EXHIBIT 21

                    SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


                                                                      EXHIBIT 21

                    SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.


As of May 30, 1999, the Registrant had one "significant subsidiary",  as defined
in Regulation S-X, Rule 1-02(w), identified as follows:

     GMRI,Inc., a Florida  corporation,  doing  business as Red  Lobster,  Olive
          Garden and Bahama Breeze.

In addition to GMRI,  Inc.,  the  Registrant,  directly or  indirectly,  had the
following other operating subsidiaries as of May 30, 1999:

     GMR  Restaurants of Pennsylvania,  Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,  doing
          business as Red Lobster and Olive Garden;
     GMRI Canada,  Inc., a Florida  corporation,  doing business as Red Lobster,
          Red Lobster Canada, Olive Garden, and Olive Garden Canada; and
     GMRI Texas L.P., a Texas limited partnership, doing business as Red Lobster
          and Olive Garden.

In order to  comply  with  certain  state  laws,  the  Registrant,  directly  or
indirectly,  had 65 other  subsidiaries as of May 30, 1999. If considered in the
aggregate as a single  subsidiary as of May 30, 1999, the 65 other  subsidiaries
would not  constitute a "significant  subsidiary" as defined in Regulation  S-X,
Rule 1-02(w).