Director Shareholding

Restaurant Group PLC
05 April 2005



                    The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company')


The Restaurant Group plc announces that on 4 April 2005, the undermentioned
directors were granted options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company
under the 2003 Executive Share Option Scheme:

Director           Options to subscribe for ordinary shares    Exercise Price
----------               ------------------------------        ----------------
Alan Jackson                  250,000                              134.4p
Andrew Page                   250,000                              134.4p
Kevin Bacon                   140,000                              134.4p
Trish Corzine                 100,000                              134.4p
Stephen Critoph                50,000                              134.4p





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