I love the look. The holes are small, but you can wiggle them a bit to enlarge them. Heavy/thick napkins don't fit, if you try hard you may make it work but when you pull out napkin it's covered in fibre. BUT if you use lighter, cotton napkins you'll get the look you're after. I do really like them. I bought 2 different colours and use them with colourful mixed napkins-fun table.