CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) Share data in Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012
REVENUES:
Food and beverage sales	$ 129,122,000	$ 136,914,000
Other revenue	1,476,000	1,114,000
Total revenues	130,598,000	138,028,000
COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Food and beverage cost of sales	32,791,000	35,157,000
Payroll expenses	42,488,000	43,406,000
Occupancy expenses	17,533,000	17,702,000
Other operating costs and expenses	17,085,000	17,915,000
General and administrative expenses	9,792,000	9,368,000
Impairment loss from write-down of long-lived assets		379,000
Depreciation and amortization	4,303,000	4,110,000
Total costs and expenses	123,992,000	128,037,000
OPERATING INCOME	6,606,000	9,991,000
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Interest expense	62,000	23,000
Interest income		(33,000)
Other income, net	(508,000)	(454,000)
Total other income, net	(446,000)	(464,000)
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES	7,052,000	10,455,000
Provision for income taxes	1,941,000	3,013,000
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	5,111,000	7,442,000
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(292,000)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME	5,111,000	7,150,000
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	(1,286,000)	(1,661,000)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.	3,825,000	5,489,000
AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ARK RESTAURANTS CORP.:
Income from continuing operations	3,825,000	5,748,000
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(259,000)
Net income	$ 3,825,000	$ 5,489,000
From continuing operations:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.18	$ 1.75
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.13	$ 1.73
From discontinued operations:
Basic (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.08)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)		$ (0.08)
From net income:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.18	$ 1.67
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 1.13	$ 1.65
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:
Basic (in Shares)	3,246	3,292
Diluted (in Shares)	3,371	3,327