Ruths Hospitality (RUTH) 10-Q 2017 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF

THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended March 26, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 5, 2017

By	/s/ Michael P. O’Donnell
	Michael P. O’Donnell
	Chief Executive Officer of Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc.