public class menuController : Controller
    {
       [ChildActionOnly]
        public ActionResult GetMenuForUser()
            {

                IList<string> roles = new List<string> { "Роль не определена" };
                ApplicationUserManager userManager = HttpContext.GetOwinContext()
                                                        .GetUserManager<ApplicationUserManager>();
                ApplicationUser user = userManager.FindByEmail(User.Identity.Name);
                if (user != null)
                    roles = userManager.GetRoles(user.Id);


                return PartialView("RoleUserMenu", roles);
            }       

	}

@model IList<String>

<ul id="menu">

      @foreach (String items in Model)
    {
        <li>items</li>
    }

</ul>

...
@{
Html.Action("GetMenuForUser", "/Areas/FrontEnd/Controllers/menu"); 
}
...

  @Html.Action("GetMenuForUser", "menu", new { area = "FrontEnd" });