diff --git a/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue b/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..894950dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/lib/menu/BaseMenu.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<script>
+import BaseComponent from 'primevue/basecomponent';
+import { useStyle } from 'primevue/usestyle';
+
+const styles = `
+.p-menu ul {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    list-style: none;
+}
+
+.p-menu .p-menuitem-link {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    position: relative;
+}
+
+.p-menu .p-menuitem-text {
+    line-height: 1;
+}
+`;
+
+const classes = {
+    root: ({ instance, props }) => [
+        'p-menu p-component',
+        {
+            'p-menu-overlay': props.popup,
+            'p-input-filled': instance.$primevue.config.inputStyle === 'filled',
+            'p-ripple-disabled': instance.$primevue.config.ripple === false
+        }
+    ],
+    start: 'p-menu-start',
+    menu: 'p-menu-list p-reset',
+    submenuHeader: 'p-submenu-header',
+    separator: 'p-menuitem-separator',
+    end: 'p-menu-end',
+    menuitem: ({ context }) => [
+        'p-menuitem',
+        {
+            'p-focus': context.id === context.focusedOptionId,
+            'p-disabled': context.disabled()
+        }
+    ],
+    content: 'p-menuitem-content',
+    action: ({ context, routerProps }) => [
+        'p-menuitem-link',
+        {
+            'router-link-active': routerProps && routerProps.isActive,
+            'router-link-active-exact': context.exact && routerProps && routerProps.isExactActive
+        }
+    ],
+    icon: 'p-menuitem-icon',
+    label: 'p-menuitem-text'
+};
+
+const { load: loadStyle, unload: unloadStyle } = useStyle(styles, { id: 'primevue_menu_style', manual: true });
+
+export default {
+    name: 'BaseMenu',
+    extends: BaseComponent,
+    props: {
+        popup: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: false
+        },
+        model: {
+            type: Array,
+            default: null
+        },
+        appendTo: {
+            type: String,
+            default: 'body'
+        },
+        autoZIndex: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: true
+        },
+        baseZIndex: {
+            type: Number,
+            default: 0
+        },
+        exact: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: true
+        },
+        tabindex: {
+            type: Number,
+            default: 0
+        },
+        'aria-label': {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        },
+        'aria-labelledby': {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        }
+    },
+    css: {
+        classes
+    },
+    watch: {
+        isUnstyled: {
+            immediate: true,
+            handler(newValue) {
+                !newValue && loadStyle();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/Menu.d.ts b/components/lib/menu/Menu.d.ts
index 3e22b5384..f76570a5c 100755
--- a/components/lib/menu/Menu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/menu/Menu.d.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ export interface MenuProps {
      * @type {MenuPassThroughOptions}
      */
     pt?: MenuPassThroughOptions;
+    /**
+     * When enabled, it removes component related styles in the core.
+     * @defaultValue false
+     */
+    unstyled?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue b/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
index e8cffe0d4..8d57cdf0d 100644
--- a/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menu/Menu.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <template>
     <Portal :appendTo="appendTo" :disabled="!popup">
         <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onEnter" @leave="onLeave" @after-leave="onAfterLeave">
-            <div v-if="popup ? overlayVisible : true" :ref="containerRef" :id="id" :class="containerClass" @click="onOverlayClick" v-bind="{ ...$attrs, ...ptm('root') }">
-                <div v-if="$slots.start" class="p-menu-start" v-bind="ptm('start')">
+            <div v-if="popup ? overlayVisible : true" :ref="containerRef" :id="id" :class="cx('root')" @click="onOverlayClick" v-bind="{ ...$attrs, ...ptm('root') }" data-pc-name="menu">
+                <div v-if="$slots.start" :class="cx('start')" v-bind="ptm('start')">
                     <slot name="start"></slot>
                 </div>
                 <ul
                     :ref="listRef"
                     :id="id + '_list'"
-                    class="p-menu-list p-reset"
+                    :class="cx('menu')"
                     role="menu"
                     :tabindex="tabindex"
                     :aria-activedescendant="focused ? focusedOptionId : undefined"
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
                 >
                     <template v-for="(item, i) of model" :key="label(item) + i.toString()">
                         <template v-if="item.items && visible(item) && !item.separator">
-                            <li v-if="item.items" :id="id + '_' + i" class="p-submenu-header" role="none" v-bind="ptm('submenuHeader')">
+                            <li v-if="item.items" :id="id + '_' + i" :class="cx('submenuHeader')" role="none" v-bind="ptm('submenuHeader')">
                                 <slot name="item" :item="item">{{ label(item) }}</slot>
                             </li>
                             <template v-for="(child, j) of item.items" :key="child.label + i + '_' + j">
                                 <PVMenuitem v-if="visible(child) && !child.separator" :id="id + '_' + i + '_' + j" :item="child" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :focusedOptionId="focusedOptionId" @item-click="itemClick" :pt="pt" />
-                                <li v-else-if="visible(child) && child.separator" :key="'separator' + i + j" :class="separatorClass(item)" :style="child.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
+                                <li v-else-if="visible(child) && child.separator" :key="'separator' + i + j" :class="[cx('separator'), item.class]" :style="child.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
                             </template>
                         </template>
-                        <li v-else-if="visible(item) && item.separator" :key="'separator' + i.toString()" :class="separatorClass(item)" :style="item.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
+                        <li v-else-if="visible(item) && item.separator" :key="'separator' + i.toString()" :class="[cx('separator'), item.class]" :style="item.style" role="separator" v-bind="ptm('separator')"></li>
                         <PVMenuitem v-else :key="label(item) + i.toString()" :id="id + '_' + i" :item="item" :templates="$slots" :exact="exact" :focusedOptionId="focusedOptionId" @item-click="itemClick" :pt="pt" />
                     </template>
                 </ul>
-                <div v-if="$slots.end" class="p-menu-end" v-bind="ptm('end')">
+                <div v-if="$slots.end" :class="cx('end')" v-bind="ptm('end')">
                     <slot name="end"></slot>
                 </div>
             </div>
@@ -42,55 +42,17 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import BaseComponent from 'primevue/basecomponent';
 import OverlayEventBus from 'primevue/overlayeventbus';
 import Portal from 'primevue/portal';
 import { ConnectedOverlayScrollHandler, DomHandler, UniqueComponentId, ZIndexUtils } from 'primevue/utils';
+import BaseMenu from './BaseMenu.vue';
 import Menuitem from './Menuitem.vue';
 
 export default {
     name: 'Menu',
-    extends: BaseComponent,
+    extends: BaseMenu,
     inheritAttrs: false,
     emits: ['show', 'hide', 'focus', 'blur'],
-    props: {
-        popup: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: false
-        },
-        model: {
-            type: Array,
-            default: null
-        },
-        appendTo: {
-            type: String,
-            default: 'body'
-        },
-        autoZIndex: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
-        baseZIndex: {
-            type: Number,
-            default: 0
-        },
-        exact: {
-            type: Boolean,
-            default: true
-        },
-        tabindex: {
-            type: Number,
-            default: 0
-        },
-        'aria-label': {
-            type: String,
-            default: null
-        },
-        'aria-labelledby': {
-            type: String,
-            default: null
-        }
-    },
     data() {
         return {
             id: this.$attrs.id,
@@ -238,12 +200,12 @@ export default {
             event.preventDefault();
         },
         onEndKey(event) {
-            this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li.p-menuitem:not(.p-disabled)').length - 1);
+            this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li[data-pc-section="menuitem"][data-p-disabled="false"]').length - 1);
             event.preventDefault();
         },
         onEnterKey(event) {
             const element = DomHandler.findSingle(this.list, `li[id="${`${this.focusedOptionIndex}`}"]`);
-            const anchorElement = element && DomHandler.findSingle(element, '.p-menuitem-link');
+            const anchorElement = element && DomHandler.findSingle(element, 'a[data-pc-section="action"]');
 
             this.popup && DomHandler.focus(this.target);
             anchorElement ? anchorElement.click() : element && element.click();
@@ -254,19 +216,19 @@ export default {
             this.onEnterKey(event);
         },
         findNextOptionIndex(index) {
-            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li.p-menuitem:not(.p-disabled)');
+            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li[data-pc-section="menuitem"][data-p-disabled="false"]');
             const matchedOptionIndex = [...links].findIndex((link) => link.id === index);
 
             return matchedOptionIndex > -1 ? matchedOptionIndex + 1 : 0;
         },
         findPrevOptionIndex(index) {
-            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li.p-menuitem:not(.p-disabled)');
+            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li[data-pc-section="menuitem"][data-p-disabled="false"]');
             const matchedOptionIndex = [...links].findIndex((link) => link.id === index);
 
             return matchedOptionIndex > -1 ? matchedOptionIndex - 1 : 0;
         },
         changeFocusedOptionIndex(index) {
-            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li.p-menuitem:not(.p-disabled)');
+            const links = DomHandler.find(this.container, 'li[data-pc-section="menuitem"][data-p-disabled="false"]');
             let order = index >= links.length ? links.length - 1 : index < 0 ? 0 : index;
 
             order > -1 && (this.focusedOptionIndex = links[order].getAttribute('id'));
@@ -284,6 +246,7 @@ export default {
             this.target = null;
         },
         onEnter(el) {
+            DomHandler.addStyles(el, { position: 'absolute', top: '0', left: '0' });
             this.alignOverlay();
             this.bindOutsideClickListener();
             this.bindResizeListener();
@@ -379,9 +342,6 @@ export default {
         label(item) {
             return typeof item.label === 'function' ? item.label() : item.label;
         },
-        separatorClass(item) {
-            return ['p-menuitem-separator', item.class];
-        },
         onOverlayClick(event) {
             OverlayEventBus.emit('overlay-click', {
                 originalEvent: event,
@@ -396,16 +356,6 @@ export default {
         }
     },
     computed: {
-        containerClass() {
-            return [
-                'p-menu p-component',
-                {
-                    'p-menu-overlay': this.popup,
-                    'p-input-filled': this.$primevue.config.inputStyle === 'filled',
-                    'p-ripple-disabled': this.$primevue.config.ripple === false
-                }
-            ];
-        },
         focusedOptionId() {
             return this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : null;
         }
@@ -416,30 +366,3 @@ export default {
     }
 };
 </script>
-
-<style>
-.p-menu-overlay {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 0;
-    left: 0;
-}
-
-.p-menu ul {
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-    list-style: none;
-}
-
-.p-menu .p-menuitem-link {
-    cursor: pointer;
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    text-decoration: none;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    position: relative;
-}
-
-.p-menu .p-menuitem-text {
-    line-height: 1;
-}
-</style>
diff --git a/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue b/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
index 293da0c81..9bd715539 100644
--- a/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
+++ b/components/lib/menu/Menuitem.vue
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 <template>
-    <li v-if="visible()" :id="id" :class="containerClass()" role="menuitem" :style="item.style" :aria-label="label()" :aria-disabled="disabled()" v-bind="getPTOptions('menuitem')">
-        <div class="p-menuitem-content" @click="onItemClick($event)" v-bind="getPTOptions('content')">
+    <li
+        v-if="visible()"
+        :id="id"
+        :class="[getCXOptions('menuitem'), item.class]"
+        role="menuitem"
+        :style="item.style"
+        :aria-label="label()"
+        :aria-disabled="disabled()"
+        v-bind="getPTOptions('menuitem')"
+        :data-p-focused="isItemFocused()"
+        :data-p-disabled="disabled() || false"
+    >
+        <div :class="getCXOptions('content')" @click="onItemClick($event)" v-bind="getPTOptions('content')">
             <template v-if="!templates.item">
                 <router-link v-if="item.to && !disabled()" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="item.to" custom>
-                    <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="linkClass({ isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
-                        <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="iconClass" />
-                        <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="iconClass" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
-                        <span class="p-menuitem-text" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
+                    <a v-ripple :href="href" :class="getCXOptions('action', { isActive, isExactActive })" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" @click="onItemActionClick($event, navigate)" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
+                        <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" />
+                        <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
+                        <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
                     </a>
                 </router-link>
-                <a v-else v-ripple :href="item.url" :class="linkClass()" :target="item.target" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
-                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="iconClass" />
-                    <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="iconClass" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
-                    <span class="p-menuitem-text" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
+                <a v-else v-ripple :href="item.url" :class="getCXOptions('action')" :target="item.target" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="getPTOptions('action')">
+                    <component v-if="templates.itemicon" :is="templates.itemicon" :item="item" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" />
+                    <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="[getCXOptions('icon'), item.icon]" v-bind="getPTOptions('icon')" />
+                    <span :class="getCXOptions('label')" v-bind="getPTOptions('label')">{{ label() }}</span>
                 </a>
             </template>
             <component v-else :is="templates.item" :item="item"></component>
@@ -21,13 +32,13 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import BaseComponent from 'primevue/basecomponent';
 import Ripple from 'primevue/ripple';
 import { ObjectUtils } from 'primevue/utils';
+import BaseMenu from './BaseMenu.vue';
 
 export default {
     name: 'Menuitem',
-    extends: BaseComponent,
+    extends: BaseMenu,
     inheritAttrs: false,
     emits: ['item-click'],
     props: {
@@ -48,6 +59,12 @@ export default {
                 }
             });
         },
+        getCXOptions(key, params) {
+            return this.cx(key, {
+                ...params,
+                context: this
+            });
+        },
         isItemFocused() {
             return this.focusedOptionId === this.id;
         },
@@ -60,18 +77,6 @@ export default {
             command && command({ originalEvent: event, item: this.item.item });
             this.$emit('item-click', { originalEvent: event, item: this.item, id: this.id });
         },
-        containerClass() {
-            return ['p-menuitem', this.item.class, { 'p-focus': this.id === this.focusedOptionId, 'p-disabled': this.disabled() }];
-        },
-        linkClass(routerProps) {
-            return [
-                'p-menuitem-link',
-                {
-                    'router-link-active': routerProps && routerProps.isActive,
-                    'router-link-active-exact': this.exact && routerProps && routerProps.isExactActive
-                }
-            ];
-        },
         visible() {
             return typeof this.item.visible === 'function' ? this.item.visible() : this.item.visible !== false;
         },
@@ -82,11 +87,6 @@ export default {
             return typeof this.item.label === 'function' ? this.item.label() : this.item.label;
         }
     },
-    computed: {
-        iconClass() {
-            return ['p-menuitem-icon', this.item.icon];
-        }
-    },
     directives: {
         ripple: Ripple
     }