diff --git a/goldens/aria/menu/index.api.md b/goldens/aria/menu/index.api.md
index 79630b052dba..f2174e0d5b12 100644
--- a/goldens/aria/menu/index.api.md
+++ b/goldens/aria/menu/index.api.md
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ export class MenuItem<V> implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     readonly role: _angular_core.InputSignal<"menuitem" | "menuitemradio" | "menuitemcheckbox">;
     readonly searchTerm: _angular_core.ModelSignal<string>;
     readonly submenu: _angular_core.InputSignal<Menu<V> | undefined>;
+    readonly submenuData: _angular_core.InputSignal<unknown>;
     readonly value: _angular_core.InputSignal<V>;
     // (undocumented)
-    static ɵdir: _angular_core.ɵɵDirectiveDeclaration<MenuItem<any>, "[ngMenuItem]", ["ngMenuItem"], { "id": { "alias": "id"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "value": { "alias": "value"; "required": true; "isSignal": true; }; "disabled": { "alias": "disabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "searchTerm": { "alias": "searchTerm"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "role": { "alias": "role"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "submenu": { "alias": "submenu"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; }, { "searchTerm": "searchTermChange"; }, never, never, true, never>;
+    static ɵdir: _angular_core.ɵɵDirectiveDeclaration<MenuItem<any>, "[ngMenuItem]", ["ngMenuItem"], { "id": { "alias": "id"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "value": { "alias": "value"; "required": true; "isSignal": true; }; "disabled": { "alias": "disabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "searchTerm": { "alias": "searchTerm"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "role": { "alias": "role"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "submenu": { "alias": "submenu"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "submenuData": { "alias": "submenuData"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; }, { "searchTerm": "searchTermChange"; }, never, never, true, never>;
     // (undocumented)
     static ɵfac: _angular_core.ɵɵFactoryDeclaration<MenuItem<any>, never>;
 }
@@ -105,12 +106,13 @@ export class MenuTrigger<V> {
     readonly expanded: _angular_core.Signal<boolean>;
     readonly hasPopup: _angular_core.Signal<boolean>;
     readonly menu: _angular_core.InputSignal<Menu<V> | undefined>;
+    readonly menuData: _angular_core.InputSignal<unknown>;
     open(): void;
     readonly _pattern: MenuTriggerPattern<V>;
     readonly softDisabled: _angular_core.InputSignalWithTransform<boolean, unknown>;
     readonly textDirection: _angular_core.WritableSignal<_angular_cdk_bidi.Direction>;
     // (undocumented)
-    static ɵdir: _angular_core.ɵɵDirectiveDeclaration<MenuTrigger<any>, "[ngMenuTrigger]", ["ngMenuTrigger"], { "menu": { "alias": "menu"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "disabled": { "alias": "disabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "softDisabled": { "alias": "softDisabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; }, {}, never, never, true, never>;
+    static ɵdir: _angular_core.ɵɵDirectiveDeclaration<MenuTrigger<any>, "[ngMenuTrigger]", ["ngMenuTrigger"], { "menu": { "alias": "menu"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "menuData": { "alias": "menuData"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "disabled": { "alias": "disabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; "softDisabled": { "alias": "softDisabled"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; }, {}, never, never, true, never>;
     // (undocumented)
     static ɵfac: _angular_core.ɵɵFactoryDeclaration<MenuTrigger<any>, never>;
 }
diff --git a/goldens/aria/private/index.api.md b/goldens/aria/private/index.api.md
index 9b459d94906c..38df07e89ac7 100644
--- a/goldens/aria/private/index.api.md
+++ b/goldens/aria/private/index.api.md
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ export class DeferredContentAware {
     // (undocumented)
     readonly contentVisible: _angular_core.WritableSignal<boolean>;
     // (undocumented)
+    readonly context: _angular_core.WritableSignal<unknown>;
+    // (undocumented)
     readonly preserveContent: _angular_core.ModelSignal<boolean>;
     // (undocumented)
     static ɵdir: _angular_core.ɵɵDirectiveDeclaration<DeferredContentAware, never, never, { "preserveContent": { "alias": "preserveContent"; "required": false; "isSignal": true; }; }, { "preserveContent": "preserveContentChange"; }, never, never, true, never>;
diff --git a/src/aria/menu/menu-item.ts b/src/aria/menu/menu-item.ts
index f19e11a25e82..76b5d9f447ad 100644
--- a/src/aria/menu/menu-item.ts
+++ b/src/aria/menu/menu-item.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ export class MenuItem<V> implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   /** The submenu associated with the menu item. */
   readonly submenu = input<Menu<V> | undefined>(undefined);
 
+  /** Context data to be passed to the submenu's template. */
+  readonly submenuData = input<unknown>(null);
+
   /** Whether the menu item is active. */
   readonly active = computed(() => this._pattern.active());
 
diff --git a/src/aria/menu/menu-trigger.ts b/src/aria/menu/menu-trigger.ts
index 7ed57871e656..5cc71065f4c6 100644
--- a/src/aria/menu/menu-trigger.ts
+++ b/src/aria/menu/menu-trigger.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ export class MenuTrigger<V> {
   /** The menu associated with the trigger. */
   readonly menu = input<Menu<V> | undefined>(undefined);
 
+  /** Context data to be passed to the menu's template. */
+  readonly menuData = input<unknown>(null);
+
   /** Whether the menu is expanded. */
   readonly expanded = computed(() => this._pattern.expanded());
 
diff --git a/src/aria/menu/menu.spec.ts b/src/aria/menu/menu.spec.ts
index 9ba7d23d562c..4d012b6243ad 100644
--- a/src/aria/menu/menu.spec.ts
+++ b/src/aria/menu/menu.spec.ts
@@ -771,6 +771,20 @@ describe('Menu Trigger Pattern', () => {
       expect(fixture.componentInstance.itemSelected).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Apple');
     });
   });
+
+  it('should pass template context data to the menu and submenu', () => {
+    setupMenu();
+    fixture.componentInstance.menuData.set({$implicit: 'Trigger Context'});
+    fixture.componentInstance.submenuData.set({$implicit: 'Submenu Context'});
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    click(getTrigger());
+    expect(getItem('Apple Trigger Context')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    click(getItem('Berries')!);
+    const blueberryItem = getItem('Blueberry Submenu Context');
+    expect(blueberryItem).toBeTruthy();
+  });
 });
 
 describe('CDK Overlay Menu Pattern', () => {
@@ -1263,17 +1277,17 @@ class StandaloneMenuExample {
 
 @Component({
   template: `
-    <button ngMenuTrigger [menu]="menu">Open menu</button>
+    <button ngMenuTrigger [menu]="menu" [menuData]="menuData()">Open menu</button>
 
     <div ngMenu [expansionDelay]="0" #menu="ngMenu" (itemSelected)="itemSelected($event)">
-      <ng-template ngMenuContent>
-        <div ngMenuItem value='Apple' searchTerm='Apple'>Apple</div>
+      <ng-template ngMenuContent let-data>
+        <div ngMenuItem value='Apple' searchTerm='Apple'>Apple {{data}}</div>
         <div ngMenuItem value='Banana' searchTerm='Banana'>Banana</div>
-        <div ngMenuItem value='Berries' searchTerm='Berries' [submenu]="berriesMenu">Berries</div>
+        <div ngMenuItem value='Berries' searchTerm='Berries' [submenu]="berriesMenu" [submenuData]="submenuData()">Berries</div>
 
         <div ngMenu [expansionDelay]="0" #berriesMenu="ngMenu">
-          <ng-template ngMenuContent>
-            <div ngMenuItem value='Blueberry' searchTerm='Blueberry'>Blueberry</div>
+          <ng-template ngMenuContent let-subdata>
+            <div ngMenuItem value='Blueberry' searchTerm='Blueberry'>Blueberry {{subdata}}</div>
             <div ngMenuItem value='Blackberry' searchTerm='Blackberry'>Blackberry</div>
             <div ngMenuItem value='Strawberry' searchTerm='Strawberry'>Strawberry</div>
           </ng-template>
@@ -1288,6 +1302,8 @@ class StandaloneMenuExample {
 })
 class MenuTriggerExample {
   itemSelected(value: string) {}
+  menuData = signal<unknown>(null);
+  submenuData = signal<unknown>(null);
 }
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/src/aria/menu/menu.ts b/src/aria/menu/menu.ts
index a4b79e76a307..0858ce386168 100644
--- a/src/aria/menu/menu.ts
+++ b/src/aria/menu/menu.ts
@@ -166,11 +166,19 @@ export class Menu<V> implements OnDestroy {
     afterRenderEffect({
       write: () => {
         const parent = this.parent();
+        const deferredContentAware = this._deferredContentAware;
+
+        if (parent) {
+          deferredContentAware?.context.set(
+            parent instanceof MenuItem ? parent.submenuData() : parent.menuData(),
+          );
+        }
+
         if (parent instanceof MenuItem && parent.parent instanceof MenuBar) {
-          this._deferredContentAware?.contentVisible.set(true);
+          deferredContentAware?.contentVisible.set(true);
         } else {
-          this._deferredContentAware?.contentVisible.set(
-            this._pattern.visible() || !!this.parent()?._pattern.hasBeenInteracted(),
+          deferredContentAware?.contentVisible.set(
+            this._pattern.visible() || !!parent?._pattern.hasBeenInteracted(),
           );
         }
       },
diff --git a/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.spec.ts b/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.spec.ts
index 28da5f1cfcec..abbf0c30e0d0 100644
--- a/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.spec.ts
+++ b/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.spec.ts
@@ -20,18 +20,26 @@ describe('DeferredContent', () => {
     collapsible = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(Collapsible));
   });
 
-  it('removes the content when hidden.', async () => {
+  it('removes the content when hidden', async () => {
     collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(false);
     await fixture.whenStable();
     expect(collapsible.nativeElement.innerText).toBe('');
   });
 
-  it('creates the content when the container becomes visible.', async () => {
+  it('creates the content when the container becomes visible', async () => {
     collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(true);
     await fixture.whenStable();
     expect(collapsible.nativeElement.innerText).toBe('Lazy Content');
   });
 
+  it('creates renders the content with the provided context', async () => {
+    const instance = collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible);
+    instance.context.set({context: 'with context'});
+    instance.contentVisible.set(true);
+    await fixture.whenStable();
+    expect(collapsible.nativeElement.innerText).toBe('Lazy Content with context');
+  });
+
   describe('with preserveContent', () => {
     let component: TestComponent;
 
@@ -40,19 +48,19 @@ describe('DeferredContent', () => {
       component.preserveContent.set(true);
     });
 
-    it('does not create the content until first visible.', async () => {
+    it('does not create the content until first visible', async () => {
       collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(false);
       await fixture.whenStable();
       expect(collapsible.nativeElement.innerText).toBe('');
     });
 
-    it('creates the content when first visible with preserveContent.', async () => {
+    it('creates the content when first visible with preserveContent', async () => {
       collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(true);
       await fixture.whenStable();
       expect(collapsible.nativeElement.innerText).toBe('Lazy Content');
     });
 
-    it('does not remove the content when hidden.', async () => {
+    it('does not remove the content when hidden', async () => {
       collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(true);
       await fixture.whenStable();
       collapsible.injector.get(Collapsible).contentVisible.set(false);
@@ -70,9 +78,13 @@ class Collapsible {
   private readonly _deferredContentAware = inject(DeferredContentAware);
 
   contentVisible = signal(true);
+  context = signal<unknown>(null);
 
   constructor() {
-    effect(() => this._deferredContentAware.contentVisible.set(this.contentVisible()));
+    effect(() => {
+      this._deferredContentAware.context.set(this.context());
+      this._deferredContentAware.contentVisible.set(this.contentVisible());
+    });
   }
 }
 
@@ -85,8 +97,8 @@ class CollapsibleContent {}
 @Component({
   template: `
     <div collapsible [preserveContent]="preserveContent()">
-      <ng-template collapsibleContent>
-        Lazy Content
+      <ng-template collapsibleContent let-context="context">
+        Lazy Content {{context}}
       </ng-template>
     </div>
     `,
diff --git a/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.ts b/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.ts
index 180a51dab242..9bb7f7400571 100644
--- a/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.ts
+++ b/src/aria/private/deferred-content/deferred-content.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 export class DeferredContentAware {
   readonly contentVisible = signal(false);
   readonly preserveContent = model(false);
+  readonly context = signal<unknown>(null);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -55,13 +56,21 @@ export class DeferredContent implements OnDestroy {
   constructor() {
     afterRenderEffect({
       write: () => {
-        if (this.deferredContentAware()?.contentVisible()) {
+        const contentAware = this.deferredContentAware();
+        const isVisible = contentAware?.contentVisible();
+        const preserveContent = contentAware?.preserveContent();
+        const context = contentAware?.context();
+
+        if (isVisible) {
           if (!this._isRendered) {
             this._destroyContent();
-            this._currentViewRef = this._viewContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(this._templateRef);
+            this._currentViewRef = this._viewContainerRef.createEmbeddedView(
+              this._templateRef,
+              context,
+            );
             this._isRendered = true;
           }
-        } else if (!this.deferredContentAware()?.preserveContent()) {
+        } else if (!preserveContent) {
           this._destroyContent();
           this._isRendered = false;
         }