diff --git a/python/lancedb/remote/client.py b/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
index 7d3d965d..17edc2e4 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 import functools
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional, Union
 
 import aiohttp
 import attr
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ from lancedb.common import Credential
 from lancedb.remote import VectorQuery, VectorQueryResult
 from lancedb.remote.errors import LanceDBClientError
 
+ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/vnd.apache.arrow.stream"
+
 
 def _check_not_closed(f):
     @functools.wraps(f)
@@ -59,9 +61,12 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
 
     @functools.cached_property
     def headers(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        return {
+        headers = {
             "x-api-key": self.api_key,
         }
+        if self.region == "local":  # Local test mode
+            headers["Host"] = f"{self.db_name}.{self.region}.api.lancedb.com"
+        return headers
 
     @staticmethod
     async def _check_status(resp: aiohttp.ClientResponse):
@@ -94,6 +99,8 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
         self,
         uri: str,
         data: Union[Dict[str, Any], BaseModel, bytes],
+        params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
+        content_type: Optional[str] = None,
         deserialize: Callable = lambda resp: resp.json(),
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Send a POST request and returns the deserialized response payload.
@@ -111,9 +118,14 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
             req_kwargs = {"data": data}
         else:
             req_kwargs = {"json": data}
+
+        headers = self.headers.copy()
+        if content_type is not None:
+            headers["content-type"] = content_type
         async with self.session.post(
             uri,
-            headers=self.headers,
+            headers=headers,
+            params=params,
             **req_kwargs,
         ) as resp:
             resp: aiohttp.ClientResponse = resp
diff --git a/python/lancedb/remote/db.py b/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
index a447a805..f8a93e9c 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #  limitations under the License.
 
 import asyncio
+import uuid
 from typing import List
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ from lancedb.schema import schema_to_json
 from lancedb.table import Table, _sanitize_data
 
 from .arrow import to_ipc_binary
-from .client import RestfulLanceDBClient
+from .client import ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE, RestfulLanceDBClient
 
 
 class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         name: str,
         data: DATA = None,
         schema: pa.Schema = None,
-        mode: str = "create",
         on_bad_vectors: str = "error",
         fill_value: float = 0.0,
     ) -> Table:
@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
         from .table import RemoteTable
 
         data = to_ipc_binary(data)
+        request_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
         self._loop.run_until_complete(
-            self._client.post(f"/v1/table/{name}/create", data=data)
+            self._client.post(
+                f"/v1/table/{name}/create",
+                data=data,
+                params={"request_id": request_id},
+                content_type=ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE,
+            )
         )
         return RemoteTable(self, name)
diff --git a/python/lancedb/remote/table.py b/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
index 8ee631b8..3c7070a2 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/table.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
+import uuid
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Union
 
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ from lancedb.common import DATA, VEC, VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME
 
 from ..query import LanceQueryBuilder, Query
 from ..schema import json_to_schema
-from ..table import Query, Table
+from ..table import Query, Table, _sanitize_data
+from .arrow import to_ipc_binary
+from .client import ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE
 from .db import RemoteDBConnection
 
 
@@ -61,7 +64,22 @@ class RemoteTable(Table):
         on_bad_vectors: str = "error",
         fill_value: float = 0.0,
     ) -> int:
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        data = _sanitize_data(
+            data, self.schema, on_bad_vectors=on_bad_vectors, fill_value=fill_value
+        )
+        payload = to_ipc_binary(data)
+
+        request_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+        self._conn._loop.run_until_complete(
+            self._conn._client.post(
+                f"/v1/table/{self._name}/insert",
+                data=payload,
+                params={"request_id": request_id, "mode": mode},
+                content_type=ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE,
+            )
+        )
+        return len(data)
 
     def search(
         self, query: Union[VEC, str], vector_column: str = VECTOR_COLUMN_NAME