diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/users-demarcey-anchorMenuItems_2018-03-06-21-28.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/users-demarcey-anchorMenuItems_2018-03-06-21-28.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93a460742b19cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/users-demarcey-anchorMenuItems_2018-03-06-21-28.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "ContextualMenu: Allow anchor menu items to have sub menus. Added prop for sub menu hover delay.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "demarcey@microsoft.com"
+}
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
index 7ee3a403044c85..855c6e3f44f971 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.tsx
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
   }
 
   private _renderAnchorMenuItem(item: IContextualMenuItem, classNames: IMenuItemClassNames, index: number, focusableElementIndex: number, totalItemCount: number, hasCheckmarks: boolean, hasIcons: boolean): React.ReactNode {
+    const { expandedMenuItemKey } = this.state;
     const { contextualMenuItemAs: ChildrenRenderer = ContextualMenuItem } = this.props;
 
     let anchorRel = item.rel;
@@ -477,6 +478,9 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
       anchorRel = anchorRel ? anchorRel : 'nofollow noopener noreferrer';  // Safe default to prevent tabjacking
     }
 
+    const subMenuId = this._getSubMenuId(item);
+    const itemHasSubmenu = hasSubmenu(item);
+
     return (
       <div>
         <a
@@ -486,11 +490,17 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
           rel={ anchorRel }
           className={ classNames.root }
           role='menuitem'
+          aria-owns={ item.key === expandedMenuItemKey ? subMenuId : null }
+          aria-haspopup={ itemHasSubmenu || null }
+          aria-expanded={ itemHasSubmenu ? item.key === expandedMenuItemKey : null }
           aria-posinset={ focusableElementIndex + 1 }
           aria-setsize={ totalItemCount }
           aria-disabled={ this._isItemDisabled(item) }
           style={ item.style }
           onClick={ this._onAnchorClick.bind(this, item) }
+          onMouseEnter={ this._onItemMouseEnter.bind(this, item) }
+          onMouseLeave={ this._onMouseItemLeave.bind(this, item) }
+          onKeyDown={ itemHasSubmenu ? this._onItemKeyDown.bind(this, item) : null }
         >
           <ChildrenRenderer
             item={ item }
@@ -514,11 +524,7 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
     const { expandedMenuItemKey } = this.state;
     const { contextualMenuItemAs: ChildrenRenderer = ContextualMenuItem } = this.props;
 
-    let { subMenuId } = this.state;
-    if (item.subMenuProps && item.subMenuProps.id) {
-      subMenuId = item.subMenuProps.id;
-    }
-
+    const subMenuId = this._getSubMenuId(item);
     let ariaLabel = '';
 
     if (item.ariaLabel) {
@@ -791,6 +797,7 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
    */
   private _updateFocusOnMouseEvent(item: any, ev: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) {
     const targetElement = ev.currentTarget as HTMLElement;
+    const { subMenuHoverDelay: timeoutDuration = this._navigationIdleDelay } = this.props;
 
     if (item.key === this.state.expandedMenuItemKey) {
       return;
@@ -812,12 +819,12 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
       this._enterTimerId = this._async.setTimeout(() => {
         targetElement.focus();
         this._onItemSubMenuExpand(item, targetElement);
-      }, this._navigationIdleDelay);
+      }, timeoutDuration);
     } else {
       this._enterTimerId = this._async.setTimeout(() => {
         this._onSubMenuDismiss(ev);
         targetElement.focus();
-      }, this._navigationIdleDelay);
+      }, timeoutDuration);
     }
   }
 
@@ -853,13 +860,14 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
     if (item.disabled || item.isDisabled) {
       return;
     }
+    let dismiss = false;
     if (item.onClick) {
-      item.onClick(ev, item);
+      dismiss = !!item.onClick(ev, item);
     } else if (this.props.onItemClick) {
-      this.props.onItemClick(ev, item);
+      dismiss = !!this.props.onItemClick(ev, item);
     }
 
-    !ev.defaultPrevented && this.dismiss(ev, true);
+    (dismiss || !ev.defaultPrevented) && this.dismiss(ev, true);
   }
 
   private _onItemKeyDown(item: any, ev: KeyboardEvent) {
@@ -971,4 +979,14 @@ export class ContextualMenu extends BaseComponent<IContextualMenuProps, IContext
   private _isItemDisabled(item: IContextualMenuItem): boolean {
     return !!(item.isDisabled || item.disabled);
   }
+
+  private _getSubMenuId(item: IContextualMenuItem): string | undefined {
+    let { subMenuId } = this.state;
+
+    if (item.subMenuProps && item.subMenuProps.id) {
+      subMenuId = item.subMenuProps.id;
+    }
+
+    return subMenuId;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.types.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.types.ts
index 296c38f94c69e9..116b282f54e00c 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.types.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/ContextualMenu.types.ts
@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ export interface IContextualMenuProps extends React.Props<ContextualMenu>, IWith
 
   /**
    * Click handler which is invoked if onClick is not passed for individual contextual
-   * menu item
+   * menu item.
+   * Returning true will dismiss the menu even if ev.preventDefault() was called.
    */
-  onItemClick?: (ev?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, item?: IContextualMenuItem) => void;
+  onItemClick?: (ev?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, item?: IContextualMenuItem) => boolean | void;
 
   /**
    * CSS class to apply to the context menu.
@@ -221,6 +222,11 @@ export interface IContextualMenuProps extends React.Props<ContextualMenu>, IWith
   /** Method to call when trying to render a submenu. */
   onRenderSubMenu?: IRenderFunction<IContextualMenuProps>;
 
+  /**
+   * Delay (in milliseconds) to wait before expanding / dismissing a submenu on mouseEnter or mouseLeave
+  */
+  subMenuHoverDelay?: number;
+
   /**
    * Method to override the render of the individual menu items
    * @default ContextualMenuItem
@@ -320,9 +326,10 @@ export interface IContextualMenuItem {
   data?: any;
 
   /**
-   * Callback issued when the menu item is invoked. If ev.preventDefault() is called in onClick, click will not close menu
+   * Callback issued when the menu item is invoked. If ev.preventDefault() is called in onClick, click will not close menu.
+   * Returning true will dismiss the menu even if ev.preventDefault() was called.
    */
-  onClick?: (ev?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, item?: IContextualMenuItem) => void;
+  onClick?: (ev?: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>, item?: IContextualMenuItem) => boolean | void;
 
   /**
    * An optional URL to navigate to upon selection
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/examples/ContextualMenu.Submenu.Example.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/examples/ContextualMenu.Submenu.Example.tsx
index 5fc9baa0101fae..1a3171c052837e 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/examples/ContextualMenu.Submenu.Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/ContextualMenu/examples/ContextualMenu.Submenu.Example.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { DefaultButton } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Button';
+import { TextField } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/TextField';
 import './ContextualMenuExample.scss';
 
-export class ContextualMenuSubmenuExample extends React.Component<any, any> {
+export interface IContextualMenuSubmenuExampleState {
+  hoverDelay: number;
+}
+
+export class ContextualMenuSubmenuExample extends React.Component<any, IContextualMenuSubmenuExampleState> {
+
+  constructor(props: any) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state = {
+      hoverDelay: 250
+    };
+  }
 
   public render() {
     return (
       <div>
+        <TextField value={ String(this.state.hoverDelay) } onChanged={ this._onHoverDelayChanged } />
         <DefaultButton
           id='ContextualMenuButton2'
           text='Click for ContextualMenu'
           menuProps={ {
             shouldFocusOnMount: true,
+            subMenuHoverDelay: this.state.hoverDelay,
             items: [
               {
                 key: 'newItem',
@@ -29,6 +44,7 @@ export class ContextualMenuSubmenuExample extends React.Component<any, any> {
                     }
                   ],
                 },
+                href: 'https://bing.com',
                 name: 'New'
               },
               {
@@ -72,4 +88,10 @@ export class ContextualMenuSubmenuExample extends React.Component<any, any> {
       </div>
     );
   }
+
+  private _onHoverDelayChanged = (newValue: string) => {
+    this.setState({
+      hoverDelay: +newValue
+    });
+  }
 }