I was visiting Sarasota when my friends introduced me to this hidden gem. Since we had a large group, we called ahead to make a reservation, and as soon as we arrived, we were seated right away. Our server was fantastic! He was friendly, attentive, and even took a few minutes to chat with us, which made the experience feel even more welcoming. The food was absolutely delicious, and the prices were very reasonable for the quality. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and the overall atmosphere. I'll definitely be coming back the next time I'm in town! read more

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I was visiting a friend in Sarasota, when he recommended to come eat at Red Plum. I am left completely speechless. The fish was fresh. I don't think I've ever had such perfect tuna, salmon, and other assortment of fish. As I drove back home from Sarasota, I couldn't stop thinking about this place. If you are a sushi, sashimi, or just a fish lover in general, please do yourself the favor and try this place. You will NOT regret it. Our server was also phenomenal. Young man, with a lot of humor, and extremely helpful. The place is great for casual lunch or dinner. While it might not look the most impressive on the outside, I what it delivers inside is well beyond expectations. read more

First time here based on reviews. Server promptly recommended the Bonsai roll. Bar limited to beer, wine, sake with several quality selections within each group. Clean, pleasant ambiance but don't expect a lot of banter from the sushi chefs. They are hard at work making your complimentary appetizers, to go orders and your dinner. Will be back to try more of the menu! Very fresh, very clean, very efficient! read more

Red plum - Complimentary Whitefish sushi - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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The sushi was pretty decent but not amazing. The rolls were rather small. Here is the main issue with our dining experience, the sushi chef kept coughing and my wife lost her appetite. The service was also just ok. It seemed a bit forced and not genuine. I don't believe we will be back. read more

The Red Plum may look like a tiny little storefront, but it delivers a big sushi experience. Tucked in a small strip mall on the 41, it's easy to miss, but once you step inside, the friendly staff and warm atmosphere make you feel right at home. Our server was attentive and welcoming throughout the meal. The sushi rolls were fresh, well prepared, and full of flavor. I tried the tuna, salmon, California, and Philadelphia rolls, and each was perfectly crafted. For an intimate dining spot with wonderful service and top-quality sushi, The Red Plum is worth a visit. read more

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The food is best described as "fresh." The service is efficient and O.K. I have been there 4 times for lunch. Been there once for dinner and the food was priced high. They changed the lunch menu for dinner menu while we were seated.?????? It is rarely crowded. Twice we have been the only ones dinning. It is very plain, with minimal decoration. Neat and clean. I like it for lunch they have a wide selection. read more

Finally tried this place after it came recommended. It's in an unassuming spot but don't let that deceive you because this place is phenomenal. Very fresh sushi, delicious, friendly service, clean places. Also very reasonably priced! Highly recommend and will definitely be back! read more

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I'm a repeat customer I only live 5 minutes down the road this is the only sushi spot I really love down here the food is so delicious and you will always get good food everytime it's not wishy washy like some food places it's great everytime and I recommend to any local or tourist to check out this restaurant they will leave fulfilled with the service!! read more

Went for the first time the other week. We did the hibachi Dinner for 2 and it was plenty. The food was fresh and delicious the service was quick and they explained if you don't understand.ambiance is a traditional Japanese restaurant read more

Red Plum is truly a hidden gem! We decided to try out this sushi spot in Sarasota this evening with our friends after seeing their Yelp reviews. The place is a little hidden but dang is it good. Definitely the best sushi in the area and a great value too, the prices are very reasonable. We were treated with great service and even got a complimentary extra appetizer, so sweet! All of the sushi was beyond fresh and tasty, my favorite being the passion roll. Also, their spicy edamame was so flavorful and it was a generous portion. We seriously can't wait to come back, I recommend this place to everyone! read more

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This is hands down the best Sushi place I've ever been to! Absolutely delicious! The family who runs and owns it are amazing! Extremely positive and friendly! We go every chance we get! Highly Recommend!!! My wife and daughter love the "spicy scallop sushi"! They love everything but this is their favorite! I love the Mexican role and avocado bomb! Salmon sushi is a delight! You can't go wrong with anything! Always trying new things here!! Haven't had anything I don't absolutely love! Thank you guys for being here! read more

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We've been here twice and ordered to go once...everything we've gotten has been really delicious. They have given attentive service each time as well. The place is very clean and decorated with different Asian Knick knacks and art. We've gotten hibachi and sushi and everything has been priced better than most other Asian restaurants in the area. read more

Red plum - Triple Delight hibachi after eating a good amount - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Everything was really great. Coming into the space from the hustle and bustle was so relaxing. Quiet, very clean and extremely peaceful. Our food was outstanding as was our service. Great small hidden gem. read more

Great sushi at a non tourist type restaurant. There were plenty of regulars partaking of the rolls and the sake!

What a great meal we enjoyed at the Red Plum. The sushi was spot on as was the LoMein. Don't let the location fool you. A very nice and pleasant environment. The service was excellent as well. If we lived in the area this would be our go to spot read more

Excellent service and the food was amazing. We ate there for lunch. My husband had the lunch special sushi and I have the shrimp hibachi. Highly recommend will be back. read more

The freshest sashimi ever. Large pieces and sashimi served beautifully! I order the shrimp lo-mein and the taste of fresh cabbage and ginger were delicious. Service is amazing. Ivy the owner and her two sons were on point. Always ready to fill your empty drinks glasses and checking in on us. The place is large. Has high tops and regular tables. Don't miss RED PLUM if you want the best sushi and sashimi. They also have great cooked meals. read more

Me and my Family LOVE Red Plum!! We try to go every year we visit Sarasota. I Really recommend the broccoli tempura roll if you can do broccoli you have to try it. It's really quality with good service once they brought us an extra roll for free it was awesome! It's a very chill and they always have something cool playing on the TV like horse racing and other stuff that's fun to take a glimpse of. There's a bar and an other room with booths I love this place!!!. read more

Red plum does it again. We enjoyed sushi here twice now and both times were really nice. Nothing over the top here, just traditional sushi with some unique Maki as well. Will definitely be in my rotation for the foreseeable future. read more

Sushi was so fresh and delicious! Ordered from uber eats and had it delivered and quality was perfect

I had the chirashi and the boss had a spicy tuna roll and rainbow roll. The assortment of fish for my chirashi was atypical fore but it was still tasty. The oshinko could have been more crunchy for my liking. The rainbow roll and spicy tuna rolls were good. They use very little rice to make their maki and I prefer that. Overall our meal was a really good value. Basic makis, sashimi and sushi seem the way to go for me at Red Plum. read more

Red plum - Chirashi - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Incredible soup, sushi; yum yum sauce and hibachi. Got it delivered fast from door dash. Can't wait to dine in soon in the restaurant

Tonight my neighbors/I dined in. TJ and his wife personally stopped by to say hello and have us try many wonderful daily specials. If you want fun, exciting and great daily specials stop in. My favorite was the Salmon but the highlight was the toro roll with Uni topped with caviar! read more

Red plum - Toro roll with Uni topped off with caviar - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

You can't go wrong here. Service and food are great and the prices are reasonable. My husband and I are from the Philadelphia area, where we had no trouble finding good sushi. Not the case in the Sarasota area! We tried quite a few sushi places that were dirty and questionable. Red Plum is our go-to for sushi. The place is clean and the food is fresh. We love it! read more

First time visiting this Amazing hole in the wall. Don't be fooled by the small strip mall location, this is a nice sushi/hibachi restaurant. The service was excellent and the food, was Yummy!!! We started with some simple rolls but are looking forward to trying more of their specialty rolls! read more

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This is a great sushi spot! We got the sashimi appetizer and 2 rolls, gator and toro special. They were great! The prices are fair and the service was really good. We are in town for a week and already planning to come back before coming home :) would totally recommend read more

Red plum - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Went on a Monday so it was pretty empty and chill. Got some rolls and the Sashimi deluxe. Food was tasty and fresh, but the rainbow rolls had more cucumber than fish so that was meh. Service was attentive and fast. George the croc says chomp chomp out of 3 chomps. read more

Red plum - Sashimi Deluxe - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

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Food was great, it all tasted fresh and prepared perfectly. Service was also top notch! read more

The sushi is so fresh and delicious. Would highly recommend stopping by! The service was also great.

We stopped here for our daughters "good bye to Florida" meal. We ordered the Love Boat for 2 and the Red Plum Hibachi for 2. We all LOVED both dishes. The filet in the Hibachi was cooked perfectly. The tuna melted in your mouth. We will definitely be back here again. We forgot to get a pic of the Hibachi for 2. read more

Red plum - Love Boat for 2 - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Service impeccable, family owned and ran! Great place and very clean! Food was amazing drink menu could be better but I'll take good sushi and service over a drink menu! We mentioned it was a birthday just talking and they surprised the bday with some fried ice cream! Will surely be back! read more

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Amazing sushi- the hamachi was so fresh- like it jumped out of the ocean! Other sushi and dishes delicious as well. It has a spare dining room, as befits a Japanese restaurant. The wait staff are attentive, but unobtrusive. read more

This restaurant has not skipped a beat each time we go the food is presented beautifully. Very casual place to relax and enjoy their creations. The owner from NY has taken pride in the food making sure that you enjoy what you have been served. The last time I went in we were there early so it was very quiet. The amount of take out orders was absolutely incredible. If you are on vacation this a must go! Don't let the plaza or location dissuade you. If you are local give them a try you will not be disappointed! read more

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My partner and I decided to try out this restaurant last weekend; it was supposed to be our first date night out in several months, and I was very excited. It turns out we should have stayed in. The first problem we had started almost immediately after walking in. I have asthma that is pretty easily triggered by mold, and something in the restaurant set it off badly. At first I wasn't sure what was happening, because I couldn't smell anything wrong, but I felt awful and lightheaded, like I couldn't take a full breath. I got up to go to the restroom and passed through another section of the restaurant that smelled very musty/mildewy, and at that point I started having a full asthma attack. We had already ordered, though, so my partner told me that he would have them box everything up and that he'd meet me in the car and we could just eat there. I was disappointed (again, I was very excited to be going out, and having the date cut short by an asthma attack is an incredibly stressful way to end it), but I definitely couldn't stay, so I agreed. We ate in the car; the food was decent, but I was too focused on trying to catch my breath to enjoy it. I do remember thinking that it was kind of bland. Unfortunately, it turned out that bland food was the least of our problems. By the next morning, my partner was already starting to feel sick. (For the record: he didn't have any raw fish, but we think it must have been the gyoza that he ordered; it's the only thing he got that I didn't touch, and I felt fine.) By 4:30pm, he was calling me at work, asking me to come home because something was wrong. By the time I got home, he was vomiting. He spent most of his night in the bathroom, and I spent most of my night trying to coax him into taking sips of water (when he wasn't otherwise occupied) so that he wouldn't get completely dehydrated and end up in the hospital. The stomach cramping was so bad that he wasn't able to fall asleep until nearly midnight, and even then, it wasn't a comfortable sleep. The next morning, he felt a bit better, but before 4pm he was asking me to come home again because he just couldn't keep food down and he could barely get off the couch. (I made broth. Lots of broth.) He finally felt mostly better by day three, and was even able to keep down some mild food, but he was completely exhausted and couldn't go into work. He is also self-employed, which means that he lost all productivity for three days, and which officially makes this the most expensive date we've ever gone on. I've heard good things about this place. The staff seemed pleasant, the food was decent, and I generally don't like writing bad reviews about small businesses. But this was a truly awful experience for us both, and I don't want anyone else to go through something similar. Choose your dinner carefully. read more

so good! order take out from here all the time and the fist is always fresh. fish to rice ratio is amazing. 10/10 recommend

Want Chinese food ? It's pretty great at Red Plum... Maybe some Thai food ? Again, it's really damn good ! Sushi ? It's fantastic, not like other combo restaurants where usually it's like Supermarket sushi... Not at Red Plum ! Little hard to find but definitely worth it !!! read more

Went there to try the sushi - my husband went in ahead of time to check they had a high chair and inform them that he has a service dog (heart condition - medical alert) the man asked for paper work - my husband informed him there isn't paper work for a service animal he said No Dogs! Turned around and walked away! My husband was in shock - needless to say this is not only illegal but deplorable behavior to a possible patron. Posting proof that it's illegal to ask someone to produce paper work of a service animal below. read more

Red plum - Proof that what he did was 100% illegal - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

Really enjoyed the staff here and great service. Bare bones place with a large menu and just beer, wine and sake. The sushi was very good - toro, salmon belly, saba, but the Uni wasn't very fresh but still edible. Decent place with a nice crew! read more

Red plum - Japanese Near Me - Sarasota, Florida

We found this sushi place by accident as my son really wanted a sushi lunch but the place we had eyed the day before before was closed for lunch. Lucky for us! Red Plum is the real deal -- excellent miso soup and perfect rolls, with not too much rice. Spicy salmon, eel, yellowtail scallion, Philadelphia roll, salmon avocado were all delicious. So friendly too. read more

Almost hidden from view in a plain strip of shops Red Plum has delivered excellent Japanese dishes beautifully presented. The menu is lengthy but in all of our visits has delivered its promise. The sushi/sashimi has been invariably fresh and silky. Charming attention from its family staff, plenty of parking and reasonable tabs keep us returning. read more