[1] It is located in a space designed by Finnish architects Aino and Alvar Aalto,[2][3] and furnished by the company Artek, which they had founded two years earlier.
[2][3][5] The main restaurant hall of Savoy is long and narrow, resembling a tram or a saloon on a ship.
[citation needed] The windows on the restaurant hall on the street side have a view to the Esplanadi park.
The most famous of them was Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, who had his first lunch at Savoy two days after its opening and stayed as a regular guest.
One time, when long-time Finnish politician Paavo Väyrynen visited the restaurant with his entourage, the staff told him "This will take a while, there was an accident in the kitchen".
However, no one told the restaurant pianist about this, and when he started playing the "James Bond Theme", everyone present recognised Moore.