Exhibit 31.2

                Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc.
               Chief Financial Officer
              Section 302 Certification


I, Fred T. Grant, Jr., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q
   of Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not
   contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
   omit to state a material fact necessary to make
   the statements made, in light of the circumstances
   under which such statements were made, not
   misleading with respect to the period covered by
   this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
   and other financial information included in this
   report, fairly present in all material respects
   the financial condition, results of operations and
   cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
   periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I
   are responsible for establishing and maintaining
   disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
   Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
   the registrant and have:

   a) Designed such disclosure controls and
      procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
      and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to ensure that material
      information relating to the registrant,
      including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
      made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in
      which this report is being prepared;

   b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
      disclosure controls and procedures and
      presented in this report our conclusions about
      the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
      and procedures, as of the end of the period
      covered by this report based on such
      evaluation; and

   c) Disclosed in this report any change in the
      registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting that occurred during the registrant's
      most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
      fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
      report) that has materially affected, or is
      reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      registrant's internal control over financial
      reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I
   have disclosed, based on our most recent
   evaluation of internal control over financial
   reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the
   audit committee of the registrant's board of
   directors (or persons performing the equivalent
   functions):

   a) All significant deficiencies and material
      weaknesses in the design or operation of
      internal control over financial reporting which
      are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
      registrant's ability to record, process,
      summarize and report financial information; and

   b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that
   involves
      management or other employees who have a
      significant role in the registrant's internal
      control over financial reporting.

Date: May 10, 2004


/s/ Fred T. Grant, Jr.
Fred T. Grant, Jr.
Senior Vice President - Finance and Treasurer
and Assistant Secretary