Adsorption is one of the most effective processes in the final treatment of water for the removal of organic matters and heavy metals. In the present study, the use of three carbonaceous materials, i. e., Granular Activated Carbon (GAC), Almond Shell Charcoal (ASC) and Walnut Shell Charcoal (WSC), were investigated as adsorbents for the removal of phenol from contaminated water. Batch experiments were carried out to obtain the best adsorption conditions. The correlation coefficients in Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms turned out to be .99 and .99 for GAC, .92 and .96 for ASC, and .93 and .95 for WSC. Maximum removal of phenol from contaminated water by GAC, ASC, and WSC was 99.87%, 91.36%, and 78.17%, respectively.