 <p>do you have an inverseattribute above MenuID in other EF entities? would you have a look at a similar example here: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/25496214/3316279">http://stackoverflow.com/a/25496214/3316279</a>. also this one: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/25646025/3316279">http://stackoverflow.com/a/25646025/3316279</a></p>