Holding(s) in Company

Restaurant Group PLC
14 January 2005


                    The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company')


The Restaurant Group plc has today been advised that Prudential plc and certain
of its subsidiary companies have a notifiable interest in 8,242,446 ordinary
shares in the Company, representing 3.82% of its issued ordinary share capital.


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