diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/Menu.story.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/Menu.story.tsx
index e3e0c597f5c..4a547fb84ae 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/Menu.story.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/Menu.story.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,42 @@ export function Examples() {
           <Menu.Item label="With destructive prop set" icon="trash-alt" destructive />
         </Menu>
       </StoryExample>
+      <StoryExample name="With item menu description">
+        <Menu>
+          <Menu.Item label="item1" icon="history" description="item 1 is an important element" shortcut="q p" />
+          <Menu.Item
+            label="Item with a very long title"
+            icon="apps"
+            description="long titles can be hard to read"
+            childItems={[
+              <Menu.Item key="subitem1" label="subitem1" icon="history" />,
+              <Menu.Item key="subitem2" label="subitem2" icon="apps" />,
+              <Menu.Item
+                key="subitem3"
+                label="subitem3"
+                icon="search-plus"
+                childItems={[
+                  <Menu.Item key="subitem1" label="subitem1" icon="history" />,
+                  <Menu.Item key="subitem2" label="subitem2" icon="apps" />,
+                  <Menu.Item key="subitem3" label="subitem3" icon="search-plus" />,
+                ]}
+              />,
+            ]}
+            shortcut="p s"
+          />
+          <Menu.Item
+            label="item3"
+            icon="filter"
+            description="item 3 is an important element"
+            childItems={[
+              <Menu.Item key="subitem1" label="subitem1" icon="history" description="a subitem with a description" />,
+              <Menu.Item key="subitem2" label="subitem2" icon="apps" />,
+              <Menu.Item key="subitem3" label="subitem3" icon="search-plus" />,
+            ]}
+          />
+        </Menu>
+      </StoryExample>
+
       <StoryExample name="With disabled items">
         <Menu>
           <Menu.Item label="Google" icon="search-plus" />
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
index 74ef322bd43..03fed08adaf 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/MenuItem.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { useStyles2 } from '../../themes';
 import { getFocusStyles } from '../../themes/mixins';
 import { IconName } from '../../types/icon';
 import { Icon } from '../Icon/Icon';
+import { Stack } from '../Layout/Stack/Stack';
 
 import { SubMenu } from './SubMenu';
 
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ export type MenuItemElement = HTMLAnchorElement & HTMLButtonElement & HTMLDivEle
 export interface MenuItemProps<T = unknown> {
   /** Label of the menu item */
   label: string;
+  /** Description of item */
+  description?: string;
   /** Aria label for accessibility support */
   ariaLabel?: string;
   /** Aria checked for accessibility support */
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
       url,
       icon,
       label,
+      description,
       ariaLabel,
       ariaChecked,
       target,
@@ -104,6 +108,7 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
       },
       className
     );
+
     const disabledProps = {
       [ItemElement === 'button' ? 'disabled' : 'aria-disabled']: disabled,
       ...(ItemElement === 'a' && disabled && { href: undefined, onClick: undefined }),
@@ -159,10 +164,9 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
         tabIndex={tabIndex}
         {...disabledProps}
       >
-        <>
+        <Stack direction="row" justifyContent="flex-start" alignItems="center">
           {icon && <Icon name={icon} className={styles.icon} aria-hidden />}
           {label}
-
           <div className={cx(styles.rightWrapper, { [styles.withShortcut]: hasShortcut })}>
             {hasShortcut && (
               <div className={styles.shortcut}>
@@ -181,7 +185,16 @@ export const MenuItem = React.memo(
               />
             )}
           </div>
-        </>
+        </Stack>
+        {description && (
+          <div
+            className={cx(styles.description, {
+              [styles.descriptionWithIcon]: icon !== undefined,
+            })}
+          >
+            {description}
+          </div>
+        )}
       </ItemElement>
     );
   })
@@ -197,7 +210,8 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
       color: theme.colors.text.primary,
       display: 'flex',
-      alignItems: 'center',
+      flexDirection: 'column',
+      alignItems: 'stretch',
       padding: theme.spacing(0.5, 2),
       minHeight: theme.spacing(4),
       margin: 0,
@@ -234,7 +248,7 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
     }),
     disabled: css({
       color: theme.colors.action.disabledText,
-
+      label: 'menu-item-disabled',
       '&:hover, &:focus, &:focus-visible': {
         cursor: 'not-allowed',
         background: 'none',
@@ -243,8 +257,6 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
     }),
     icon: css({
       opacity: 0.7,
-      marginRight: '10px',
-      marginLeft: '-4px',
       color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
     }),
     rightWrapper: css({
@@ -252,9 +264,6 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       alignItems: 'center',
       marginLeft: 'auto',
     }),
-    shortcutIcon: css({
-      marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-    }),
     withShortcut: css({
       minWidth: theme.spacing(10.5),
     }),
@@ -266,5 +275,13 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
       opacity: 0.7,
     }),
+    description: css({
+      ...theme.typography.bodySmall,
+      color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
+      textAlign: 'start',
+    }),
+    descriptionWithIcon: css({
+      marginLeft: theme.spacing(3),
+    }),
   };
 };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/SubMenu.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/SubMenu.tsx
index 03b9229b1bf..4159f62a071 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/SubMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Menu/SubMenu.tsx
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export const SubMenu = React.memo(
 
     return (
       <>
-        <div className={styles.iconWrapper} aria-label={selectors.components.Menu.SubMenu.icon}>
-          <Icon name="angle-right" className={styles.icon} aria-hidden />
+        <div className={styles.iconWrapper} aria-hidden aria-label={selectors.components.Menu.SubMenu.icon}>
+          <Icon name="angle-right" className={styles.icon} />
         </div>
         {isOpen && (
           <div
diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/CreateNewButton.test.tsx b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/CreateNewButton.test.tsx
index 2b6a1093aab..dfa6c6f415b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/CreateNewButton.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/components/CreateNewButton.test.tsx
@@ -25,18 +25,21 @@ describe('NewActionsButton', () => {
   it('should display the correct urls with a given parent folder', async () => {
     await renderAndOpen(mockParentFolder);
 
-    expect(screen.getByText('New dashboard')).toHaveAttribute(
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'New dashboard' })).toHaveAttribute(
       'href',
       `/dashboard/new?folderUid=${mockParentFolder.uid}`
     );
-    expect(screen.getByText('Import')).toHaveAttribute('href', `/dashboard/import?folderUid=${mockParentFolder.uid}`);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'Import' })).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      `/dashboard/import?folderUid=${mockParentFolder.uid}`
+    );
   });
 
   it('should display urls without params when there is no parent folder', async () => {
     await renderAndOpen();
 
-    expect(screen.getByText('New dashboard')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/dashboard/new');
-    expect(screen.getByText('Import')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/dashboard/import');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'New dashboard' })).toHaveAttribute('href', '/dashboard/new');
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'Import' })).toHaveAttribute('href', '/dashboard/import');
   });
 
   it('clicking the "New folder" button opens the drawer', async () => {
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ describe('NewActionsButton', () => {
     const newButton = screen.getByText('New');
     await userEvent.click(newButton);
 
-    expect(screen.getByText('New dashboard')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: 'New dashboard' })).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Import')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText('New folder')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AddPanelButton/AddPanelMenu.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AddPanelButton/AddPanelMenu.test.tsx
index b97e76ed0f4..ecd44d27f03 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AddPanelButton/AddPanelMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AddPanelButton/AddPanelMenu.test.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ it('renders with all buttons enabled except paste a panel', () => {
   expect(screen.getByText('visualization', { exact: false })).not.toBeDisabled();
   expect(screen.getByText('row', { exact: false })).not.toBeDisabled();
   expect(screen.getByText('library', { exact: false })).not.toBeDisabled();
-  expect(screen.getByText('paste panel', { exact: false })).toBeDisabled();
+  expect(screen.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Paste panel' })).toBeDisabled();
 });
 
 it('renders with all buttons enabled', () => {