Let's be transparent about something: a significant proportion of Love Shack's regulars are not vegan. Some aren't even vegetarian. They're people who love good food, love a great atmosphere, love an interesting cocktail menu, and who happen to have discovered — sometimes to their own genuine surprise — that the best meal they've had in a while contained no animal products whatsoever. The Best Argument for Vegan Food Is Good Vegan Food Our position is simple: if we cook somet

Taking a dog to a restaurant in London used to mean sitting outside in the cold. Things have changed. East London — with its outdoor arch spaces, canal-side terraces, and general live-and-let-live attitude — has become genuinely one of the best parts of the city for dining out with your dog. Love Shack in Cambridge Heath has been dog-friendly since the day it opened. Love Shack — The Dog-Friendly Vegan Restaurant in Cambridge Heath Love Shack actively welcomes dogs. They're a

Love Shack isn't just a restaurant. It's three Victorian railway arches that contain a restaurant, a cocktail bar, a hidden events space behind a bookcase, and an outdoor area. The whole venue can host anywhere from an intimate dinner for two to a full-venue private event for over 100 guests. Unlike most event spaces in East London, it actually has its own identity — a look, a feel, a food and drink offer that reflects something genuine. Regular Events at Love Shack Live Musi

Finding a restaurant that both people on a date will love is harder than it sounds. Finding one where the atmosphere is genuinely special — warm, exciting, properly alive — is harder still. And finding one where the food is good enough to anchor the entire evening? That's the difficult trinity. Love Shack ticks all three boxes. The Atmosphere Three Victorian railway arches, thousands of fairy lights, foliage cascading from reclaimed timber frames, mismatched furniture, and ca

We've been in Cambridge Heath long enough to know every corner of this part of East London. The hidden parks, the Sunday markets, the venues that don't show up on tourist guides, the coffee shops worth cycling to. Consider this our love letter to the neighbourhood we call home. Saturday Morning Broadway Market (E8): Saturday market in Hackney with strong independent coffee, good street food, local produce, and a great Saturday morning atmosphere. Nelly Duff (174 Columbia Road

We're going to do something slightly unusual for a restaurant blog: recommend other places to eat. Because we genuinely believe that a thriving vegan food scene in East London benefits everyone — including us. The more great plant-based restaurants there are, the more people discover that vegan food can be extraordinary. So here's our honest guide to the best plant-based eating in East London — with Love Shack firmly on the list. Love Shack, Cambridge Heath — For a Full Eveni

If you know Cambridge Heath, you already know it's special. If you don't — let us introduce you. Tucked between Bethnal Green to the west and Hackney to the north, Cambridge Heath is one of those London neighbourhoods that hasn't been entirely swallowed by gentrification. It still has the bones of its working-class East End heritage, the edge of genuine creative life, and — increasingly — some of the best independent food and drink in the city. Love Shack sits in three Victor

We don't think you need to be vegan to eat at Love Shack. In fact, some of our most passionate regulars aren't vegan at all — they just love extraordinary food and have discovered, somewhat to their own surprise, that the best meal they've had in London recently didn't involve any animal products. But behind everything we do is a deep, genuine belief that the way we produce and consume food has to change. How Many Animals Does a Vegan Save? Research published by Animal Charit

Walk into Love Shack and there's a good chance something on your table is pickled. The cocktail menu features our legendary Tickle My Pickle — tequila, lemon, pickle juice, and agave. The Peking duck pancakes arrive with pickled red onion. The small plates menu shifts seasonally, but something briny, tangy, and alive always makes an appearance. We're unapologetic about it. Pickling isn't just a flavour technique — it's a philosophy about how food should work. What Is Pickling

At Love Shack in Cambridge Heath, we work with over a dozen varieties of mushroom every single week. Some are earthy and meaty. Some are silky and delicate. Some taste faintly of the sea. All of them are extraordinary. If you've ever wondered what to do with a king oyster mushroom or why shiitake is the umami king of the fungi world, this is the guide for you. Why Gourmet Mushrooms Are the Most Exciting Ingredient in Vegan Cooking Vegan cooking has a texture problem. Or rathe

If you've eaten at Love Shack in Cambridge Heath, you'll already know that mushrooms are at the heart of almost everything we do. From our famous 11-mushroom risotto to our oyster mushroom 'Peking duck' pancakes, fungi aren't just an ingredient here — they're a philosophy. But beyond the plate, a quieter revolution is happening in the world of functional mushrooms, and it's one we think everyone should know about. Functional mushrooms are varieties consumed not just for flav

Every January, hundreds of thousands of people in the UK sign up for Veganuary — a month of eating entirely plant-based. Many of them walk away surprised at how enjoyable, varied, and genuinely satisfying it was. Some of them walk into Love Shack in Cambridge Heath and never look back. But for many, February arrives and old habits quietly reassemble themselves. This post isn't about guilt. It's practical guidance on making the shift sustainable — not through willpower, but th

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