diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5110d5a480..4d1dc28b76 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3468,14 +3468,19 @@ name = "iceberg-catalog-s3tables"
 version = "0.9.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "arrow-array",
+ "arrow-schema",
  "async-trait",
  "aws-config",
  "aws-sdk-s3tables",
+ "futures",
  "iceberg",
  "iceberg-storage-opendal",
  "iceberg_test_utils",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "parquet",
  "tokio",
+ "uuid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml b/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
index 2fe096fec9..dc7be3027f 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ iceberg-storage-opendal = { workspace = true, features = ["opendal-s3"] }
 
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+arrow-array = { workspace = true }
+arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
+futures = { workspace = true }
 iceberg_test_utils = { path = "../../test_utils", features = ["tests"] }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
+parquet = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
+uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs b/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
index b88bd77d29..833d058a31 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ where T: std::fmt::Debug {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use futures::TryStreamExt;
     use iceberg::spec::{NestedField, PrimitiveType, Schema, Type};
     use iceberg::transaction::{ApplyTransactionAction, Transaction};
 
@@ -1175,4 +1176,108 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(err.message(), "Catalog name cannot be empty");
         }
     }
+
+    /// Verify that an S3 Table catalog can create a table, write data, load the same table, and read from it.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_s3tables_create_table_write_load_table_read() {
+        use iceberg::writer::base_writer::data_file_writer::DataFileWriterBuilder;
+        use iceberg::writer::file_writer::ParquetWriterBuilder;
+        use iceberg::writer::file_writer::location_generator::{
+            DefaultFileNameGenerator, DefaultLocationGenerator,
+        };
+        use iceberg::writer::file_writer::rolling_writer::RollingFileWriterBuilder;
+        use iceberg::writer::{IcebergWriter, IcebergWriterBuilder};
+
+        let catalog = match load_s3tables_catalog_from_env().await {
+            Ok(Some(c)) => c,
+            Ok(None) => return,
+            Err(e) => panic!("Error loading catalog: {e}"),
+        };
+
+        let ns = NamespaceIdent::new(format!("test_rw_{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4().simple()));
+        catalog.create_namespace(&ns, HashMap::new()).await.unwrap();
+
+        let table_name = String::from("table");
+
+        let schema = Schema::builder()
+            .with_fields(vec![
+                NestedField::required(1, "id", Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Int)).into(),
+            ])
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
+        let creation = TableCreation::builder()
+            .name(table_name.clone())
+            .schema(schema)
+            .build();
+
+        let table = catalog.create_table(&ns, creation).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Write one row.
+        let arrow_schema: Arc<arrow_schema::Schema> = Arc::new(
+            table
+                .metadata()
+                .current_schema()
+                .as_ref()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap(),
+        );
+        let batch = arrow_array::RecordBatch::try_new(arrow_schema, vec![Arc::new(
+            arrow_array::Int32Array::from(vec![42]),
+        )])
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // Locations will be generated based on the table metadata, which will be using `s3://` for Amazon S3 Tables.
+        let location_generator = DefaultLocationGenerator::new(table.metadata().clone()).unwrap();
+        let file_name_generator = DefaultFileNameGenerator::new(
+            "test".to_string(),
+            None,
+            iceberg::spec::DataFileFormat::Parquet,
+        );
+        let parquet_writer_builder = ParquetWriterBuilder::new(
+            parquet::file::properties::WriterProperties::default(),
+            table.metadata().current_schema().clone(),
+        );
+        let rw = RollingFileWriterBuilder::new_with_default_file_size(
+            parquet_writer_builder,
+            table.file_io().clone(),
+            location_generator,
+            file_name_generator,
+        );
+        let mut writer = DataFileWriterBuilder::new(rw).build(None).await.unwrap();
+        writer.write(batch.clone()).await.unwrap();
+        let data_files = writer.close().await.unwrap();
+
+        let tx = Transaction::new(&table);
+        let tx = tx
+            .fast_append()
+            .add_data_files(data_files)
+            .apply(tx)
+            .unwrap();
+        tx.commit(&catalog).await.unwrap();
+
+        // Reload from catalog and read back.
+        let table_ident = TableIdent::new(ns.clone(), table_name.clone());
+        let reloaded = catalog.load_table(&table_ident).await.unwrap();
+        let batches: Vec<arrow_array::RecordBatch> = reloaded
+            .scan()
+            .select_all()
+            .build()
+            .expect("scan to be valid (snapshot exists, schema is OK)")
+            .to_arrow()
+            .await
+            .expect("scan tasks should be OK")
+            .try_collect()
+            .await
+            .expect("scan should complete successfully");
+
+        assert_eq!(batches.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            batches[0], batch,
+            "read records should match records written earlier"
+        );
+
+        // Clean up.
+        catalog.purge_table(&table_ident).await.ok();
+        catalog.drop_namespace(&ns).await.ok();
+    }
 }