A MINI-scule affair

My beloved and i recently celebrated a friend's 30+ birthday at the new Greek restaurant MINI. As with all new restaurants go in Melbourne, there have been whispers amongst the pots and pan for a while that this would become the "Greek" contemporary, which seems to be what Melbourne is somewhat lacking of.
Situated a few doors down the infamous Yu-U on Oliver Lane, the first sightings of the restaurant (which is below ground level) are its stained glass windows. Enter the small doorway and we were greeted with the bar sidled along the left wall of the restaurant. The other thing I realised immediately about the place - hard surfaces everywhere, not a great start. You see, my first impressions of a restaurant now always rests with that point. If my dinner companion and I choose to carry on a conversation during dinner, will I hear him/her? More importantly, can I hear myself? I did like the red bunkett seats lined up against the back wall though.
Seated beneath a set of lights that look suspiciously of Drogg/Space design to my untrained eye, we were presented with our menu, comprising a total of two pages. Entree and mains comprised the first page, and dessert on the final page. Entrees which we shared amongst five of us comprised of sardines wrapped in prociutto, a whole calamari that had been stuff with veal & pork mince and then fried and cut into sections, a zucchini pie and a soup of some sort. It was that impressive, I did not remember.
My favourite was my main dish which comprised of lamb loin that looked like it has been aged for ages; it was nice, soft and melty in the mouth! Yum, accompanied with a mashed potato gratin of some sort, it was ultimately piggy for a Monday night. To drink, we had two bottles of the Hugel 2003 Riesling, extremely gluggable, and being priced at $45, it was one of the better choices. I can't even remember what we had for dessert, but it was something like four of the seven available on the menu. Ah yes, no expenses spared when it came to our stomachs!
All in all, it was a fantastic night. Aside from the slightly strange waiter, the not-so-well priced wine list, MINI was an enjoyable affair. Not an experience to repeat in a hurry, certainly, and quoting a friend "They didn't even have the token Saganaki, that's not really Greek food is it?".