Beautiful SOLID wood with leatherette padded seats for the chairs.  The table came in a beautifully well-packed flat box that enabled the pieces to stay safe in shipping yet be manageable to get into my kitchen/dining room to assemble.  I'm disabled so my neighbour helped me put it together and she got it finished very quickly and easily.  The wood is BEAUTIFUL and the wood is so nicely stained and finished  NOT VENEER!!.  I won't worry about some of my heavier built hockey-player, football-player friends (6-7 feet tall 250-300lbs) sitting in THESE chairs!!  I could go on gushing - get YOURS!!