Director Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
02 December 2004



                    The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company')

The Restaurant Group plc has been advised on 2 December 2004 that the folowing
directors have exercised options to subscribe for the following shares.
Following the exercise the directors have then sold shares, as detailed below:

Director        Exercise Amount    Exercise Price    Shares Sold    Sale Price

Alan Jackson            400,000                45p       329,247         113.5p
Andrew Page             401,949              54.1p       263,000         113.5p
Kevin Bacon              20,097                75p        15,700         113.5p
                          5,024              48.6p



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