How many to a 8 foot table?

4 is ideal

As @VC said, 4 on each side.

You can fit 8 people at the table (4 people on each side) if you are setting them up in rows! You can fit 10 people at the table if each table is separate, because you can do 4 people on each side and 1 person at each end!

4 per side and one on each end if the ends are open. Do not put anyone where the two tables join. Nobody wants to be that person.

We will have the 8' farm tables at our venue. You can fit 8-10 people per table.

4 is ideal! I wouldn't want to sit on the end, its usually awkward & more of a shared space....plus the lack of leg room isn't great.

Four on each side; don't seat people on the end if you can help it. Banquet table legs dont' make for a lot of leg room there.

Good to know about the end. What about putting a kid at the end..? Like a 6 year old

4

How far apart should the tables be, to give guests room to get to their chairs and sit in their chairs comfortably, when the tables are side by side horizontally?