The Quicksilver Mail — Restaurant in England

Looking somewhat drab and unprepossessing from the Roadside, this establishment has charm, historic interest, excellent parking, a superb well maintained grass area, and away from the road, a bright and light exterior.

And that's just for starters. The Quicksilver Mail was the London to Falmouth Royal Mail Coach, that operated between 1835 and 1859. In 1837 it became the fastest long-distance mail coach in England with an average speed of 10.25 miles an hour. Impressive for the day.

The London/Falmouth journey being accomplished in 16 hours and 34 minutes. Incredibly this time included changes of horses, meals and the transaction of Post Office business.

It was the only Royal Mail coach to be so named, rather than given a number, subsequent coaches took the name also because the national renown.

It is not known when the inn was built but it is most likely late eighteenth century and it is shown on a 1811 Ordnance Survey map. Certainly an inn by around 1828 since a 'Notice of Let' published in 1848 stated that the Quicksilver Mail was "now and for nearly 20 years past in the occupation of Mr Thomas Bullen"

Today it's on the Cask Marque AleTrail and the reason for this reviewers visit. Waiting for the beer, I noticed on the menue a favourite dish, Chilli Con Carne, and as it was nearly lunch time....

The meal came with an optional topping of grated cheddar and, like much about the pub, was an agreeable extra touch. Likewise the beer, well deserving the Cask Marque accreditation awarded, could have been poured straight from the barrel.

And the prices are very fair, this is not a budget busting venue, although the front of house presentation of Katrina, well turned out in a smart suit, makes one wish at least a jacket had been worn.

There are a lot of agreeable aspects to the Quicksilver Mail, the well vanished outdoor seating (no splintery or rotten woodwork here) even the cutlery - well balanced Fox & Ivy, no less (I wonder how much goes missing) Inside the decor is not twee or cutesy boutique, but it is clean and well dusted.

The sort of pub one wished it for as 'the local' - perfect beer, good food, amiable staff, an amiable...

We held our wedding reception here in the function room and had the most amazing day!

Pete and Katrina along with the staff that served us on the day are some of the most kind, considerate and thoughtful people we’ve ever met.

The whole thing from the planning, the actual day and payment etc was all so easy and smooth and nothing we wanted was in the ‘too hard’ basket.

The function room is great and looked so lovely with our decorations, lights and fresh flower's.

The food was really good quality and good portion sizes. My partner is polish and they went above and beyond by outsourcing a polish cook to be sure our polish menu options were authentic for our guests and that meant so much to us.

They made a private section in the garden for us and we were allowed a bouncy castle for the kids which was so easy to arrange.

The service was outstanding. It was heartfelt and really responsive, we felt like we were with family ❤️

There was the option to have full control over the music in the room by creating your own playlist and although we didn’t have time to create our own playlist in the end they were so helpful with playing the music we wanted.

There’s a dance floor available and although our wedding ended up being more of a dinner party I think it could host some really fun high energy younger weddings too.

Don’t overlook this place when considering a wedding here, honestly it’s so lovely and the vibe is what...

It's cheap. But it doesn't mean it must be so low quality. You enter your room through cheap plywood doors, ones you install as a temporary solution on the building sites.

Room was cold as old not maintenated rooten window had broken lock. And as it's a sash window, it was open throu the night. Standard heaters were not enough to keep you warm so you have to use privided by them - I kid you not - industrial blower. It's as loud as hair dryer and you are force to either sleep with it on, or wake up cold and possibly with a flew.

The bed has dip so big on side side I rolled downhill somehow through the night from the ether flatter end of the bed and woke up with backpain.

It was refurbrished by somebody who clearly either didnt care or had no clue how to do it. Mould in corners, cracks, not finished surfaces, absolutly cheapest possible materials and approach to build it.

I mean, it's not hotel room but cheap cheap accomodation for workers. I was tempted by good pub reviews and hoped I found a good room in good price. Boy...