Ratings & Reviews for Backyard Discovery Sarasota 16-ft W x 10-ft L x 8-ft 2-in H Black Metal Freestanding Pergola with Canopy

Very Happy with purchase

We bought this and love it. It seems to be very sturdy and looks good. Would recommend to anyone.

Pergola review

We’ve now had our pergola installed a few weeks! My favorite part of our new deck! The ability to have shade or partial sun is awesome! We were also able to implement this 10x16 pergola into our new railing so it looks awesome! With the rug and furniture it makes our deck life so comfortable and cozy! We added an 8x10 shade to the west side to block the evening suns which is a great addition. We love it!

Everything about this experience was Top Knotch!!!

This Sarasota Pergola was and is incredible! Instructions were perfectly explained and the parts are of complete quality and fit very nicely together!!! Very nice job Backyard Discovery!!! I have been a fabricator my whole life and this was executed beautifully!!!!!!!!

Great quality

Extremely pleased with the quality of the pergola. It was simple to install and has greatly improved our backyard.

Great Pergola

I looked at serveral of this style of pergolas. The instructions were great. The best set of instructions I've used actually. We built it from start to finish in 3 hours. It works just as I expected. Great Product.

Beautiful

Beautiful 16x10 steel pergola. Sturdy and easy to open/close the louvers. Do yourself a favor and purchase the offered installation when you buy the pergola. It’s a beast to assemble and you don’t know who you’re getting as a contractor if you try to find one on your own. Also you have to be very careful not to scratch the pieces. Like other reviews, the task of anchoring into our patio was the biggest problem. Discovery’s customer service was hands down the best service from a company that we’v...

Works well

I like the steel better than aluminum. Instructions were easy and thorough. My son and I put it up in 6.5 hours.

Disappointed

We purchased the 16 x 10 ft pergola, and its beautiful, but the gutters do not drain properly. The beams on the 16 ft run sag just enough in the middle and the water just pools and spills over when it rains. I contacted Backyard Discovery and they confirmed this is a known design flaw for the 16 ft and 18 ft pergolas as they lack any support in the center. They provided some shims and suggested retightening the beams to see if it would help, but after 3 hours of troubleshooting, nothing worked. ...

20x10 louvrred pegola

Great step by step instructions.

10' x 20' Pergola

I purchased this pergola and the installation. It was installed in June 2026. I am very happy with the pergola. It's providing protection and privacy in my very small, open back yard. I needed something that will withstand high winds along with lots of snow. Walter and his son installed the pergola, and they did a great job. I've only had the pergola a short time, but I feel this will be one of my best decisions regarding my home.

Louvered Pergola

Love it! It provides much needed shade for my backyard. Great for entertaining.

Happy in shade

Awesome product!!! Easy to put up and we have been enjoying it for weeks now. Very sturdy!!

18x10 perfect fitment

Very nice product. Install wasn’t too bad. I did it by myself in a day. I should have had a second set of hands to raise the beams but I made it work. Quality is nice. So far so good. No wind or major storms, I angled the louvers in direction of the winds so it doesn’t catch and pull.

Backyard upgrade

it is a sturdy, aesthetically pleasing addition to our backyard entertaining space. i particularly like the louvered feature which makes the product much more versatile.

100% The Best Ever!!! Highly Recommend!!

The best pergola and/or gazebo I’ve ever put up with my son! Installed on 5/30/26, only took 4 hours with 2 people! Very heavy duty, I would change anything about it. My only criticism would be for you to add at the beginning of the instructions “determine where you want the louver mechanism” so they can determine where to start with the first post. Can anyone tell me what the metal fold out shelf is on the electrical box? Is it a shelf for cell phones? Missing a few rubber nubs that go on the e...

Flawed gutter design

The whole point in buying a louvered pergola was to keep things mostly dry. We set it up (8x16') meticulously, yet the main gutter (16' side) sags in the middle, and water backs up and pours over the inside gutter edge. Eerything 4' in from front drenched. Even a slow, straight down rain. Bummed.

Solid build

Just installed. Very satisfied. Well packaged, solid hardware and build quality. Glad I purchased.

Excellent

Great modern design and is very sturdy

Love our purchase!

So far we have been very happy with this pergola. The fit, finish and quality are top notch, especially for the competitive price point. It is very strong and sturdy as well. Installation was easy, the instructions were clear and simple. Once I understood the big picture of how it is assembled, it became even easier. My only complaint is the anchoring. Our concrete patio is only a few years old and is 5000psi fiber reinforced. After the challenge of drilling it, the provided concrete screws ...

Great for keeping patio dry

Love our new Pergola, it is very sturdy, Im impressed with how well it sheds water. Much better than expected!