diff --git a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosMethodCallTranslatorProvider.cs b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosMethodCallTranslatorProvider.cs
index e6007b2344f..37e983cbd81 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosMethodCallTranslatorProvider.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/CosmosMethodCallTranslatorProvider.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public CosmosMethodCallTranslatorProvider(
                 new IMethodCallTranslator[]
                 {
                     new EqualsTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory),
-                    //new StringMethodTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory),
+                    new StringMethodTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory),
                     new ContainsTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory)
                     //new LikeTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory),
                     //new EnumHasFlagTranslator(sqlExpressionFactory),
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/StringMethodTranslator.cs b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/StringMethodTranslator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03cd6bf809e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/StringMethodTranslator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Utilities;
+
+namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Cosmos.Query.Internal
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
+    ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
+    ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
+    ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class StringMethodTranslator : IMethodCallTranslator
+    {
+        private static readonly MethodInfo _containsMethodInfo
+            = typeof(string).GetRuntimeMethod(nameof(string.Contains), new[] { typeof(string) });
+
+        private static readonly MethodInfo _startsWithMethodInfo
+            = typeof(string).GetRuntimeMethod(nameof(string.StartsWith), new[] { typeof(string) });
+
+        private static readonly MethodInfo _endsWithMethodInfo
+            = typeof(string).GetRuntimeMethod(nameof(string.EndsWith), new[] { typeof(string) });
+
+        private readonly ISqlExpressionFactory _sqlExpressionFactory;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
+        ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
+        ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
+        ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
+        /// </summary>
+        public StringMethodTranslator([NotNull] ISqlExpressionFactory sqlExpressionFactory)
+        {
+            _sqlExpressionFactory = sqlExpressionFactory;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to
+        ///     the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in
+        ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
+        ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
+        /// </summary>
+        public virtual SqlExpression Translate(SqlExpression instance, MethodInfo method, IReadOnlyList<SqlExpression> arguments)
+        {
+            Check.NotNull(method, nameof(method));
+            Check.NotNull(arguments, nameof(arguments));
+
+            if (_containsMethodInfo.Equals(method))
+            {
+                return TranslateSystemFunction("CONTAINS", instance, arguments[0], typeof(bool));
+            }
+
+            if (_startsWithMethodInfo.Equals(method))
+            {
+                return TranslateSystemFunction("STARTSWITH", instance, arguments[0], typeof(bool));
+            }
+
+            if (_endsWithMethodInfo.Equals(method))
+            {
+                return TranslateSystemFunction("ENDSWITH", instance, arguments[0], typeof(bool));
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        private SqlExpression TranslateSystemFunction(string function, SqlExpression instance, SqlExpression pattern, Type returnType)
+        {
+            Check.NotNull(instance, nameof(instance));
+            return _sqlExpressionFactory.Function(
+                function,
+                new[] { instance, pattern },
+                returnType,
+                ExpressionExtensions.InferTypeMapping(instance, pattern));
+        }
+    }
+}