If you have a hankering for Japanese bento (lunch box) food, Plum Tree is "barely OK". It's conveniently located just steps from Cornell University's campus. Service was fast & attentive. However, the bento box lunch was blander than at any other Japanese restaurant I have visited. For lunch, I had the Chicken Tonkatsu (chicken strips fried in panko crumb batter) w/plum sauce - delicious. But the accompaniments (cold under-salted edamame; meh California roll; boring house salad & dumplings) were all so flavorless. At $14.95, the price was a bit too high. // Interior decor also needs help: The burgundy booth seats, crimson painted walls & salmon-colored floor tiles sorely assault the eyes & do not match. Tone it down. So, one star for atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 5
Nathan Judd
Lunch boxes are nice. Food quality is reasonable. Service is OK.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Tasha Vincent
I love this place I eat here a lot for lunch and it’s always consistent and available. The food is delicious and the sake as well!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi
DELETED USER Nicolas Leonard
"This "sushi" is disgusting. When did spicy salmon/tuna rolls become this weird mashed up paste?? Take the 10 seconds to slice some fresh fish and toss it with siracha. Its not hard or too costly - you're sacrificing any sense of quality for cheapness/laziness. Also since when is it ok for any restaurant to sell sushi rice that's rubbery? This is sad and unacceptable.
A K.
Food is alright but you gotta know what to order to make it worth it and not overpriced. The cold udon on the side of your sushi makes a good meal.
Billy T.
Very average. Food is definitely overpriced and the quality is not there. I remember getting two sushi rolls and being hungry at the end of it because they were just so small. Only reason why this place still exists is because of sake bombing. It helps that they never ID too, so I actually recommend it for sake bombing (although four seasons is probably better).
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First time ordering/eating from here it may be a a nice dine in environment but the delivered food was terrible and missing what should have been included. I will not attempt to eat here again. Major disappointment
Joanna Hryniewicz
We went to Plum Tree Restaurant today for the first time. The food was so delicious. The service was great as well. I highly recommend it. I will definitely come here more often as there are so many dishes to enjoy!Vegetarian options: We took lunch meals but I don't remember the names
Billy Tu
Very mid. Food is definitely overpriced and the quality is not there. Only reason why this place still exists is because of sake bombing.
Nicolas Leonard
"This "sushi" is disgusting. When did spicy salmon/tuna rolls become this weird mashed up paste?? Take the 10 seconds to slice some fresh fish and toss it with siracha. Its not hard or too costly - you're sacrificing any sense of quality for cheapness/laziness. Also since when is it ok for any restaurant to sell sushi rice that's rubbery? This is sad and unacceptable.
Laughably bad. I ordered the three roll lunch. I got spicy tuna, spicy salmon, and spicy yellowtail. The three rolls were identical. Pink colored stuff inside a roll. Tasteless. Bland. Dull. I paid $21 incl tip and tax. I wouldn’t buy it for $5 at a supermarket.
Ben Wells
Atmosphere and drinking scene is great. Food is often overlooked but it really is quite good for Japanese in Ithaca.
DR W.
Everything was just not tasty. The food was not fresh and tasted awful. It's hard to find sushi that tastes bad (even the not so good ones). I felt really nauseous after eating their sushi. Food was unreasonably priced. Overall I felt like I wasted my stomach and money dining here.
David Ngam
Good service. Prices are acceptable. I ate Ramen and sushi and I was satisfied.
Jessica T.
Overpriced sushi. Got one of the special rolls and it was ok, but I only got 5 pieces for $14. Taste wasn't anything special at all. Server also rushed everything and kept mixing up checks.
If you have a hankering for Japanese bento (lunch box) food, Plum Tree is "barely OK". It's conveniently located just steps from Cornell University's campus. Service was fast & attentive. However, the bento box lunch was blander than at any other Japanese restaurant I have visited. For lunch, I had the Chicken Tonkatsu (chicken strips fried in panko crumb batter) w/plum sauce - delicious. But the accompaniments (cold under-salted edamame; meh California roll; boring house salad & dumplings) were all so flavorless. At $14.95, the price was a bit too high. // Interior decor also needs help: The burgundy booth seats, crimson painted walls & salmon-colored floor tiles sorely assault the eyes & do not match. Tone it down. So, one star for atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 5
Lunch boxes are nice. Food quality is reasonable. Service is OK.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
I love this place I eat here a lot for lunch and it’s always consistent and available. The food is delicious and the sake as well!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi
"This "sushi" is disgusting. When did spicy salmon/tuna rolls become this weird mashed up paste?? Take the 10 seconds to slice some fresh fish and toss it with siracha. Its not hard or too costly - you're sacrificing any sense of quality for cheapness/laziness. Also since when is it ok for any restaurant to sell sushi rice that's rubbery? This is sad and unacceptable.
Food is alright but you gotta know what to order to make it worth it and not overpriced. The cold udon on the side of your sushi makes a good meal.
Very average. Food is definitely overpriced and the quality is not there. I remember getting two sushi rolls and being hungry at the end of it because they were just so small. Only reason why this place still exists is because of sake bombing. It helps that they never ID too, so I actually recommend it for sake bombing (although four seasons is probably better).
First time ordering/eating from here it may be a a nice dine in environment but the delivered food was terrible and missing what should have been included. I will not attempt to eat here again. Major disappointment
We went to Plum Tree Restaurant today for the first time. The food was so delicious. The service was great as well. I highly recommend it. I will definitely come here more often as there are so many dishes to enjoy!Vegetarian options: We took lunch meals but I don't remember the names
Very mid. Food is definitely overpriced and the quality is not there. Only reason why this place still exists is because of sake bombing.
"This "sushi" is disgusting. When did spicy salmon/tuna rolls become this weird mashed up paste?? Take the 10 seconds to slice some fresh fish and toss it with siracha. Its not hard or too costly - you're sacrificing any sense of quality for cheapness/laziness. Also since when is it ok for any restaurant to sell sushi rice that's rubbery? This is sad and unacceptable.
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Laughably bad. I ordered the three roll lunch. I got spicy tuna, spicy salmon, and spicy yellowtail. The three rolls were identical. Pink colored stuff inside a roll. Tasteless. Bland. Dull. I paid $21 incl tip and tax. I wouldn’t buy it for $5 at a supermarket.
Atmosphere and drinking scene is great. Food is often overlooked but it really is quite good for Japanese in Ithaca.
Everything was just not tasty. The food was not fresh and tasted awful. It's hard to find sushi that tastes bad (even the not so good ones). I felt really nauseous after eating their sushi. Food was unreasonably priced. Overall I felt like I wasted my stomach and money dining here.
Good service. Prices are acceptable. I ate Ramen and sushi and I was satisfied.
Overpriced sushi. Got one of the special rolls and it was ok, but I only got 5 pieces for $14. Taste wasn't anything special at all. Server also rushed everything and kept mixing up checks.