Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc

24 March 2011

The Restaurant Group plc (the "Company")

Employee Benefit Trust

The Restaurant Group plc has been advised by the trustees of The Restaurant Group Employee Benefit Trust (the potential beneficiaries of the trust being certain employees of The Restaurant Group plc including directors and PDMRs of the Company) that on 22 March 2011, the Trust acquired 1,000,000 shares at a price of 302.913p each.

The Employee Benefit Trust now has a beneficial interest in 5,122,937 ordinary shares representing 2.57% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

Enquiries:

The Restaurant Group plc

Robert Morgan (Company Secretary) 020 3117 5001