diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery.py
index c36b150d3220f..bcc0aa50ed22e 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     BigQueryTableRef,
 )
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_config import BigQueryV2Config
+from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_helper import (
+    unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq,
+)
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_report import BigQueryV2Report
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_schema import (
     BigqueryColumn,
@@ -1073,7 +1076,9 @@ def gen_dataset_workunits(
 
         dataset_properties = DatasetProperties(
             name=datahub_dataset_name.get_table_display_name(),
-            description=table.comment,
+            description=unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(table.comment)
+            if table.comment
+            else "",
             qualifiedName=str(datahub_dataset_name),
             created=(
                 TimeStamp(time=int(table.created.timestamp() * 1000))
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_helper.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6142c96a5faa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+def unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(
+    string: str,
+    leading_quote: str = '"',
+    trailing_quote: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> str:
+    """
+    If string starts and ends with a quote, unquote it and decode Unicode escape sequences
+    """
+    trailing_quote = trailing_quote if trailing_quote else leading_quote
+
+    if string.startswith(leading_quote) and string.endswith(trailing_quote):
+        string = string[1:-1]
+
+    cleaned_string = string.encode().decode("unicode-escape")
+
+    return cleaned_string
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/bigquery_v2/bigquery_mcp_golden.json b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/bigquery_v2/bigquery_mcp_golden.json
index f58eee09aa1ce..da9589d2195ac 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/bigquery_v2/bigquery_mcp_golden.json
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/integration/bigquery_v2/bigquery_mcp_golden.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -63,7 +66,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -78,7 +82,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -100,7 +105,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -115,7 +121,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -130,7 +137,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -147,7 +155,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -162,7 +171,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -182,7 +192,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -197,7 +208,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -229,7 +241,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -243,12 +256,14 @@
             "externalUrl": "https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery?project=project-id-1&ws=!1m5!1m4!4m3!1sproject-id-1!2sbigquery-dataset-1!3stable-1",
             "name": "table-1",
             "qualifiedName": "project-id-1.bigquery-dataset-1.table-1",
+            "description": "",
             "tags": []
         }
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -263,7 +278,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -279,7 +295,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -296,7 +313,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 },
 {
@@ -320,7 +338,8 @@
     },
     "systemMetadata": {
         "lastObserved": 1643871600000,
-        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00"
+        "runId": "bigquery-2022_02_03-07_00_00",
+        "lastRunId": "no-run-id-provided"
     }
 }
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigqueryv2_usage_source.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigqueryv2_usage_source.py
index 80f9ab927f887..8a3fa5ca46ea4 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigqueryv2_usage_source.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_bigqueryv2_usage_source.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     BigQueryTableRef,
 )
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_config import BigQueryV2Config
+from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_helper import (
+    unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq,
+)
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.bigquery_report import BigQueryV2Report
 from datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery_v2.usage import BigQueryUsageExtractor
 from datahub.sql_parsing.schema_resolver import SchemaResolver
@@ -176,3 +179,36 @@ def test_bigquery_table_sanitasitation():
     assert table_identifier.dataset == "dataset-4567"
     assert table_identifier.table == "foo_2016*"
     assert table_identifier.get_table_display_name() == "foo"
+
+
+def test_unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq():
+
+    # Test with a string that starts and ends with quotes and has Unicode escape sequences
+    input_string = '"Hello \\u003cWorld\\u003e"'
+    expected_output = "Hello <World>"
+    result = unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(input_string)
+    assert result == expected_output
+
+    # Test with a string that does not start and end with quotes
+    input_string = "Hello \\u003cWorld\\u003e"
+    expected_output = "Hello <World>"
+    result = unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(input_string)
+    assert result == expected_output
+
+    # Test with an empty string
+    input_string = ""
+    expected_output = ""
+    result = unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(input_string)
+    assert result == expected_output
+
+    # Test with a string that does not have Unicode escape sequences
+    input_string = "No escape sequences here"
+    expected_output = "No escape sequences here"
+    result = unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(input_string)
+    assert result == expected_output
+
+    # Test with a string that starts and ends with quotes but does not have escape sequences
+    input_string = '"No escape sequences here"'
+    expected_output = "No escape sequences here"
+    result = unquote_and_decode_unicode_escape_seq(input_string)
+    assert result == expected_output