diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/menu-controller.ts b/ionic/components/menu/menu-controller.ts
index 1c1fd69ac3..a51359e2e3 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/menu-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/menu-controller.ts
@@ -207,8 +207,9 @@ export class MenuController {
 
   /**
    * Used to enable or disable a menu. For example, there could be multiple
-   * left menus, but only one of them should be able to be dragged open.
-   * @param {boolean} shouldEnable  True if it should be enabled, false if not.
+   * left menus, but only one of them should be able to be opened at the same
+   * time. If there are multiple menus on the same side, then enabling one menu
+   * will also automatically disable all the others that are on the same side.
    * @param {string} [menuId]  Optionally get the menu by its id, or side.
    * @return {Menu}  Returns the instance of the menu, which is useful for chaining.
    */
@@ -249,24 +250,37 @@ export class MenuController {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Used to get a menu instance. If a `menuId` is not provided then it'll return
-   * the first menu found. If a `menuId` is provided, then it'll first try to find
-   * the menu using the menu's `id` attribute. If a menu is not found using the `id`
-   * attribute, then it'll try to find the menu by its `side` name.
+   * Used to get a menu instance. If a `menuId` is not provided then it'll
+   * return the first menu found. If a `menuId` is `left` or `right`, then
+   * it'll return the enabled menu on that side. Otherwise, if a `menuId` is
+   * provided, then it'll try to find the menu using the menu's `id`
+   * property. If a menu is not found then it'll return `null`.
    * @param {string} [menuId]  Optionally get the menu by its id, or side.
    * @return {Menu}  Returns the instance of the menu if found, otherwise `null`.
    */
   get(menuId?: string): Menu {
-    if (menuId) {
-      // first try by "id"
-      let menu = this._menus.find(m => m.id === menuId);
+    var menu: Menu;
+
+    if (menuId === 'left' || menuId === 'right') {
+      // there could be more than one menu on the same side
+      // so first try to get the enabled one
+      menu = this._menus.find(m => m.side === menuId && m.enabled);
       if (menu) return menu;
 
-      // not found by "id", next try by "side"
-      menu = this._menus.find(m => m.side === menuId);
-      if (menu) return menu;
+      // didn't find a menu side that is enabled
+      // so try to get the first menu side found
+      return this._menus.find(m => m.side === menuId) || null;
+
+    } else if (menuId) {
+      // the menuId was not left or right
+      // so try to get the menu by its "id"
+      return this._menus.find(m => m.id === menuId) || null;
     }
 
+    // return the first enabled menu
+    menu = this._menus.find(m => m.enabled);
+    if (menu) return menu;
+
     // get the first menu in the array, if one exists
     return (this._menus.length ? this._menus[0] : null);
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts b/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
index 87104a2cf3..af5bddb6bc 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/menu.ts
@@ -370,15 +370,29 @@ export class Menu extends Ion {
 
   /**
    * Used to enable or disable a menu. For example, there could be multiple
-   * left menus, but only one of them should be able to be dragged open.
+   * left menus, but only one of them should be able to be opened at the same
+   * time. If there are multiple menus on the same side, then enabling one menu
+   * will also automatically disable all the others that are on the same side.
    * @param {boolean} shouldEnable  True if it should be enabled, false if not.
    * @return {Menu}  Returns the instance of the menu, which is useful for chaining.
    */
   enable(shouldEnable: boolean): Menu {
     this.enabled = shouldEnable;
     if (!shouldEnable && this.isOpen) {
+      // close if this menu is open, and should not be enabled
       this.close();
     }
+
+    if (shouldEnable) {
+      // if this menu should be enabled
+      // then find all the other menus on this same side
+      // and automatically disable other same side menus
+      let sameSideMenus = this._menuCtrl
+                            .getMenus()
+                            .filter(m => m.side === this.side && m !== this)
+                            .map(m => m.enabled = false);
+    }
+
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/index.ts b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/index.ts
index 947ec1c699..24255c5f2a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class E2EApp {
   constructor(app: IonicApp, menu: MenuController) {
     this.app = app;
     this.menu = menu;
-    
+
     this.page1 = Page1;
     this.page2 = Page2;
 
@@ -39,13 +39,18 @@ class E2EApp {
   }
 
   menu1Active() {
-    this.activeMenu = 'menu1';
     this.menu.enable(true, 'menu1');
     this.menu.enable(false, 'menu2');
+    this.menu.enable(false, 'menu3');
   }
   menu2Active() {
-    this.activeMenu = 'menu2';
     this.menu.enable(false, 'menu1');
     this.menu.enable(true, 'menu2');
+    this.menu.enable(false, 'menu3');
+  }
+  menu3Active() {
+    this.menu.enable(false, 'menu1');
+    this.menu.enable(false, 'menu2');
+    this.menu.enable(true, 'menu3');
   }
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/main.html b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/main.html
index 031d8a8998..c3a4f5e835 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/main.html
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/main.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <ion-list>
       <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu1Active()">Make Menu 1 Active</button>
       <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu2Active()">Make Menu 2 Active</button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu3Active()">Make Menu 3 Active</button>
       <button ion-item menuClose (click)="openPage(page1)">
         Page 1
       </button>
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@
   <ion-content>
     <ion-list>
       <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu1Active()">Make Menu 1 Active</button>
-      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu2Active()">Make Menu 2 Active</button>      
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu2Active()">Make Menu 2 Active</button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu3Active()">Make Menu 3 Active</button>
       <button ion-item menuClose (click)="openPage(page1)">
         Page 1
       </button>
@@ -48,5 +50,30 @@
 
 </ion-menu>
 
+<ion-menu [content]="content" id="menu3">
+
+  <ion-toolbar primary>
+    <ion-title>Menu 3</ion-title>
+  </ion-toolbar>
+
+  <ion-content>
+    <ion-list>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu1Active()">Make Menu 1 Active</button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu2Active()">Make Menu 2 Active</button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="menu3Active()">Make Menu 3 Active</button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="openPage(page1)">
+        Page 1
+      </button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose (click)="openPage(page2)">
+        Page 2
+      </button>
+      <button ion-item menuClose detail-none>
+        Close Menu 3
+      </button>
+    </ion-list>
+  </ion-content>
+
+</ion-menu>
+
 
 <ion-nav id="nav" [root]="rootPage" #content swipe-back-enabled="false"></ion-nav>
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page1.html b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page1.html
index 842e288465..2192d0834d 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page1.html
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page1.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 <ion-navbar *navbar>
-  <button [menuToggle]="activeMenu">
+  <button menuToggle="left">
     <ion-icon name="menu"></ion-icon>
   </button>
   <ion-title>
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 <ion-content padding>
   <h3> Page 1 </h3>
 
-  <h4>Active Menu: {{ activeMenu }}</h4>
-
   <p>
-    <button [menuToggle]="activeMenu">Toggle Menu</button>
+    <button menuToggle="left">Toggle Menu</button>
   </p>
 
   <p>This page has two left menus, but only one is active at a time.</p>
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page2.html b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page2.html
index fa3317b687..a5841a3b32 100644
--- a/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page2.html
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/test/enable-disable/page2.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 <ion-navbar *navbar>
-  <button [menuToggle]="activeMenu">
+  <button menuToggle="left">
     <ion-icon name="menu"></ion-icon>
   </button>
   <ion-title>
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@
 <ion-content padding>
   <h3> Page 2 </h3>
 
-  <h4>Active Menu: {{ activeMenu }}</h4>
-
   <p>
-    <button [menuToggle]="activeMenu">Toggle Menu</button>
+    <button menuToggle="left">Toggle Menu</button>
   </p>
 
   <p>This page has two left menus, but only one is active at a time.</p>
diff --git a/ionic/components/menu/test/menu.spec.ts b/ionic/components/menu/test/menu.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d79fc94cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/components/menu/test/menu.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+import {MenuController, Menu} from '../../../../ionic/ionic';
+
+export function run() {
+  describe('MenuController', () => {
+
+    describe('get() without menuId', () => {
+
+      it('should not get a menu if no menus', () => {
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get();
+        expect(menu).toEqual(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the only menu', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get();
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the only menu if menuId === ""', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the enabled menu when multiple menus', () => {
+        let someMenu1 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu1.enabled = false;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu1);
+
+        let someMenu2 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu2.enabled = true;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu2);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get();
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu2);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('get() by id', () => {
+
+      it('should be null if no menus', () => {
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('myid');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should be null if no matching menus with id', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.id = 'whatever';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('myMenu');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the menu by id with matching id', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.id = 'myMenu';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('myMenu');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the menu by id with left', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.id = 'myMenu';
+        someMenu.side = 'left';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('myMenu');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the menu by id with matching id when multiple menus', () => {
+        let someMenu1 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu1.id = 'myMenu1';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu1);
+
+        let someMenu2 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu2.id = 'myMenu2';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu2);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('myMenu1');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu1);
+
+        menu = menuCtrl.get('myMenu2');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu2);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('get() by side', () => {
+
+      it('should not get a menu with a left side if no menus', () => {
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('left');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should not get a menu with a right side if no menus', () => {
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('right');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(null);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the only left menu', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.side = 'left';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('left');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the enabled left menu', () => {
+        let someMenu1 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu1.side = 'left';
+        someMenu1.enabled = false;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu1);
+
+        let someMenu2 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu2.side = 'left';
+        someMenu2.enabled = true;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu2);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('left');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu2);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the first left menu when all are disabled', () => {
+        let someMenu1 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu1.side = 'left';
+        someMenu1.enabled = false;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu1);
+
+        let someMenu2 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu2.side = 'left';
+        someMenu2.enabled = false;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu2);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('left');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu1);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the only right menu', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.side = 'right';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('right');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+      it('should get the menu by left with id', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.id = 'myMenu';
+        someMenu.side = 'left';
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.get('left');
+        expect(menu).toEqual(someMenu);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('enable()', () => {
+
+      it('should enable a menu', () => {
+        let someMenu = mockMenu();
+        someMenu.enabled = true;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu);
+        someMenu._menuCtrl = menuCtrl;
+
+        let menu = menuCtrl.enable(true);
+        expect(menu.enabled).toEqual(true);
+
+        menu = menuCtrl.enable(false);
+        expect(menu.enabled).toEqual(false);
+      });
+
+      it('should be only one enabled menu on the same side', () => {
+        let someMenu1 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu1.enabled = true;
+        someMenu1.side = 'left';
+        someMenu1.id = 'menu1';
+        someMenu1._menuCtrl = menuCtrl;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu1);
+
+        let someMenu2 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu2.enabled = false;
+        someMenu2.side = 'left';
+        someMenu2.id = 'menu2';
+        someMenu2._menuCtrl = menuCtrl;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu2);
+
+        let someMenu3 = mockMenu();
+        someMenu3.enabled = true;
+        someMenu3.side = 'right';
+        someMenu3.id = 'menu2';
+        someMenu3._menuCtrl = menuCtrl;
+        menuCtrl.register(someMenu3);
+
+        menuCtrl.enable(true, 'menu1');
+        expect(someMenu1.enabled).toEqual(true);
+        expect(someMenu2.enabled).toEqual(false);
+        expect(someMenu3.enabled).toEqual(true);
+
+        menuCtrl.enable(true, 'menu2');
+        expect(someMenu1.enabled).toEqual(false);
+        expect(someMenu2.enabled).toEqual(true);
+        expect(someMenu3.enabled).toEqual(true);
+
+        menuCtrl.enable(true, 'menu1');
+        expect(someMenu1.enabled).toEqual(true);
+        expect(someMenu2.enabled).toEqual(false);
+        expect(someMenu3.enabled).toEqual(true);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    it('should register a menu', () => {
+      let menu = mockMenu();
+      menuCtrl.register(menu);
+      expect(menuCtrl.getMenus().length).toEqual(1);
+
+      let menu2 = mockMenu();
+      menuCtrl.register(menu2);
+      expect(menuCtrl.getMenus().length).toEqual(2);
+
+      menuCtrl.unregister(menu2);
+      menuCtrl.unregister(menu);
+
+      expect(menuCtrl.getMenus().length).toEqual(0);
+    });
+
+    let menuCtrl: MenuController;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      menuCtrl = new MenuController();
+    });
+
+    function mockMenu(): Menu {
+      return new Menu(null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+    }
+
+  });
+}