Our issue is that what feels comfy for Mr. B is often a no go for me! 
We had to get adjustable height chairs to keep a uniform look. Counter height has fewer choices compared to regular bar height. The Alma chair from Dania was just the right fit, but I’m shocked the price almost doubled! 
@circuitrider are your family members and guests tall?
I never liked that trend for pub height chairs and tables. I don’t like when my feet can’t touch the floor. It is uncomfortable as a not tall person to get up onto a pub chair even tho I’m not super short (5’3”). To get onto one of those chairs as well as get off them requires me to kind of use my hands/arms to push myself up into them and then I have to “drop” off a few inches when trying to reach the floor to get off it (to me, more difficult/dangerous for an elderly person if they are not tall, and the majority of my family and guests are either short or average height).
Our dining room table is a very old table we were gifted from my aunt - it came from her husbands family’s farmhouse. It’s a pine or maple. Fits 6 comfortably but we are often trying to jam 2 more family members at it. We’ve hosted family Easter for years and years and squeezed at the table, set up an extra card table etc.
My husband just informed me this weekend that we have a few leaves for the table!! Who knew? 
Also if he knew this (I clearly didn’t realize it because we didn’t use the table and refinish it when we first got it, why did he not ever say anything when we were always cramming at one 6 person table?!!!
It’s true. The advantage is lost, if your feet can’t touch the ground. Otherwise, you’re just another dead weight needing assistance getting up.