Plum Tree Restaurant — Restaurant in City of Ithaca

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...

Not sure I should really export more from a small town sushi place, but the quality of the fish was just mediocre. Their special rolls have too much sauce for my taste and the cuts of sashimi just seem off. Also tried a bento box with chicken katsu which was a little dry but tasty and a good value. For some reason, they use the actual sushi bar to stack dishes and pitchers; doesn't seem like they usually sit...

Absolutely delicious Japanese food. I had Yaki-Udon with chicken, which I loveedd and definitely recommend! I've heard that sake bombs here are worth the try too! I also ordered a miso soup, I personally am not a fan of those, but this was palatable. Sashimi platter was fresh it had 5 types of meat and I thought the quantity was decent. Definitely recommend the salmon...