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New hours at the Hungaria Café, now with Thursday night dinner
Good news for anyone who has missed out on a Friday night table: from Thursday 22 October, dinner at the Hungaria Café will be served on Thursday nights too.
Since we reopened, our Friday dinners have filled up week after week, so we've added a second night. Chef Attila and the kitchen team will now serve dinner on Thursday and Friday from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The dinner menu stays the same.
To make room for the extra night, our daytime hours are changing slightly. From Tuesday 20 October, the Café will be open for brunch and lunch from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, Tuesday to Friday, and from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm on Saturdays.
Seating is limited, so bookings are recommended for Thursday and Friday dinner. Call or text 0435 650 434. For groups of more than 10, please use our Group Booking Form.
Hungaria Café opening hours
Tuesday & Wednesday: 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Thursday & Friday: 10:30 am – 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood SA 5067
We'd love to see you!
Hungarian Products — now on our website
Since reopening, many of you have been picking up a jar of Erős Pista, a bag of Szeged paprika or a packet of Pilóta biscuits on your way out of the Hungaria Café. Now you can see our full range before you come in.
Our new Hungarian Products page lists the traditional Hungarian groceries the Hungarian Club of SA sells through its Hungaria Café outlet, with photos and prices. You'll find spices and paprika, sauces and pastes, jams and preserves, ready meals, pasta and sweets. New this season are acacia honey, Házi Ízek ready meals, Kettle Pork Goulash, Győri Negro and Bonbonetti szaloncukor.
Everyone is welcome — you don't need to be a Club member to buy our Hungarian groceries. Non-members pay the regular price, and Club members enjoy a discounted member price.
We also stock Hungarian beer, wine and spirits, including Unicum, pálinka and Tokaji Aszú. While everyone aged 18 and over is welcome to enjoy an alcoholic drink responsibly at our Club, takeaway sales of Hungarian alcohol are available to Club members only, in accordance with our liquor licence conditions.
How to buy: all products are purchased and collected in person at the Hungaria Café, 82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood, during Café opening hours. We don't take online orders or payments.
We'd love to see you!
Phil Hoffmann Travel Expo – Sunday 18 October
Thinking about your next holiday? Our sponsor Phil Hoffmann Travel is holding its annual Travel Expo this Sunday, 18 October, at the Adelaide Convention Centre, and HCSA members and friends are invited.
📅 Sunday 18 October 2026, 10am – 4pm
📍 Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide
🎟️ Entry is free. Register your place at pht.com.au
What's on
Hosted by Hayley & Lauren from Adelady
Over 60 travel partners, including cruise and touring specialists
One-day-only travel deals
Free travel talks running all day across three cinemas, covering Europe, river and ocean cruising, Japan, Africa, Antarctica, Australian rail journeys and holidays closer to home
Win 1 of 4 travel prizes
Everyone who registers for the Expo goes into the draw to win:
Return economy airfares from Adelaide to the USA for two with United (valued at $6,340)
An all-inclusive Tasmania escape, including return flights for two, with Luxury Escapes (valued at $1,900)
A $1,000 Wendy Wu Tours travel voucher
A $500 Cover-More travel insurance voucher
Terms and conditions apply. See pht.com.au.
Your booking helps the Club
When you book with Phil Hoffmann Travel, 1% of your booking goes back to the Hungarian Club of South Australia. Please mention the Club when you book.
We hope to see you there. Köszönjük, Phil Hoffmann Travel, for supporting our Club!
Help us spread the word
Dear friends,
We're seeking your help to spread the word about the Hungarian Club. We have two fliers — one for the Hungaria Café, and one for the Club and venue hire. They're made to be shared, and here's how you can help:
Print and put them up somewhere people will see it — a workplace kitchen, a church noticeboard, your local library or community centre, the shop counter if you have one.
Forward this page to friends and family who’d want to know, especially anyone who’s lost touch with the Club.
Share the fliers on Facebook — and follow us there if you don’t already, at Hungarian Club of SA.
Pass the venue hire flier on to anyone in a club, business or committee who books rooms for a living.
The Club runs on the people who walk through the door, and most of them come because somebody told them to. A flier on the right noticeboard is worth more to us than almost anything else we could do.
Viszontlátásra a Klubban — see you at the Club.
Hungarian Club of SA
82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood SA 5067
The Hungarian Club of SA Celebrates its 60th Birthday
15 AUGUST 2026
On Saturday 15 August, the Hungarian Club of South Australia filled its new hall for a birthday sixty years in the making.
It was a night of speeches, dinner and folk dancing, and above all a night of people: founding members, families who have been coming to the Club since the 1960s, and a good many new faces.
Club President Katalin Tóth addressed guests.
Welcome and speeches
On arrival and during entrée guests were entertained by special guest classical guitarist András Tüske.
The evening was hosted by Club Manager Katrina Márton, who kept the program moving between courses.
Club President Katalin Tóth addressed guests and introduced the guest speakers. Her speech can be found here.
“Sixty years is a long time” — the Consul’s address
The keynote came from Dr Endre Domaniczky, Head of the Consular Office of Hungary in Melbourne.
Dr Endre Domaniczky, Head of the Consular Office of Hungary in Melbourne.
“The fact that the Hungarian Club is able to celebrate its 60th anniversary is, in itself, a great achievement. Throughout history, some nations or states have not been granted 60 years of continuous existence, yet here, successive generations of the community have successfully passed the torch to one another.”
He traced the Hungarian presence in Adelaide back to the 1850s, when veterans of the 1848–49 War of Independence, scattered across Europe after the revolution failed, heard of the Victorian gold rush.
The community as we know it took shape after the Second World War, when around 1,500 Hungarians settled in and around Adelaide among the post-war displaced persons, followed by roughly a thousand more after the 1956 Revolution — whose 70th anniversary also falls this year. Neither wave was large enough to go it alone, so they joined forces. The clubhouse, decided upon ten years after the fall of the freedom fight and sited in Norwood in 1968 because that was where the people were, stands as a memorial to that cooperation. Today some 6,000 to 7,000 people of Hungarian descent live in Adelaide.
“We have not been — and are not — among the largest migrant groups, but we have always played a part in shaping Australian history, culture, and economy.”
Dr Domaniczky’s address is worth reading in full — you can find it here.
The Hon. Joe Szakacs MP
The Consul’s point about Hungarian ancestry in South Australian public life was proved almost immediately. Next to speak was the Hon. Joe Szakacs MP, State Member for Cheltenham — himself a South Australian of Hungarian descent.
The Hon. Joe Szakacs MP speaks to a full house at the 60th birthday dinner.
The Hon. Joe Szakacs MP with a copy of Dr Domaniczky’s book, Australia through Hungarian Eyes, alongside the Consul and President Katalin Tóth.
Dinner, and then the dancing
Then came the part the Club has always done best. Dinner, wine, pickles and Erős Pista on every table. Later the Kaláris Hungarian Dance Group performed in full costume, bringing in a delicious dobos torte for all to share.
Traditional Hungarian folk dance, performed by the Kaláris Hungarian Dance Group.
Ákos Nagy, President of the Hungarian Caritas and his table of guest.
Köszönjük szépen — thank you to everyone who came, and to everyone who has kept the doors open for sixty years.
The Hungarian Club of SA Inc. is at 82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood. Members and visitors are always welcome — see hungarianclub.com.au for upcoming events.
Members and friends are now welcome Tuesday to Saturday!
Good news — Members & Friends are now welcome at the Hungarian Club of SA from Tuesday to Friday, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm, and Saturday, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. So whether you're free on a quiet Wednesday morning or looking for somewhere to spend a Saturday, the doors are open five days a week.
Whether you're catching up with old friends, meeting new people, or simply after a relaxing day out, you're welcome here. Bring a friend along, enjoy the company, and make yourself at home.
We have cards and board games available to play, and you're more than welcome to bring your own favourites to share with others. It's all about having fun together in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.
While you're here, treat yourself to our coffee and cake specials, enjoy lunch or a drink from the bar, watch the latest live sport, or browse our range of Hungarian products for sale.
Tuesday to Friday - 10:30 am – 2:30 pm
Saturday - 9:00 am – 2:30 pm
Hungarian Club of South Australia
82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood SA 5067
We'd love to see you!
Join Us Every Tuesday for Members & Friends Day!
Every Tuesday from 10:30am to 2pm, the Hungarian Club of SA opens its doors for Members & Friends Day — coffee and cake specials, cards and board games, lunch at the bar, live sport, and good company. Bring a friend and make a Tuesday of it.
We are excited to invite you to our Members & Friends Day, held every Tuesday from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Hungarian Club of South Australia in Norwood.
Whether you're looking to catch up with old friends, meet new people, or simply enjoy a relaxing day out, Members & Friends Day is the perfect opportunity. Bring a friend along, enjoy great company, and make yourself at home.
We'll have a variety of games available to enjoy, including cards and board games, and you're more than welcome to bring along your own favourite games to share with others. It's all about having fun together in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere.
While you're here, treat yourself to our delicious coffee and cake specials, enjoy lunch or a drink from the bar, watch the latest live sports broadcasts, or browse our range of Hungarian products available for purchase.
Every Tuesday
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
Hungarian Club of South Australia
82 Osmond Terrace, Norwood SA 5067
We'd love to see you there, so bring your friends, your favourite game, and enjoy a wonderful Tuesday with us!
A new chapter for the Hungarian Club of SA Inc
The Hungarian Club of South Australia recently caught the attention of the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters, with the council’s local business and community website publishing a feature on our newly reopened centre on Osmond Terrace.
The article covers the story behind the redevelopment, the Hungaria Café, and our plans for the centre as a hub of Hungarian culture open to the whole community.
Hősök Napja – Heroes' Day Commemoration / 27 May 2026
This year's Hősök Napja — Heroes' Day — carried extra meaning for our community. Our Memorial Stone has found its new home at the redeveloped Hungarian Club of SA, and its first act was to receive a wreath in remembrance of our fallen heroes. Thank you to all who gathered with us on 27 May. 🇭🇺
"We should not only want to remain, but also to stay together."
Photo: Ákos Nagy, István Dobozy, and Katalin Tóth outside the Hungarian Club of SA Inc beside the recently reinstalled HCSA Memorial Stone, with the Heroes' Day wreath.
On 27 May 2026, Hungarian Caritas lunch attendees gatheredto mark Hősök Napja — Heroes' Day — observed each year on the last Sunday of May.
The occasion carried special meaning this year. Our long-awaited Memorial Stone has at last returned to the redeveloped Hungarian Club of SA Inc — an achievement made possible through the hard work of Club President Katalin Tóth and the Club’s executive team. Its first role was a fitting one: to receive a wreath in honour of our fallen heroes.
István Dobozy, Magyar Harcosok Bajtársi Köre (Hungarian Veterans' Brotherhood) Main Group Leader, delivered the commemoration address — in both Hungarian and English. He opened by extending special thanks to Katalin Tóth and her team for ensuring the Memorial was in place and ready for this occasion. Alongside the Hungarian and Australian flags, the flags of the Vitéz order and the Magyar Harcosok Bajtársi Köre were also present, marking the full ceremonial weight of the day.
His address reflected on the sacrifices of Hungarian soldiers across two World Wars and the 1956 Revolution, and on the enduring injustice of Trianon. His words carried a clear message for our community here in Australia: "We should not only want to remain, but also to stay together."
The wreath was laid at the Memorial Stone by Ákos Nagy (Karitász President), Katalin Tóth (Club President), and István Dobozy — a moment that brought together three pillars of our Adelaide Hungarian community in a shared act of remembrance. The ceremony concluded with the community singing the Himnusz (Hungarian National Anthem) together.
A heartfelt thank you to István, Katalin and Ákos and all who attended. The Memorial Stone now stands as a permanent reminder of who we are and where we come from.
Köszönjük mindenkinek a részvételt és a közös emlékezést.
The Inaugural Goulash Night in our New Club Premises
The first Goulash Night in our new club was a sell-out. We had a full house, traditional food, and a band to keep the room moving from the first course to last call.
Our first course was, as it should be, gulyásleves — the type of goulash soup that makes you go back for seconds… and thirds.
The mains showed off our new chef at the top of his game. Csirke paprikás és nokedli (chicken paprikash and Hungarian style-dumplings) done the traditional way, the noodles tender and the sauce silky. Töltött karaj, the chef's modern take on the stuffed pork classic — definitely worth a second helping. Rántott sajt és zöldségek (crumbed cheese and vegetables), golden and crisp.
The first Goulash Night in our new club was a sell-out. We had a full house, traditional food, and a band to keep the room moving from the first course to last call.
Our first course was, as it should be, gulyásleves — the type of goulash soup that makes you go back for seconds… and thirds.
The mains showed off our new chef at the top of his game. Csirke paprikás és nokedli (chicken paprikash and Hungarian style-dumplings) done the traditional way, the noodles tender and the sauce silky. Töltött karaj, the chef's modern take on the stuffed pork classic — definitely worth a second helping. Rántott sajt és zöldségek (crumbed cheese and vegetables), golden and crisp. And the sides that deserved their place on the plate: sült krumpli (potato wedges), savanyú uborka (pickled cucumber), savanyú almapaprika (pickled paprika peppers), párolt lilakáposzta (steamed red cabbage), and kukoricasaláta (corn salad with mayonnaise).
To close the banquet, patrons enjoyed a mix of palacsinta and mini crèmes for dessert.
And finally, four lucky patrons took home door prizes. Köszönöm szépen to our generous donors: Neale and Suzanne Arthur of One Foods, Joe & Antoinette Quinzi of Quinzi Chocolates, and Jurlique Burnside.
A real thank you to the chef and kitchen team, whose food and service made the night. Thanks also to the volunteers who set up, served, poured, and cleaned; to the bar and floor crew; and to our President, Secretary, and Treasurer for the work that goes on long before and after the doors open.
A strong opening for the new building. The next one already has a lot to live up to.
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