Despite the use of the SERVQUAL measure in hospitality, it has been limited by its generic context approach. Hospitality researchers have addressed this problem by adapting the SERVQUAL measure with more specific items that pertain directly to the industry setting. Knutson et al. (1990) developed LODGSERV for lodging and Stevens et al. (1995) similarly brought forward DINESERV for restaurant patrons. In the case of these adapted measures the tangible factor was rated fourth in importance for lodging customers and second for restaurant patrons. In another study, restaurant patron’s
service quality tangible expectations were rated lowest for all dimensions (Lee and Hing, 1995),