The original table that we received had some marks, scratches and varnish dents on the top but after contacting the customer service they replaced it promptly. So now we're very happy with the new one.  It's quite sturdy, because it's heavy, which is great. It doesn't have a lot of varnish so it might be easy to  scratch it or damage it with anything hot. So you need to protect it for sure. We also spray varnished it to add extra protection, it looks great!