AGM Statement

Restaurant Group PLC
16 May 2007

The Restaurant Group plc



AGM Statement

At the AGM of The Restaurant Group plc, to be held later today, Alan Jackson
(Chairman) will make the following remarks:

Current trading

We are encouraged by performance so far this year with a like-for-like sales
increase of 4% for the 19 weeks to 13 May 2007, just ahead of our expectations
for this stage of the year. This is an encouraging performance, on top of the
4% sales increase for the same period last year.

Ongoing opening programme

Our new openings programme is progressing well, with eight new sites opened in
the year to date. We continue to expect to open 30-35 new units during the full
year.

Outlook

Our brands are well positioned to offer value and quality to customers and
continue to deliver very satisfactory performances for the Group. We look
forward to reporting further strong progress for the first half of the year,
when we announce our interim results in September 2007.


                                                                     16 May 2007

ENQUIRIES:


The Restaurant Group plc                           Tel: [phone]
Andrew Page, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Critoph, Group Finance Director

College Hill                                       Tel: [phone]
Matthew Smallwood




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