diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
index d085c6fd87..c7e06ef0f3 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/rest/__init__.py
@@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ def register_table(self, identifier: str | Identifier, metadata_location: str, o
     @retry(**_RETRY_ARGS)
     @override
     def list_tables(self, namespace: str | Identifier) -> list[Identifier]:
-        self._check_endpoint(Capability.V1_LIST_TABLES)
+        if Capability.V1_LIST_TABLES not in self._supported_endpoints:
+            return []
         namespace_tuple = self._check_valid_namespace_identifier(namespace)
         namespace_concat = self._encode_namespace_path(namespace_tuple)
         url = self.url(Endpoints.list_tables, namespace=namespace_concat)
@@ -1277,7 +1278,8 @@ def drop_namespace(self, namespace: str | Identifier) -> None:
     @retry(**_RETRY_ARGS)
     @override
     def list_namespaces(self, namespace: str | Identifier = ()) -> list[Identifier]:
-        self._check_endpoint(Capability.V1_LIST_NAMESPACES)
+        if Capability.V1_LIST_NAMESPACES not in self._supported_endpoints:
+            return []
         namespace_tuple = self.identifier_to_tuple(namespace)
 
         params: dict[str, str] = {}
diff --git a/tests/catalog/test_rest.py b/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
index 691e163744..270512ae5c 100644
--- a/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/catalog/test_rest.py
@@ -2887,6 +2887,34 @@ def test_unsupported_endpoint(self, requests_mock: Mocker) -> None:
         with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="Server does not support endpoint"):
             catalog._check_endpoint(Capability.V1_LIST_TABLES)
 
+    def test_list_tables_returns_empty_when_unsupported(self, requests_mock: Mocker) -> None:
+        requests_mock.get(
+            f"{TEST_URI}v1/config",
+            json={
+                "defaults": {},
+                "overrides": {},
+                "endpoints": ["GET /v1/{prefix}/namespaces"],
+            },
+            status_code=200,
+        )
+        catalog = RestCatalog("rest", uri=TEST_URI, token="token")
+
+        assert catalog.list_tables(("examples",)) == []
+
+    def test_list_namespaces_returns_empty_when_unsupported(self, requests_mock: Mocker) -> None:
+        requests_mock.get(
+            f"{TEST_URI}v1/config",
+            json={
+                "defaults": {},
+                "overrides": {},
+                "endpoints": ["GET /v1/{prefix}/namespaces/{namespace}/tables"],
+            },
+            status_code=200,
+        )
+        catalog = RestCatalog("rest", uri=TEST_URI, token="token")
+
+        assert catalog.list_namespaces() == []
+
     def test_config_returns_invalid_endpoint(self, requests_mock: Mocker) -> None:
         requests_mock.get(
             f"{TEST_URI}v1/config",