Dinnerware that doesn't chip or break easily?

[MilduraS]

DH pointed out today that almost all of our cheap dinnerware is chipped. I thought he was exaggerating but after having a look through the cupboard there's only one pasta bowl and a side plate that aren't chipped We bought them from Tesco for £20 just under 5 years ago when we moved in together.

Does anyone have any recommendations for hard wearing dinnerware brands? We're happy to splurge on something nice that's going to last longer.

Denby.
Totally indestructible

I second Denby!

We've got an ikea square dinner service that seems to be lasting quite well

We have Denby and we are not particularly careful.

It’s amazing, not a mark or a chip.

Denby

Our denby is more than 20 years old and still perfect.

Ah where have we gone wrong? We have a chip in our Denby! (bought from a seconds shop tho..)

M&S maxim in plain white. It’s porcelain, really affordable. You can buy the items individually or in sets. Round or square. We’ve had it for maybe ten years now and I could count on one hand the number of things that have broken, and we are quite heavy handed. No cracks at all.

My previous set of Denby was bombproof. I stupidly replaced it a couple of years ago with another Denby set because I wanted a change after 20 years. It's chipped and marked badly and is nowhere near as tough as my old set

Well that's reassuring! I really like the Denby Halo range but worried about spending that much only to destroy it.

Stoneware is durable

I love my Le Creuset stoneware. I have a mix of blues, purple and yellow but they do all sorts of colours.

Denby here too . Got about 40 plates from a country auction for the princely sum of a fiver about 4 years ago , and they last forever .

China (bone China) is thin but strong, and (weirdly) gets stronger with use

Cheap earthenware just chips

Denby. I have my parents arabesque pattern from 40 years Ago and not a chip

Another vote for Denby. The only piece we’ve broken in 15 years was a bowl we dropped onto a side plate in the dishwasher - which suggests to me the only thing hard enough to break Denby is Denby. We’ve walloped many a plate into the granite worktop and dropped countless on the floor and they’ve all been fine.

Another vote for Denby. We bought some years ago which are still going strong, as are more recent additions to our collection.

Denby

I got commercial quality tableware from Nisbet's. There's not much choice of patterns etc but for plain white it's good value and seems very solid.

www.nisbets.co.uk/tableware-and-bar-supplies/crockery/_/a33-2

Denby!

Sophie conran

Definitely Denby.
Most was bought with Tesco clubcard vouchers or received at Xmas so not too expensive.

I used tesco vouchers to get denby plates and bowls a few years ago. Just check the exact width of your cupboards, because my plates were 0.5cm wider than my cabinets!!! No chips though!

Corelle / vitrelle

Common in America but harder to get in the uk. Found some on Amazon. I bloody love it. Hard to break but posher and more proper-plate-like than melamine. It's like half way between melamine and a traditional plate.

Villeroy & Boch - had mine for nearly 40 years.