Espresso brown is more like black. The set came with hardware for only one of the two chairs. After a trip to two separate hardware stores to find what we needed, we found out that they are very difficult to put together. The dowels are so much smaller than the holes so they are worthless. The connecting bars on the bottom (one of them had no screw holes) are impossible to screw into the chair, the cushion has no guide on where to screw it into the chair. Etc. 
All in all a regrettable purchase. Spend a little more and get something better.