Customer Reviews

Noritake Colorwave Blue 16-Piece Dinnerware Set, Service for 4

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I've owned the colorwave set for a couple years now. Flatware leaves gray marks all over these plates. After contacting Noritake, they told me to use Bar Keeper's Friend to clean the plates (which takes a while b/c you must make a paste and let it sit on there and then clean it by hand). You must do this after each time you use the plates. They told me that in order to remedy this situation I needed to buy 18/0 flatware b/c it doesn't contain any nickel. I'm currently using nice 18/8 oneida flatware which is nicer than 18/0 flatware. Why must I go buy bottom of the barrel flatware to use with these plates?! In summary, if you want to buy any Colorwave plates, prepare to either a) have ugly gray-marked plates on your table b) spend at least 30 minutes every day specially cleaning your plates or c) buy cheap flatware and hope that works. All of the above: Not so appealing.

I get compliments on this pattern all the time. The green is like a sage, and it is a gorgeous, classy, simple pattern. For variety, I mix it with the serving pieces from the Colorwave Cream pattern. It is versatile stonewear- it goes in the oven, fridge and freezer. I have been using it for over two years and I have never chipped or cracked any pieces. I do not get any marks on them from flatwear, as others mentioned they have. I would buy this pattern again. My friend has the Colorwave Blue, which is how I got turned on to the pattern. She loves it too.

I have owned this china for about 4 years now and am quite pleased with it. 18/8 Flatware can leave marks on it, but it only happens to me on plates when I press really hard.

These dishes are very durable as I tend to drop and smack dishes together a lot and have never chipped them. Overall it is a very durable and quality china for everyday use.

I have had a set of the green Colorwave for several years and am very unhappy with the product. I can't believe that I paid as much as I did and cannot get satisfaction from the manufacturer. Each time a piece of silverware touches the dinnerware, it leaves a mark. These marks will not come out from normal cleaning, but must be scrubbed off by hand with Zud, which is totally impractical on a daily basis. My daughter-in-law and her sister both have Colorwave in blue, and have not had a problem with marks, so I thought my set must be defective. I was encouraged by a salesperson at Macy's to let the company know about the problem, which I did, but to no avail. Please, do not buy this dinnerware. You will absolutely hate the ugly marks on your dishes.

My husband and I had this set on our registry Sept. of 2010. I regret to say that out of our 14 place settings that 6 of my pieces have gotten dime to quarter size chips on the edges of them. We have a new dishwasher, so I assumed the dishes would be safe for cleaning in there. I've thrown out two pieces because the defects are so bad. Bottom line, I would not recommend this dinnerware in regards to it's durability. It's very pricey and very fragile. I regret getting rid of my old Mikasa set now that lasted 10 years with very few marks. We have both green and blue sets and they seem to both be chipping too easily. I just thought everyone should know.

Like others have said, silverware (Oneida) leaves gray marks on the creamy-white surfaces of the plates, bowls, and mugs. My spouse and I received the Noritake Colorwave Blue model 8484 dishware and mugs 11 years ago as a wedding gift and now the eating surfaces are covered with numerous, spiderweb-like gray marks that don't wash off. I still love the blue color and simplicity of the set, but the dishware definitely has a used look, since the many contacts between silverware and dishes over several years leave numerous marks, as you can imagine! If you wish to have pristine-looking dishware that actually appears to have unblemished white surfaces, then this set is probably not for you.

We have owned our set of Noritake Colorwave dinnerware we purchased in Japan for almost 10 years and it is still kicking. Yes, a few plates have chipped, but they have endured us moving 4 times and the kids dropping them. Needless to say, we got our money's worth. The cool part in Noritake seels individual pieces so we can replace them as time goes by. We will own our first set for another 10 years!

Dont buy these. They chip very easily. Also, flatware leaves ugly marks. Bought this at overstock for a deal but totally not worth it.