diff --git a/demos/menu/default.html b/demos/menu/default.html
index 5fc0971d951..a54eb3d24ca 100644
--- a/demos/menu/default.html
+++ b/demos/menu/default.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<ul>
 			<li class="ui-state-disabled">Ada</li>
 			<li>Saarland</li>
-			<li>Salzburg</li>
+			<li>Salzburg an der schönen Donau</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 	<li>Saarland</li>
diff --git a/demos/menu/icons.html b/demos/menu/icons.html
index 667e526454e..2c416c65f15 100644
--- a/demos/menu/icons.html
+++ b/demos/menu/icons.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 			<li><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-seek-end"></span>Next</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
+	<li>Learn more about this menu</li>
 </ul>
 
 <div class="demo-description">
diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.menu.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.menu.css
index cc390cec412..7970422c7a6 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.menu.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.menu.css
@@ -10,27 +10,25 @@
  */
 .ui-menu {
 	list-style: none;
-	padding: 2px;
+	padding: 0;
 	margin: 0;
 	display: block;
 	outline: none;
 }
 .ui-menu .ui-menu {
-	margin-top: -3px;
 	position: absolute;
 }
 .ui-menu .ui-menu-item {
 	margin: 0;
 	display: block;
-	padding: 2px .4em;
-	line-height: 1.5;
+	padding: 3px .4em;
+	cursor: pointer;
 	min-height: 0; /* support: IE7 */
-	font-weight: normal;
 	/* support: IE10, see #8844 */
 	list-style-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7);
 }
 .ui-menu .ui-menu-divider {
-	margin: 5px -2px 5px -2px;
+	margin: 5px 0;
 	height: 0;
 	font-size: 0;
 	line-height: 0;
@@ -38,19 +36,9 @@
 }
 .ui-menu .ui-state-focus,
 .ui-menu .ui-state-active {
-	font-weight: normal;
 	margin: -1px;
 }
 
-.ui-menu .ui-state-disabled {
-	font-weight: normal;
-	margin: .4em 0 .2em;
-	line-height: 1.5;
-}
-.ui-menu .ui-state-disabled a {
-	cursor: default;
-}
-
 /* icon support */
 .ui-menu-icons {
 	position: relative;
@@ -69,6 +57,7 @@
 
 /* right-aligned */
 .ui-menu .ui-menu-icon {
-	position: static;
+	position: relative;
+	top: -.2em;
 	float: right;
 }
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.menu.js b/ui/jquery.ui.menu.js
index b0ff3889481..c5d2bc77753 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.menu.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.menu.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 		items: "> *",
 		menus: "ul",
 		position: {
-			my: "left top",
+			my: "left-1 top",
 			at: "right top"
 		},
 		role: "menu",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 		this.mouseHandled = false;
 		this.element
 			.uniqueId()
-			.addClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" )
+			.addClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content" )
 			.toggleClass( "ui-menu-icons", !!this.element.find( ".ui-icon" ).length )
 			.attr({
 				role: this.options.role,
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 		this.element
 			.removeAttr( "aria-activedescendant" )
 			.find( ".ui-menu" ).addBack()
-				.removeClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all ui-menu-icons" )
+				.removeClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-menu-icons" )
 				.removeAttr( "role" )
 				.removeAttr( "tabIndex" )
 				.removeAttr( "aria-labelledby" )
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 			.removeAttr( "role" )
 			.removeAttr( "aria-disabled" )
 			.removeUniqueId()
-			.removeClass( "ui-corner-all ui-state-hover" )
+			.removeClass( "ui-state-hover" )
 			.removeAttr( "tabIndex" )
 			.removeAttr( "role" )
 			.removeAttr( "aria-haspopup" )
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 
 		// Initialize nested menus
 		submenus.filter( ":not(.ui-menu)" )
-			.addClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all" )
+			.addClass( "ui-menu ui-widget ui-widget-content" )
 			.hide()
 			.attr({
 				role: this.options.role,
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ $.widget( "ui.menu", {
 		items.not( ".ui-menu-item, .ui-menu-divider" )
 			.addClass( "ui-menu-item" )
 			.uniqueId()
-			.addClass( "ui-corner-all" )
 			.attr({
 				tabIndex: -1,
 				role: this._itemRole()