Christmas Trading Statement

Oriental Restaurant Group PLC
21 January 2000

                ORIENTAL RESTAURANT GROUP PLC

                 Christmas Trading Statement

Oriental  Restaurant  Group plc, the  London-based  Oriental
cuisine  restaurant operator, reports on  Christmas  trading
for  the  period  to 31 December 1999, the  opening  of  the
Yellow  River Cafe in Twickenham and two further  sites  for
its new brand.

Oriental  Restaurant Group PLC ('the Group') today announces
that  trading  over  the Christmas period was  satisfactory.
Like  for  like restaurant sales excluding Pacific  Oriental
were  down  0.5% for the nine month period to 31st  December
1999 which represents a small improvement over that reported
within  the  interim  results.   Like  for  like  restaurant
operating profits, excluding Pacific Oriental, were 7.5% up.
Pacific  Oriental  continues to incur  losses  but  remedial
action  taken  will have a positive impact in  2000  and  is
already proving beneficial.

The  Central  Production  Kitchen facility  which  commenced
operation in July remains fundamental to the roll out of the
Yellow  River Cafe.  The impact on profits will  be  adverse
until  the  benefits  of  scale are realised  following  the
opening of additional Yellow River Cafes.

Mainly as a result of these factors the Group will not  meet
market expectations for the current year.  However the Board
expects profits growth to resume in the next financial year.

Canary  Wharf  opened in December too late to benefit  fully
from the seasonal trade.  It is still too early to determine
the long term trend in this location.

The  target  opening  programme for  Yellow  River  is  well
underway.  The first Yellow River Cafe opened in Chiswick in
November  and is trading well above expectations.  A  second
Yellow  River  Cafe will open in Twickenham in February  and
the  third  will open in Islington by early  summer.   Terms
have  already  been  agreed on two  further  sites  and  the
expectation  is  that these will become operational  in  the
first half of the next financial year.  As indicated at  the
interim  stage, the Group expects to have a total  of  eight
Yellow  River  Cafes  operational by the  end  of  the  next
financial year.

The  Board  is delighted to announce that Alan  Jackson  has
increased  his  time commitment to the Group and  this  will
involve  him  assuming  certain executive  responsibilities.
This  will  strengthen the management team at  this  crucial
point in the Company's development.


                                             21 January 2000
                                                            
Enquiries:

Oriental Restaurant Group PLC         Tel: [phone]
Hock Ann Chua, Managing Director
Michael Paterson, Finance Director

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