Bronx-born chef Pauline Buth's Khmer home-cooking pop-up, named Best New Pop-Up at the 2026 8it Awards.
damnlines hasn't pointed a lens at M'Maht yet. The most-wanted lines get a camera first.
M'Maht is chef Pauline Buth's Cambodian pop-up, rooted in her family's Khmer home cooking; 8it, which named it Best New Pop-Up at the 2026 8it Awards, describes the food as honoring "Khmer resilience, from bones carried home on the D train by her grandmother to full plates cooked by Pauline today." The pop-up rotates through Brooklyn spaces including Commune and Greenpoint's Lise & Vito rather than holding a fixed storefront.
Neither 8it's awards writeup nor other coverage found specifies exact hours, a booking system, or how quickly individual pop-up dates fill, so wait-time and reservation specifics for M'Maht remain unconfirmed.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
No specific wait times have been reported; M'Maht is a rotating pop-up (not a fixed venue) and coverage from 8it, which named it Best New Pop-Up at the 2026 8it Awards, doesn't detail line lengths.
No reservation system has been documented in available coverage; the pop-up moves between Brooklyn venues like Commune and Lise & Vito, so booking likely follows each host location's own process.
Unconfirmed — as a rotating pop-up hosted at different Brooklyn spaces, walk-in availability likely depends on the specific date and host venue rather than a standing policy.
Sources: 8it Awards 2026 Winners