For the price, it looks very nice and it’s fairly comfy (some reviewers found it too firm—we like it).  The color is true to the picture—very caramel.  We have 2 small kids and a cat and we didn’t want to spend a ton of money on something that would get destroyed.  The “leather” seems to have a coating on it that is probably good for light spills, etc.  So far our cat has not been interested in scratching it.  We are still unsure of what the sofa material truly is—it has no leather smell.  Upon looking inside of one of the cylinder cushions, the material *looks* like leather that has a synthetic top layer.  Maybe this is some sort of composite leather...
All in all, we are happy with the sofa.  It fits nicely in a small apartment and was easy to assemble.