Holding(s) in Company

Restaurant Group PLC
03 June 2005


                    The Restaurant Group plc ('the Company')

The Restaurant Group plc has today been advised that as at 26th May 2005
Barclays PLC through the legal entities shown below have a notifiable interest
in 8,804,839 Ordinary Shares in the company, representing 4.07% of its issued
ordinary share capital.

Legal Entity                                   Holding          Percentage Held

Barclays Capital Securities Ltd.             1,125,386                  0.5201%
Gerrard Ltd                                      2,720                  0.0013%
Barclays Global Investors Ltd                6,684,499                  3.0890%
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd                 992,234                  0.4585%
Group Holding                                8,804,839                  4.0689%


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