CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Revenues:
Sales of alcoholic beverages	$ 60,782	$ 51,763	$ 43,189
Sales of food and merchandise	20,241	15,847	12,249
Service revenues	55,751	54,666	49,974
Other	7,893	6,898	6,796
Total revenues	144,667	129,174	112,208
Operating expenses:
Cost of goods sold	20,317	16,426	14,152
Salaries and wages	32,559	28,183	25,145
Stock-based compensation	480	282	847
Other general and administrative:
Taxes and permits	21,942	20,056	17,613
Charge card fees	2,176	1,790	1,482
Rent	4,526	4,804	3,642
Legal and professional	4,581	3,416	2,599
Advertising and marketing	5,610	5,578	4,611
Depreciation and amortization	6,894	6,316	5,337
Insurance	3,364	3,994	2,208
Utilities	2,999	2,684	2,241
Loss on sale of property and other	808	279	18
Impairment of assets	1,705	2,294	0
Settlement of lawsuits and other one-time costs	11,684	3,696	707
Gain on settlement of patron tax	(8,167)	0	0
Other	12,311	10,501	9,723
Total operating expenses	123,789	110,299	90,325
Income from operations	20,878	18,875	21,883
Other income (expense):
Interest income	15	148	10
Interest expense	(6,679)	(7,357)	(6,538)
Interest expense - loan origination costs	(290)	(395)	(539)
Gain from acquisition of controlling interest in subsidiary	229	0	0
Gain on contractual debt reduction	0	5,642	0
Income before income taxes	14,153	16,913	14,816
Income taxes	5,164	5,916	5,414
Net income	8,989	10,997	9,402
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	323	243	(211)
Net income attributable to RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc.	$ 9,312	$ 11,240	$ 9,191
Basic earnings per share attributable to RCIHH shareholders:
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.90	$ 1.15	$ 0.97
Diluted earnings per share attributable to RCIHH shareholders:
Net income (in dollars per share)	$ 0.90	$ 1.13	$ 0.96
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	10,359	9,816	9,518
Diluted (in shares)	10,406	10,637	9,615