Exhibit 99.1

          Ark Restaurants Announces Declaration of Dividend

    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2005--Ark Restaurants Corp.
(NASDAQ:ARKR) announced today that the Board of Directors declared its
regular quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share on the Company's
common stock to be paid on August 1, 2005 to shareholders of record at
the close of business on July 25, 2005.

    Ark Restaurants owns and operates 22 restaurants and bars, 26 fast
food concepts, catering operations and wholesale and retail bakeries.
Nine restaurants are located in New York City; nine in Las Vegas,
Nevada; and four in Washington, DC. The Las Vegas operations include
three restaurants within the New York-New York Hotel & Casino Resort
and operation of the hotel's room service, banquet facilities,
employee dining room and nine food court concepts; four restaurants
and bars within the Venetian Casino Resort as well as four food court
concepts. In Las Vegas, the Company also owns and operates one
restaurant within the Forum Shops at Caesar's Shopping Center and one
restaurant at the Neonopolis Center at Fremont Street. The Florida
operations under management include five fast food facilities in
Tampa, Florida and eight fast food facilities in Hollywood, Florida,
each at a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino operated by the Seminole Indian
Tribe at these locations.

    Forward-looking statements in this news release, if any, involve
unknown risks, and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual
results or outcomes to be materially different from those anticipated
and discussed herein. Important factors that might cause such
differences are discussed in the Company's fillings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

    CONTACT: Ark Restaurants Corp.
             Robert Towers, 212-206-8800
             bob@arkrestaurants.com