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DineLA will be taking the night off on Saturday, but fires up again on Sunday. A few more reviews have rolled in, with mixed moods.

• More controversy at Tiara, where Franklin Avenue tried to have lunch on Sunday. “We specified the Dine L.A. menu when we made reservations and the person on the other end took a note of it and acknowledged our request. The only waiter there took our order off the Dine L.A. menu, only to return twenty minutes later to say that they were not serving the Dine L.A. menu on weekends.” Previous Tiara switchup here.
• Gourmet Pigs is putting in time, with their third review, this time lunch at Asia de Cuba. “All in all the food was good, but service sucked.”
• Shihfan feels that Simon did not showcase their best menu.
• Food GPS may return to Patina for dinner, but points out that they have a regular business lunch for $25 that isn’t too different from the $22 DineLA menu.
• Chowhound schmamo tries Patina, however, and gives it a “Boo, boo, boo, boo, boo” sparking a debate of what DineLA menus should be
• Chowhound vinosnob finds Abode to be very busy, enjoys the food, but finds the portions on the small side.
• Chowhound MeAndroo enjoys some hearty steaks at Nick & Stef’s, with complaints only about the coat check.

Overall, reviews are trending towards disappointment. Is this because of diners’ unreasonable expectations, or restaurants skimping on their offerings?

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.