reception **
reception desk
reception area
front desk AmE

I didn't want to get shot in the back from across the reception area.

She didn't want to take the risk of running into anyone in the reception area.

After a while, I got up and walked back out through the reception area.

She walked out of the reception area and decided to turn right.

I left the reception area and got back to the car.

As we walked up to the reception area, I tried to look inside.

One of the patients who'd been waiting in the reception area was getting into her car.

You'd have your own office on the other side of the reception area.

Everything was different on the other side of the reception area.

Before any of us could answer, a man's voice called from the reception area.