Our pick
These soft and absorbent dinner napkins are finished with deep hems and clean stitching.
This well-made tablecloth is available in eight sizes, and features a tight weave that gives it a structured drape.
The Williams-Sonoma Hotel Dinner Napkins and Tablecloth are as beautiful as they are functional. Made from thick, tightly woven cotton, these excellent-quality table linens will look great year after year. Both the napkins and the tablecloth are finished with deep hems and mitered corners, which give your table setting a polished and seamless look. The dinner napkins are available in sets of 12 and in eight colors. The tablecloth comes in five sizes (including 90-inch round), and is available in most of the same colors as the napkins.
Runner-up
These textured cotton napkins come in sets of twelve in two colors—warm white and black.
This not-quite off-white tablecloth has a textured cotton weave that lends a warm and easygoing—yet still polished—feel to your dinner table
Pottery Barn’s Entertaining Essentials Napkins and Tablecloth are quality, 100% cotton table linens that cost slightly less than our top pick. Because of their thick, textured weave and warm, creamy white hue, the Entertaining Essentials pieces can easily be mistaken for flax linen (a plus in our book). Compared with our more-refined and buttoned-up top pick, the Pottery Barn linens feel more farmhouse-chic and cozy. The tablecloth is available one size (70 by 108 inches) and only in white, and the 12-piece napkins set comes in two colors: black and white.
Also great
These soft, drapey napkins are sold open stock, so you can mix and match.
Crate & Barrel’s Aspen cotton napkins are thin, but they’re also absorbent and come in several vibrant color choices. However, there isn’t a coordinating tablecloth to make a matching set, like with our other picks. These napkins are an inexpensive way to add a punch of color to your table, especially when entertaining a crowd, and those colors should coordinate just fine with our tablecloth picks. (White is always trickier, but the Aspen white napkin is a decent match with our top-pick Williams-Sonoma tablecloth.)
Upgrade pick
Smooth and absorbent, this luxurious napkin is perfect for those who love the soft and relaxed texture of 100% linen.
Nothing comes close to the soft, relaxed drape of this 100% linen tablecloth. Yes, it’s expensive, but this tablecloth will last you a lifetime.
For those who love the look and feel of Belgian linen and don’t mind paying for quality, we think the Rough Linen Smooth Napkins and Tablecloth are a fantastic investment. These table linens are equally beautiful either rumpled for a dressed-down family dinner or crisply pressed for special gatherings. Of all the linen napkins we tested, these are the softest and most absorbent. And the substantial fabric, deep hems, and expertly sewn mitered corners give this tablecloth a fluid and seamless look when it’s draped over your table. We believe that with proper care, these heirloom-quality table linens will bring warmth and beauty to your meals for decades to come.
