Director/PDMR Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
09 March 2007


                            The Restaurant Group plc

    Dealing by Directors and Persons Disclosing Managerial Responsibilities
                                   ('PDMRs')

The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company') announces that the following Directors
and PDMRs have today purchased Ordinary shares in the Company at 337.5 pence per
share.

                           Number of Shares    Total Holding Following 
                                  Purchased                   Purchase

Director

Kevin Bacon                          12,574                    108,140
Trish Corzine                        10,875                     85,275

PDMR

Robert Morgan                         2,500                     33,210
Angelo Gabrilatsou                    3,500                     26,480
Danny Breithaupt                      4,000                     14,842



In addition, Andrew Page, a director, has today exercised options to subscribe
for 25,000 ordinary shares at 67.4p per share and has increased his holding in
the Company from 183,950 shares to 208,950 shares.



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