diff --git a/python/lance/__init__.py b/python/lance/__init__.py
index 83e602677a8..5c76bfa4954 100644
--- a/python/lance/__init__.py
+++ b/python/lance/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Lance Developers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from typing import Union
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pyarrow as pa
 import pyarrow.dataset as ds
-from lance.lib import LanceFileFormat
+from lance.lib import LanceFileFormat, WriteTable
+
+__all__ = ["dataset", "write_table"]
 
 
-def dataset(uri: str):
+def dataset(uri: str) -> ds.Dataset:
     """
     Create an Arrow Dataset from the given lance uri.
 
@@ -13,3 +33,18 @@ def dataset(uri: str):
     """
     fmt = LanceFileFormat()
     return ds.dataset(uri, format=fmt)
+
+
+def write_table(table: pa.Table, destination: Union[str, Path], primary_key: str):
+    """Write an Arrow Table into the destination.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    table : pa.Table
+        Apache Arrow Table
+    destination : str or `Path`
+        The destination to write dataset to.
+    primary_key : str
+        The column name of the primary key.
+    """
+    WriteTable(table, destination, primary_key)
diff --git a/python/lance/_lib.pyx b/python/lance/_lib.pyx
index 6161d5d9a5d..4c9768fa6a6 100644
--- a/python/lance/_lib.pyx
+++ b/python/lance/_lib.pyx
@@ -1,17 +1,63 @@
+# distutils: language = c++
+
+from typing import Union
+
+from cython.operator cimport dereference as deref
+from libcpp cimport bool
 from libcpp.memory cimport shared_ptr
-from pyarrow.includes.libarrow_dataset cimport CFileFormat
+from libcpp.string cimport string
+from pathlib import Path
+from pyarrow import Table
 from pyarrow._dataset cimport FileFormat
+from pyarrow.includes.common cimport *
+from pyarrow.includes.libarrow cimport CTable, COutputStream
+from pyarrow.includes.libarrow_dataset cimport CFileFormat
+from pyarrow.lib cimport pyarrow_unwrap_table, check_status, get_writer
 
 
-cdef extern from "lance/arrow/file_lance.h" namespace "lance" nogil:
+cdef extern from "<optional>" namespace "std" nogil:
+    # Backport https://github.com/cython/cython/blob/master/Cython/Includes/libcpp/optional.pxd
+    # before cython 3.0 release
+    cdef cppclass nullopt_t:
+        nullopt_t()
+
+    cdef nullopt_t nullopt
+
+    cdef cppclass optional[T]:
+        ctypedef T value_type
+        optional()
+        optional(nullopt_t)
+        optional(optional &) except +
+        optional(T &) except +
+        bool has_value()
+        T& value()
+        T& value_or[U](U& default_value)
+        void swap(optional &)
+        void reset()
+        T& emplace(...)
+        T& operator *()
+        #T* operator->() # Not Supported
+        optional& operator=(optional &)
+        optional& operator=[U](U &)
 
+
+cdef extern from "lance/arrow/file_lance.h" namespace "lance" nogil:
     cdef cppclass CLanceFileFormat "::lance::arrow::LanceFileFormat"(
-            CFileFormat):
+        CFileFormat):
         pass
 
+    cdef cppclass CFileWriteOptions "::lance::arrow::FileWriteOptions"
 
-cdef class LanceFileFormat(FileFormat):
 
+cdef extern from "lance/arrow/writer.h" namespace "lance::arrow" nogil:
+    CStatus CWriteTable "::lance::arrow::WriteTable"(
+            const CTable& table,
+            shared_ptr[COutputStream] sink,
+            const c_string& primary_key,
+            optional[CFileWriteOptions] options)
+
+
+cdef class LanceFileFormat(FileFormat):
     def __init__(self):
         self.init(shared_ptr[CFileFormat](new CLanceFileFormat()))
 
@@ -25,3 +71,14 @@ cdef class LanceFileFormat(FileFormat):
     def __reduce__(self):
         return LanceFileFormat, tuple()
 
+def WriteTable(table: Table,
+               sink: Union[str, Path],
+               primary_key: str):
+    arrow_table = pyarrow_unwrap_table(table)
+    cdef shared_ptr[COutputStream] out
+    get_writer(sink, &out)
+    cdef string pk = primary_key.encode("utf-8")
+
+    cdef optional[CFileWriteOptions] options = nullopt
+    with nogil:
+        check_status(CWriteTable(deref(arrow_table), out, pk, options))
diff --git a/python/lance/tests/api_test.py b/python/lance/tests/api_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6799fcd522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/lance/tests/api_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Lance Developers
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pandas as pd
+import pyarrow as pa
+from lance import write_table, dataset
+
+
+def test_simple_round_trips(tmp_path: Path):
+    table = pa.Table.from_pandas(pd.DataFrame({"label": [123, 456, 789], "values": [22, 33, 2.24]}))
+    write_table(table, tmp_path / "test.lance", "label")
+
+    assert (tmp_path / "test.lance").exists()
+
+    ds = dataset(str(tmp_path / "test.lance"))
+    actual = ds.to_table()
+
+    assert (table == actual)
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 7d550d35741..b46503f2b16 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ minversion = "6.0"
 addopts = ["-ra", "--showlocals", "--strict-markers", "--strict-config"]
 xfail_strict = true
 filterwarnings = ["error"]
-testpaths = ["pylance/tests"]
+testpaths = ["lance/tests"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 test-command = "pytest {project}/pylance/tests"
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index bdc5a83b9fb..17380c055b0 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     long_description="",
     ext_modules=cythonize(extensions, language_level="3"),
     zip_safe=False,
-    extras_require={"test": ["pytest>=6.0"]},
+    extras_require={"test": ["pytest>=6.0", "pandas"]},
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     packages=find_packages()
 )