Please note that this review is for the breakfast buffet only; me and food you know. I had a work-related obligation in Umeå so stayed at Scandic Plaza for the night. Waking up rested and relaxed, a nicely prepared hotel breakfast buffet is rarely never wrong, unfortunately they are most of the times never either that exciting. Plaza is no exception to this rule. The environment is nice and modern, great seating area for a breakfast with big panoramic windows and it's nice and quiet which is perfect in the morning. Heading first for the selection of bread it was ok, even though most of the bread was white. I prefer darker and more whole-grain bread but they had that too even though the selection was slightly limited. Preferring cottage cheese on my bread over butter, this too was accommodated, but unfortunately that's where it stops. Moving on is all the average stuff found in every hotel across the globe. Some pressed ham, standard cheese, a couple of vegetables. Nothing exciting, nothing out of the remotely ordinary. Had some oatmeal porridge but it was bland beyond belief. No salt, and the lingonberry jam was way overly sweet. At the bare minimum I expect a decent cup of coffee, but whatever black liquid swimming around in that machine tasted bitter, metallic, overly-roasted and to be absolute frank - horrible. I couldn't even stomach a second mouth of it. Really disappointing and I truly expected more than this. Checking out. Now I just need to head for a coffee bar for something decent before driving home. read more