. Most give no ownership length, so none describes how comfort holds up as the sling ages.
- Solid, well-made frame: 19 favorable mentions of solid build; none reports a structural break. — Owners describe the chairs as solid, sturdy, heavy-duty and well made, and one says they are consistent from chair to chair. Most give no ownership length, so predictions of long life are hopes rather than observed longevity.
- Assembly and factory fit: 11 favorable and 8 critical assembly mentions; some reviews are both. — One buyer could not assemble any of the chairs because the screw holes didn't line up, and another owner found some holes and precut parts off. Others report missing screws, a back panel installed upside down at the factory, a screw driven through a leg, and cheap Allen wrenches. These are individual reports, not a defect rate.
Before buying
Choose the sling Coastal Dining Chair for comfort and solid heft if you can accept a 3-year sling warranty and a weight one owner found awkward at a daily-use table. Count screws and check hole alignment before assembly; a ratcheting hex driver helps.