Carnlough has several options for eating and drinking in the village:
- Twilight Coffee & Bunkhouse—Café serving a brunch menu, house-baked treats and, speciality coffee
- The Londonderry Arms—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinks in the Coach House Bistro *
- Harbour Lights Café—breakfast and lunch
- The Galley—fish & chips takeaway
- Cheng Du—Chinese takeaway
- Dragon Sun—Chinese takeaway
- Magoo’s— fish & chips takeaway and pizzeria
- Morelli’s—ice cream shop
- The Glencloy Inn—pub serving dinner upstairs on the weekends *
- McAuley’s Inn—pub *
- The Waterfall Bar—pub
- Spar Carnlough—shop
- MACE—shop
- Costcutter—shop
* offers live music