Cornwall


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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE LOCATION</h2>



<p>Set squarely in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a World Heritage Site on Cornwall&#8217;s North Coast, the bustling village of St Agnes was voted best place to live in Cornwall in the Muddy Best Places to Live Guide 2021. St Agnes was once the centre of Cornwall’s tin and copper mining industry and you can still find the iconic buildings dotting the landscape.</p>



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<p><a href="https://www.thepetervilleinn.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Peterville Inn (opens in a new tab)">The Peterville Inn</a> sits at the bottom of Town Hill just before the road down to Trevaunance Cove, so is perfectly placed for an after work drink, or a post-surf dinner, or a meal out with family and friends. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE LOWDOWN</h2>



<p><a href="https://cornwall.muddystilettos.co.uk/little-black-book/directory/the-peterville-inn-st-agnes-cornwall/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Peterville Inn (opens in a new tab)">The Peterville Inn</a> has been a public house in St Agnes since the 1800’s when it was a popular haunt for local miners in need of a perfect pint after a hard day’s graft. While the industries in St Agnes have updated somewhat in the intervening years, the desire to sit outside with a nice cold drink after work hasn’t. </p>



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<p>New owners, Tom and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://cornwall.muddystilettos.co.uk/people/lara-trubshaw-the-peterville-inn-st-agnes-cornwall/" target="_blank">Lara Trubshaw</a>, jumped at the chance to take on the venue when it closed under lockdown 1.0,  and the newly redecorated and refurbished Peterville Inn opened in the summer of 2020. It has been winning plaudits ever since (including finalists in two categories in the Muddy 2021 Awards: Best Pub in Cornwall, and also Best New Business, as well as a Cornwall Tourism Award (Bronze) Award for Pub of the Year) &#8211; with a sister business in Truro opening soon.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE VIBE</h2>



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<p>Friendly and welcoming, The Peterville is a light and open pub at the front, with the back room used as the restaurant, and plenty of tables outside that will come into their own when the clocks go forward and summer comes around (although with heaters and blankets there were some hardy souls outside when we left, enjoying the night air). </p>



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<p>The evening we visited, the winter air was chilly and the wind nippy, but the fire inside was roaring and it was peaceful and cosy.</p>



<p>We ate as a family with my young kids in the restaurant area (I had booked a 6pm table) and we all received a warm welcome from the team. We were in the corner by the fire and it was such a nice spot to spend the evening, with the kids settling straight down to play that old pub favourite, UNO. </p>



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<p>The whole pub is actually kid friendly, not just the restaurant, and on other occasions we have eaten in the bar &#8211; you can even request a high chair when you book. At 6pm it was quiet with just one another family on holiday with grown up kids nearby, but it was February term time, and when we&#8217;ve been before in summer all tables are fully booked. The room did fill up with friends and couples arriving for later tables; basically everyone is welcome, and by the time we left, the place had a much more grown up, but still very relaxed, vibe.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">SCOFF &amp; QUAFF</h2>



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<p>The Peterville bills itself as a modern pub dining experience with great drinks &#8211; and the menu is reassuring classic &#8211; and up-to-date &#8211; British, making the most of seasonal Cornish produce sourced as locally as possible. We shared a couple of starters, the kids each had a half size portion of one of the mains (although if your kids are after more traditional kids food there is a children&#8217;s menu too), and I very much enjoyed my steak. </p>



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<p>New head chef Dave Farey included lots of little touches that elevated the food above ordinary pub grub &#8211; I particularly enjoyed the scallops with cauliflower puree and he didn&#8217;t have any issues with me ordering a side of bone marrow mash that should have gone with the pie but sounded so delish I added it as an extra (foreseeing accurately my children would steal all my chips!). The hake was cooked beautifully, too, with an extremely tasty bouillabaisse and braised fennel.</p>



<p>Predictably the kids wolfed their ice-cream whilst I tried the poached pear pudding; I swapped out the vegan ice-cream for real because why eat steak and not clotted cream, but it was pleasing to note that there was both a vegan pudding and starter that sounded tempting. The mains were more meat heavy with the only veggie option being a beetroot and feta risotto, but the whole team were so obliging I am sure that vegans would happily be catered for (but you&#8217;d probably want to mention it when you booked).</p>



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<p>Drinks wise the list was as you&#8217;d expect for a pub &#8211; good but not super wine focused, with a decent selection of local beers, ales and spirits as well as the classics. Given it is quite a traditional pub list, the Peterville does a surprisingly great cocktail, offering three bespoke drinks for the day to match the food, as well more classic options too, plus their <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Bloody Mary (opens in a new tab)" href="https://cornwall.muddystilettos.co.uk/drink/the-peterville-st-agnes-cornwall-bloody-mary-cocktail/" target="_blank">Bloody Mary</a> on a Sunday to match their legendary roasts. That&#8217;s thanks to group sommelier Dameon Cottam, formerly a bar manager at Fifteen Cornwall, and now heading off to the new sister business in Truro.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">OUT &amp; ABOUT</h2>



<p>The Peterville Inn makes a cracking end to a walk &#8211; <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="this one up to Wheal Coates is a great 8km circular (opens in a new tab)" href="https://cornwall.muddystilettos.co.uk/things-to-do/walks-near-me/best-boxing-day-walks-cornwall/" target="_blank">this one up to Wheal Coates is a great 8km circular</a> and perfect at any time of year, not just Boxing Day! Book your meal and work up your appetite first. The Peterville is only just off the SW coast path too, so makes a good half way lunch point too, for serious walkers.</p>



<p>Come summer, you could spend the day on the beach, or go for a surf, at Trevaunance Cove or even Chapel Porth nearby, and then head back up to The Peterville for a sundowner. The deck and bar menu serves up drinks and lighter bites outside, which work particularly well on the kind of summer day where you could sit outside a pub from noon until late.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">THE MUDDY VERDICT</h2>



<p><strong>Good for:</strong>&nbsp; Great for couples, friends, larger parties (there’s a part of the dining room off to the side you could request) and families. Fans of a Sunday roast, or weekly pub quiz, will also find themselves at home, as will anyone who just wants to pop in for a drink.</p>



<p><strong>Not for:</strong>&nbsp;The Peterville Inn is a proud to be pub, so it&#8217;s not for anyone seeking out fine dining, or who wants to stay over. </p>



<p><strong>The damage:</strong>&nbsp;Mains from £14.50, sides £4 and puddings £6.50 (Restaurant Menu) &#8211; there&#8217;s also the bar and deck menu where mains are still around £14 but sharing things like truffle fries also feature (£6.50) and smaller plates (£7/8) can be ordered.</p>



<p><em>The Peterville Inn, St Agnes, Cornwall, TR5 0QU&nbsp;</em></p>


Muddy Reviews: The Peterville, St Agnes

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