We use these bowls for everything from soups to cereal.

These are perfect for desserts, side dishes or salads.

Great bridge between a dinner plate and cereal bowl.

Great bridge between a dinner plate and cereal bowl.

We love our Noritake purchase. The colors are soft and beautiful. It cleans well both by hand and in the dishwasher. The smaller plate coordinates beautifully with the larger plate and is a bit bigger than i imagined.

Great size and, of course, goes really well with the dish set.

This is perfect for stews, risotto, bouillabaisse, or any dish that has a stock or sauce. I love them and use them all the time. I bought four a year ago, and decided I needed four more for casual dinner parties.

Perfect size... always had cups and saucers with dinnerware set and used "outside" mugs. Nice to have mugs that match!

I got a bunch of these dishes a year ago for my wedding and they are my favorite wedding present. They have held up really well. So far I can not see any silverware marks on them. I like that the plates stack nicely and do not take up much room. The only problem I have is the dots are not all exactly the same, some are a bit darker and fuzzy. This is defiantly done on purpose but it is slightly annoying. My parents had a set of Noritake dishes, not blue hammock that they used every day for 15-ish years and they look almost as good as new. After a year of daily use I expect the same from this set.

I ordered the wrong cups. I have a service for 12 of these dishes and they are wonderful