These shoes were actually comfy. I was super surprised! They ran a tad bit big though. But I think an 8 would have been too tight but the 8.5 was definitely too big… weird right?! They worked though. I wore them to a holiday party and still walked to my car without having to remove them. I will say this though… the music sucked so I didn’t dance… so maybe my foot would have hurt had the party had good music 🤷🏽‍♀️