Best Bedside Tables 2026: 10 Ranked, and Two Cost £22.99

This is first because £39.09 buys the pair, and the same brand's single slim table sits further down at £30.99. That gap is £8.10 for a second table and the charging ports on top of it. In practice you also get 1,288 ratings at 4.5, the largest review base of any set of two bedside tables here.

Each table measures 30 x 25 x 59.5 cm, so the footprint is small but the height is not — 59.5 cm suits most bed frames. The frame is particleboard and MDF with a painted white finish, and VASAGLE states 45.4 kg for the tabletop and 4.5 kg per drawer. One USB-A and one USB-C port sit on each table, which means both sides of the bed charge at once rather than one.

That said, 25 cm of width is genuinely narrow. A large lamp plus a book plus a glass will not all fit on the top. Worth noting too: the tabletop thickness field reads 30 centimetres, which cannot be right on a 59.5 cm tall table — treat that figure as unreliable rather than as a feature.

Second place on review volume: 10,372 ratings at 4.5 is more than every other product on this page put together. At £23.99 it is also one of the two cheapest single-table options. The catch is what you get for the money — a metal frame, a recessed tray top and a fabric bin, not a drawer.

The table is 45 x 45 x 48 cm and weighs 2.21 kg, so moving it is a one-person job. The top is a recessed metal tray, which stops a mug sliding off, and the linen-look bin sits underneath on a 4-point base. Amazon Basics states 20.9 kg as the maximum recommendation, which is plenty for a lamp, a book and a tablet.

However, the storage is a bin, not a drawer — everything in it is visible, and there is no second level. The listing also says assembly tools are not included, and the depth field reads 18 inches while every other measurement is metric. If you want a bedside cabinet with drawers, this is the wrong shape.

Third because it is the cheapest table here with two drawers: £24.99 against the £22.99 SONGMICS single, and the Somdot gives you a 42 cm wide top rather than 39.6 cm. Height is 50 cm, and the listing says it suits beds between 40 and 60 cm tall.

In practice the construction is a steel frame with a wood top, adjustable feet and two fabric drawers; the stated drawer size is 27.5 x 36.5 x 21 cm, enough for a tablet and a paperback. The tabletop thickness reads 1.5 cm, one of only two figures on this page printed in the correct unit — the 15 mm on the £67.99 VASAGLE pair is the other.

At the same time, 3.8 kg is light, and fabric drawers will not take the weight a solid wood drawer would. The maximum weight recommendation is given as 94.8 pounds, in imperial, while every dimension is in centimetres. If you want a heavy wooden bedside cabinet, this is not it.

Fourth, and the direct comparison for first place. This is the same KAILYN range in single form: £30.99 for one 65 cm tall unit against £39.09 for two at 59.5 cm. Crucially, you pay about 79% of the pair price for half the furniture and no charging ports.

The 30 x 25 x 65 cm frame carries a 45.4 kg tabletop limit and 4.5 kg per drawer, matching the £39.09 pair. The difference is layout: 2 drawers plus an open compartment you can mount facing left or right, which helps when the table sits on one side of the bed. At 8.36 kg it is a heavier single unit than the Somdot's 3.8 kg.

Even so, £30.99 for one narrow bedside table is more per unit than most sets here. The tabletop thickness field reads 41 centimetres, wider than the table itself — another figure that is millimetres mistyped. Skip it if a 25 cm top is too small for what you keep beside the bed.

Fifth, and the anomaly in the middle of this list. £22.99 is the joint-lowest price here, but the listing says 'Set of 1', Number of Items: 1 and Number of Pieces: 1. The YMYNY set at number ten costs exactly the same £22.99 and is a set of two. For £22.99 you are buying one table here, not two.

What you get is a 30 x 39.6 x 52.2 cm frame in steel, particleboard and textile, with 2 drawers reinforced with MDF. SONGMICS states 30 kg for the top and 5 kg per drawer, plus adjustable feet and an anti-tip kit. At 52.2 cm tall, check it clears your mattress base.

That said, 364 ratings is the smallest review base in the top five, and the drawer fronts are fabric. If you want a bedside cabinet that matches a chest of drawers in the same BELLAH range, fine. If you want two bedside tables for the money, the YMYNY pair below does that instead.

Sixth on price: £67.99 is £28.90 more than the £39.09 pair at the top. What that buys is a built-in power strip in each table — 2 AC outlets and 2 USB ports, with a 1.5 m extension cord — plus a third drawer per table.

Each table is 35 x 40 x 59 cm with three bevelled drawers, and the panels are 15 mm particleboard. VASAGLE states 62 kg per table, the highest tabletop limit on this page. The power strip means a lamp, a phone and a laptop can all run from the table rather than from a wall socket behind the bed.

However, the weight field reads 4.54 kg for a set of two three-drawer tables, while the £39.09 pair is listed at 13 kg. Either the figure is per table or it is wrong. Also note that this is a bedside table with charging station in the literal sense — built in, so a failed port is not a £10 replacement.

Seventh. £59.99 sits between the £39.09 VASAGLE pair and the £67.99 pair with power strips, and it is the only set of bedside tables here with a raised edge: a 5 cm guard rail on three sides, which stops a glass or a phone sliding off the top overnight.

Each table measures 35 x 40 x 58 cm in MDF with an oak and white finish. The charging station is flush-mounted into the tabletop and carries two three-pin sockets, one USB-A and one USB-C. The LED strip sits in the open compartment and the listing claims over 60,000 colours, controlled from your phone. At 22 kg for the pair, this is the heaviest set here, so expect solid panels.

That said, 22 kg is a lot to move on your own, and the flush charging plate sits exactly where a spilled drink would land. The 514 ratings at 4.4 are solid but well short of the top two. If you want plain furniture without lights, you are paying for a feature you will not use.

Eighth. £56.99 for two tables is £3 less than the oak set above and gives each side 2 AC outlets, 2 USB-A ports and 1 USB-C port — one more USB-A per table than the oak set. Review volume is the trade-off: 135 ratings against 514.

The frame is steel with a particleboard top at 30 x 39.6 x 60.4 cm, tall enough for most divan bases. SONGMICS states 30 kg for the open shelf and 5 kg per drawer, and the box includes 2 nightstands, 2 anti-tip kits and instructions. The LED is app-controlled, which means colour and brightness live on your phone, not on a remote.

In theory the app adds automation; in practice a dead phone means no light control. The item weight is listed as 4.7 kg while the components list clearly says two nightstands. Even so, 135 reviews at 4.4 is a thin base for a £57 purchase. If you want proven reliability, the top two have far more data behind them.

Ninth, and the most expensive per unit here in real terms: £35.99 for one table when £39.09 buys two from VASAGLE. It has the best rating on the page at 4.6, but from only 134 reviews, so that score carries less weight than a 4.5 from 10,372.

The specification is generous for the money: a 30 x 40 x 60 cm particleboard frame on carbon metal, four tiers of storage, two fabric drawers with handles, 2 AC outlets and 2 USB ports, plus adjustable LED lighting. The stated maximum weight is 50 kg, second only to the £67.99 pair. Assembly is quoted at 30 minutes with tools included.

However, the fields contradict each other. The table is 30 cm deep and 40 cm wide, yet 'Item Depth' reads 40 centimetres. The listing also claims indoor and outdoor usage and a lifetime warranty, neither of which fits a fabric-drawer bedside cabinet. Buy it for the storage, not the spec sheet.