Chuy's (CHUY) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement (No. 333-185948) on Form S-8 of Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. of our report dated March 10, 2017, relating to our audits of the consolidated financial statements, which appear in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 25, 2016.

/s/ RSM US LLP

Dallas, Texas

March 10, 2017