diff --git a/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups.rs b/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups.rs
index bf82f211..e41875d4 100644
--- a/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups.rs
+++ b/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ use crate::{AssignedValue, ContextTag};
 use super::copy_constraints::SharedCopyConstraintManager;
 use super::manager::VirtualRegionManager;
 
+/// Basic dynamic lookup table gadget.
+pub mod basic;
+
 /// A manager that can be used for any lookup argument. This manager automates
 /// the process of copying cells to designed advice columns with lookup enabled.
 /// It also manages how many such advice columns are necessary.
diff --git a/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups/basic.rs b/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups/basic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c60d86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/halo2-base/src/virtual_region/lookups/basic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+use crate::{
+    halo2_proofs::{
+        circuit::{Layouter, Region, Value},
+        halo2curves::ff::Field,
+        plonk::{Advice, Column, ConstraintSystem, Phase},
+        poly::Rotation,
+    },
+    utils::{
+        halo2::{raw_assign_advice, Halo2AssignedCell},
+        ScalarField,
+    },
+    virtual_region::{
+        copy_constraints::SharedCopyConstraintManager, lookups::LookupAnyManager,
+        manager::VirtualRegionManager,
+    },
+    AssignedValue,
+};
+
+/// A simple dynamic lookup table for when you want to verify some length `KEY_COL` key
+/// is in a provided (dynamic) table of the same format.
+///
+/// Note that you can also use this to look up (key, out) pairs, where you consider the whole
+/// pair as the new key.
+///
+/// We can have multiple sets of dedicated columns to be looked up: these can be specified
+/// when calling `new`, but typically we just need 1 set.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct BasicDynLookupConfig<const KEY_COL: usize> {
+    /// Columns for cells to be looked up.
+    pub to_lookup: Vec<[Column<Advice>; KEY_COL]>,
+    /// Table to look up against.
+    pub table: [Column<Advice>; KEY_COL],
+}
+
+impl<const KEY_COL: usize> BasicDynLookupConfig<KEY_COL> {
+    /// Assumes all columns are in the same phase `P` to make life easier.
+    /// We enable equality on all columns because we envision both the columns to lookup
+    /// and the table will need to talk to halo2-lib.
+    pub fn new<P: Phase, F: Field>(
+        meta: &mut ConstraintSystem<F>,
+        phase: impl Fn() -> P,
+        num_lu_sets: usize,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let mut make_columns = || {
+            [(); KEY_COL].map(|_| {
+                let advice = meta.advice_column_in(phase());
+                meta.enable_equality(advice);
+                advice
+            })
+        };
+        let table = make_columns();
+        let to_lookup: Vec<_> = (0..num_lu_sets).map(|_| make_columns()).collect();
+
+        for to_lookup in &to_lookup {
+            meta.lookup_any("dynamic lookup table", |meta| {
+                let table = table.map(|c| meta.query_advice(c, Rotation::cur()));
+                let to_lu = to_lookup.map(|c| meta.query_advice(c, Rotation::cur()));
+                to_lu.into_iter().zip(table).collect()
+            });
+        }
+
+        Self { table, to_lookup }
+    }
+
+    /// Assign managed lookups
+    pub fn assign_managed_lookups<F: ScalarField>(
+        &self,
+        mut layouter: impl Layouter<F>,
+        lookup_manager: &LookupAnyManager<F, KEY_COL>,
+    ) {
+        layouter
+            .assign_region(
+                || "Managed lookup advice",
+                |mut region| {
+                    lookup_manager.assign_raw(&self.to_lookup, &mut region);
+                    Ok(())
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    /// Assign virtual table to raw
+    pub fn assign_virtual_table_to_raw<F: ScalarField>(
+        &self,
+        mut layouter: impl Layouter<F>,
+        rows: impl IntoIterator<Item = [AssignedValue<F>; KEY_COL]>,
+        copy_manager: Option<&SharedCopyConstraintManager<F>>,
+    ) {
+        layouter
+            .assign_region(
+                || "Dynamic Lookup Table",
+                |mut region| {
+                    self.assign_virtual_table_to_raw_from_offset(
+                        &mut region,
+                        rows,
+                        0,
+                        copy_manager,
+                    );
+                    Ok(())
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    /// `copy_manager` **must** be provided unless you are only doing witness generation
+    /// without constraints.
+    pub fn assign_virtual_table_to_raw_from_offset<F: ScalarField>(
+        &self,
+        region: &mut Region<F>,
+        rows: impl IntoIterator<Item = [AssignedValue<F>; KEY_COL]>,
+        offset: usize,
+        copy_manager: Option<&SharedCopyConstraintManager<F>>,
+    ) {
+        for (i, row) in rows.into_iter().enumerate() {
+            for (col, virtual_cell) in self.table.into_iter().zip(row) {
+                assign_virtual_to_raw(region, col, offset + i, virtual_cell, copy_manager);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Assign virtual cell to raw halo2 cell.
+/// `copy_manager` **must** be provided unless you are only doing witness generation
+/// without constraints.
+pub fn assign_virtual_to_raw<'v, F: ScalarField>(
+    region: &mut Region<F>,
+    column: Column<Advice>,
+    offset: usize,
+    virtual_cell: AssignedValue<F>,
+    copy_manager: Option<&SharedCopyConstraintManager<F>>,
+) -> Halo2AssignedCell<'v, F> {
+    let raw = raw_assign_advice(region, column, offset, Value::known(virtual_cell.value));
+    if let Some(copy_manager) = copy_manager {
+        let mut copy_manager = copy_manager.lock().unwrap();
+        let cell = virtual_cell.cell.unwrap();
+        copy_manager.assigned_advices.insert(cell, raw.cell());
+        drop(copy_manager);
+    }
+    raw
+}