Top 1

Your experience with Top 1 is subject to how you order. If you order la carte, it is pricey. This rings true regardless of which entrée you order. If you order a combo set, you are in for a reasonably priced treat.
We ordered a $ 58 combo for dinner. It consisted of an appetizer, a vegetable dish, a Drunken Rib, and a 2.5lb crab, stir fried «under bridge» style (橋底辣炒蟹). There are many things that I’d like to talk about, so I organize my review in point form:
1) In the menu, it says this combo is for 2 people. Pure lie. It easily feeds 3.
2) The highlight of the combo is the crab. The crab we had was meaty and sweet, indicating that it was fresh. I estimated that there was over 1lb of garlic in the dish. Yet the garlic aroma and spice was not sharp, indicating the garlic slices were dry when they cooked them. The crab was nicely fried. There was a delicious coat of flavours on the shell. Lick it, eat it, whatever, just don’t miss it. This dish had wok air, which is what under bridge spicy crab is famous for.
3) The other thing the under bridge spicy crab is famous for is the spiciness. Top 1’s version didn’t taste spicy to me. It was nowhere as spicy as the dai-​pai-​dong version. You should ask for extra spicy if you prefer it hot.
4) The Drunken Ribs were in essence rib bites and taro deep fried in black vinegar. It had a harden coat on the outside. It was another wok air dish. It tasted average, because the meat needed more tenderizing.
5) The vegetable dish in the combo was small. It was indeed 2-​person portion.
6) Services was minimum considering the price range. I expected a change of plates, since they were full of crab shells. Never happened or offered. When someone did wait on us, s/​he was polite, effective and efficient.
7) The bill came with 10% tips added on. The calculation was clear. Someone wrote in Chinese that the final amount was «all in». If you cannot read Chinese, you can clarify with a server.
8) I like the interior decoration. It is a funky mix of batman statue, fortune cat doll, bookshelves, European armour, Chinese emperor attire, owls, and stuff animals. Consider yourselves forewarned.
Top 1 serves a few unique seafood entrées. Our family will likely revisit in a bigger group to try other seafood combos. I won’t recommend ordering al carte here, however.

Came here for lunch on a Sunday. A great place if you want some chinese food but want a step up from the usual ‘cantonese tea canteens’. We had the house special drunken spare ribs, fish soup noodles with seafood add-​ins and a wok fried hor fun. The spare ribs along with chunks of taro were crunchy and tossed in a sweet vinegar sauce. It reminded me of a good sweet-​sour chicken dish without the bright red food coloring. The fish soup noodles was a great hit at the table, especially with the add-​in options of large shrimp, house-​made cuttle fishballs and real scallops. The broth was creamy white with a nice kick of spice at the end. I think the broth was the winner for the day. Also, the little yogurty jello thing comes as dessert on the house.
We sat on the round stage under the disco ball and lighting track, making the whole table wondering what this place morphs into during the night-​time hours. The décor takes a moment to get use to, with the dark intimate lighting, glowing colour-​changing lights and a backdrop wall of fish tanks. It’s like a traditional chinese tea shop got smashed together with a disco nightclub and had a restaurant as a child. Weird but interesting. Plenty of tables around us were having set lunches complete with lobsters or crab. There were also a couple buffet-​style metal bins of soup? stew? that came out to the larger tables. Seems like a good choice for larger groups but definitely too much food for us.

Ordered a 5LB lobster meal and although the lobster itself was delicious, the rest of the dishes were just okay. It was nothing too special compared to your other Chinese seafood restaurants, especially at a cost of ~$ 160 (they include a 10% gratuity automatically in your bill).
Also, for a meal with such a big lobster, not once did we get new plates or have our plates switched out as can normally be expected. When we asked for extra napkins, the waiter only gave our table of three two napkins. It also took forever to catch the attention of a waiter even though the restaurant wasn’t that busy and they were adequately staffed.
Overall, the customer service could definitely improve, the food was okay, and I wouldn’t be against returning to try more dishes, but I wouldn’t be jumping at the chance either.

First time coming here on a Monday night. Interior décor looks quite nice and neat. The food was alright. However the service was quite horrible gotta say. Dishes were coming out really slow. We waited for about 30 mins for our first dish to come out and alot of them tasted really salty! Overall, I wouldn’t really recommend anyone.

I heard some good things in regards to this restaurant, and so went with a group of 5 people to this restaurant. We had ordered the lobster meal for 4 and added one vegetable to the meal. The meal contained lobster, short ribs, pumpkin soup, fish fillet with brocolli, and a fried rice.
overall the meal had nothing really spectacular the best part was probably the top 1 rib. which the restaurant is named after it was pretty flavourful. however the other dishes we all agreed was either too salty, which was the snow pea with garlic. or medicore when compared to other cantonese cuisine restaurants.
This restaurant has a nice interior and that was a great part, however they have problem when it comes to service times. The chef’s were remakrably slow when coming out with the dishes, at one point we waited 20 minutes for a friend rice, which was the final dish. and each dish was so slowly cooked that they cam out one at a time and we finished before the next dish had arrived.
The lobster was also of note not that great, it was maggie sauce lobster and was not done with any particular memorable. Many other places do it better.
Overall this restaurant i would not really recommend to friends, sicne there are plenty of options in the same area that offer similar pricing but with faster service and better food.

Went here for dinner Sunday night. Ordered the six people meal with an extra dish. Dishes arrived slowly and even after people after us got their dish. Food was a bit on the salty side. Taste was okay nothing to write home about. Their best thing was the veggie dish which is telling consider this is a seafood restaurant. Might come back for lunch but not for dinner.

First time here. We walked in and it looked kind of nice. The atmosphere felt good until we got a table. First when I sat down there is water dripping down from the ceiling. So we moved the table 4 feet away. The. The floor was t level so my chair was not stable. We had to move it again 1 foot away again. Now the waitress was right to go by.
We ordered the seafood combo. The fish soup had a big container and it occupied ¼ of the table. When all the dish came i couldn’t see one of my friend barely. The fish soup wasn’t sour enough. The vegetable dish had no taste. The lobster and crab was ok. These dish didn’t felt very hot because it got cd fast except the fish soup because it’s under a fire heater. We just felt very uncomfortable over all in our experience.

I came here with my family and my dad, who’s usually a critic. Despite the high prices, my dad concluded that the food was worth the price he was paying.
We ordered a combo I believe (my Chinese isn’t the greatest so I’m not really sure what they ordered before it came).
I found that the décor reflected what the place was specializing in, which was seafood.
Pros — The shrimp dish. Presentation on a flat rock was unique but I’ve seen it before and didn’t really seem to compliment the theme. Flavours were very tasty and size of each individual shrimp was reasonable. In particular, the rest of my family enjoyed the soup dish that seems to be pretty popular.
Cons — Washroom had an «off» stench… smelled like seafood… (probably due to the large tank).
I would come back for special occasions or if someone has a seafood craving.

The manager of this restaurant used to do business with my parents quite frequently. When she told us that she opened a new restaurant in the East Beaver Creek area, we decided to check it out, not knowing what it is in the first place.
I didn’t look at the reviews before I came here. Had I known about the weird setup, I probably wouldn’t have commented as much on… well, it’s weird setup. I personally found it more to be a karaōke bar than a club, since there was Chinese music blaring on the background of a TV screen.
We sat in the couch/​sofa area. While I enjoyed its comfy feel, I highly suggest against sitting there if you’re taller than 5’8″, as you would have to bend quite far to eat.
We ordered a combo for two, which came with cream corn soup, stir fried beef, lobster with cheese, and a side of veggies. We also added a beef shank in Szechuan style. Lamb skewers were also in our want-​to-​eat list, unfortunately they ran out that night. Eventually the manager gave us two free side dishes to compensate for the lack of lamb skewers.
Honestly, nothing really stood out. The cream corn soup was quite tasty, but everything else ranged from mediocre to average. The lobster was the smallest lobster I’ve ever seen, but I guess it’s because it was meant to share for two people. I honestly wanted to try the lamb skewers though, but next time I guess…
The fish soup noodle options look quite appetizing for lunch. Perhaps I would come back for that.

I really liked this place. We came as w group of 7 people. Sat at the raised table in the middle next to the Xmas tree.
The restaurant looks really cool. Its darkish but there are lots of pot lights. The decode is pretty neat. Everything is lit up and changes colour throughout the night. The restaurant is not crowded like some of the other ones in the neighbourhood where they try to jam as many people in as possible. Also it doesn’t smell like old rotten fish like others do.
Food. The food was relish. We ordered a set and a few extra dishes. We got a fish soup, Lobster, crab, a chicken dish, beef and mushroom, bok choi, and their signature ribs with taro. Everything was very tasty. The ribs were everyone’s favourite by far. My least favourite was the bok choi. Only because it was so plain. That being said it was still good. The fish soup was spicy. Very spicy. My friends ordered rice which I’m thankful. It helped stop the burning. :)
I highly recommend this restaurant. Can’t wait to go back.

3.5 stars
We came here for lunch recently. Yes, the interior is a little odd as others mentioned. It’s a mix of random furniture. There are some couches at the far end of the restaurant, which we turned down.
We ordered one of the set lunches, which included lobster and crab, fish in soup, and bok choy. The lobster and crab were a little small, so it made it difficult to eat because there was a lot of shell. However, the fish in soup was really good. The broth was great on its own, but the fish was also amazing. It also includes transparent flat noodles and tomatoes. The bok choy was… well, bok choy. Nothing special there.
We were also given a cup of sweet potato drink at the end, which I didn’t care for. I would definitely come back for the fish soup, and to try other dishes.

Not sure what they’re going for here. Looks like a night club, tables all have a mix match of goodwill type chairs. Large tanks on the wall with some impressive live fish and shellfish. Too bad it’s dark and not displayed as it could be.
Seafood dishes are ok, but found I was picking at little bits if lobster and crab, to get it out of the shells. Just overcooked and over battered.

Meh… it tastes alright. Portions were huge. Ordered fish noodle set, they gave lots of noodles but not much of the toppings. Also ordered a fried noodles with garlic and chillis, again portion was huge, but mostly noodles and not much toppings.
Service was good too, but for that price, I would rather go elsewhere for lunch.

2.5
Top 1 Seafood BBQ Bar Restaurant is trying hard and have some identity issue.
Decoration here is playful with a mix and match of Asian and European flare.
Lighting was dark and bar like during lunch hour made me a little confused as I stepped in thinking I went to the wrong place? The lunch special menu did offered me some comfort.
3 items to choose from ($ 8.95 and up) or you can opt for the Mix and Match Noodle Set ($ 8.25).
My Cold Noodle ($ 8.95) comes with a gooey tofu egg drop soup, a spring salad and mango pudding. The noodle dish itself though plentiful but a little bland in taste.
Mix and Match Noodle Set is A-​OK with a choice of dessert. The honey yam was meh though.
Almost all the dish has a little work of art as part of plating. They were kind of cute.
Top 1 might be one of the most lavishly decorated Chinese restaurant in the area but in a little awkward way.
The washroom has those high end Japanese toilet seat that would do everything for you…
I am still little confused after my initial visit to Top 1. I am not sure if enjoy the experience or not? Would I be back? I am not sure… and confused?!