For the price, these chairs are awesome. I have two of them paired around an end table. I have 3 boys under the age of 5, and the chairs are constantly getting smeared with food and other gross things. Everything just wipes right off! They clearly aren't real leather, but they're dark enough and with a nice enough texture to their color to make you think they should cost more than they do. I've seen similar fake-leather chairs at big box stores for quite a bit more. I should note that we've had them for about two years and the fabric (if that's what you'd call the covering?) is starting to stretch out a bit, so there are a few wrinkles in the front, vertical surfaces of the chair where the covering should (and used to be) pulled tight. However, it's pretty minimal and the color helps hide it.