Works great for pesto! Perfect size and made short work of grinding. The granite really crushes well!Tried to make Guacamole too with success results which saved a lot of time and better taste. Size is good to make guacamole or pesto for 3 people in each batch.Additional spoon is also very good to remove the paste from mortar.It works. It is just not rounded evenly on the bottom so everything doesn't get mashed evenlyPictured with a cotton ball to show size.Nice and heavy. Comes with tools. Great buy. I do recommend this mortar and pestle.This year I started a garden and i'm using this to make some really great recipes. It's also great for grinding up eggshells to use in my garden. It works great, and I like the weight of it. It's solid and it takes me no time to grind anything I put in to it. It came with a little brush for cleaning, a small spoon and a pad for it to sit on when i'm using it so it doesn't move or scratch the surface. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a mortar and pestle set.Somewhat heavy and very durable, it will aid greatly in making coarse ground mustard at homeExceeded my expectations. The 'big bigger' than normal size is perfect, heavy, works greatVery sturdy, hard granite makes the job of grinding easy. It made quick work of a bowl of peanuts. Quality of stone and cut is very good.no complaints for the price I paid, fairly large size granite pestle replacement which came with an expensive granite mortar, comparable in quality