Director Shareholding

City Centre Restaurants PLC
07 July 2003





                          City Centre Restaurants plc



City Centre Restaurants plc announces that the following grants of share options
were made to directors on 3 July 2003:


Director                            'Mirror' Options to subscribe for ordinary       Exercise Price
                                    shares under the 2003 Executive Share
                                    Option Scheme  *
Alan Jackson                        Nil                                                  67.7p
Andrew Guy                          888,430                                              67.7p
Andrew Page                         400,000                                              67.7p
Kevin Bacon                         225,000                                              67.7p



* Note: the above Mirror Options are in substitution for, not additional to,
options already held under the 1998 Executive Share Option Scheme.




Director                           Options to subscribe for ordinary shares          Exercise Price
                                   under the 2003 City Centre Restaurants plc
                                   Executive Share Option Scheme
Alan Jackson                       177,250                                               67.7p
Andrew Guy                         345,500                                               67.7p
Andrew Page                        712,750                                               67.7p
Kevin Bacon                        425,000                                               67.7p




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